Michael Jackson has landed the best-selling album of 2026 so far, with the honour coming 17 years after his death.

Michael Jackson’s ‘Thriller’ reaches a decade as a bestseller as ‘Number Ones,’ ‘Off the Wall’ and ‘Bad’ also rank among America’s top sellers.

Michael Jackson leads the UK’s albums chart with The Essential, which has surged past 508,000 units following renewed ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. October is the biggest month of the year for Michael Jackson’s ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The sheer scale of Michael Jackson's fame can sometimes overshadow the music itself. From the moment he danced into America's ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Michael Jackson’s Number Ones debuts at No. 4 on Billboard's Vinyl ...

Thirty-nine years ago today, on Sept. 26, 1987, Michael Jackson’sBad debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200. It stayed there ...

"Xscape" (Epic), the second posthumous Michael Jackson album, sounds like a lovely idea. Epic's chairman and CEO L.A. Reid and his team went through Jackson's vault of unreleased recordings and ...

We now know the songs will be featured on the soundtrack for the 2026 Michael Jackson bio “Michael” — and fans want more.The movie, being released in theaters and IMAX on April 24, highlights the Gary ...

One of pop music’s biggest releases arrived 39 years ago today. Michael Jackson released his seventh studio album, Bad, on Aug. 31, 1987. The record followed Thriller, which had become the ...

Michael Jackson’s Thriller became the biggest-selling album of all time. According to producer Quincy Jones, however, it initially seemed like the record would be a resounding failure. They struggled ...