Michael Jackson albums discography

Michael Jackson discography

Michael Jackson meeting with President Ronald Reagan at the White House in 1984.
Studio albums 10
Live albums 1
Compilation albums 72
EPs 6
Soundtrack albums 3
Remix albums 7

This article contains the albums discography of the American pop artist Michael Jackson. It consists of ten studio albums and a partial list of live albums, compilations, extended plays, soundtracks and remix albums. Also listed are peak chart positions from 10 selected countries (markets), with relative sales and certifications. Sales in parentheses are of albums not certified. The countries selected are United States, Australia, Canada, France,[lower-alpha 1] Germany, the Netherlands,[lower-alpha 2] New Zealand, Spain, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. Some of the countries changed their levels of certifications at various times.

Jackson made his debut at the age of six with The Jackson 5 (later known as The Jacksons), who were prominent performers during the 1970s. Jackson's early solo career that same decade included albums such as Got to Be There and Ben. His two follow-ups, Music & Me and Forever, Michael, failed to sell well. In 1979, Jackson released Off the Wall, which became his first best-selling album. Three years later, Jackson issued his best-selling album to date, Thriller, which topped several international charts and became the best-selling album of all time. Jackson's follow-ups, Bad, Dangerous, and HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book 1, also became international successes. Jackson's tenth and final studio album, Invincible, was released in 2001 and topped international charts though its sales paled in comparison to his previous albums, with total confirmed sales of 10 million copies worldwide.

Following Jackson's death in 2009, sales of his previous work skyrocketed, with his compilation album, Number Ones, becoming one of the best-selling albums internationally.

Studio albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions Sales Certifications
(sales threshold)
US
[1]
AUS
[2]
CAN
[3]
FRA
[4]
GER
[5]
NL
[6]
NZ
[7]
SPN
[8]
SWI
[9]
UK
[10]
Got to Be There
  • Released: January 24, 1972
  • Label: Motown
14 121 37
Ben
  • Released: August 4, 1972
  • Label: Motown
5 65 12 162 17
Music & Me
  • Released: April 13, 1973
  • Label: Motown
92 27 108
Forever, Michael
  • Released: January 16, 1975
  • Label: Motown
101
Off the Wall
  • Released: August 10, 1979
  • Label: Epic
3 1 4 27 25 8 2 11 27 3
Thriller
  • Released: November 30, 1982
  • Label: Epic
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 1
Bad
  • Released: September 1, 1987
  • Label: Epic
1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
  • US: 9× Platinum[11]
  • AUS: 6× Platinum[39]
  • CAN: 7× Platinum[18]
  • FRA: Diamond[19]
  • GER: 4× Platinum[32]
  • NL: Platinum[20]
  • NZ: 9× Platinum[33]
  • SWI: 5× Platinum[40]
  • UK: 13× Platinum[12]
Dangerous
  • Released: November 26, 1991
  • Label: Epic
1 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
  • US: 7× Platinum[11]
  • AUS: 10× Platinum[31]
  • CAN: 6× Platinum[18]
  • FRA: Diamond[19]
  • GER: 4× Platinum[32]
  • NL: 3× Multi-Platinum[20]
  • NZ: 6× Platinum[33]
  • SWI: 5× Platinum[34]
  • UK: 6× Platinum[12]
HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I
  • Released: June 20, 1995
  • Label: Epic
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1
  • US: 7× Platinum[11]
  • AUS: 8× Platinum[17]
  • CAN: 5× Platinum[18]
  • FRA: Diamond[19]
  • GER: 3× Platinum[32]
  • NL: 3× Multi-Platinum[20]
  • NZ: 10× Platinum[21]
  • SWI: 3× Platinum[34]
  • UK: 4× Platinum[12]
Invincible
  • Released: October 30, 2001
  • Label: Epic
1 1 3 1 1 1 4 2 1 1
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Posthumous albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions Sales Certifications
(sales threshold)
US
[1]
AUS
[2]
CAN
[3]
FRA
[4]
GER
[5]
NL
[6]
NZ
[7]
SPN
[8]
SWI
[9]
UK
[10]
Michael
  • Released: December 10, 2010
  • Label: Epic
3 10 2 4 1 1 10 2 2 4
Xscape
  • Released: May 9, 2014
  • Label: Epic
2 2 3 1 2 2 3 1 2 1

