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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]
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 ]
D.S. (song) Dangerous (Michael Jackson song) Diamonds Are Invincible; Dirty Diana; Dirty Iyanna (song) Do It Again Medley with Billie Jean; Do You Know Where Your Children Are (song) Don't Be Messin' 'Round; Don't Matter to Me; Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough; Don't Stop the Music (Rihanna song) Don't Walk Away (Michael Jackson song)
"Billie Jean" is a song by the American singer Michael Jackson, released by Epic Records on January 3, 1983, as the second single from his sixth studio album, Thriller (1982). It was written and composed by Jackson, produced by Quincy Jones , and co-produced by Jackson.
"Superstar was written by Michael Burton. [1] The song is an answer to Michael Jackson's hit "Billie Jean". The singer takes the place of Billie Jean and tells her side of the story. [2] It was released in the US on 12" on Team Entertainment TRS 3001. The flip side was an instrumental version. [3]
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.
The album's full length lasts over 77 minutes and contains 16 songs – fourteen of which were written (or co-written) by Jackson. It was noted that the album shifts between aggressive songs and ballads. [15] Invincible opens with "Unbreakable"; the last line in the first verse recites the lyrics, "With all that I've been through/I'm still ...