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Jackson's fifth solo album, Off the Wall (1979), co-produced by Jackson and Quincy Jones. Songwriters for the album included Jackson, Rod Temperton , Stevie Wonder , and Paul McCartney . Off the Wall was the first solo album to generate four top 10 hits in the United States: " Off the Wall ", " She's Out of My Life ", and the chart-topping ...
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]
Jackson's next two studio albums were Music & Me (1973) and Forever, Michael (1975). [12] In 1975, Jackson signed to Epic Records , and released his fifth studio album, Off the Wall , in 1979. [ 13 ]
404248 08: Musician Michael Jackson performs at the taping of “American Bandstands 50th…A Celebration” television special honoring the music show April 20, 2002 in Pasadena, CA.
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 ...
Off the Wall is the fifth studio album by the American singer Michael Jackson, released on August 10, 1979, by Epic Records.It was Jackson's first album released through Epic Records, and the first produced by Quincy Jones, whom he met while working on the 1978 film The Wiz.
It should only contain pages that are Michael Jackson songs or lists of Michael Jackson songs, as well as subcategories containing those things (themselves set categories). Topics about Michael Jackson songs in general should be placed in relevant topic categories .
In 2024, Sony purchased half (50%) of Michael Jackson's music catalogue at an estimated $600 million, which is proportionally equivalent or similar to the world's top record sale of British rock band Queen's (100%) complete catalogue for $1.27 billion. The figure would estimate total musical asset valuation of Jackson's around $1.2 billion.