Remembering and celebrating Michael Jackson
Since the world lost Michael Jackson exactly one year ago today, tributes have occurred in all corners of the globe.
Michael's international fame is apparent in these heartfelt tributes to the world's greatest entertainer and most giving humanitarian.
We take a look at his bestselling albums that keep giving listening pleasure even today!
Thriller is the sixth studio album by Michael Jackson. It was released on November 30, 1982 by Epic Records as the follow-up to Jackson's critically and commercially successful 1979 album Off the Wall.
Thriller was a different album from its predecessor by adding harder funk, hard rock, softer ballads and smoother soul. With a production budget of $750,000.
Assisted by producer Quincy Jones, Jackson wrote four of Thriller's nine tracks. In just over a year, Thriller became - and currently remains - the best-selling album of all time, with sales estimated by various sources as somewhere between 75 and 110 million copies worldwide.
Bad was recorded throughout 1987. The lyrical themes on the record relate to paranoia, romance and self-improvement.
Bad is widely regarded as having cemented Jackson's status as one of the most successful artists of the 1980s, as well enhancing his solo career and being one of the best musical projects of his career.
Despite the album's commercial success, it has been viewed as a relative failure when compared to the sales of Thriller.
Dangerous is the eighth studio album by Michael Jackson, released on November 26, 1991.
It became his second to debut at #1 on the Billboard 200 album chart, where it spent the next four consecutive weeks. The album had sold over 32 million copies worldwide.
The album won one Grammy for Best Engineered Album - Non Classical won by Bruce Swedien & Teddy Riley[3] and is the most successful new jack swing album of all time.
Dangerous was the first album ever to spawn eight consecutive UK Top 20 hits.
The HIStory album was released on June 20, 1995, and was Michael' a two disc album with a total of 30 songs.
The first disc 'HIStory Begins' was a collection of 15 of Michael's greatest hits as an adult solo artist.
The second disc 'HIStory Continues' of this album contained 15 brand new songs, 12 of which were composed and written by Michael himself.
Invincible is the tenth and final studio album by American recording artist Michael Jackson.
The album was released by Epic Records on October 30, 2001. Invincible was the first release of new Jackson material since Blood on the Dance Floor in 1997.
Similar to Jackson's previous material, the themes in Invincible's are mainly based on Jackson's personal experiences, romance and paranoia. The album's first and last singles charted within the top ten on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart, and they peaked at number one and within the top ten worldwide.
The album was big a commercial success.