Michael Jackson's record sales top 9 million since his death

Jul 15th, 2009 - Los Angeles Times

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The surge in sales of Michael Jackson's music catalog continued Wednesday with the announcement that his albums dominated the pop charts for the third consecutive week, and a source told The Times that more than 9 million of Jackson's solo recordings have been sold worldwide since his death June 25.

Nielsen SoundScan said Jackson's albums sold 1.1 million copies over the last seven days and had combined to sell an impressive 2.3 million in the U.S. in the nearly three weeks since he died.

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