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KEY:

Date = date of chart entry.
HP = peak position reached on the chart.
Wks1 = weeks spent on the chart.
R&B = peak position reached on the R&B chart.
Wks2 = weeks spent of the R&B chart.
dnc = did not chart.

If applicable, weeks spent at no.1 is given in brackets.

Singles

 Date   HP  Wks1  R&B  Wks2  Title - RIAA Award/Date
 Oct 71      4      14       4      13  Got To Be There
 Mar 72      2      13       2        9  Rockin' Robin
 Jun 72    16      11       2      12  I Wanna Be Where You Are
 Aug 72   1(1)      16       5      14  Ben
 May 73    50        7     14      10  With A Child's Heart
 Mar 75    54        8       7      13  We're Almost There
 May 75    23      12       4      15  Just A Little Bit Of You
 Sep 78    41        9     17      13  Ease On Down The Road (& Diana Ross)
 Jan 79    81        3     42      10  You Can't Win
 Jul 79   1(1)      21    1(5)      20  Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough  PLATINUM/Feb 89
 Nov 79   1(4)      24    1(6)      25  Rock With You  PLATINUM/Feb 89
 Feb 80    10      17       5      13  Off The Wall  GOLD/Feb 89
 May 80    10      16     43        8  She's Out Of My Life  GOLD/Feb 89
 Apr 81    55        7     42      10  One Day In Your Life
 Nov 82      2      18    1(3)      20  The Girl Is Mine (& Paul McCartney)  GOLD/Jan 83
 Jan 83   1(7)      24    1(9)      23  Billie Jean  PLATINUM/Feb 89 
 Apr 83   1(3)      25    1(1)      19  Beat It  PLATINUM/Feb 89
 Jun 83      5      15       5      17  Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'
 Jul 83      7      14     27      12  Human Nature
 Oct 83   1(6)      22       2      20  Say Say Say (& Paul McCartney)  PLATINUM/May 92
 Oct 83    10     16     46        8  P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)
 Feb 84      4     14       3      14  Thriller   PLATINUM/Dec 89
 Jun 84    38     12     37      10  Farewell My Summer Love
 Aug 87   1(1)     14    1(1)      11  I Just Can't Stop Loving You (& Siedah Garrett)  GOLD/Sep 87
 Sep 87   1(2)     14    1(3)      11  Bad                                        
 Nov 87   1(1)     18    1(4)      13  The Way You Make Me Feel
 Feb 88   1(2)     17    1(1)      14  Man In The Mirror
 Apr 88    80       6       4      11  Get It (& Stevie Wonder)
 Apr 88   1(1)     14       5      13  Dirty Diana
 Jul 88    11     13    1(1)      14  Another Part Of Me
 Nov 88      7     15       2      15  Smooth Criminal
 Nov 91   1(7)     20       3      14  Black Or White   PLATINUM/Jan 92
 Jan 92      3     20    1(2)      18  Remember The Time   GOLD/Mar 92
 Apr 92      6     20    1(1)      15  In The Closet (& Mystery Girl)  GOLD/Jun 92
 Jul 92    26     14       3      12  Jam
 Dec 92    27     20     62      18  Heal The World
 Apr 93    14     18       6      20  Who Is It
 Jul 93      7     20     53      13  Will You Be There   GOLD/Dec 93
 Jun 95      5     17       2      14  Scream (& Janet Jackson)  PLATINUM/Jul 95
 Sep 95   1(1)     20    1(4)      20  You Are Not Alone  PLATINUM/Oct 95
 Jun 96    30     13     10      18  They Don't Care About Us
 Sep 96  112       0     71        5  Why (& 3T)
 May 97    42     11     19      13  Blood On The Dance Floor
 Aug 97    91       2     50      11  Stranger In Moscow
 Sep 01    10     20     13      20  You Rock My World
 Nov 01    14     20       2      30  Butterflies
 Mar 02   dnc       72      16  Heaven Can Wait
 Oct 03    83       5     40      19  One More Chance
 Feb 08    81       3    dnc    Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' 2008 (& Akon)
           

Billie Jean, Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough & Thriller were each awarded a RIAA Gold Record in November 2005, for digital (download) sales.

