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'This Is It' album follows movie to top of the charts

Michael Jackson still has the golden touch. "This Is It," the album, has followed its movie companion to the top of the charts, Billboard.com reports. It debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 album chart Wednesday. Here's a look at Jackson's string of successes, by the numbers.

$36.9 millionAmount "Michael Jackson's This Is It," the movie, has earned at the U.S. box office through Monday, according to Boxofficemojo.com. It debuted at No. 1 over the weekend.

373,000Copies of "This Is It," the album, sold in its first week, according to Nielsen SoundScan

$106.3 millionThe film's gross worldwide, through Monday

391,000Copies of Jackson's album "HIStory" that sold in its debut week in 1995 No. 5"This Is It's" sales week was the fifth-best for an album in the U.S. this year, according to Billboard 6Billboard No. 1 albums in Jackson's career, beginning with "Thriller" in 1983

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The Memorial Service - Jennifer Hudson - Will You Be There

 
"In Our Darkest Hour, In My Deepest Despair
Will You Still Care? Will You Be There?
In My Trials And My Tribulations
Through Our Doubts And Frustrations
In My Violence In My Turbulence
Through My Fear And My Confessions
In My Anguish And My Pain
Through My Joy And My Sorrow
In The Promise Of Another Tomorrow
I'll Never Let You Part For You're Always In My Heart." - MJ
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The Memorial Service - Usher - Gone Too Soon

 
“Like a comet, Blazing across the evening sky, Gone too soon.
Like a rainbow, Fading in the twinkling of an eye, Gone too soon.”
 
These are the beautiful lyrics of Michael Jackson’s Gone Too Soon. The song was written for a young AIDS victim whom Michael befriended prior to his death. This song is performed in many occasions and one of the most appropriate occasions of all his own memorial service by Usher. Add a comment
   

Fans Around World Remember Jackson

 
Fan of the late pop star Michael Jackson gathered around the world to pay tribute to their idol and watch the artist's memorial on television screens live from Los Angeles, California. (July 7) 
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The Memorial Service - Mariah Carey

 
Singer Mariah Carey performs at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, paying tribute to Michael Jackson. (July 7)
 
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