Just days following his death, michael Jackson's albums sold at 100,000 apiece, according to news reports. And according to preliminary sales numbers from Nielsen SoundScan, as reported here, there were 2.6 million downloads of his work in just one week. The week before, only 48,000 Michael Jackson songs were sold. What makes it even more extraordinary is that no artist has had more than one million downloads. The Wall Street Journal tells us that more than 400,000 of his albums were sold in the four days after his death.

Not that any of this will help clear up the estate or fix the financial problems. Jackson reportedly died more than half a billion dollars in debt and Associated Press reports he only had assets of just over $230 million.

Which suggests the matter might be headed for bankruptcy court. And certainly, the bankruptcy of Jackson's parents 10 years ago won't help their case.

Jackson had the most weird existence. It's not surprising that the weirdness continues after he has gone.