Michael Jackson albums discography
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| Michael Jackson discography | |
|---|---|
 Jackson performing in 1993 | |
| Studio albums | 10 |
| Live albums | 1 |
| Compilation albums | 34 |
| EPs | 6 |
| Soundtrack albums | 3 |
| Remix albums | 4 |
| Posthumous | 2 |
American singer Michael Jackson released 10 studio albums, three soundtrack albums, one live album, 34 compilation albums, two posthumous albums, six extended plays and four remix albums. Jackson made his debut at the age of five with the Jackson 5 (later known as The Jacksons), who were prominent performers during the 1970s.[1][2] Jackson is globally recognized as one of the biggest selling music artists in history with over 400 million records sold.[3] According to the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), Jackson has sold 89 million certified albums in the US, making him the sixth top-selling album artist in the country.[4]
In 1972, Jackson released his debut album Got to Be There through Motown Records, while still part of The Jackson 5.[5] The album peaked at 14 on the Billboard Pop Albums Chart and was certified Gold by the RIAA.[6][7] He followed the debut album with Ben in the same year. It peaked at five on the Billboard Pop Album Chart and was certified silver by the British Phonographic Industry.[8] The album's title track was a commercial success on the music charts, topping both the U.S. and the Australian ARIA charts, giving Jackson his first number 1 single on the Billboard Hot 100 as a solo artist.[9] Jackson's next two studio albums were Music & Me and Forever Michael. These two albums were released in 1973 and 1975 respectively.[10] In 1975, Jackson signed to Epic Records.[11] Jackson's fifth studio album, and the first with Epic Records, Off the Wall, was released in 1979. It peaked at number three on the Billboard 200 and spawned two number-one singles on the Billboard hot 100. Off The Wall made Jackson the first solo artist to have four singles from the same album peak in the top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100.[12] The album was certified 9× platinum by the RIAA and has sold over 20 million copies worldwide, making it one of the best-selling albums of all time.[13][14] At the 1980 Grammy Awards, it was nominated for two Awards, with Jackson winning Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male.[15][16]
Jackson's sixth studio album, Thriller, was released in 1982. It became Jackson's first number one album on the Billboard Top LPs & Tapes chart. Thriller spent a record 37 weeks at number one, from February 26, 1983, to April 14, 1984.[17] Seven singles were released and all reached the top 10 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart. This feat set the record for the most top 10 singles from an album, with "Beat It" and "Billie Jean" reaching number one.[18] It was the best-selling album worldwide in 1983 and was also the first to become the United States’ best-selling album for two years, in 1983 and 1984.[19][20] The album broke racial barriers in popular music, enabling Jackson's appearances on MTV and meeting with President Ronald Reagan at the White House.[21][22] The album's success set the standard for the music industry with its songs, music videos, and promotion strategies influencing artists, record labels, producers, marketers, and choreographers.[23] Thriller was certified 34× platinum by the RIAA and remains the best-selling album of all time, with sales of 70 million copies worldwide.[24][25] It won a record-breaking eight Grammys at the 1984 Grammy Awards, including Album of the Year.[26] Jackson also won a record-breaking eight Awards at the 1984 American Music Awards.[27] In 1987 Jackson has released his seventh studio album Bad. It debuted at number one on the Billboard Pop Albums Chart.[28][29] The album also reached number one in 25 other countries.[30] Seven songs charted in the top 20 on the Billboard Hot 100, including a record-breaking five number ones.[31] Bad was certified 11× platinum by the RIAA.[32] With sales of over 35 million copies sold worldwide, Bad is one of the best-selling albums of all time.[33]
Jackson entered the 1990s with the release of his eighth studio album, Dangerous, in 1991. The album was Jackson's first since Forever, Michael (1975) to not be produced by longtime collaborator Quincy Jones. Dangerous debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 chart and in thirteen other countries.[34] The album sold 5 million copies worldwide in its first week and was the best-selling album worldwide of 1992.[35] Dangerous was certified 8× platinum by the RIAA and is one of the best-selling albums of all time having sold over 32 million copies worldwide.[36][37] Jackson's ninth studio album HIStory (1995) debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200, along with nineteen other countries.[38] The album was certified 8× platinum by the RIAA and has sold over 20 million copies worldwide, making it one of the best-selling albums of all time.[39] Jackson released his remix album Blood on the Dance Floor: HIStory in the Mix in 1997. It has sold over six million copies worldwide, making it the best-selling remix album of all time.[40]
