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Michael Jackson singles discography

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ArtistMichael Jackson singles
ImageGeorge H. W. Bush with Michael Jackson (cropped).png
AltJackson in 1990
CaptionJackson in 1990
Option68
Option nameAs lead artist
2Option9
2Option nameAs featured artist
3Option13
3Option nameOther appearances
4Option52
4Option namePromotional or limited release

American singer Michael Jackson released 67 singles as a lead artist, and 10 as a featured artist. One of the best-selling artists of all time, Michael Jackson has sold over 500 million records worldwide. In the United States, Jackson amassed 13 Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles (more than any other male artist in the Hot 100 era) and was the first artist to have a top-ten single in the Billboard Hot 100 in five different decades. In 2012, Jackson was ranked the fifth best selling singles artist in the United Kingdom with 15.3 million singles sold.

Jackson's first solo entry on the US Billboard Hot 100 songs chart was "Got to Be There", which peaked at number four in 1971. Jackson's first number-one hit on the chart was "Ben", in 1972. Jackson continued to release singles throughout the 1970s. The album Off the Wall (1979) contained five singles, including the chart-topping "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough" and "Rock with You". Both are certified multi-Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in the United States for sales in excess of 6 million copies. With the following singles "Off the Wall" and "She's Out of My Life" also reaching the US top 10, Jackson became the first solo artist to have four singles from the same album reach the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100.

In 1982, Jackson released his sixth studio album, Thriller. "The Girl Is Mine", a collaboration with Paul McCartney, was released as the first single from the album. The single peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot 100. "Billie Jean" was the album's second single. The single topped the charts in 13 countries, including the United States. The single sold more than 10 million copies in the United States and over 1.4 million in the United Kingdom. "Beat It", released a month later, peaked at number one in nine countries and sold more than eight million copies in the US. Jackson's seventh studio album, Bad (1987), produced nine singles with seven charting in the United States. Five of these singles ("I Just Can't Stop Loving You", "Bad", "The Way You Make Me Feel", "Man in the Mirror", and "Dirty Diana") reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100, a record for most number-one Hot 100 singles from any one album.

In 1991, Jackson released his eighth studio album, Dangerous, co-produced with Teddy Riley. The album produced four top-ten singles on the Billboard Hot 100: "Remember the Time", "In the Closet", "Will You Be There" (produced and performed by Jackson as the theme for the film Free Willy) and the number-one hit "Black or White". In June 1995, Jackson released his ninth album, HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I, a double album. The first disc, HIStory Begins, is a 15-track greatest hits album. The second disc, HIStory Continues, contains 13 original songs and two cover versions. The album features "Scream", a duet with Jackson's youngest sister Janet; "Earth Song"; "They Don't Care About Us"; and "You Are Not Alone". "You Are Not Alone" holds the Guinness World Record for the first song ever to debut at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. "Earth Song" was the third single released from HIStory, and it topped the UK Singles Chart for six weeks over Christmas 1995 and sold over 1.2 million copies, making it one of Jackson's most successful singles in the UK. Jackson worked with collaborators including Teddy Riley and Rodney Jerkins to produce his tenth solo album, Invincible (2001). Invincible spawned three singles: "You Rock My World", "Cry", and "Butterflies". Following Jackson's death in 2009, sales of his previous work soared and Jackson became the first act to sell more than 1 million song downloads in a week, with 2.6 million downloads. Following the surge in sales, in March 2010, Sony Music signed a $250 million deal with the Jackson estate to extend their distribution rights to Jackson's back catalog until at least 2017. As part of this deal, two posthumous albums of previously unreleased tracks were released: Michael (2010) and Xscape (2014). In 2017, Sony renewed its deal for $250 million, which went into effect in January 2018.

As lead artist

TitleYearPeak chart positionsSalesCertificationsAlbumUS
Peak chart positions for singles charting on the United States chart:AUS
Peak chart positions for singles charting on the Australian chart:CAN
Peak chart positions for singles charting on the Canadian chart:FRA
Peak chart positions for singles charting on the French chart:GER
Peak chart positions for singles charting on the German chart:NL
Peak chart positions for singles charting on the Netherlands chart:NZ
Peak chart positions for singles charting on the New Zealand chart:SPN
Peak chart positions for singles charting on the Spanish chart:SWI
Peak chart positions for singles charting on the Swiss chart:UK
Peak chart positions for singles charting on the United Kingdom chart:"Got to Be There""Rockin' Robin""I Wanna Be Where You Are""Ain't No Sunshine""Ben""With a Child's Heart""Morning Glow""Music and Me""Happy""We're Almost There""Just a Little Bit of You""Ease on Down the Road"
(with Diana Ross)"You Can't Win""A Brand New Day"
(with Diana Ross & The Wiz Stars)"Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough""Rock with You""Off the Wall""She's Out of My Life""Girlfriend""One Day in Your Life""The Girl Is Mine"
(with Paul McCartney)"Billie Jean""Beat It""Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'""Human Nature""P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)""Thriller""Farewell My Summer Love""Girl You're So Together""I Just Can't Stop Loving You"
(with Siedah Garrett)"Bad""The Way You Make Me Feel""Man in the Mirror""Dirty Diana""Another Part of Me""Smooth Criminal""Leave Me Alone""Liberian Girl""Black or White""Remember the Time""In the Closet""Jam""Who Is It""Heal the World""Give In to Me""Will You Be There""Gone Too Soon""Scream"
(with Janet Jackson)"Childhood""You Are Not Alone""Earth Song""They Don't Care About Us""Stranger in Moscow""Blood on the Dance Floor""HIStory""Ghosts""You Rock My World""Cry""One More Chance""The Girl Is Mine 2008"
(with will.i.am)"Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' 2008"
(with Akon)"Mind Is the Magic""Hold My Hand"
(with Akon)"Hollywood Tonight""Behind the Mask""(I Like) The Way You Love Me""Love Never Felt So Good"
(solo or with Justin Timberlake)"A Place with No Name"
197148335Got to Be There
19722161316193
1657
16998
11681212197Ben
19735060Music & Me
98
34
312152
19755479612146Forever, Michael
2343
197841354745The Wiz: Original Soundtrack
197981
1
113151321243Off the Wall
14359582231687
1094111814817
1980101715136973
4941
19815592481One Day in Your Life
19822485316318Thriller
19831111232111
1212211123
52511416335308
763111656411124662
104017155114229211
4331943139
198438684651357Farewell My Summer Love
33
1987110212211521Bad
1454411133
157291262183
19881832313411222
12759325134
114428321081431515
71649129158
1989371716591102
50152314311213
19911111221111Dangerous
19923625841243
6516915952258
26112981812212213
14346891316191410
2720212343152
1993471041672
742629123239
7632452063333
19955254841133HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I
73
17111461111
15402134111
199630164149234
9114182166154
1997425410571151Blood on the Dance Floor: HIStory in the Mix
43261414294165
2001104216213152Invincible
4330763964225
2003834429287245Number Ones
200860762221124732Thriller 25
81832106347469
201080Mind Is the Magic: Anthem for the Las Vegas Show
3937162772867910Michael
20115554152
191
2014928202182126158Xscape
9324172
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Other appearances

