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Released | November 18, 2003 | |||
Recorded | 1978–2003 | |||
Genre | Pop | |||
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Number Ones is a greatest hits album by American singer Michael Jackson. It was released on November 18, 2003, by Epic Records. [5] Number Ones was Jackson's first proper compilation album with Epic Records, after the release of the first disc of HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I in 1995 (and after the re-release of that disc as a single album titled Greatest Hits: HIStory, Volume I in 2001). The album included Jackson's singles that reportedly reached number 1 in charts around the world, hence the album's name. Number Ones also features the last original single released during Jackson's lifetime, "One More Chance", released four days after the release of the album.
Number Ones was successful around the world, originally reaching number one in the United Kingdom, among other countries. The album eventually returned to the top spot in the UK after Jackson's sudden death in 2009, and became the number one selling album in the United States for six non-consecutive weeks and stayed at number one for twenty-seven weeks on the US Top Pop Catalog Albums chart that year. However, as a 'catalog' title, initially Number Ones was excluded from the Billboard 200, the main albums chart in the United States, denying Jackson a seventh solo number one album on the chart. The rules preventing titles older than 18 months to chart on the Billboard 200 were subsequently changed in the fall of 2009 due to the posthumous success of Jackson, as well as The Beatles re-mastered re-releases.
With Number Ones, Jackson was the first artist to sell more than one million music downloads in one week. The album was also the third best-selling album of 2009 in the United States according to Nielsen Soundscan and ninth best-selling worldwide according to IFPI. [6] [7] By 2021, Number Ones was certified 5× Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). At the 2009 American Music Awards, it won two awards - Favorite Pop/Rock Album and Favorite Soul/R&B Album. One of the best-selling albums of the 21st century, the compilation managed to sell over 10 million copies worldwide. [8]
In 2003, Sony released Number Ones, which was different from Greatest Hits: HIStory, Volume I in several ways. The former sold over 5 million copies, comprised fifteen singles (fourteen of them Billboard Hot 100 Top 10 hits): three from Off the Wall , five from Thriller , four from Bad and three from Dangerous . The versions of those songs were included exactly as they appeared on the original albums, whereas Number Ones included radio edits, single versions, and new edits. Number Ones also offered singles from the second disc of HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I , plus the title track from Blood on the Dance Floor: HIStory in the Mix and "You Rock My World", the hit single from Invincible . The album also included two other tracks: "Break of Dawn" (a song from Invincible that Jackson planned to release as a single) and the new, previously unreleased single, "One More Chance", which became the final hit single during his lifetime. The beat-heavy ballad "One More Chance", which was written for Jackson by R. Kelly, was recorded for this collection. [9] The U.S. release also included another track, a 1981 live rendition of "Ben" from The Jacksons Live! . "Ben" reached the number one position in 1972 and became Jackson's first number one single in the United States as a solo artist.
There were four covers for the Number Ones album: a pose from the "Bad" music video, a pose from a photo session for the "Off the Wall" album cover, a pose where he is suspended on his toes while performing "Billie Jean", and the final cover shows him holding his signature fedora, in the midst of a kick (from "Black or White").
According to Nielsen SoundScan Number Ones, debuted at No. 13 in Billboard's top 200 chart with sales of 121,000 copies in the U.S. [10]
Number Ones had already sold 1,825,000 copies in the United States before the week of Jackson's death. [11] Following Jackson's death on June 25, 2009, the album sold 108,000 units in the US on the chart week ending July 1, 2009, and was the biggest-selling album of the week, though only one-quarter of Jackson's entire US album sales recorded that week, shifting just under 425,000 albums and 2.6 million digital singles (more than 50 times of all the combined digital single sales of the previous week and making Jackson the first artist to sell more than one million downloads in one week). [12] The following week it remained the biggest selling album shifting its largest one-week sales since being released in 2003 with 350,000 copies sold, as Jackson's overall album sales tally swelled to 1.1 million for the week. [13] [14] Number Ones was 2009's third biggest-selling album according to SoundScan, behind Susan Boyle's I Dreamed a Dream and Taylor Swift's Fearless . [15] Although the best selling album for three weeks in a row, the record was not allowed to chart on the Billboard 200 due to (now defunct) rules, but entered the Comprehensive Chart at number 1 where it remained for six weeks. [16] Number Ones was the best-selling album in the United States for six consecutive weeks amassing sales of 2.36 million by the end of 2009. The Billboard Catalog chart also allowed Number Ones to chart, which led Jackson in occupying the entire top 12 positions on the chart. [13] Number Ones has topped the Top Catalog Albums Chart several times; most recently for three consecutive weeks in May and June 2014. [17] As of July 29, 2016, the album has sold over 5.3 million copies in the US. [18] [19] Number Ones is Jackson’s best-selling hits package in the Nielsen era (1991-present), and third-biggest seller overall in that period (behind Thriller, with 6.7 million, and Dangerous, with 6.5 million). [19]
