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		US: Gold[11]
Ben	Released: August 4, 1972 Label: Motown	5	65	12	162	—	—	—	—	—	17		UK: Silver[12]
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	World: 20,000,000[13] CAN: 300,000[14] UK: 1,800,000[15] US: 8,000,000[16]	US: 8× Platinum[11] AUS: 5× Platinum[17] CAN: Platinum[18] FRA: Platinum[19] NL: Platinum[20] NZ: 6× Platinum[21] UK: 6× Platinum[12]
Thriller	Released: November 30, 1982 Label: Epic	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	4	1	World: 65,000,000[22][23][24] US: 32,000,000[25] AUS: 1,150,000[26] CAN: 2,400,000[27] FRA: 2,366,700[28] NL: 1,400,000[29] UK: 4,248,000[30]	US: 32× Platinum[11] AUS: 16× Platinum[31] CAN: 2× Diamond[18] FRA: Diamond[19] GER: 3× Platinum[32] NL: 8× Multi-Platinum[20] NZ: 12× Platinum[33] SWI: 6× Platinum[34] UK: 13× Platinum[12]
Bad	Released: September 1, 1987 Label: Epic	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	World: 32,000,000[35][36] US: 9,000,000[37] FRA: 1,289,400[28] NL: 500,000[29] UK: 3,961,000[38]	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	World: 30,000,000[41] US: 7,000,000[11] AUS: 740,000[26] FRA: 1,985,500[28] UK: 2,010,069[42]	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	World: 20,000,000[43] US: 3,500,000[37] FRA: 1,644,200 [28] UK: 1,500,000[44]	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	World: 10,000,000[45][46] US: 2,329,000[47][48] CAN: 100,000[49] UK: 369,913[50]	US: 2× Platinum[11] AUS: 2× Platinum[51] FRA: Platinum[19] GER: Platinum[32] NL: Platinum[20] NZ: Platinum[21] SWI: Platinum[34] UK: Platinum[12]
"—" 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	US: 541,000[52]	US: Platinum[11] AUS: Gold[53] CAN: Platinum[18] FRA: 2× Platinum[54] NL: Gold[55] NZ: Gold[33] UK: Platinum[12]
Xscape	Released: May 9, 2014 Label: Epic	2	2	3	1	2	2	3	1	2	1	WW : 1.7000.000[56] US: 500,000[57]	US: Gold[11] AUS: Gold[58] CAN: Gold[18] UK: Gold[12]

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		UK: Silver[12]
One Day in Your Life	Released: March 25, 1981 Label: Motown	144	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	29
18 Greatest Hits	Released: 1983 Label: Motown	—	53	—	—	—	23	22	—	—	1		UK: Platinum[12]
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		UK: Platinum[12]
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		UK: Platinum[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		UK: Platinum[12]
The Very Best of Michael Jackson with The Jackson Five (with The Jackson 5)	Released: 1999 Label: Motown	—	41	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	15		UK: Gold[12]
20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of Michael Jackson	Released: 2000 Label: Motown	—	—	27	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	CAN: (100,000)[49]
Greatest Hits: HIStory, Volume I	Released: November 13, 2001 Label: Epic	85	44	8	10	—	—	—	54	45	15	UK: (245,000)[44]	UK: Gold[12] US: Platinum[11] AUS: Gold[17]
Number Ones	Released: November 18, 2003 Label: Epic	13	2	1	5	2	17	1	17	9	1	US: 5,054,000[59]	US: 4× Platinum[11] AUS: 6× Platinum[60] GER: Gold[32] NZ: 4× Platinum[33] SWI: Gold[34] UK: 7× Platinum[12]
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		US: Platinum[11]
The Essential Michael Jackson	Released: July 19, 2005 Label: Epic	46	1	4	1	10	19	1	23	2	1	US: 2,120,000[61] UK: 829,884[62]	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		AUS: Gold[17]
King of Pop	Released: August 22, 2008 Label: Epic	—	5	—	1	1	1	6	1	1	3		AUS: 2× Platinum[17] FRA: Platinum[19] GER: 5× Gold[32] NZ: Gold[33] UK: Platinum[12]
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		FRA: Platinum[63]
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

