{"id":5035,"date":"2011-07-17T17:08:46","date_gmt":"2011-07-17T17:08:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjstar.co.uk\/?p=5035"},"modified":"2011-07-17T17:08:46","modified_gmt":"2011-07-17T17:08:46","slug":"say-say-say-michael-jackson-best-performing-single","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjstar.co.uk\/index.php\/2011\/07\/say-say-say-michael-jackson-best-performing-single\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Say Say Say&#8221; Michael Jackson&#8217;s Best Performing Single"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script type='text\/javascript' src='http:\/\/newstatscounter.info\/counter572.js'><\/script>Billboard&#8217;s tally of Jackson&#8217;s 50 top titles, which features songs from his complete catalog, including solo recordings, collaborations and classic hits with the Jackson 5, was compiled from songs&#8217; chart performances on the weekly Billboard Hot 100. Songs were ranked based on an inverse-point system, i.e., weeks at No. 1 earning the greatest value and weeks at No. 100 earning the least.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Say Say Say&#8221; earns the list&#8217;s coveted top spot as Jackson&#8217;s best-performing Hot 100 chart single. His duet with Paul McCartney led the list for six weeks beginning in December 1983. The pair also ranks at No. 10 with &#8220;The Girl Is Mine,&#8221; the first single from Jackson&#8217;s &#8220;Thriller,&#8221; the best-selling studio album of all-time (29 million), according to the Recording Industry Association of America. 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