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Michael Jackson in 1984. American singer-songwriter Michael Jackson recorded songs for ten studio albums, two posthumous studio albums, seventy two compilation albums, three soundtrack albums, one live album and seven remix albums. He has provided background vocals for songs recorded by other artists, as well as featured on duets.
In 2012, Jackson was ranked the fifth best selling singles artist in the United Kingdom with 15.3 million singles sold. [3] Jackson's first solo entry on the US Billboard Hot 100 songs chart was "Got to Be There", which peaked at number four in 1971. [4] Jackson's first number-one hit on the chart was "Ben", in 1972. [5]
[1] [2] Jackson is one of the best-selling music artists in history with over 500 million records sold worldwide. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] According to the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), Jackson has sold 89 million certified albums in the United States.
Bad is the seventh studio album by the American singer-songwriter Michael Jackson.It was released on August 31, 1987, by Epic Records.Written and recorded between 1985 and 1987, Bad was Jackson's third and final collaboration with the producer Quincy Jones.
The first posthumous Jackson song, "This Is It", co-written in the 1980s with Paul Anka, was released in October 2009. The surviving Jackson brothers reunited to record backing vocals. [360] It was followed by a documentary film about the rehearsals for the canceled This Is It tour, Michael Jackson's This Is It, [361] and a compilation album. [362]
Jackson's unreleased material includes songs recorded as a solo artist (including covers of songs released by other artists and the Jackson 5 songs) and demo versions, some featuring established artists such as Freddie Mercury and Barry Gibb. Between 1974 and 2009, Jackson recorded "at least 1,000–2,000 songs" according to close partners Bill ...
Many notable artists began covering his songs since his debut in the early 1970s. These covers are in several different languages and genres, and some have received positive reviews from music critics and featured on record charts. Artists who have covered songs from The Jackson 5 career are not included.
Number Ones is a greatest hits album by American singer Michael Jackson.It was released on November 18, 2003, by Epic Records. [5] Number Ones was Jackson's first standalone compilation album with Epic Records, after the release of the first disc of HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I in 1995 (and after the re-release of that disc as a single album titled Greatest Hits: HIStory, Volume I ...