On a high note from the tragic death of Michael Jackson’s death last week, record sales flew through the roof. As soon as the news about the death of Pop Superstar, radio DJs and everyone with a music player started to blast his songs in tribute.

Record sales jumped with sales of over 422,000 copies of Michael Jackson albums. In fact, the top-selling albums all last week were Jackson’s. From first to third, “Number Ones”, “The Essential Michael Jackson”, and “Thriller” sold like hot cakes in stores all over the world. Many retailers sold out of the albums and have more on order ready to hit stores for fans wanting the albums that made history.

This isn’t the first time record sales for an artist sold like crazy, Kurt Cobain and Notorious B.I.G. had over 100 percent increases in sales following their deaths. It is sad but we thought we might just throw these numbers out for you…