Michael Jackson has broken a record for fastest one-day sales with his Number Ones album just days after his sudden death

The 50-year-old legend passed away on June 26 after he reportedly suffered a heart attack.

However, it has now been reported that there has been an 80-fold increase in demand for the star’s Number Ones album and it has now shot from 121 to number one in the UK.

His single Man In The Mirror was at number 11 in the recent UK charts show and five of the King of Pop’s albums were in the top 20.

A spokesman for HMV said: “We’ve never seen anything like it. The demand for Michael Jackson hits has just been phenomenal – even more than when Elvis, John Lennon and Freddie Mercury died.

“It’s the greatest one-day sales for any artist’s album ever.”

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