Compilations

Title Album details Peak chart positions Sales Certifications
(sales threshold)
US
[1]
AUS
[2]
CAN
[3]
FRA
[4]
GER
[5]
NL
[6]
NZ
[7]
SPN
[8]
SWI
[9]
UK
[10]
The Best of Michael Jackson
  • Released: August 28, 1975
  • Label: Motown
156 76 16 3 11
One Day in Your Life
  • Released: March 25, 1981
  • Label: Motown
144 29
18 Greatest Hits
  • Released: 1983
  • Label: Motown
53 23 22 1
9 Singles Pack
  • Released: 1983
  • Label: Epic
66
14 Greatest Hits
  • Released: 1984
  • Label: Motown
168
Farewell My Summer Love
  • Released: May 8, 1984
  • Label: Motown
46 90 94 40 47 50 9
Anthology
  • Released: November 14, 1986
  • Label: Motown
17 89
Their Very Best – Back to Back
(with Diana Ross, Gladys Knight and Stevie Wonder)
  • Released: 1986
  • Label: Motown
21
Love Songs
(with Diana Ross)
  • Released: 1987
  • Label: Motown
86 12
Singles Souvenir Pack
  • Released: 1988
  • Label: Epic
91
Motown's Greatest Hits
  • Released: 1992
  • Label: Motown
27 6 53
Tour Souvenir Pack
  • Released: 1992
  • Label: Epic
83 32
The Best of Michael Jackson & The Jackson 5ive
(with The Jackson 5)
  • Released: 1997
  • Label: Motown
5
The Very Best of Michael Jackson with The Jackson Five
(with The Jackson 5)
  • Released: 1999
  • Label: Motown
41 15
20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection:
The Best of Michael Jackson
  • Released: 2000
  • Label: Motown
27
Greatest Hits: HIStory, Volume I
  • Released: November 13, 2001
  • Label: Epic
85 44 8 10 54 45 15
Number Ones
  • Released: November 18, 2003
  • Label: Epic
13 2 1 5 2 17 1 17 9 1
Off the Wall / Thriller
  • Released: 2004
  • Label: Epic
25 87 65
Bad / Dangerous
  • Released: 2004
  • Label: Epic
27 85 58 163
The Ultimate Collection
  • Released: November 17, 2004
  • Label: Epic
154 29 29 37 46 29 33 75
The Essential Michael Jackson
  • Released: July 19, 2005
  • Label: Epic
46 1 4 1 10 19 1 23 2 1
  • US: 3× Platinum[11]
  • AUS: 8× Platinum[58]
  • FRA: 2× Gold[19]
  • NZ: 2× Platinum[33]
  • UK: 3× Platinum[12]
Blood on the Dance Floor: HIStory in the Mix / Invincible
  • Released: 2006
  • Label: Epic
125 112
Visionary: The Video Singles
  • Released: February 20, 2006
  • Label: Epic
27
50 Best Songs – The Motown Years: Michael Jackson & The Jackson 5 (Les 50 plus belles chansons)
  • Released: 2007
  • Label: Motown
14 4 36 4 12 7 19 4
King of Pop
  • Released: August 22, 2008
  • Label: Epic
5 1 1 1 6 1 1 3
Gold
  • Released: August 26, 2008
  • Label: Motown
139 60
Dangerous / Dangerous – The Short Films
  • Released: 2008
  • Label: Epic
62
The Collection
  • Released: June 29, 2009
  • Label: Epic
2 1 2 2 1 4 14
The Definitive Collection
  • Released: August 25, 2009
  • Label: Motown
39
La Légende de la Pop
  • Released: 2009
  • Label: Pias France
19
The Indispensable Collection
  • Released: June 21, 2013
  • Label: MJJ Productions
The Ultimate Fan Extras Collection
  • Released: June 24, 2013
  • Label: MJJ Productions

Other albums (remix, soundtracks, etc.)

Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales threshold)
US
[1]
AUS
[2]
CAN
[3]
FRA
[4]
GER
[5]
NL
[6]
NZ
[7]
SPN
[8]
SWI
[9]
UK
[10]
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
  • Type: Audiobook / Soundtrack
  • Release date: November 1982
  • Label: Epic
82
The Michael Jackson Mix
  • Type: Remix album
  • Release date: 1987
  • Label: Stylus
27
Blood on the Dance Floor: HIStory in the Mix
  • Type: Remix album / Studio album
  • Release date: May 11, 1997
  • Label: Epic
24 2 16 1 2 1 1 1 2 1
Off the Wall – Special Edition
  • Type: Re-issue / Studio album
  • Release date: October 16, 2001
  • Label: Epic
a a 10 53 a a a a
Thriller – Special Edition
  • Type: Re-issue / Studio album
  • Release date: October 16, 2001
  • Label: Epic
a a 6 33 60 77 a a 38 a
Bad – Special Edition
  • Type: Re-issue / Studio album
  • Release date: October 16, 2001
  • Label: Epic
a a 8 43 a 96 a 91 63 a
Dangerous – Special Edition
  • Type: Re-issue / Studio album
  • Release date: October 16, 2001
  • Label: Epic
a a 13 63 a a a a
Thriller – 25th Anniversary Edition
  • Type: Re-issue / Studio album
  • Release date: February 12, 2008
  • Label: Epic
a a 2 1 2 2 1 2 1 3
The Stripped Mixes
  • Type: Remix album
  • Release date: July 28, 2009
  • Label: Motown
57 76
The Remix Suite
  • Type: Remix album
  • Release date: October 20, 2009
  • Label: Motown
175 56
Michael Jackson's This Is It
  • Type: Soundtrack / Best of
  • Release date: October 26, 2009
  • Label: Epic
1 2 1 1 3 1 1 3 2 3
  • US: 2× Multi-Platinum[11]
  • AUS: Platinum[17]
  • CAN: 2× Platinum[18]
  • FRA: 3× Platinum[19]
  • GER: Gold[32]
  • NL: Platinum[69]
  • NZ: 2× Platinum[33]
  • UK: 2× Platinum[12]
Selections from Michael Jackson's This Is It
  • Type: EP
  • Release date: October 26, 2009
  • Label: Epic
91
Immortal
  • Type: Soundtrack / Remix album
  • Release date: November 21, 2011
  • Label: Epic
24 43 28 42 23 17 35 16 17 65
Bad – 25th Anniversary Edition
  • Type: Re-issue / Studio album
  • Release date: September 18, 2012
  • Label: Epic
1 a 5 4 6 a 2 a a
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

"a" – In these countries, the re-issues were counted with the original album.

Live albums

List of officially released compilations and other albums not charted in the table

[70][71][72][73]

See also

Notes

  1. In France, from 1989, greatest hits/compilations of the artists charted in a compilation chart. From 2002 to 2005, albums with price under €10 were charted in a mid-price chart. In 2005, the rules changed again, with the mid-price list that became a back-catalog chart (generally albums that are at least 2 years old, sometimes also less). In this page, Top Albums (from 2002 full price/new albums list) and Top Compilations were used.
  2. In the Netherlands, there have been catalog rules in the albums chart from 2003. From this date, a back-catalog chart was established.

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  3. 1 2 3 4 Peak chart positions for albums charting on the Canadian chart:
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