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===US chart records and achievements===

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* Jackson had nine [[platinum single]]s in the United States, trailing only [[Elvis Presley]] (27) and [[Mariah Carey]] (10).  [[Rihanna]] also has 9 platinum singles, which are only calculated by the [[Recording Industry Association of America|RIAA]] for a fee, upon request.
* Jackson had 16 [[gold single]]s in the United States, behind only Elvis Presley (54), [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]] (26), [[The Beatles]] (24), Mariah Carey (23), [[Janet Jackson]] (21), [[Whitney Houston]] (18), [[Elton John]] (17) and [[The Temptations]] (17). 
* Jackson's ''[[Thriller (album)|Thriller]]'' remained at number one for thirty-seven weeks, the longest-ever stay by a non-[[soundtrack]] [[album]] and second only to ''[[West Side Story (soundtrack)|West Side Story]]''.<ref name="uk.news.launch.yahoo.com">[http://uk.news.launch.yahoo.com/dyna/article.html?a=/14112006/344/jackson-receives-world-records.html&e=l_news_dm Music News - The latest music news and gossip from Yahoo! Music UK & Ireland<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> 
* ''Thriller'' spent a record 80 consecutive weeks, more than a year and a half, in the Top 10 of the [[Billboard 200]]. It was the first of only three albums to remain on the Top 10 for more than a year (along with [[Alanis Morissette]]'s ''[[Jagged Little Pill]]'' and [[Celine Dion]]'s ''[[Falling into You]]'').
* "Thriller" is the best-selling album in U.S. history, at 50 million.  
* ''Thriller'' is the [[Best-selling albums by year (USA)|only album]] in the United States to have sold more copies than any other in two separate years, topping the sales charts in 1983 and 1984.
* Four of Jackson's albums, ''[[Bad (album)|Bad]]'', ''[[Dangerous (album)|Dangerous]]'', ''[[HIStory]]'', and ''[[Invincible (Michael Jackson album)|Invincible]]'', debuted at number one in the United States.
* Jackson was the first [[musician|artist]] to have four Top 10 [[single (music)|single]]s from one [[album]] (''[[Off the Wall (Michael Jackson album)|Off the Wall]]'').
* Jackson was the first [[musician|artist]] to have seven Top 10 [[single (music)|single]]s from one [[album]] (''[[Thriller (album)|Thriller]]''), a feat matched only by his sister [[Janet Jackson|Janet]] and [[Bruce Springsteen]].
* Jackson was the first [[musician|artist]] to simultaneously have the number one [[album]] and number one [[single (music)|single]] on Billboard's Pop Charts and Black Charts.
* Jackson was the first [[musician|artist]] in the 1980s to have two simultaneous Top 5 hits ("[[Beat It]]" and "[[Billie Jean]]" on April 16, 1983).
* Jackson is the only [[musician|artist]] to have five number one hits from one LP, ''[[Bad (album)|Bad]]'' ("[[Bad (album)|Bad]]", "[[The Way You Make Me Feel]]", "[[Man in the Mirror]]", "[[I Just Can't Stop Loving You]]", and "[[Dirty Diana]]").
* Jackson had nine number one singles in the 1980s, more than any other [[musician|artist]] during the decade.
* Jackson was the first artist to have a song debut as high as #5 on the Hot 100 ("[[Scream/Childhood|Scream]]" in 1995).
* Jackson was the first [[musician|artist]] to ever have a song debut at number one on the [[Billboard Hot 100]] ("[[You Are Not Alone]]").<ref name="uk.news.launch.yahoo.com"/>
* Jackson's [[album]] ''[[Bad (album)|Bad]]'' remained in the top five of the [[Billboard 200]] for 38 weeks, longer than any other [[album]] to date.
* Jackson has had 13 number-one [[single (music)|single]]s on Billboard's Hot 100 [[single (music)|single]]s charts, trailing only [[The Beatles]] (20), [[Mariah Carey]] (18) and [[Elvis Presley]] (17).
* Jackson had 28 top ten hits on the Billboard Hot 100, trailing only The Beatles (29), Elvis Presley (36), and [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]] (37).
* Jackson had 37 top 40 hits on the Hot 100.

