My dealing with media and the world of celebrity continues...
On Monday, I was on BBC Radio's 1EXTRA channel talking about possibly our most famous record holder, Michael Jackson. It's the 25th anniversary of the launch of his 'Thriller' album, which happens to be the best selling album of all time. There were all sorts of world famous contributors, such as comedian Eddie Murphy, John Landis (who directed the famous video) and me.
They particularly wanted me to talk about the sales of the album. As there is no way to get accurate international sales - normally you can tell from US and UK sales alone - there are many different figures, some suggesting that over 100 million copies were sold. We estimate it's around 60 million, but it's a bit of a moot point as it far outsells the next biggest, which is the Eagles 'Best Of' album...followed by Queen's 'Best of', pop pickers...
In my mind, this makes it even more impressive as 'Best of ' albums usually far outsell original releases. As a pure album, the next biggest seller is Sergeant Pepper's by the Beatles and it lags WAY behind.
Then yesterday, who should call but michael Jackson - or his at least, his people called. They wanted to discuss our making a corporate edition, as we have done for various companies before. A coprorate edition is essentially the main section of the record book, but with bespoke pages on, for example, MJ's records and a tailored cover (such as the image from the cover of the album).
As it's early in discussions, we've not decided anything yet. I'd be interested to hear what you think about these publishing options, so please post your comments belowQ
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