MJ CHART WATCH

This will be our third and final look at Michael Jackson's dominance of the ARIA singles and albums charts in the weeks following the singer's sudden death. His 'Essential' compilation (pictured) continues to sit atop the ARIA albums chart and his signature hits are still dotting the ARIA singles chart (no less than 24 songs in the top 100 this week). So one more time for the fans, here's the MJ breakdown this week, with sales figures in brackets;

SINGLES :
No.11 : Thriller (4182)
No.16 : Black Or White (3675)
No.20 : Billie Jean (3457)
No.22 : Man In The Mirror (3239)
No.28 : Beat It (2525)
No.31 : Smooth Criminal (2413)
No.38 : Heal The World (2075)
No.40 : You Are Not Alone (2049)
No.41 : The Way You Make Me Feel (2044)
No.47 : Will You Be There (1783)
No.51 : They Don't Care About Us (1643)
No.53 : Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough (1515)
No.54 : Bad (1483)
No.56 : Smile (1432)
No.69 : Ben (1106)
No.74 : You Rock My World (1064)
No.79 : Can You Feel It (988)
No.80 : ABC (976)
No.81 : Blame It On The Boogie (934)
No.82 : Remember The Time (926)
No.84 : Human Nature (874)
No.87 : Rock With You (839)
No.93 : Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' (734)
No.97 : I'll Be There (699)

ALBUMS :
No.01 : Essential Michael Jackson (33,669)
No.02 : #1s (16,606)
No.04 : Thriller (12,025)
No.06 : King Of Pop (9305)
No.14 : HIStory : Past Present & Future (4395)
No.17 : Off The Wall (3537)
No.19 : Dangerous (3011)
No.21 : Bad (2808)
No.27 : Bad/Dangerous (2192)
No.30 : Off The Wall/Thriller (1979)
No.41 : Invincible (1401)
No.43 : The Motown Years 50 (1378)
No.46 : The Very Best Of With The Jackson 5 (1237)