Hits List: Michael Jackson

He was, for many years, the young lead singer with the Jackson 5.  He released several solo singles, but it really wasn't until the Off the Wall album when we realized that he wasn't just a cute boy in his brothers' group but rather he was something special.  Then there was Thriller of course and the rest, as they say, is history, or perhaps that should be HIStory.

The chart numbers used or just for those countries that showed an early interest in Michael's solo work from the outset.  The vast majority of singles were hits in dozens of countries. 
1971:  "Got to Be There" (#4, #5 U.K., #3 Canada, #83 Australia)
1972:  "Rockin' Robin" (#2, #3 U.K., #13 Canada, #16 Australia, #16 New Zealand)
           "I Wanna' Be Where You Are" (#16, #57 Canada)
           "Ain't No Sunshine" (#7 U.K., #19 Switzerland, #16 Netherlands)
           "Ben" (#1, #7 U.K, #6 Canada, #1 Australia, #12 New Zealand, #2 Netherlands)
1973:  "With a Child's Heart" (#50, #60 Canada)
           "Morning Glow" (#98 Australia)
           "Music and Me" (#34 Netherlands)
           "Happy" (#52 U.K., #31 Australia, #21 New Zealand)
1975:  "Just a Little Bit of You" (#23, #43 Canada)
           "We're Almost There" (#54, #46 U.K., #79 Canada, #21 New Zealand, #61 Netherlands)

1978:  "Ease on Down the Road" (with Diana Ross) (#41, #45 U.K., #35 Canada, #47 Netherlands)

1979:  "You Can't Win" (#81)
           "A Brand New Day" (with Dian Ross & the Wiz Stars) (#1 Netherlands) 
           "Don't Stop 'til You Get Enough" (#1, #3 U.K., #1 Australia, #1 New Zealand, #2 Netherlands)
           "Rock with You" (#1, #7 U.K., #3 Canada, #4 Australia, #3 New Zealand)
           "Off the Wall" (#10, #7 U.K., #11 Canada, #94 Australia, #14 New Zealand, #23 Netherlands)
1980:  "She's Out of My Life" (#10, #3 U.K., #15 Canada, #17 Australia, #6 New Zealand, #19 Netherlands)
           "Girlfriend" (#41 U.K., #49 New Zealand)
1981:  "One Day in Your Life" (#55, #1 U.K., #48 New Zealand, #1 Netherlands)

1982:  "The Girl Is Mine (with Paul McCartney) (#2, #8 U.K., #8 Canada, #4 Australia, #3 New Zealand, #12 Netherlands)
1983:  "Billie Jean" (#1, #1 U.K., #1 Canada, #1 Australia, #2 New Zealand, #2 Netherlands)
           "Beat It" (#1, #3 U.K., #1 Canada, #2 Australia, #1 New Zealand, #1 Netherlands)
           "Wanna' Be Startin' Somethin'" (#5, #8 U.K., #1 Canada, #25 Australia, #35 New Zealand, #1 Netherlands)
           "Human Nature" (#7, #62 U.K., #11 Canada, #63 Australia, #33 New Zealand, #14 Netherlands)
           "P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing" (#10, #11 U.K., #17 Canada, #40 Australia, #13 Netherlands)
           "Say Say Say" (with Paul McCartney) (#1, #2 U.K., #1 Canada, #4 Australia, #10 New Zealand, #4 Netherlands)
1984:  "Thriller" (#4, #10 U.K., #3 Canada, #3 Australia, #6 New Zealand, #3 Netherlands)
           "Farewell My Summer Love" (#38, #7 U.K., #46 Canada, #68 Australia, #35 New Zealand)
           "Girl You're So Together" (#33 U.K.)

