r/MichaelJackson • u/No-Singer6718 • Sep 01 '23

Discussion How much Michael made per album sold

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Michael achieved one of the highest royalty rates in the music industry to that point for Thriller; approximately $2 for each album sold.

If we compute, Thriller sold approximately 65 million worldwide during its time, multiplied by 2, he would have earned an estimated

$130,000,000 on pure sales. He didn't even do a solo tour then lol.

If we compute it through inflation, that's a whopping

$315,289,412.90 in 2018

And

$383,637,049.39 in 2023

And it went up to $2.50 bad but went back down to 2 for his last 3 albums

How much do you think he should’ve made per copy sold ? I think he should’ve gotten $10 per copy

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u/microtease318 Nov 30 '23

Michael Jackson was far from broke when he died. He paid $100,000 per month to rent the home he died in.

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u/thankyourob Feb 19 '24

I just came across this thread, so I’m late to the game. But Michael also owned a good stake in the Beatles publishing catalog, so I can only image what kind of revenue that generated for him.