American singer and songwriter Michael Jackson (1958–2009) released 67 singles as a lead artist and eight as a featured artist. As one of the best-selling artists of all time, Jackson has sold over 500 million records worldwide. In the United States, Jackson has amassed 13 Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles (more than any other male artist in the Hot 100 era), and became the first artist to ever have top-ten singles 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 singles chart was "Got to Be There", released in 1971, which peaked at number four. Jackson's first number-one hit on the chart was "Ben", released in 1972. Jackson continued to release singles throughout the 1970s. His fifth album, Off the Wall (1979), contains five singles, including the chart-topping hits "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. The next two singles—"Off the Wall" and "She's Out of My Life"—also reached the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 and made Jackson the first solo artist to have four singles from the same album reach the U.S. top 10.

His sixth album, Thriller (1982), contains "The Girl Is Mine" (a collaboration with Paul McCartney), which was released as the first single from the album. The single peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot 100. "Billie Jean", released as the album's second 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 United States. "Thriller", released as a single in November 1983, peaked at number four on the Billboard Hot 100. The single sold 10 million copies in the US alone, making it Jackson's best-selling single. In 1983, Jackson once again collaborated with McCartney on "Say Say Say", released as the first single from McCartney's Pipes of Peace album. It was a number-one hit in the United States.

Jackson's seventh album, Bad (1987), contains 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 singles from any one album.

His eighth album, Dangerous (1991), which he co-produced with Teddy Riley, contains 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, as 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 contains four singles: "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 single ever to debut at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. "Earth Song" was released as the third single from HIStory and 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 album, Invincible (2001), which 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 + List of singles as lead artist, with chart positions, sales and certifications, showing year released and album name Title Year Peak chart positions Sales Certifications Album USPeak chart positions for singles charting on the United States chart: All except noted: "Save Me": "Eaten Alive" and "Muscles": "State of Independence": "Somebody's Watching Me": "Centipede": "We Are the World": "Get It": AUSPeak chart positions for singles charting on the Australian chart: Top 100 (Kent Music Report) peaks to June 19, 1988: N.B. the top 50 portion of the Kent Report chart was licensed by ARIA between mid 1983 and June 19, 1988. Top 50 (ARIA Chart) peaks from June 26, 1988: Top 100 (ARIA Chart) peaks from January 1990 to December 2010: "Do the Bartman" (ARIA Chart) peak: "Why" and "I Need You" (with 3T) ARIA Chart peaks: CANPeak chart positions for singles charting on the Canadian chart: FRAPeak chart positions for singles charting on the French chart: GERPeak chart positions for singles charting on the German chart:

