Eyewitness News reported on Tuesday that Michael Jackson could lose Neverland Ranch at public auction. A filing in Santa Barbara County Superior Court says Jackson has until Mar. 19 to come up with the $24 million it would take to keep the ranch. But one source close to the singer says, "not so fast."
With the release of Thriller25, which is over-performing in sales, Michael Jackson is the only artist to currently have 2 albums in the Top 10 on the Billboard Pop Catalog chart.
(CNN) — Pop star Michael Jackson will avoid foreclosure on his Neverland Ranch property with a new loan, a Jackson insider told CNN Wednesday.
Michael Jackson / Thriller: 25th Anniversary Edition
Four stars
This reissue lets fans marvel again at Michael Jackson’s incredible, masterful singing, with the peerless Quincy Jones in the control room. And no track holds up better or impresses more than “Billie Jean,” which continues to rank as one of the greatest pop songs ever.
KING OF POP (CATALOG): In its original run, Michael Jackson’s "Thriller" was on The Billboard 200 for 122 weeks, 37 of which were spent at No. 1.
With the re-entry of a silver anniversary edition, the rechristened "Thriller 25" (Legacy/Epic) is in its 112th week on the Top Pop Catalog Albums chart and is No. 1 on that tally for the first time.
Michael Jackson’s augmented 25th anniversary reissue of “Thriller” (Legacy/Epic) enters in pole position on Billboard’s European Top 100 Albums chart. Meanwhile on Eurochart Hot 100 Singles, “Apologize” (Mosley/Blackground/Interscope) by Timbaland presents One Republic starts a 14th week at No. 1.
Thriller 25 — the newly-expanded deluxe 25th anniversary edition of Michael Jackson’s Thriller, the world’s best-selling album of all-time — is America’s #2 Top-Selling Album this week, more than a quarter century after the album’s original release. Already shaping up as one of the hottest albums of 2008, Thriller 25 has rocketed into the Top 5 (or better) in a variety of territories across the planet following its worldwide release the week of February 11.
When is the second highest selling album of the week nowhere to be found in the top 200?
There used to be a number of reasons but now it’s down to one: When the disc has been classified as a catalog release.
The 25th anniversary edition of Michael Jackson’s "Thriller" (Epic/Legacy) sold 166,000 copies in its first week of release, which would make it the second biggest seller of the week that ended Sunday.
Final numbers for Thriller25 show the album selling over 160,000 copies its first week of release. This sets Thriller as the #1 album on the Billboard Catalog charts.
Hitsdaily.com’s estimated sales figures show Thriller25 blasting it’s way to the #2 position with over 150,000. With it’s power index