TitleYearPeak chart positionsSalesCertificationsAlbumUS
AUS
CAN
FRA
GER
NL
NZ
SPN
SWI
UK
"Night Time Lover"
(with La Toya Jackson)"Muscles"
(with Diana Ross)"State of Independence"
(with Donna Summer & Friends)"Somebody's Watching Me"
(with Rockwell)"Don't Stand Another Chance"
(with Janet Jackson)"Centipede"
(with Rebbie Jackson & The Weather Girls)"We Are the World"
(as a member of USA for Africa)"Eaten Alive"
(with Diana Ross)"Do the Bartman"
(with The Simpsons)"State of Independence (Remix)"
(with Donna Summer & Friends)"I Need You"
(with 3T)"We Are the World 25 for Haiti"
(as a member of Artists for Haiti)"Low"
(with Lenny Kravitz)
1980La Toya Jackson
19821050186910181215Silk Electric
41114Donna Summer
198421225225136Somebody's Watching Me
Dream Street
24974Centipede
19851111211111We Are the World
7781793826261771Eaten Alive
19901145212121The Simpsons Sing the Blues
199613Donna Summer
1752253093Brotherhood
20102781550
2018216169Raise Vibration
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Promotional or limited release

TitleYearPeak chart positionsCertificationsAlbumUS
AUS
CAN
FRA
GER
NL
NZ
SPN
SWI
UK
"Maria (You Were the Only One)""Too Young""Doggin' Around""Someone in the Dark""The Lady in My Life""Touch the One You Love""Tell Me I'm Not Dreamin' (Too Good to Be True)"
(with Jermaine Jackson)"Twenty-Five Miles""Speed Demon""Someone Put Your Hand Out""Black or White" (The Clivillés & Cole Remixes)"Dangerous""This Time Around"
(with The Notorious B.I.G.)"Scream (David Morales Remix)"
(with Janet Jackson)"On the Line""Is It Scary""Smile""Speechless""Butterflies""Unbreakable""The 12" Mixes""What More Can I Give"
(with the All Stars)"Todo Para Ti"
(with the All Stars)"Cheater""Beat It 2008"
(with Fergie)"Billie Jean 2008"
(with Kanye West)"Thriller Megamix""This Is It""Breaking News""Much Too Soon""(I Can't Make It) Another Day"
(with Lenny Kravitz)"Monster"
(with 50 Cent)"Keep Your Head Up""Immortal Megamix""You Are Not Alone/I Just Can't Stop Loving You (Immortal Version)""Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' (Immortal Version)""I'll Be There (Immortal Version)""Dancing Machine/Blame It on the Boogie (Immortal Version)""This Place Hotel/Smooth Criminal/Dangerous (Immortal Version)""Is It Scary/Threatened/Thriller (Immortal Version)""Don't Be Messin' 'Round""Bad (Afrojack Remix) (DJ Buddha Edit)" (with Pitbull)"I'm So Blue""Chicago""Loving You""Slave to the Rhythm""Do You Know Where Your Children Are""Blue Gangsta""There Must Be More to Life Than This"
(with Queen and William Orbit)"Blood on the Dance Floor x Dangerous" (The White Panda Mash-Up)"Thriller" (Steve Aoki Midnight Hour Remix)"Diamonds Are Invincible" (Mark Ronson Mash-Up)
197262Got to Be There
1973Music & Me
1974
1982E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Thriller
1984Farewell My Summer Love
Jermaine Jackson/Dynamite
1987The Original Soul of Michael Jackson
1989Bad
1992119rowspan="2"
1814
19939978Dangerous
1995HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I
43
1997Ghosts – Deluxe Collector Box Set
Blood on the Dance Floor: HIStory in the Mix
56717074HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I
2001Invincible
14
2002
2003rowspan="3"
2004The Ultimate Collection
20087726177Thriller 25
183
8096King of Pop
2009562218Michael Jackson's This Is It
2010Michael
197
201141Immortal
2012Bad 25
201412753Xscape
24
451194898
19162
77
Queen Forever
2017Scream
rowspan="2"
2018
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Notes

References

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