Michael Jackson still king of album charts

Thursday, July 16, 2009

NEW YORK (AP) -- Michael Jackson has sold 2.3 million CDs since he died three weeks ago. Fans have snapped up his albums, including "Thriller" and "Number Ones," his greatest-hits collection. Last week, 1.1 million copies of his albums were sold, according to sales figures from Nielsen SoundScan. Jackson's "Number Ones" remains the top-selling CD in the U.S. for the third straight week, with 349,000 copies sold.

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