Album sales Don’t Stop
Already yesterday morning, Jackson’s albums had taken 14 of the top 20 places on the Amazon.co.uk sales chart – despite a commercial appeal that had been largely in the doldrums for years as his strange private life overshadowed his music.
The lack of new material for many years also contributed to the public indifference, although this started to reverse as Jacko fever began to grip following the announcement of his record-breaking run of O2 shows.