| Michael Jackson, the King of Pop has posthumously | | | | followed by countries like UK, Germany, Netherlands |
| beaten out every recording artist, even the Beiber, to | | | | and Finland. |
| become the most-downloaded solo artist of all time. | | | | Unfortunately, the view counts for Michael Jackson's |
| The study was conducted by Nokia's Ovi Music Store | | | | sound tracks on online music portals, YouTube and |
| using its download sales records. According to | | | | Vevo, are not even near to those of Justin Beiber and |
| information collected by Nokia's Ovi music store, | | | | Lady Gaga who constantly have been battling it out in |
| Michael Jackson has even surpassed the previous | | | | these portals for pop music's supremacy all through |
| record holder, Elvis Presley; modern day entertainer | | | | this year. |
| Lady Gaga, the Black Eyed Peas, Jay Chou, Rihanna | | | | However, when it comes to overall impact on |
| and a host of other world's most popular musicians to | | | | international music fan culture, YouTube records are |
| achieve this title. | | | | hardly any standard barometer of importance. When |
| Critics speculate that Jackson's first death anniversary | | | | Michael Jackson died last summer, tweets mentioning |
| on 25th June and the overwhelming tribute from his | | | | his name accounted for an unparalleled 30% of all |
| fans on what would have been his 52nd birthday this | | | | tweets that particular day. Moreover, during Jackson's |
| 29th August, has lead to a surge in the sales figures. | | | | memorial service the same year, more than half a |
| Geoff Roberts, a student of music, said, "Michael | | | | million status updates were seen in Facebook. |
| Jackson has perennially been a music legend in pop. | | | | Though Nokia's Ovi store is a small representation of a |
| However, the anniversary of Michael's death and his | | | | larger market of online track sales, nevertheless the |
| upcoming birthday celebrations appear to have revived | | | | company's sales data surely makes sense when one |
| Jacko's fever all over again amongst his fans." | | | | considers other social media statistics around Michael |
| Michael Jackson's popular 1982 solo, "Beat It," is the | | | | Jackson, his life and his tragic death. |
| most popular music track in Nokia's Ovi store, with his | | | | Have you downloaded a Michael Jackson Videos or |
| "Billie Jean" and "Thriller" track lagging close behind. The | | | | album yet? If not, visit and get hold on some rare |
| Ovi store reveals that the track "This Is It" has been | | | | Michael Jackson memorabilia. Also get Katherine |
| downloaded almost twice as much as any other of | | | | Jackson's (Michael's mother), new most talked about |
| Michael's albums. Moreover, the "Beat It" track has | | | | book (Never Can Say Goodbye) along with her |
| been downloaded most across 36 countries with India | | | | exclusive interview videos, only from Jackson Secret |
| contributing 26 % of all these downloads. This is | | | | Vault (JSV). |
| because Michael Jackson is highly popular in India | | | | |