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Michael Jackson's new album sold just 8,000 copies
in its first week in the United States.
The singer's sixth greatest hits album, The Essential Michael Jackson,
limped into the charts at
number 128 as fans appeared to snub the star.
The figures will come as a huge blow to the one-time King of Pop, who
had hoped to make a comeback after being acquitted of child sex abuse last
month.
The Jackson album was beaten by the likes of 1970s star Carly Simon,
whose new CD Moonlight Serenade entered the chart at number seven, and the
Dukes of Hazzard soundtrack.
A spokeswoman for Nielsen Soundscan, which monitors US record sales,
said: "Michael Jackson is quite a way down there. Carly Simon sold 50,000
albums more than him.
Singer Guy Penrod even sold 11,000 copies of his new record.
Jackson, 46, has sold more than 300 million albums since he first hit
the charts as a child with the Jackson 5. His new album was launched by
Sony BMG last week.
The two-disc set includes songs spanning his entire career, from 1970's I
Want You Back to 2001's You Rock My World.
(CRI) | 
Updated: 2005-08-01 16:18