Singles - Recurrents

 Date   HP  Wks1  R&B  Wks2  Title
 Apr 92    19       5    dnc    Black Or White
 Jul 92      6     24       2     39  Remember The Time
 Sep 92    30       1     18       5  In The Closet (& Mystery Girl)
 May 93   1(1)       5    dnc    Heal The World
 Aug 93   dnc           18       1  Who Is It
 Dec 93      6       7    dnc      Will You Be There
 Jan 96      8       3       8     12  You Are Not Alone
 Jan 02   dnc         4     12  You Rock My World
 Apr 02      3       5       2     20  Butterflies
 Nov 05    17       2    dnc    Thriller
 Nov 06    18       2    dnc    Thriller (re)
 Nov 07    30       1    dnc    Thriller (re)
 Nov 08   1(1)       3+      Thriller (re)
                          

Hits with a Connection

This listing includes: hits Michael sang on (credited or uncredited, including samples), and hits he wrote or co-wrote, or produced or co-produced. Not included are cover versions of songs Michael has recorded or sang on, but that he didn't write or produce.

 Date   HP  Wks1  R&B  Wks2  Title - Artist - RIAA Award/Date
 Oct 78     40     17     17       8  The Wiz - Original Soundtrack album
 Jul 80     71       3     70       5  Save Me - Dave Mason
 Sep 80    dnc       59       8  Night Time Lover - La Toya Jackson
 Oct 82     10     17       4     18  Muscles - Diana Ross
 Oct 82     41     10     31     10  State Of Independence - Donna Summer
 Dec 82     55       9     47     10  Papa Was A Rolling Stone - Wolf
 Jul 83    dnc       25     11  Do It Again/Billie Jean - Slingshot
 Aug 83     75       5     61       8  Do It Again/Billie Jean - Club House
 Jan 84       2     19    1(5)     17  Somebody's Watching Me - Rockwell   GOLD/Mar 84
 Mar 84     12     12     84       4  Eat It - Weird Al Yankovic
 Aug 84   101       0       9     15  Don't Stand Another Chance - Janet Jackson
 Sep 84     24     19       4     21  Centipede - Rebbie Jackson  GOLD/May 92
 Mar 85    dnc       77       8  Behind The Mask - Greg Phillinganes
 Mar 85   1(4)     18    1(2)     14  We Are The World - USA For Africa   4 x PLATINUM/Apr 85
 Sep 85     77       7     10     12  Eaten Alive - Diana Ross
 May 88     99       2    dnc    Fat - Weird Al Yankovic
 May 93   121       0     74       6  Whatzupwitu - Eddie Murphy
 Jul 93       2     22    1(7)     34  Right Here/Human Nature - SWV
 Sep 93     76       5     30     13  Breakadawn - De La Soul
 Apr 95     43     13     12     20  Joy - BLACKstreet
 Mar 96     10     20       3     24  Keep On, Keepin' On - MC Lyte feat. Xscape
 Jul 01    dnc       64     11  Letter 2 My Unborn - 2Pac
 Aug 01     23     20    dnc      Smooth Criminal - Alien Ant Farm
 Jul 02     69       7     32     14  All Eyez On Me - Monica
 Sep 07       7     21       3     32  Good Life - Kanye West feat. T-Pain
 Dec 07       3     30     74       8  Don't Stop The Music - Rihanna
 Apr 08     19       7    dnc    Beat It - Fall Out Boy feat. John Mayer
 Apr 08   123       0    dnc    Don't Stop The Music - American Idol Top 8
 Jun 08     47       1    dnc    Billie Jean - David Cook
           

