Michael Jackson’s albums continue to top the charts, following the King of Pop’s death on June 25th.  Nielsen SoundScan calculates 2.3 million Jackson albums have sold in the U.S. since his death.  Meantime, some reports state that as many as 9 million albums may have sold worldwide.

Silvio Pietroluongo, director of charts for Billboard, tells me, “We have never seen such a post-death phenomenon since SoundScan began tracking unit sales in 1991.  Unfortunately the industry did not have an accurate sales measurement system in place when comparable superstars Elvis Presley and John Lennon passed away.”

And while it’s not a surprise to see a spike in sales, Pietroluongo says, “the amount of Jackson albums that have sold, and the week-to-week increases we’ve seen, have certainly exceeded anyone’s expectations.”

How long can it continue?  Pietroluongo says the decline will begin soon, but Jackson’s sales could “continue to perform at an above average level for the rest of the year.”

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