This week Billboard magazine does an in depth career retrospective on Michael Jackson, including looks at the top songs and videos of his career. It’s a pretty fun ride…
Michael Jackson’s Top 50 Billboard Hits:
In a career that spanned almost all 50 years of his life, Michael Jackson became a mainstay on the Billboard charts. It was his dominance on the weekly Billboard Hot 100, however, that entered him into the record books: As a solo artist, 13 of his singles went to No. 1 — the most by a male artist — and an additional four songs by the Jackson 5 also topped the chart.
Here, Jackson’s top 50 singles are ranked based on a track’s performance on the Hot 100. (Nielsen SoundScan started tabulating sales data for Billboard in 1991; as many Jackson songs were released before then, a measurement based on strict sales numbers would be incomplete.) Songs are ranked based on an inverse point system, with weeks at No. 1 earning the greatest value and weeks at No. 100 earning the least. ( https://www.billboard.com/mj50 )
Michael Jackson’s Top 50 Billboard Hits:
https://www.billboard.com/mj50
Michael Jackson – The Billboard Cover Story:
https://www.billboard.com/features/michael-jackson-the-billboard-cover-story-1004098778.story
Chart Story (deeper explanation/analysis on the chart):
https://www.billboard.com/news/say-say-say-ranks-as-michael-jackson-s-1004098909.story
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