Michael's new album flops big time.. Sells only 8,000 copies

[Drudge]

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http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2005340731,00.html


MICHAEL Jackson’s new album sold just 8,000 copies in its first week in the US.

The greatest hits CD charted at a lowly 128 as fans snubbed the star.

The flop is a huge blow for Jacko, 46, who hoped to make a comeback after he was cleared of child sex abuse charges last month.

The Essential Michael Jackson was even beaten by 1970s star Carly Simon’s new CD Moonlight which sold 58,000 copies.


 
New CD ... not Essential listening
 


A spokeswoman for Neilsen Soundscan, which monitors US record sales, confirmed: “Carly Simon sold 50,000 more albums than Michael Jackson.”

The figures are a far cry from Jacko’s heyday when he sold 40MILLION copies of Thriller worldwide.

The singer has scarcely been seen since he was acquitted of abusing teenager Gavin Arvizo.

He was taken to hospital with dehydration after the trial and then fled America for a holiday in Bahrain.

[Kill]

*waits for Trauma*

[Don Seer]

i had all the songs already..

[Trauma-san]

I dunno what people expect, it's the third! greatest hits album with basically the same songs in about 3 years.  His last album of new material went double platinum in 2 months, lesse Carly Simon do that. 

[W-Side]

^^nuff said

[Shallow]

"Essentials" never sell that well.

[Don Rizzle]

it was a pointless release thats why it won't push any units.

[Kill]

it was a pointless release thats why it won't push any units.

true

[GangstaBoogy]

I dunno what people expect, it's the third! greatest hits album with basically the same songs in about 3 years.  His last album of new material went double platinum in 2 months, lesse Carly Simon do that. 

yeah this never shoulda came out

[bez]

Same old shit though wasn't it. 

He needs to get his ass home and concentrate on making just one more dope album.  Needs to listen to Thriller and then listen to Invincible and then he will see the difference in quality.

[Trauma-san]

He's 48.  He doesn't need just 1 more, he needs 10 more.  Brian Wilson's insane, and afraid of everything on earth including the recording studio and performing live in concert, but he's managed to release 7 CD's of new material and had 4 or 5 major tours since he turned 48 and has another one out in 3 months.  Michael has no excuse.

[Adam Donnelly]

It was number 2 in the album charts in the U.K.

Please do not listen to the Sun News Paper

[Fonky Fresh]

MAYn,he gotta retire asap coz his legacy will fall down