All about Michael Jackson

Michael Jackson is richer in death than he was in life, with his songs generating millions of pounds in record sales, downloads and radio royalties in just three days.

By Matthew Moore

Published: 7:15PM BST 28 Jun 2009

Music industry experts described the sales impact of the King of Pop’s sudden passing as “unprecedented” and “explosive”.

Last night his best-of album reached No 1 in the UK charts, with four of his other albums also entering the Top 20. Forty-three of the Top 200 singles feature the singer.

As the first pop superstar to die since the digital revolution made music easily available online through websites such as iTunes, Jackson’s posthumous sales are expected to dwarf those of Elvis Presley and John Lennon.

Eamonn Forde, music industry analyst and contributing editor of Music Week said that Jackson’s death was “far, far bigger than the The Beatles making their back catalogue digitally available”.

“Because of the instant gratification of digital, a lot of people who would never have bothered going to the record shop are buying Michael Jackson songs, because they can do it with a couple of clicks from their bedroom,” he said.

“The last time we saw such interest in a particular artists was when Sir Elton John released Candle in the Wind after Princess Diana’s death, but a whole industry was required to get those records to the shops. There are no such restrictions this time.”

Concrete sales figures since Jackson’s death are not yet available, but industry sources said that well in excess of 100,000 of his records …

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