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Michael Jackson's recorded music also encompasses providing background vocals for other artists like Diana Ross, Stevie Wonder, La Toya Jackson, Rebbie Jackson, Janet Jackson, Barry Gibb, and 3T. He collaborated with singers and musicians including the Jackson 5, Paul McCartney , and Freddie Mercury .
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]
The compilation also includes songs Michael Jackson released during his solo career at Motown as well as a live recording of his first smash hit at Epic, "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough". The cover art is similar to Number Ones , a similar album consisting of lead singer Michael Jackson 's solo career from 1979 to 2003.
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 ]
The Best of Michael Jackson is a compilation of American singer and recording artist Michael Jackson's greatest hits and was released by his former record company Motown on August 28, 1975 (just one day before Jackson's 17th birthday). It peaked at number 44 on the U.S. R&B albums chart.
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. [361] It was followed by a documentary film about the rehearsals for the canceled This Is It tour, Michael Jackson's This Is It, [362] and a compilation album. [363]
Featuring 18 songs released between 1969 and 1975, it became Michael's second number one on the UK Albums Chart, right behind Thriller (1982), as well as the Jackson 5's first and only chart-topper there. [2] The album shares cover artwork with the single for "Happy", which was released in Europe to promote it.