Billboard offers further deets on the success of This Is It.

Animal Collective hearts Thriller.

MP3: Michael Jackson – Billie Jean

Deets are as follows:

“Long Live The King! A Birthday Celebration For Michael Jackson”
Special Invited Guests: Mark Ronson & DJ Spinna
NOKIA Theatre Times Square
Saturday, August 29, 2009

Tickets go on Sale Friday, July 31, 2009.

MP3: Q Tip – Wait Up

Three of his LPs sold in excess of 100K this week:

Number Ones
The Essential Michael Jackson
Thriller

Billboard’s got the full scoop.

Many artists have covered his tunes over the last few days.

MP3: Michael Jackson – Thriller

Rightfully so.

As of this morning, iTunes sales have already jumped considerably.

What’s your fave MJ record?

MP3: Michael Jackson – Billie Jean

We’re in a state of utter shock.

You’ll be sorely missed.

Love,
TMS

What a bummer!

BBC’s got this afternoon’s scoop.

In March, he sold out 50 comeback performances.

MP3: Michael Jackson – Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough

That sure was fast!

Visit MJ on MySpace.

MP3: Michael Jackson – Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough

The ‘King Of Pop’ turns 50 today!

We wish him a splendid celebration.

Visit MJ at his official site.

MP3: Michael Jackson – Billie Jean

‘Billy’s Toxic Britney Bitch’

‘Billie Jean’ & ‘Toxic’

VERSUS

‘Super Freak’ & ‘The Hardest Button To Button’

MP3: ‘Billy’s Toxic Britney Bitch’

The Huffington Post seems to think so: *Michael Jackson, homeless and drifting — and still in default on a $23 million loan against his Neverland Ranch — spent the last three months living in Franklin Lakes, N.J., in a family’s private home, trying to be normal. Sources have confirmed for me that Jackson showed up on the door step of Dominick and Connie Cascio in mid-August and stayed until the day he left for Los Angeles and Jesse Jackson’s birthday party around Nov. 7. Jackson had been spotted on Halloween day at a costume shop in Wyckoff, N.J. That was the tip off that a new weird chapter in Jackson’s soap opera was being written. But the visit got little buzz and the news mostly faded before it left the confines of the Garden State.* Draw your own conclusions and/or one-liners. MJ MP3 below.

MP3: Michael Jackson – Billie Jean