In reply to RG2.

Sony (MJ's label) claims his record sales have reached 1 billion. This was announced during a ceremony at the Chinese Theater in Hollywood. Wikipedia is extremely non trustworthy when it comes to record sales of 'the big three' -Michael Jackson, Elvis Presley and The Beatles (they sold before the sound scan era and they were huge internationally). An interesting note is that Michael has sold more during his active years than the active years of Elvis and the Beatles combined. All three of them have passed the 1 billion mark.