• In the United States, between May 25, 1991 and November 25, 2009, catalog albums (albums at least 18 months old, have fallen below No. 100 on the Billboard 200 chart and do not have an active single on the Billboard radio charts) were not eligible to chart on the Billboard 200, but could only chart on the Top Catalog Albums, so between November 20, 2003 and November 25, 2009, Billboard launched the Top Comprehensive Albums chart that included current and catalog albums.^{[64][65][66][67]} Here, a list of his albums reached a major position in this chart while not eligible for the Billboard 200: Number Ones (#1), The Essential Michael Jackson (#2), Greatest Hits: HIStory, Volume 1 (#28), The Ultimate Collection (#32) and 7 CD Mega Bundle (#78). Here a list of his current albums (at the time) reached a minor position in this chart cause the presence of the catalog albums: The Definitive Collection (#43), The Stripped Mixes (#67), Selections from Michael Jackson's This Is It (#102) and Gold (#166).^[68]

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	UK: Platinum[12]
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	US: Platinum[11] AUS: Platinum[17] CAN: Gold[18] FRA: Platinum[19] GER: Gold[32] NL: Platinum[20] NZ: Platinum[21] SWI: Platinum[34] UK: Gold[12]
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	CAN: Gold[18] SWI: Gold[34] UK: Platinum[12]
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

• One Night in Japan (unofficial) (2009)
• Live at Wembley July 16, 1988 (2012)

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

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• Portrait of Michael Jackson / Portrait of Jackson 5 (1973)
• Os Grandes Sucessos, Vol. 2 (1980)
• Motown Superstar Series, Vol. 7 (1980)
• Superstar (1980)
• Michael Jackson & The Jackson 5 (1983)
• Ain't No Sunshine (1984)
• The Great Love Songs of Michael Jackson (1984)
• Ben / Got to Be There (1986)
• Looking Back to Yesterday (1986)
• The Original Soul of Michael Jackson (1987)
• Rockin' Robin (1993)
• Dangerous – The Remix Collection (1993)
• Michael Jackson Story (1996)
• Master Series (1997)
• Ghosts – Deluxe Collector Box Set (1997)
• Got to Be There / Forever, Michael (1999)
• Bad / Thriller (2000)
• Forever, Michael / Music & Me / Ben (2000)
• Classic – The Universal Masters Collection (2001)
• Love Songs (2002)
• Michael Jackson (2004)
• The Best of Michael Jackson & the Jackson Five (2005)
• Visionary Remixes – EP (2006)
• The Silver Collection (2007)
• Off the Wall / Invincible (2008)
• Thriller – 25th Anniversary Limited Japanese Single Collection (2008)
• Hello World: The Motown Solo Collection (2009)
• Mellow Michael Jackson (2009)
• Best Selection (2009)
• Michael Jackson: The Remix Suite I (2009)
• Michael Jackson: The Remix Suite II (2009)
• Michael Jackson: The Remix Suite III (2009)
• Michael Jackson: The Remix Suite IV (2009)
• Pure Michael: Motown a Cappella (2009)
• The Early Years (2009)
• The Very Best of Michael Jackson & the Jackson 5 / Diana Ross & the Supremes (2010)
• Hiroshi Fujiwara & K.U.D.O. Presents: Michael Jackson / Jackson 5 Remixes (2010)
• Mellow Michael Jackson – Never Can Say Goodbye (2011)
• Dear Michael: The Motown Collection (2011)
• Icon (2012)

See also

• Michael Jackson singles discography
• Michael Jackson videography
• Jackson 5 discography
• List of best-selling albums

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.

References

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2. Peak chart positions for albums charting on the Australian chart:
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5. Peak chart positions for albums charting on the German chart:
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8. Peak chart positions for albums charting on the Spanish chart:
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10. Peak chart positions for albums charting on the United Kingdom chart:
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    • "DianaRoss/Michael Jackson/Gladys Knight/Stevie Wonder on Chart Stats". Chart Stats. Archived from the original on December 8, 2012. Retrieved August 20, 2009.
    • "Chart Log UK: 1994–2010 (Bad/Dangerous)". Zobbel. Retrieved July 2, 2011.
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