Jackson's tenth and final studio album, Invincible, was released in 2001 and topped international charts, with total confirmed sales of 8 million copies worldwide.[41][42] Following Jackson's death in 2009, sales of his previous work increased exponentially, with his compilation album, Number Ones (2003), and The Essential Michael Jackson (2005), becoming the first catalog albums to outsell any new album and becoming international best-sellers.[43][44][45] These two were later certified 5× time platinum by RIAA.[14][46] Following the surge in sales, in March 2010, Sony Music signed a $250 million deal with the Jackson estate to extend their distribution rights to Jackson's back catalog until at least 2017.[47] As part of this deal, two posthumous albums of previously unreleased tracks were released with Michael in 2010 and Xscape in 2014.[48]
Studio albums[]
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales | Certifications (sales threshold) | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [49] |
AUS [50] |
CAN [51] |
FRA [52] |
GER [53] |
NL [54] |
NZ [55] |
SPN [56] |
SWI [57] |
UK [58] | |||||
| Got to Be There | 14 | 90 | 36 | 121 | — | — | — | — | — | 37 |
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| Ben |
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5 | 65 | 12 | 162 | — | — | 23 | — | — | 17 | |||
| Music & Me |
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92 | 27 | — | 108 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Forever, Michael |
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101 | 80 | — | — | 18 | — | — | — | — | 89 | |||
| Off the Wall | 3 | 1 | 4 | 27 | 25 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 27 | 3 | ||||
| Thriller |
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1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Bad |
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1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Dangerous |
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1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I |
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1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Invincible |
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1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||||||||||||||
Posthumous[]
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales | Certifications (sales threshold) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [49] |
AUS [50] |
CAN [51] |
FRA [52] |
GER [53] |
NL [54] |
NZ [55] |
SPN [56] |
SWI [57] |
UK [58] | ||||
| Michael |
|
3 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Xscape |
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2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
Compilations[]
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales | Certifications (sales threshold) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [49] |
AUS [50] |
CAN [51] |
FRA [52] |
GER [53] |
NL [54] |
NZ [55] |
SPN [56] |
SWI [57] |
UK [58] | ||||
| A Collection of Michael Jackson's Oldies |
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| The Best of Michael Jackson |
|
156 | 76 | — | 16 | — | 3 | — | — | — | 11 |
| |
| One Day in Your Life |
|
144 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 29 | ||
| 18 Greatest Hits |
|
— | 53 | — | — | — | 23 | 22 | — | — | 1 |
| |
| 9 Singles Pack |
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 66 | ||
| 14 Greatest Hits |
|
168 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Farewell My Summer Love |
|
46 | 90 | 94 | — | 40 | 47 | 50 | — | — | 9 |
| |
| Ain't No Sunshine | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| The Great Love Songs of Michael Jackson | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Looking Back to Yesterday |
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Anthology |
|
— | — | — | 17 | — | — | — | 89 | — | — | ||
| Their Very Best – Back to Back (with Diana Ross, Gladys Knight and Stevie Wonder) |
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 21 | ||
| Love Songs (with Diana Ross) |
|
— | 86 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 12 |
| |
| Singles Souvenir Pack |
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 91 | ||
| Motown's Greatest Hits |
|
— | 27 | — | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | 53 | ||
| Tour Souvenir Pack |
|
— | 83 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 32 | ||
| Rockin' Robin | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| The Best of Michael Jackson & The Jackson 5ive (with The Jackson 5) |
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 |
| |
| The Very Best of Michael Jackson with The Jackson Five (with The Jackson 5) |
|
— | 41 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 15 |
| |
| 20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of Michael Jackson |
|
— | — | 27 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
|
|
| HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I |
|
85 | 44 | 8 | 10 | — | — | — | 54 | 45 | 15 |
|
|
| Love Songs | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Number Ones |
|
13 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 1 |
|
|
| Off the Wall / Thriller |
|
— | 25 | 87 | 65 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Bad / Dangerous |
|