1987:  "Twenty-Five Miles"
           "I Just Can't Stop Loving You" (with Siedah Garrett) (#1, #1 U.K., #2 Canada, #10 Australia, #3 New Zealand, #1 Netherlands)
           "Bad" (#1, #3 U.K., #5 Canada, #4 Australia, #2 New Zealand, #1 Netherlands)
           "The Way You Make Me Feel" (#1, #3 U.K., #7 Canada, #5 Australia, #2 New Zealand, #6 Netherlands)
1988:  "Man in the Mirror" (#1, #2 U.K., #3 Canada, #8 Australia, #4 New Zealand, #16 Netherlands)
           "Dirty Diana" (#1, #4 U.K., #5 Canada, #26 Australia, #5 New Zealand, #2 Netherlands)
           "Another Part of Me" (#11, #15 U.K., #28 Canada, #44 Australia, #14 New Zealand, #10 Netherlands)
           "Smooth Criminal" (#7, #8 U.K., #16 Australia, #29 New Zealand #1 Netherlands)
1989:  "Leave Me Alone" (#2 U.K., #37 Australia, #9 New Zealand, #6 Netherlands)
           "Liberian Girl" (#13 U.K., #50 Australia, #31 New Zealand, #15 Netherlands)

1991:  "Black or White" (#1, #1 U.K., #1 Canada, #1 Australia, #1 New Zealand, #3 Netherlands)
1992:  "Remember the Time" (#3, # U.K., #2 Canada, #6 Australia, #1 New Zealand, #3 Netherlands)
           "In the Closet" (#6, #8 U.K., #16 Canada, #5 Australia, #5 New Zealand, #9 Netherlands)
           "Jam" (#26, #13 U.K., #29 Canada, #11 Australia, #2 New Zealand, #9 Netherlands)
           "Who Is It" (#14, #10 U.K., #6 Canada, #34 Australia, #16 New Zealand, #15 Netherlands)
           "Heal the World" (#27, #2 U.K., #21 Canada, #20 Australia, #3 New Zealand, #6 Netherlands)--underrated.
1993:  "Give In to Me" (#2 U.K., #4 Australia, #1 New Zealand, #3 Netherlands)
           "Will You Be There" (#7, #9 U.K., #6 Canada, #42 Australia, #2 New Zealand, #3 Netherlands)
           "Gone Too Soon" (#33 U.K., #76 Australia, #6 New Zealand, #31 Netherlands)

1995:  "Scream" (with Janet Jackson) (#5, #3 U.K., #12 Canada, #1 New Zealand, #3 Netherlands)
           "Childhood" (#5, #3 U.K., #73 Canada, #1 New Zealand, #3 Netherlands)
           "You Are Not Alone" (#1, #1 U.K., #11 Canada, #7 Australia, #1 New Zealand, #6 Netherlands)
           "Earth Song" (#1 U.K., #40 Canada, #15 Australia, #4 New Zealand, #4 Netherlands)
1996:  "They Don't Care About Us" (#30, #4 U.K., #16 Australia, #9 New Zealand, #4 Netherlands)--highly underrated.
           "Stranger in Moscow" (#91, #4 U.K., #14 Australia, #6 New Zealand, #9 Netherlands)
1997:  "Blood on the Dance Floor" (#42, #1 U.K., #4 Canada, #5 Australia, #1 New Zealand, #4 Netherlands)
           "HIStory/Ghosts" (#5 U.K., #43 Australia, #29 New Zealand, #16 Netherlands)

2001:  "You Rock My World" (#10, #2 U.K., #2 Canada, #4 Australia, #13 New Zealand, #3 Netherlands)
           "Cry" (#25 U.K., #43 Australia)
2003:  "One More Chance" (#83, #5 U.K., #23 Netherlands)
2008:  "The Girl Is Mine" (with will.i.am) (#32 U.K., #76 Canada, #60 Australia, #17 Netherlands)
           "Wanna' Be Startin' Somethin' 2008" (with Akon) (#81, #69 U.K., #32 Canada, #8 Australia, #4 New Zealand, #48 Netherlands)
2010:  "Hold My Hand" (with Akon) (#39, #10 U.K., #16 Canada, #37 Australia, #6 New Zealand, #28 Netherlands)
2011:  "Hollywood Tonight" (#54 Netherlands)
           "Behind the Mask"

Michael's solo chart record looks like this:  47 hits, with a great number of those, 33, going Top 10 and 13 #1's.  Remarkable.