==== Jackson's US number ones ====
Michael Jackson had 13 number one hits on the Billboard Hot 100 charts, and 1 number one collaboration, "Say Say Say", featuring Paul McCartney.
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* 1972: "[[Ben (song)|Ben]]" (1 week)
* 1979: "[[Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough]]" (1 week)
* 1980: "[[Rock with You]]" (4 weeks)
* 1983: "[[Billie Jean]]" (7 weeks)
* 1983: "[[Beat It]]" (3 weeks)
* 1983: "[[Say Say Say]]" (6 weeks)
* 1985: "[[We Are The World]]" (4 weeks) (this track is counted extraofficially, considering that was credited to [[USA for Africa]])
* 1987: "[[I Just Can't Stop Loving You]]" (with [[Siedah Garrett]]) (1 week)
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* 1987: "[[Bad (Michael Jackson song)|Bad]]" (2 weeks)
* 1987: "[[The Way You Make Me Feel]]" (1 week)
* 1988: "[[Man in the Mirror]]" (2 weeks)
* 1988: "[[Dirty Diana]]" (1 week)
* 1991: "[[Black or White (Michael Jackson song)|Black or White]]" (7 weeks)
* 1995: "[[You Are Not Alone]]" (1 week)
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==== Jackson's US Top 10 Hits ====
Michael Jackson had 29 Top 10 hits on the Billboard Hot 100 charts.
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* 1971: "[[Got to Be There]]" #4
* 1972: "[[Rockin Robin]]" #2
* 1972: "[[Ben (song)|Ben]]" #1
* 1979: "[[Don't Stop Till You Get Enough]]" #1
* 1980: "[[Rock With You]]" #1
* 1980: "[[Off the Wall (Michael Jackson album)|Off The Wall]]" #10
* 1980: "[[She's Out Of My Life]]" #10
* 1983: "[[The Girl Is Mine]]" (with [[Paul McCartney]]) #2
* 1983: "[[Billie Jean]]" #1
* 1983: "[[Beat It]]" #1
* 1983: "[[Wanna Be Startin' Somethin']]" #5
* 1984: "[[Human Nature]]" #7
* 1984: "[[P.Y.T.]]" #10
* 1984: "[[Say Say Say]]" (with [[Paul McCartney]]) #1
* 1984: "[[Thriller (song)|Thriller]]" #4
* 1985: "[[We Are The World]]" #1
* 1987: "[[I Just Can't Stop Loving You]]" (with [[Siedah Garrett]]) #1
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* 1987: "[[Bad (Michael Jackson song)|Bad]]" #1
* 1988: "[[The Way You Make Me Feel]]" #1
* 1988: "[[Man In The Mirror]]" #1
* 1988: "[[Dirty Diana]]" #1
* 1989: "[[Smooth Criminal]]" #7
* 1991: "[[Black or White (Michael Jackson song)|Black or White]]" #1
* 1992: "[[Remember The Time]]" #3
* 1992: "[[In The Closet]]" #6
* 1993: "[[Will You Be There]]" #7
* 1995: "[[Scream]]"(with [[Janet Jackson]])  #5
* 1995: "[[You Are Not Alone]]" #1
* 2001: "[[You Rock My World]]" #10
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==== Jackson's US R&B number ones ====
Michael Jackson had 13 number one hits on the Billboard R&B charts.
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* 1979: "[[Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough]]" (5 weeks)
* 1980: "[[Rock with You]]"
* 1983: "[[The Girl Is Mine]]" (3 weeks)
* 1983: "[[Billie Jean]]" (9 weeks)
* 1983: "[[Beat It]]"
* 1987: "[[I Just Can't Stop Loving You]]"
* 1987: "[[Bad (album)|Bad]]"
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* 1987: "[[The Way You Make Me Feel]]"
* 1988: "[[Man in the Mirror]]"
* 1988: "[[Another Part of Me]]"
* 1991: "[[Remember the Time]]"
* 1991: "[[In the Closet]]"
* 1995: "[[You Are Not Alone]]" (4 weeks)
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===UK chart records and achievements===
* With 11.5 million copies, Michael Jackson is one of only eight musical acts that have sold more than 10 million singles in [[United Kingdom|Britain]].<ref name="everyhit.com">[http://www.everyhit.com/record2.html Record-Breakers and Trivia - everyHit.com<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>  
* Jackson had 8 number one albums on the British charts, including billing him with the [[Jackson Five]], and is tied with [[David Bowie]] for fourth place all time.<ref>[http://www.everyhit.co.uk/recordalb.html Record-Breakers and Trivia - Albums - everyHit.com<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>  (Madonna has 10, Elvis Presley has 11, and the Beatles have 15.)
* Jackson holds the record for the most Top 40 hits in the [[UK Singles Chart]] in one year, registering 19 in 2006.<ref name="everyhit.com"/>  
* Jackson had 40 Top 10 hits in the UK Singles Chart.<ref name="Janet Jackson in the U">[http://www.mjjcharts.com/UKmichael.htm Janet Jackson in the U<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
* Jackson had 50 Top 40 hits in the UK Singles Chart.<ref name="Janet Jackson in the U"/>
* Jackson's ''Thriller'' and ''Bad' are the 8th- and 9th-highest-selling albums in UK history.
Besides Jackson, only [[Queen (band)|Queen]], with the 1st- and 7th-best-selling albums, has multiple entries in the top twenty. They are '.<ref>[http://www.everyhit.com/recordalb.html Record-Breakers and Trivia - Albums - everyHit.com<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>   

