Michael Jackson has made his triumphant return to the top of the charts with his posthumous album Xscape, which debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 200.
Xscape sold 157,000 copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan. The new collection is Jackson's tenth top 10. His 2010 posthumous album Michael debuted at No. 3 with 228,000.
Jackson was edged out of the top spot on the chart by the Black Keys, who took the top spot from the King of Pop with their eighth studio album Turn Blue, which sold 164,000 copies.
The victory is bittersweet for the Black Keys, who had been very vocal about competing with Jackson on the charts. "We want to have a #1 album, but Michael Jackson releases something from the grave and c**kblocks us," Patrick Carney told MTV News.
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