In the United Kingdom, Ireland and Canada, the album re-entered the UK charts at number 1 the week following Jackson's death. [16]
In New Zealand, Number Ones re-entered the chart following Jackson's death at number 38, climbing to number 4 the following week. It then reached number 1 the next week; the album was also certified 4× Platinum, shipping over 60,000 copies. [20] [21]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough" (7" Edit) | Michael Jackson | 3:56 |
2. | "Rock with You" | Rod Temperton | 3:40 |
3. | "Billie Jean" | Michael Jackson | 4:53 |
4. | "Beat It" | Michael Jackson | 4:17 |
5. | "Thriller" (2003 Edit) | Rod Temperton | 5:11 |
6. | "I Just Can't Stop Loving You" (featuring Siedah Garrett) | Michael Jackson | 4:11 |
7. | "Bad" | Michael Jackson | 4:06 |
8. | "Smooth Criminal" (Radio Edit) | Michael Jackson | 4:17 |
9. | "The Way You Make Me Feel" | Michael Jackson | 4:56 |
10. | "Man in the Mirror" (Single Edit) | Siedah Garrett, Glen Ballard | 5:03 |
11. | "Dirty Diana" | Michael Jackson | 4:40 |
12. | "Black or White" (Single Edit) | Michael Jackson; rap lyrics by Bill Bottrell | 3:18 |
13. | "You Are Not Alone" (Radio Edit) | R. Kelly | 4:34 |
14. | "Earth Song" (Radio Edit) | Michael Jackson | 5:01 |
15. | "You Rock My World" (Radio Edit) | Michael Jackson, Rodney Jerkins, Fred Jerkins III, LaShawn Daniels, Nora Payne | 4:25 |
16. | "Break of Dawn" | Michael Jackson, Elliot "Dr. Freeze" Straite | 5:29 |
17. | "One More Chance" (previously unreleased) | R. Kelly | 3:49 |
18. | "Ben" (Live from Triumph Tour 1981) (2003 Edit) | Walter Scharf, Don Black | 2:58 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough" (7" Edit) | Michael Jackson | 3:56 |
2. | "Rock with You" | Rod Temperton | 3:40 |
3. | "Billie Jean" | Michael Jackson | 4:53 |
4. | "Beat It" | Michael Jackson | 4:17 |
5. | "Thriller" (2003 Edit) | Rod Temperton | 5:11 |
6. | "Human Nature" | Steve Porcaro, John Bettis | 4:05 |
7. | "I Just Can't Stop Loving You" (featuring Siedah Garrett) | Michael Jackson | 4:11 |
8. | "Bad" | Michael Jackson | 4:06 |
9. | "The Way You Make Me Feel" | Michael Jackson | 4:56 |
10. | "Dirty Diana" | Michael Jackson | 4:40 |
11. | "Smooth Criminal" (Radio Edit) | Michael Jackson | 4:17 |
12. | "Black or White" (Single Edit) | Michael Jackson; rap lyrics by Bill Bottrell | 3:18 |
13. | "You Are Not Alone" (Radio Edit) | R. Kelly | 4:34 |
14. | "Earth Song" (Radio Edit) | Michael Jackson | 5:01 |
15. | "Blood on the Dance Floor" | Michael Jackson, Teddy Riley | 4:11 |
16. | "You Rock My World" (Radio Edit) | Michael Jackson, Rodney Jerkins, Fred Jerkins III, LaShawn Daniels, Nora Payne | 4:25 |
17. | "Break of Dawn" | Michael Jackson, Elliot "Dr. Freeze" Straite | 5:29 |
18. | "One More Chance" (previously unreleased) | R. Kelly | 3:49 |
The songs included on each international version and format are summarised below, sortable using the position within an edition.
Song | North American/ South American (in some countries)/ Asian (in some countries) CD | European/ Australian/ Canadian/ South American (in some countries)/ Japanese/ Asian (in some countries) CD | DVD | DVD (Chinese Version) | Countries in which song was number one |
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"Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough" (European 7” version) | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
"Rock with You" (album version #2 - 7” remix) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |
"Billie Jean" | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | |
"Beat It" | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | |
"Thriller" (remixed short version with rap) | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | |
"Human Nature" | 6 | ||||
"I Just Can't Stop Loving You" (featuring Siedah Garrett) | 6 | 7 | |||
"Bad" (7” single mix) | 7 | 8 | 6 | 5 | |
"Smooth Criminal" (album version #3 - radio edit) | 8 | 11 | 9 | ||
"The Way You Make Me Feel" (album version #2) | 9 | 9 | 7 | 6 | |
"Man in the Mirror" (single edit) | 10 | 8 | 7 | ||
"Dirty Diana" (single edit) | 11 | 10 | 10 | 8 | |
"Black or White" (album version without spoken intro) [22] | 12 | 12 | 11 | 9 | |
"You Are Not Alone" (radio edit) | 13 | 13 | 12 | 10 | |
"Earth Song" (radio edit) | 14 | 14 | 13 | 11 | |
"Blood on the Dance Floor" | 15 | 14 | |||
"You Rock My World" (radio edit) | 15 | 16 | 15 | 12 | |
"Break of Dawn" | 16 | 17 | |||
"One More Chance" | 17 | 18 | |||
"Ben" (Live from Triumph Tour 1981) (2003 edit) | 18 |
Weekly charts
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Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Argentina (CAPIF) [87] | Platinum | 40,000^ |
Australia (ARIA) [88] | 6× Platinum | 420,000^ |
Austria (IFPI Austria) [89] | Gold | 15,000* |
Denmark (IFPI Danmark) [90] for DVD | Gold | 20,000^ |
Germany (BVMI) [91] | Gold | 100,000^ |
Ireland (IRMA) [92] | 5× Platinum | 75,000^ |
Italy (FIMI) [93] sales since 2009 | Gold | 25,000* |
Japan (RIAJ) [94] | Platinum | 250,000^ |
Mexico (AMPROFON) [95] | Gold | 50,000^ |
New Zealand (RMNZ) [96] | 4× Platinum | 60,000^ |
Poland (ZPAV) [97] | Platinum | 20,000‡ |
Russia (NFPF) [98] | Platinum | 20,000* |
Spain (PROMUSICAE) [99] | Gold | 50,000^ |
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland) [100] | Gold | 20,000^ |
United Kingdom (BPI) [101] | 10× Platinum | 3,000,000‡ |
United States (RIAA) [102] | 5× Platinum | 5,300,000 [19] |
Summaries | ||
Worldwide | — | 10,000,000 [8] |
* Sales figures based on certification alone. |
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