==== Jackson's UK number ones ====
Michael Jackson had seven number one hits on the UK Singles Charts.
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* 1981: "[[One Day in Your Life (Michael Jackson song)|One Day in Your Life]]" (2 weeks)
* 1983: "[[Billie Jean]]" (1 week)
* 1987: "[[I Just Can't Stop Loving You]]" (with Siedah Garrett) (2 weeks)
* 1991: "[[Black or White (Michael Jackson song)|Black or White]]" (2 weeks)
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* 1995: "[[You Are Not Alone]]" (2 weeks)
* 1995: "[[Earth Song]]" (6 weeks)
* 1997: "[[Blood on the Dance Floor (song)|Blood on the Dance Floor]]" (1 week)
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===French chart records and achievements===
* ''[[Invincible (Michael Jackson album)|Invincible]]'', released in 2001, had the highest first week of sales for a foreign album in France, shifting 166,000 copies.<ref>[http://www.mjjcharts.com/FranceMichael.htm Michael in Austria<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
* Jackson had four [[Music recording sales certification|diamond albums]] in France. They are ''Thriller'', ''Bad'', ''Dangerous'', and ''[[HIStory]]''.
* Jackson had 22 top ten hits on the French Top 100 Singles charts.
* Jackson had 36 top 40 hits on the Top 100 Singles charts.

==== Jackson's French number ones ====
Michael Jackson had seven number one hits on the Top 100 Singles charts.
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* 1983: "[[Billie Jean]]" (3 weeks)
* 1983: "[[Say Say Say]]" (1 week)
* 1983: "[[Thriller (song)|Thriller]]" (3 weeks)
* 1991: "[[Black or White (Michael Jackson song)|Black or White]]" (2 weeks)
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* 1992: "[[Heal the World]]" (2 weeks)
* 1995: "[[You Are Not Alone]]" (1 week)
* 2001: "[[You Rock My World]]" (3 weeks)
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===German chart records and achievements===
* Jackson had five albums in [[Germany]] that reached [[Music recording sales certification|platinum]] status. They are ''Thriller'', ''Bad'', ''Dangerous'', ''HIStory'', and ''Invincible''.
* Jackson had 16 top ten hits on the German Top 100 singles charts.
* Jackson had 29 top 40 hits on the Top 100 singles charts.

==== Jackson's German number ones ====
Michael Jackson had two number one hits on the Top 100 singles charts.
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* 1995: "[[Earth Song]]" (6 weeks)
* 1996: "[[They Don't Care About Us]]" (3 weeks)
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===Spanish chart records and achievements===
* Jackson had 35 top 20 hits on the Top 20 Singles charts.
* Jackson had 29 top ten hits on the Top 20 Singles charts.