Albums

 Date   HP  Wks1  R&B  Wks2  Title - RIAA Award/Date
 Feb 72     14      23        3      24  Got To Be There
 Aug 72       5      32        4      22  Ben
 May 73     92      12      24      10  Music & Me
 Feb 75   101        9      10      12  Forever, Michael
 Sep 75   156        5      44        5  The Best Of
 Sep 79       3    169   1(16)      61  Off The Wall   7 x PLATINUM/Dec 95
 Apr 81   144      10      41      10  One Day In Your Life
 Dec 82   1(37)    122   1(37)    101  Thriller  27 x PLATINUM/Apr 05
 Feb 83   201      (6)    dnc    E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial
 Jun 84     46      15      31      15  Farewell My Summer Love
 Jun 84   168        7    dnc    14 Greatest Hits (& Jackson 5)
 Sep 87    1(6)      87   1(18)      77  Bad   8 x PLATINUM/Sep 94
 Dec 91    1(4)    117   1(12)    112  Dangerous    7 x PLATINUM/May 00
 Jul 95    1(2)      36    1(2)      37  History Past, Present And Future Book 1   7 x PLATINUM/Oct 99
 Jun 97     24        9      12      10  Blood On The Dance Floor   PLATINUM/Oct 00
 Nov 01    1(1)      28    1(4)      36  Invincible  2 x PLATINUM/Jan 02
 Dec 01     85      23      45      11  Greatest Hits History Volume 1  GOLD/Nov 05
 Dec 03     13      30        6      29  Number Ones    PLATINUM/Nov 05
 Dec 04   154        1      48        6  The Ultimate Collection (box-set)
 Jul 05     96        6      50        7  The Essential
           

Midline & Catalog Albums

KEY:

Date = date of chart entry.
HP = peak position reached on the Midline/Top Catalog albums chart.
Wks1 = weeks spent on the Midline/Top Catalog albums chart.
R&B = peak position reached on the Top R&B Catalog albums chart.
Wks2 = weeks spent of the Top R&B Catalog albums chart.

 Date   HP  Wks1  R&B  Wks2  Title
 ???     12     24    dnc    The Best Of
 Mar 83       7     50    dnc    Great Songs And Performances That Inspired The Motown 25th
 Anniversary Television Special (& Jackson 5)
 Nov 92       2   111    1(4)   120+  Thriller
 Feb 93       7     22       6       8  Off The Wall
 Feb 93       8     24       3       6  Bad
 Jul 95     34       2     12       1  Dangerous
 Nov 03     28       9     21       2  Greatest Hits History Volume 1
 Feb 06       5     54+    1(1)     74+  Number Ones
 Feb 08    1(11)     27+   1(16)     39+  Thriller 25
                          

Music Videos & DVDs

KEY:

Date = date of chart entry.
HP = peak position reached on the Music Videos chart.
Wks = weeks spent on the Music Videos chart.
+ = still charting.

 Date    HP   Wks  Title - RIAA Award/Date
 Jan 84    1(8)     65  Making Michael Jackson's Thriller  (VHS Sales)
 Jul 85    1(2)     32  We Are The World - The Video Event (with USA For Africa)              
 Dec 85    2(4)     84  Motown 25 - Yesterday, Today, Forever  PLATINUM/Feb 86
 Feb 89   1(24)   100  Moonwalker  8 x PLATINUM/Apr 89                                                                           
 Jun 89    1(4)     52  The Legend Continues...
 Dec 93       4     85  Dangerous - The Short Films  2 x PLATINUM/Dec 96
 Jul 95    1(5)   178  Video Greatest Hits - History  5 x PLATINUM/Mar 03
 Jun 97    1(2)   171  History On Film Volume II  3 x PLATINUM/Mar 03
 Dec 03    1(1)   234+  Number Ones  4 x PLATINUM/Nov 05
 Mar 04     28       1  The One  GOLD/Jun 04
 Aug 05       6     42  Live In Bucharest - The Dangerous Tour  GOLD/Nov 05