Sales & Trivia

Michael & Jackson 5 / Jacksons - Best Selling UK Singles

Up-date:

Following Michael's passing, in September 2009 the Top 5 best selling Jackson singles in the UK (including digital sales) were as follows:

1. Earth Song - 1,124,000
2. Billie Jean - 823,000
3. One Day In Your Life - 811,000
4. Together Again - 745,000
5. You Are Not Alone - 730,000

This list, as of December 2008, has been drawn up by combining the following:

The Jackson 5/Jacksons/Michael Jackson Official Charts Company All Time UK Top 40 (announced August 2008).
BBC Radio 2's 'Michael Jackson 30 at 50' Top 30 (announced in December 2008).

The former, being a TV countdown, excluded singles for which there was no suitable promo video/footage, while the Radio 2 programme only listed Michael's solo recordings.

Key: Overall Position: OCC Position/Radio 2 Position – Title – Sales (if known)

1: 1/1 Earth Song (1,072,735 @ Sept.08)

2: -/2 One Day In Your Life (797,107 @ Sept.08)

3: 2/3 Billie Jean

4: 3/4 You Are Not Alone

5: 4/5 Black Or White

6: 5/6 Heal The World

7: 6/- I Want You Back

8: 7/7 Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough

9: 8/8 Say Say Say

10: 9/- Show You The Way To Go

11: 10/9 Beat It

12: 11/10 She’s Out Of My Life

13: 12/- Blame It On The Boogie

14: 13/12 The Way You Make Me Feel

15: 14/13 Leave Me Alone

16: 15/14 Bad

17: 16/15 Remember The Time

18: 17/- Can You Feel It

18: -/16 Rockin’ Robin

20: 18/17 They Don’t Care About Us

21: 19/- ABC

22: 20/18 Smooth Criminal

23: -/19 Off The Wall

24: 21/20 You Rock My World

25: 22/21 Scream

26: 30/22 Thriller

27: 23/23 Rock With You

28: 24/24 Give In To Me

29: -/25 The Girl Is Mine

30: 25/26 Blood On The Dance Floor

31: 26/27 Stranger In Moscow

32: 27/- Why

32: -/28 Farewell My Summer Love

34: -/29 Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’

35: 28/30 Dirty Diana

36: 29/- History / Ghosts

37: 31/- In The Closet

38: 32/- Will You Be There

39: 33/- Ben

40: 34/- Who Is It

41: 35/- Jam

42: 36/- Another Part Of Me

43: 37/- Liberian Girl

44: 38/- Man In The Mirror

45: 39/- One More Chance

46: 40/- Cry

It's impossible to separate Can You Feel It & Rockin' Robin at #18, as both appeared on one list only, between Remember The Time & They Don't Care About Us. Similarly, Why & Farewell My Summer Love can't be separated at #32.

Notice Thriller rose significantly between August and December 2008 - presumably, due to healthy download sales.

Positions #36 onwards are from the OCC list only, so it's likely there are omissions. Contenders to complete the Top 50 are: