If you look at that chart, Michael Jackson is at #1 on the Billboard Pop Catalogue Charts in the US with the biggest one-week sales of a catalog album in over 10 years. Jackson’s label Sony is complaining about the placement reasoning that the Top 200 chart is much more visible and likely to impact sales, but Billboard holds firm by their decision indicating they also spoke to major retailers such as Wal-Mart and Best Buy in making their decision. Sony also claims that it should be considered a new album because of the inclusion of new versions of songs featuring Akon and Fergie among others. However, past precedent shows that other albums including even more new material have been kept to the catalog chart.
Despite the controversy, it is quite an achievement for any 25 year old album to sell over 100,000 copies in one week.
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