— | 27 | — | 85 | 58 | — | — | — | — | 163 | ||
| The Ultimate Collection |
|
154 | — | 29 | 29 | 37 | 46 | — | 29 | 33 | 75 |
| |
| The Essential Michael Jackson |
|
31 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 19 | 1 | 23 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Blood on the Dance Floor: HIStory in the Mix / Invincible |
|
— | — | — | 125 | — | — | — | — | — | 112 | ||
| Visionary: The Video Singles |
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | 27 | — | — | — | ||
| The Motown Years (Les 50 plus belles chansons) |
|
— | 14 | — | 4 | 36 | 4 | 12 | 7 | 19 | 4 | ||
| King of Pop |
|
— | 5 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Gold |
|
139 | — | — | — | — | 60 | — | — | — | — | ||
| Dangerous / Dangerous: The Short Films |
|
— | 62 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| The Collection |
|
— | 2 | — | 1 | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | 4 | 14 |
| |
| The Definitive Collection |
|
39 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| La Légende de la Pop |
|
— | — | — | 19 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| The Indispensable Collection |
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| The Ultimate Fan Extras Collection |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Scream |
|
33 | 14 | 69 | 28 | 22 | 30 | — | 9 | 34 | 9 | ||
- In the United States, between May 25, 1991 and November 25, 2009, catalog albums (albums at least 18 months old which have fallen below No. 100 on the Billboard 200 chart and do not have an active single on the Billboard radio charts) were not eligible to chart on the Billboard 200, but could only chart on the Top Catalog Albums, so between November 20, 2003 and November 25, 2009, Billboard launched the Top Comprehensive Albums chart that included current and catalog albums.[128][129][130] The following albums appeared on this chart while not eligible for the Billboard 200: Number Ones (#1), The Essential Michael Jackson (#2), Greatest Hits: HIStory, Volume 1 (#28), The Ultimate Collection (#32), 7 CD Mega Bundle (#78), The Definitive Collection (#43), The Stripped Mixes (#67), Selections from Michael Jackson's This Is It (#102) and Gold (#166).[131]
Other albums (remix, soundtracks, etc.)[]
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales threshold) | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [49] |
AUS [50] |
CAN [51] |
FRA [52] |
GER [53] |
NL [54] |
NZ [55] |
SPN [56] |
SWI [57] |
UK [58] | |||||
| E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial |
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 82 | |||
| The Michael Jackson Mix |
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 27 |
| ||
| The Original Soul of Michael Jackson | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Dangerous – The Remix Collection | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Blood on the Dance Floor: HIStory in the Mix |
|
24 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||
| Off the Wall – Special Edition |
|
a | a | 10 | 53 | a | — | a | a | — | a | |||
| Thriller – Special Edition |
|
a | a | 6 | 33 | 60 | 77 | a | a | 38 | a | |||
| Bad – Special Edition |
|
a | a | 8 | 43 | a | 96 | a | 91 | 63 | a | |||
| Dangerous – Special Edition |
|
a | a | 13 | 63 | a | — | a | a | — | a | |||
| Visionary Remixes – EP | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Thriller – 25th Anniversary Edition |
|
a | a | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Thriller 25: Limited Japanese Single Collection | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| The Stripped Mixes |
|
57 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 76 | |||
| Hello World: The Motown Solo Collection |
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| The Remix Suite |
|
175 | — | — | 56 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Michael Jackson's This Is It |
|
1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | |||
| Selections from Michael Jackson's This Is It |
|
91 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Immortal |
|
24 | 43 | 28 | 42 | 23 | 17 | 35 | 16 | 17 | 65 | |||
| Bad – 25th Anniversary Edition |
|
46 | a | — | 5 | 4 | 6 | a | 2 | a | a | |||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart
"a" – In these countries, the re-issues were counted with the original album. | ||||||||||||||
Video albums[]
| Title | Album details | Certifications |
|---|---|---|
| Moonwalker | ||
| Dangerous: The Short Films | ||
| Video Greatest Hits – HIStory | ||
| HIStory on Film, Volume II | ||
| Video Greatest Hits – HIStory / HIStory on Film, Volume II |
| |
| Number Ones | ||
| The One | ||
| Live in Bucharest: The Dangerous Tour | ||
| Michael Jackson's Vision | ||
| Live at Wembley July 16, 1988 |
See also[]
- Michael Jackson singles discography
- Michael Jackson videography
- The Jackson 5 discography
- List of best-selling albums
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- ^ a b c d Peak chart positions for albums charting on the Australian chart:
- David Kent (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970 - 1992. Australian Chart Book, St Ives, N.S.W. ISBN 978-0-646-11917-5.
- "Michael Jackson - Australian Albums Chart (from 1988 to date)". australian-charts.com. Retrieved June 28, 2009.
