Jackson set for album number one

MICHAEL Jackson is set to top the UK album chart six years after his last number one, the UK's official chart
compilers have revealed.
Greatest hits album Number Ones is on its way straight to the top spot after a surge in sales since the
superstar's death on Thursday. The Official Charts Company added it expected to see "up to half a dozen" other
Jackson albums in the Top 75.
The final chart will be confirmed from 1600-1900 BST on Sunday on BBC Radio 1.
Jackson is also likely to feature in the singles chart as fans download tracks from his back catalogue with hits
Man In The Mirror, Billie Jean and Thriller proving most popular. The singer's albums dominated Apple's iTunes
download charts too with a Jackson album topping the chart in at least 13 different countries. Gennaro Castaldo
of music retailer HMV told the BBC the estimated demand for Jackson albums was now 80 times greater than
that of the day before he died. - BBC
"It's something we see every time an icon dies like Elvis and John Lennon - people feel they want to connect with
the artist," he said. "Once we had the announcement of his death people came into our stores and we had large
crowds.
"Fortunately we had a lot of stock because we had been preparing for the O2 concerts, but sadly we didn't
expect to sell them for this reason."