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.
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.
Michael Jackson’s Number One’s album is currently #6 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Catalog Album chart this week, up from #10 last week.