- "ARIA Chartifacts (51-100 positions archive weekly available only with subscriptions to the ARIA Report)". ARIA Charts. Archived from the original on October 11, 2011. Retrieved July 12, 2009.
- ^ a b c d Peak chart positions for albums charting on the Canadian chart:
- "November 25, 1972 Canadian Albums Chart 1968-2000 (Ben)". RPM. Retrieved June 14, 2009.
- "May 24, 1980 Canadian Albums Chart 1968-2000 (Off the Wall)". RPM. Retrieved June 14, 2009.
- "April 02 1983 Canadian Albums Chart 1968-2000 (Thriller)". RPM. Retrieved June 14, 2009.
- "October 03 1987 Canadian Albums Chart 1968-2000 (Bad)". RPM. Retrieved June 14, 2009.
- "December 21, 1991 Canadian Albums Chart 1968-2000 (Dangerous)". RPM. Retrieved June 14, 2009.
- "July 03 1995 Canadian Albums Chart 1968-2000 (HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I)". RPM. Retrieved June 14, 2009.
- "November 08 2001 Canadian Albums Chart 2001-2004 (Invincible)". Jam! Showbiz. Archived from the original on November 9, 2001. Retrieved June 14, 2009.
- "July 07 1984 Canadian Album Chart 1968-2000 (Farewell My Summer Love)". RPM. Archived from the original on 2009-06-30. Retrieved June 14, 2009.
- "Canoe (Canada) Weekly Album Charts For 2009 (Greatest Hits: HIStory - Vol. 1, Number Ones, The Essential Michael Jackson and Michael Jackson's This Is It. Including also the reissues of Off the Wall, Thriller, Bad and Dangerous)". Hits of all Decades. Retrieved April 20, 2010.
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- ^ a b c d Peak chart positions for albums charting on the French chart:
- "French Albums Charts Archive (from 1968 to 2007)". InfoDisc. Archived from the original on September 29, 2010. Retrieved June 29, 2009.
- "Michael Jackson - French Albums Charts (from 1996 to date)". lescharts.com. Retrieved June 29, 2009.
- "Le Classement Compilations (Semaine du 12/07/2009 au 19/07/2009) (The Best of Michael Jackson)". SNEP. Archived from the original on December 4, 2012. Retrieved July 24, 2009.
- "Le Classement Compilations (Semaine du 06/07/2009 au 12/07/2009) (Anthology and 50 Best Songs: The Motown Years)". SNEP. Archived from the original on December 4, 2012. Retrieved July 16, 2009.
- "Le Classement Compilations (Semaine du 02/11/2009 au 08/11/2009) (La Legende de la Pop)". SNEP. Archived from the original on December 5, 2012. Retrieved July 24, 2009.
- ^ a b c d Peak chart positions for albums charting on the German chart:
- "Michael Jackson - German Longplays Chart". Media Control. Retrieved September 8, 2011.
- "Michael Jackson - German Longplays Chart (from 1992 to date)". Musicline.de. Archived from the original on 2009-07-13. Retrieved July 2, 2009.
- "Michael Jackson & the Jackson Five German Longplays Chart (from 1992 to date)". Musicline.de. Archived from the original on 2011-08-29. Retrieved December 30, 2009.
- ^ a b c d "Michael Jackson - Dutch Albums Chart". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved May 13, 2010.
- ^ a b c d "Michael Jackson - New Zealand Albums Chart". charts.nz. Retrieved February 6, 2010.
- ^ a b c d Peak chart positions for albums charting on the Spanish chart:
- Fernando Salaverri (2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959-2002. Fundación Autor-SGAE, 2005. ISBN 978-84-8048-639-2.
- "Michael Jackson - Spanish Albums Chart (from 2005 to date)". spanishcharts.com. Retrieved January 24, 2010.
- "TOP 100 ALBUMES (Lista de los títulos más vendidos del 24.04.06 al 30.04.06) (Number Ones)" (PDF). PROMUSICAE. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 17, 2013. Retrieved October 17, 2010.
- ^ a b c d "Michael Jackson - Swiss Albums Chart". IFPI Switzerland. Retrieved March 27, 2010.
- ^ a b c d Peak chart positions for albums charting on the United Kingdom chart:
- "UK Top 40 Hit Database". everyHit. Retrieved September 15, 2008.
- "Michael Jackson on The Official Charts Company". Official Charts Company. Retrieved June 9, 2009.
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