Brave new world - 4 million 13. Dance of death +- 3.5 million 14. A matter of life and death - 4 million 15. The final frontier -+ 3 million. Live Albums Live after death - 8.5 million Maiden england + - 1.5million A real live one +- 2 million A real Dead one +- 1 million Rock in Rio ++ + - 1 million Death on the road - 1 million. I made most of the Life After Death album in the studio. It could be possibly the biggest-selling album, close to Thriller sales. It still sold 10 million [copies,] and he was dead when it came.
Work by Michael Jackson, shown rehearsing on June 23, sold extremely well after his death. Credit Kevin Mazur/AEG — Getty Images, via image.net As soon as the news of Michael Jackson’s death began to spread last Thursday afternoon, radio programmers around the country cued up his songs, and fans rushed to retail and online outlets to buy his music in quantities that broke records on Billboard’s sales charts. The three best-selling albums in the United States last week were all by Mr. Jackson: “Number Ones” sold 108,000 copies; “The Essential Michael Jackson” sold 102,000; and “Thriller” sold 101,000, according to Nielsen SoundScan. In total, 422,000 copies of Mr. Jackson’s albums were sold in the week that ended on Sunday —more than 40 times the previous week’s figure — as fans snapped up everything in sight. Many retail stores reportedly ran out of stock over the weekend, which might have contributed to Mr.