Billboard has not given Michael Jackson’s Thriller a number # 2 position on its albums chart this week after selling 166,000 copies. Even though his album contained brand new reworkings of some of his biggest hits, they mysteriously classified the album a catalog release. The 25th anniversary edition of Michael Jackson's "Thriller" (Epic/Legacy) sold 166,000 copies in its first week of release, which would make it the second biggest seller of the week that ended Sunday.
Last year, Billboard eliminated its rule that barred from the top 200, releases available at a single retailer. That was in response to the Eagles selling more than 700,000 copies of "Long Road to Eden" at Wal-Mart outlets.
The album has been categorized as a new release in much of the world and debuted at No. 1 in France, No. 2 in Germany, Australia, Holland, Norway and Switzerland, and No. 3 in the U.K. “Thriller,” which has sold 27 million copies, is No. 1 on Billboard’s catalog chart. Most catalog chart toppers sell between 15,000 and 20,000 copies per week.
Billboard continues to make decisions on bonus packages that mystify many people in the industry.
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