Download or read book Michael, Janet and the Jackson Family: All the Top 40 Singles written by Craig Halstead and published by . This book was released on 2014-02-16 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Jacksons are far and away the most successful family ever to enter the music business. Since 1969, when I Want You Back became the Jackson 5's first hit single, the family has scored an astonishing 171 different Top 40 hits around the world, and that's not including uncredited appearances on singles such as USA For Africa's We Are The World and Rockwell's Somebody's Watching Me. The Top 40 singles detailed in this book are listed chronologically, according to the date they first entered the chart in one of seventeen countries: Australia, Austria, Belgium (Wallonia), Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, the United States and Zimbabwe, and are numbered 1-171. Singles like We Are The World and Somebody's Watching Me are also included in the correct chronological order but aren't numbered.The most recent Top 40 hit by a member of the Jackson family is Michael's posthumous duet with Akon, Hold My Hand, which entered the charts in December 2010.The main body of the book is followed by 'The Almost Top 40 Singles', which gives an honourable mention to Jackson singles that have peaked between no.41 and no.50 in one or more of the ten featured countries. There follows a listing of the Top 50 Jackson singles according to a points-based system, plus a fascinating 'Trivia' section which round-ups the most successful Jacksons and the most successful Jackson singles in each country.Author's Note: The companion to this book, which focuses on Top 40 albums from around the globe, is titled 'Michael, Janet & The Jackson Family - All The Top 40 Albums'. If you are looking for a more in depth look at Janet's or Michael's career, I can recommend two books I have co-written with Chris Cadman, namely 'Janet Jackson: For The Record' and Michael Jackson: For The Record (2nd Edition'). For all the latest news, please visit www.cadman-halstead-musicbooks.com