Originally Posted by Mark Kaufman
I think the world population will remember Michael Jackson much better and longer than, say, Alan Jackson.


Mark: you're wrong. exclamation

Well, maybe they will but why diss Alan Jackson? He'll be in the Country Music Hall of Fame before Michael and I'll betcha he stands more chance to be in the Rock Hall than Michael does the Country Hall. And like I've said before, country is all that really matters. Alan Jackson always! Viva La Alan!

Just for the record, I looked at the RIAA.ORG website where it gives various data on (I think) American sales of music product.

Alan Jackson has sold 42 million units
Michael Jackson has sold 61.5 million units
George Strait has sold 68 million units

On the list of 400 best selling albums in America, Michael Jackson has 5, Alan Jackson has 3. The Beatles have 11 and Garth has 10, Mariah Carey has 8, and The Eagles have 7. After that, a few have 6, several have 5, and it dwindles down.

As to which individual albums have sold the most in America, The Eagles Greatest Hits 1971-1975 is number 1 with 29 million. Thriller is number 2 with 28 millions. With all the sales of the last two weeks, Thriller is probably number 1 now.