Alles anzeigenWeek Ending March 2, 2008: Janet Tops Michael In #1 Albums
Janet Jackson lands her sixth #1 album with Discipline. This surpasses her brother Michael Jackson, who has amassed five #1 albums. Janet topped the chart with five consecutive studio albums from Control in 1986 to All For You in 2001, but peaked at #2 with her two most recent releases, Damita Jo and 20 Y.O. Michael hit #1 with five albums from Thriller in 1983 to Dangerous in 2001. One reason for Janet's lead over Michael in #1 albums is that she is simply more prolific. This is her 10th studio album. In the same period, which dates to the fall of 1982, Michael has released just five new studio sets.
By notching her sixth chart topper, Janet moves into a tie with Madonna for second place on the list of female artists with the most #1 albums. Only Barbra Streisand has had more--eight. Of course, Streisand has been at this a little bit longer. She landed her first #1 album, People, more than 18 months before Janet was born.
Discipline moved 181,000 copies last week, which constitutes Janet's lowest opening week tally for a studio album in the Nielsen/SoundScan era. Discipline sold fewer copies than Janet's last two albums did when they debuted at #2. Damita Jo opened with sales of 381,000, but had the misfortune of going up against Usher's Confessions, which went on to become the year's #1 album. 20 Y.O. opened with sales of 296,000, behind Ludacris' Release Therapy.
Michael's Thriller 25 was released just three weeks before Discipline. It's the first time the Jackson sibs have scheduled key releases so close together. The two stars have long seemed to take pains to avoid competing with each other. (For the record, Discipline sold about 15,000 more copies than Thriller 25 did in its opening week.)
Thriller 25 would have ranked #9 this week if it had been allowed to compete on the pop album chart. (As I explained last week, older "catalog albums" are relegated to a separate chart.) If Thriller 25 had made the big chart, we would have seen a rare instance of siblings appearing in the top 10 simultaneously. That's just another reason that I believe that the top 10 albums should be presented just as they are, with no exclusions. (Hits magazine, to its credit, is listing the Jackson album.)
This policy modification would hardly cause a major disruption. Since January 1994, only four catalog albums have made the top 10 on the comprehensive chart-which combines current and catalog titles. (In other words, only four older albums would have made the top 10 if they'd been allowed to appear on the big chart.) Kenny G's 1994 smash Miracles--The Holiday Album climbed as high as #3 in 1995 and #9 in 1996. The 1978 Grease soundtrack climbed to #10 in the spring of 1998, when the John Travolta/Olivia Newton-John movie had a brief theatrical re-release. Il Divo's 2005 hit Christmas Collection reached #10 in 2006. And Thriller 25 was #2 the last two weeks.
So, here's the bottom line. Thriller 25 is the first catalog album since at least 1994 to climb as high as #2 on the comprehensive chart. And the Jackson title is only the second catalog album--following the Kenny G smash--to log three or more weeks in the top 10 on the comprehensive chart. The fact that a 25-year old album has done so well is a great story. And the charts should serve to highlight, and not obscure, great stories.
Week Ending March 2, 2008: Jackson Family Drama--Janet Tops Michael In #1 Albums - Chart Watch
und was ist mit "off the wall" 
....das war doch auch auf platz eins
Mehr erwarten? Ja, von Michael Jackson. Sony hat meiner Meinung nach bei der Einführung der Platte wenig falsch gemacht. Die Platte viel bereits deutlich in allen Charts als die Promo noch lief.