The self-proclaimed “King of Pop” who died suddenly on Thursday 25th June occupied the top 15 slots on online retailer Amazon.com Inc’s best-selling albums within hours.
The No. 1 disc, not surprisingly, was the 25th anniversary reissue of his 1982 blockbuster “Thriller,” the biggest selling album in history with estimated worldwide sales of almost 50 million copies. Three different configurations of “Thriller” came in at number 12, 13, and 14.
By Friday, Jackson’s albums had taken 14 of the top 20 places on the Amazon.co.uk sales chart – despite a commercial appeal which had been largely in the doldrums for years as his private life overshadowed his music.
The lack of new material for many years also contributed to the public indifference, although this started to reverse as Jacko fever began to grip following the announcement of his record-breaking run of O2 shows.
With such a huge response worldwide to his reported death, tragically, the singer is now doing better financially in death, than he was while alive, or perhaps this was all part of the plan?
Interestingly the release of his autopsy report is now set to be delayed for 6 weeks. Hmm…we smell a rat!
Before his death, Michael Jackson sold 1 million tickets in a matter of minutes in London. This would have helped his financial situation. Now they are predicting his estate will go into bankruptcy.