Peak positions, certifications and sales data

Charts Peak
Position
Certification Sales/Shipments
Argentina Platinum[1] 200,000[1]
Australia 1[2] 7× platinum[3] 490,000[4]
Austria 2[2] 2× platinum[5] 80,000[6]
Belgium 1[2]
Canada 5× platinum[7] 500,000[8]
Europe 6× platinum[9] 6 million[10]
Finland 3[2] Platinum[11] 61,352[11]
France 3[2] Diamond[12] 1 million[12]
Germany 1[13] 3× platinum[14] 1.5 million[15]
Netherlands 1[2] 3× platinum[16] 240,000[6]
New Zealand 1[2]
Norway 1[2] Platinum[17] 40,000[6]
Sweden 3[2] Platinum[18] 60,000[6]
Switzerland 1[2] 3× platinum[19] 150,000[19]
United Kingdom 1 4× platinum[20] 1.2 million
U.S. Billboard 200 1 7× platinum[21] 3.5 million

Track listing

All tracks are written by Michael Jackson, except where noted

HIStory Begins (Disc 1)
No.TitleWriter(s)Featured artistLength
1."Billie Jean"  4:54
2."The Way You Make Me Feel"  4:57
3."Black or White"Jackson; Bill Bottrell 4:15
4."Rock with You"Rod Temperton 3:40
5."She's out of My Life"Tom Bahler 3:38
6."Bad"  4:07
7."I Just Can't Stop Loving You" duet with Siedah Garrett4:12
8."Man in the Mirror"Glen Ballard; Siedah Garrett 5:19
9."Thriller"Temperton 5:57
10."Beat It"  4:18
11."The Girl is Mine" duet with Paul McCartney3:41
12."Remember the Time"Teddy Riley; Jackson; Bernard Belle 4:00
13."Don't Stop 'til You Get Enough"  6:02
14."Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'"  6:02
15."Heal the World"  6:24


HIStory Continues (Disc 2)
No.TitleWriter(s)Featured artistLength
1."Scream"Harris; Lewis; Jackson; Jacksonduet with Janet Jackson4:38
2."They Don't Care About Us"  4:44
3."Stranger In Moscow"  5:44
4."This Time Around"Rene Moore; Dallas Austin; Bruce Swedien; Jackson; Wallacerap by The Notorious B.I.G.4:20
5."Earth Song"  6:46
6."D.S."  4:49
7."Money"  4:41
8."Come Together"Lennon/McCartney 4:02
9."You Are Not Alone"R. Kelly 5:45
10."Childhood (Theme from "Free Willy 2")"  4:28
11."Tabloid Junkie"Harris; Lewis; Jackson 4:32
12."2 Bad"Harris; Lewis; Jackson; O'NealRap by Shaquille O'Neal4:49
13."HIStory"Harris; Lewis; Jackson 6:37
14."Little Susie"  6:13
15."Smile"Chaplin 4:56

Credits

Production credits

Album credits

Technical credits

Footnotes

  1. ^ a b "Discos de Oro y Platino". Argentine Chamber of Phonograms and Videograms Producers. Retrieved June 5, 2009.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Michael Jackson: HIStory - Past, Present and Future Book I". hitparade. Retrieved June 5, 2009.
  3. ^ "ARIA Charts - Accreditations - 2001 Albums". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved June 5, 2009.
  4. ^ "Accreditations". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved June 5, 2009.
  5. ^ International Federation of the Phonographic Industry — Austria (December 19, 1996). "Austrian certification (search)". ifpi.at. Retrieved 2008-11-25.
  6. ^ a b c d Recording Industry Association of Japan (2005). "Standard for Certifying Awards of Countries" (PDF). riaj.or.jp. Retrieved 2008-11-25.
  7. ^ Canadian Recording Industry Association (November 30, 1995). "Canadian certification". cria.ca. Retrieved 2008-11-25.
  8. ^ Canadian Recording Industry Association. "Criteria". cria.ca. Retrieved 2008-11-25.
  9. ^ International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (1996). "IFPI Platinum Europe Awards". ifpi.org. Retrieved 2008-11-25.
  10. ^ International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. "Criteria". ifpi.org. Retrieved 2008-11-25.
  11. ^ a b International Federation of the Phonographic Industry — Finland (1997). "Finnish certification". ifpi.fi. Retrieved 2008-11-25.
  12. ^ a b Syndicat national de l'édition phonographique (1995). "French certification". chartsinfrance.net. Retrieved 2008-11-25.
  13. ^ "German Albums Chart (Search)". charts-surfer.de. Retrieved June 5, 2009.
  14. ^ International Federation of the Phonographic Industry — Germany (1997). "German certification". musikindustrie.de. Retrieved 2008-11-25.
  15. ^ International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (1995). "Criteria" (PDF). musikindustrie.de. Retrieved 2008-11-25.
  16. ^ Nederlandse Vereniging van Producenten en Importeurs van beeld-en geluidsdragers (1996). "Dutch certification (search)". nvpi.nl. Retrieved 2008-11-25.
  17. ^ International Federation of the Phonographic Industry — Norway (1995). "Norwegian certification (search)". ifpi.no. Retrieved 2008-11-25.
  18. ^ International Federation of the Phonographic Industry — Sweden (1995). "Swedish certification" (PDF). ifpi.se. Retrieved 2008-11-25.
  19. ^ a b HitParade (1996). "Swiss certification". Retrieved 2008-11-25.
  20. ^ British Phonographic Industry (February 1, 1996). "U.K. certification". bpi.co.uk. Retrieved 2008-11-25.
  21. ^ Recording Industry Association of America (October 12, 1999). "U.S. certification". riaa.com. Retrieved 2008-11-25.

References

See also

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