==== Jackson's Spanish number ones ====
Michael Jackson had 20 number one hits on the Top 20 Singles charts.
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* 1983: "[[The Girl Is Mine]]" (3 weeks)
* 1983 & 2006: "[[Billie Jean]]" (2 weeks)
* 1983: "[[Say Say Say]]" (1 week)

* 1988 & 2006: "[[Smooth Criminal]]" (6 weeks)
* 1991: "[[Black or White (song)|Black or White]]" (11 weeks)
* 1995: "[[Scream/Childhood|Scream]]" (4 weeks)
* 1996 & 2006: "[[Stranger in Moscow]]" (5 weeks)
* 1997 & 2006: "[[Blood on the Dance Floor (song)|Blood on the Dance Floor]]" (7 weeks)
* 2001: "[[You Rock My World]]" (1 week)
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* 2006: "[[Rock with You]]" (1  week)
* 2006: "[[Beat It]]" (1 week)
* 2006: "[[Bad (Michael Jackson song)|Bad]]" (14 week)
* 2006: "[[The Way You Make Me Feel]]" (1 week)
* 2006: "[[Dirty Diana]]" (1 week)
* 2006: "[[Leave Me Alone (song)|Leave Me Alone]]" (1 week)
* 2006: "[[Jam (song)|Jam]]" (1 week)
* 2006: "[[Heal the World]]" (1 week)
* 2006: "[[You Are Not Alone]]" (1 week)
* 2006: "[[Earth Song]]" (1 week)
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===Canadian chart records and achievements===
* Jackson had three number one albums in Canada. They are ''Thriller'', ''Bad'', and ''HIStory''.
* Jackson had five albums in Canada that were either platinum or multi-platinum sellers. They are ''Off the Wall'', ''Thriller'', ''Bad'', ''Dangerous'', and ''HIStory''. ''Thriller'' has been certified 2x Diamond in Canada.
* Jackson had three singles that earned at least one platinum certification in Canada. They are "Billie Jean," "Beat It," and "Say Say Say."
* Jackson had 29 top 20 hits on the Top 50 Singles charts.
* Jackson had 20 top ten hits on the Top 50 Singles charts.

==== Jackson's Canadian number ones ====
Michael Jackson had five number one hits on the Top 50 Singles charts.
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* 1983: "[[Billie Jean]]" (7 weeks)
* 1983: "[[Beat It]]" (2 weeks)
* 1984: "[[Say Say Say]]" (1 week)
* 1987: "[[Bad (Michael Jackson song)|Bad]]" (1 week)
* 1991: "[[Black or White (song)|Black or White]]" (8 weeks)
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===Australian chart records and achievements===
* Jackson had eight albums in Australia that earned platinum or multi-platinum certifications. They are ''Off the Wall'', ''Thriller'', ''Bad'', ''Dangerous'', ''HIStory'', ''Invincible'', ''[[Number Ones (Michael Jackson album)|Number Ones]]'', and ''[[The Essential Michael Jackson]]''.
* Jackson had 27 top 20 hits on the Top 100 Singles charts.
* Jackson had 20 top ten hits on the Top 100 Singles charts.

==== Jackson's Australian number ones ====
Michael Jackson had four number one hits on the Top 100 Singles charts.
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* 1972: "[[Ben (song)|Ben]]" (8 weeks)
* 1979: "[[Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough]]" (3 weeks)
* 1983: "[[Billie Jean]]" (5 weeks)
* 1991: "[[Black or White (song)|Black or White]]" (8 weeks)
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===Norwegian chart records and achievements===
* Jackson had three singles that earned a gold certification in Norway. They are "Earth Song," "They Don't Care About Us," and "You Rock My World."  
* Jackson had 21 top ten hits on the Top 20 Singles charts.

==== Jackson's Norwegian number ones ====
Michael Jackson had four number one hits on the Top 20 Singles charts.
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* 1979: "[[Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough]]" (2 weeks)
* 1983: "[[Say Say Say]]" (5 weeks)
* 1987: "[[I Just Can't Stop Loving You]]" (with [[Siedah Garrett]]) (7 weeks)
* 1991: "[[Black or White (song)|Black or White]]" (6 weeks)
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