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"Human Nature": SPNPeak chart positions for singles charting on the Spanish chart: SWIPeak chart positions for singles charting on the Swiss chart: UKPeak chart positions for singles charting on the United Kingdom chart: "Got to Be There" 19714833——————5US: 1,600,000 WW: 4,000,000Got to Be There "Rockin' Robin" 197221613———1619—3US: 2,000,000 WW: 4,000,000BPI: Silver "I Wanna Be Where You Are"16—57——————— US: 1,000,000 "Ain't No Sunshine"—————16——998 "Ben"11681—21219—7US: 1,700,000 WW: 2,800,000BPI: Silver RMNZ: GoldBen "With a Child's Heart" 197350—60———————Music & Me "Morning Glow"—98———————— "Music and Me"—————34———— "Happy"—31————21——52 "We're Almost There" 197554—79——6121——46Forever, Michael "Just a Little Bit of You"23—43——————— "Ease On down the Road"(with Diana Ross) 197841—35——47———45The Wiz: Original Soundtrack "You Can't Win" 197981————————— "A Brand New Day"(with Diana Ross & The Wiz Stars)—————1———— "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough"113151321243AUS: 100,000Kent Music Report, No 341, published January 5, 1981, which lists all singles and albums that reached gold or platinum status during 1980 UK: 812,000RIAA: Platinum RIAA: 5× Platinum (Digital) ARIA: Platinum BPI: 2× Platinum BVMI: Gold MC: 3× Platinum RMNZ: 2× PlatinumOff the Wall "Rock with You"1435958—31687UK: 399,000RIAA: Platinum RIAA: 5× Platinum ARIA: Gold BPI: 2× Platinum MC: 2× Platinum RMNZ: 4× Platinum "Off the Wall"109411——2314—817RIAA: Platinum BPI: Gold RMNZ: Gold "She's Out of My Life"1980101715——196—973RIAA: Platinum BPI: Silver "Girlfriend"——————49——41RMNZ: Gold "One Day in Your Life" 1981559———148——1UK: 790,000BPI: GoldOne Day in Your Life "The Girl Is Mine" (with Paul McCartney) 1982248—531231—8US: 1,300,000RIAA: Platinum BPI: Silver MC: Gold RMNZ: PlatinumThriller "Billie Jean" 19831111222111UK: 1,440,000RIAA: Platinum RIAA: Diamond (Digital) RIAA: Gold (Mastertone) ARIA: 9× Platinum BPI: 6× Platinum BVMI: 2× Platinum MC: Diamond RMNZ: 8× Platinum SNEP: Platinum "Beat It"1212211123RIAA: Platinum RIAA: 8× Platinum (Digital) RIAA: Gold (Mastertone) ARIA: Platinum BPI: 4× Platinum BVMI: 3× Gold MC: 6× Platinum RMNZ: 5× Platinum SNEP: Platinum "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'"52511416135—308RIAA: Platinum BPI: Platinum MC: Platinum RMNZ: Platinum "Human Nature"76311364914784156RIAA: Platinum BPI: Platinum MC: Platinum RMNZ: Platinum "P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)"10401715511322—9211RIAA: 4× Platinum BPI: Platinum MC: 2× Platinum RMNZ: 2× Platinum "Thriller"4331933139US: 4,024,398 WW: 9,000,000RIAA: Platinum RIAA: Diamond (Digital) RIAA: Gold (Mastertone) ARIA: 6× Platinum BPI: 3× Platinum BVMI: Gold MC: 6× Platinum RMNZ: 3× Platinum SNEP: Platinum "Farewell My Summer Love"1984386846—51—35——7 Farewell My Summer Love "Girl You're So Together"—————————33 "I Just Can't Stop Loving You"(with Siedah Garrett) 1987110212211521UK: 464,000RIAA: Gold BPI: Gold MC: Gold RMNZ: GoldBad "Bad"1454411133UK: 491,000RIAA: Platinum ARIA: Platinum BPI: Platinum BVMI: Gold MC: 2× Platinum RMNZ: Platinum SNEP: Silver "The Way You Make Me Feel"157291262183UK: 645,000RIAA: 2× Platinum ARIA: Gold BPI: 2× Platinum MC: 3× Platinum RMNZ: 3× Platinum "Man in the Mirror" 1988183—2316411222RIAA: 3× Platinum BPI: 3× Platinum BVMI: Gold MC: 3× Platinum RMNZ: 3× Platinum "Dirty Diana"12759325134RIAA: Platinum BPI: Platinum BVMI: Gold MC: Platinum RMNZ: Platinum "Another Part of Me"1144283210101431515 "Smooth Criminal"716—49129158UK: 614,000RIAA: 2× Platinum BPI: 2× Platinum BVMI: Gold RMNZ: 2× Platinum SNEP: Silver "Leave Me Alone"1989—37—1716691102BPI: Silver "Liberian Girl"—50—15231531—1213BPI: Silver "Black or White" 19911111231111RIAA: 3× Platinum ARIA: 2× Platinum BPI: Platinum BVMI: Gold MC: 3× Platinum RMNZ: 2× Platinum SNEP: SilverDangerous "Remember the Time" 19923625831243RIAA: 3× Platinum ARIA: Gold BPI: Platinum MC: Platinum RMNZ: 2× Platinum "In the Closet"6516915952258RIAA: Gold ARIA: Gold "Jam"2611298189212213 "Who Is It"14346891516191410 "Heal the World"2720211363152ARIA: Gold BPI: Gold BVMI: Gold MC: Gold RMNZ: Gold SNEP: Silver "Give In to Me" 1993—4—71031672ARIA: Gold RMNZ: Gold "Will You Be There"7426291232—39RIAA: Platinum BPI: Silver MC: Gold RMNZ: Gold "Gone Too Soon"—76—3245316—3333 "Scream"(with Janet Jackson)19955254831133RIAA: Platinum ARIA: Gold BPI: Silver RMNZ: GoldHIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I "Childhood"73 "You Are Not Alone"17111461111RIAA: Platinum ARIA: Platinum BPI: Platinum BVMI: Gold IFPI SWI: Gold MC: Platinum RMNZ: Platinum SNEP: Gold "Earth Song"—15402144111UK: 1,270,000RIAA: Gold BPI: 2× Platinum BVMI: 2× Platinum IFPI SWI: Platinum MC: Gold RMNZ: Gold SNEP: Gold "They Don't Care About Us" 19963016—4149234RIAA: Gold ARIA: Gold BPI: Platinum BVMI: 3× Gold MC: Platinum RMNZ: Platinum SNEP: Gold "Stranger in Moscow"9114—182196154 BPI: Silver "Blood on the Dance Floor" 1997425410541151UK: 207,700ARIA: Gold BPI: Silver BVMI: GoldBlood on the Dance Floor: HIStory in the Mix "HIStory"—43—261416294165 "Ghosts" "You Rock My World" 2001104216313152RIAA: Gold ARIA: Gold BPI: Platinum MC: Platinum RMNZ: 2× Platinum SNEP: GoldInvincible "Cry"—43—307642—64225 "One More Chance" 200383——442923—7245Number Ones "The Girl Is Mine 2008"(with will.i.am) 2008—6076222117——4732Thriller 25 "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' 2008"(with Akon)818321063484——69ARIA: Gold RMNZ: Gold "Mind Is the Magic" 2010———80——————Mind Is the Magic: Anthem for the Las Vegas Show "Hold My Hand"(with Akon)3937162772867910RIAA: Gold BPI: Silver BVMI: Gold PROMUSICAE: Gold MC: Platinum RMNZ: GoldMichael "Hollywood Tonight" 2011————5554———152 "Behind the Mask"—————————191 "(I Like) The Way You Love Me"—————————— "Love Never Felt So Good"(solo or with Justin Timberlake) 20149282021811126158US: 1,100,000RIAA: Platinum (Digital) BPI: Platinum BVMI: Platinum MC: 2× Platinum RMNZ: 2× PlatinumXscape "A Place with No Name" ———93—45———172 "Don't Matter to Me"(with Drake) 201893419 16 136 335 2 ARIA: Gold BPI: Platinum MC: GoldScorpion"—" denotes releases that did not chart

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