Michael in South Africa
Michael in South Africa
A weekly sales-based Top 20 singles chart was
first compiled in South Africa in 1958, and this chart continued until early
1989, when it was discontinued - this was because singles were no longer being
manufactured in significant numbers.
The official albums chart, also a weekly Top 20, didn't start until towards the
end of 1981 (before this date unofficial magazine charts were published). The
chart ran until 1995, when it was discontinued, following a re-structuring of
the South African Broadcasting Corporation.
Many thanks to Christopher Kimberley for details of the South African charts and chart action.
KEY:
Date = date of chart entry.
HP = peak position reached on the singles/albums chart.
Wks = weeks spent on the singles/albums chart.
If applicable, weeks spent at no.1 is given in brackets.
Singles
| Date | HP | Wks | Title |
| Nov 79 | 1(5) | 20 | Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough |
| Apr 80 | 20 | 3 | Off The Wall |
| Aug 81 | 1(1) | 16 | One Day In Your Life |
| Dec 82 | 5 | 14 | The Girl Is Mine (& Paul McCartney) |
| Apr 83 | 2 | 17 | Billie Jean |
| Jul 83 | 8 | 12 | Beat It |
| Dec 83 | 3 | 16 | Say Say Say (& Paul McCartney) |
| May 84 | 5 | 14 | Somebody's Watching Me (with Rockwell) |
| May 85 | 1(2) | 22 | We Are The World (with USA For Africa) |
| Sep 87 | 7 | 21 | I Just Can't Stop Loving You (& Siedah Garrett) |
| Nov 87 | 5 | 14 | Bad |
| Feb 88 | 16 | 3 | The Way You Make Me Feel |
Albums
| Date | HP | Wks | Title |
| Mar 83 | 1(9) | 59 | Thriller |
| Sep 87 | 1(7) | 31 | Bad |
| Dec 91 | 1(6) | 55 | Dangerous |