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2010 compilation album by Michael Jackson

Michael is a posthumous album by American singer-songwriter Michael Jackson. It was released on December 10, 2010, by Epic Records and Sony Music Entertainment. Michael is the first release of all-new Michael Jackson material since Invincible in 2001 and the seventh overall release since Jackson's death in 2009. The album was produced by Theron "Neff-U" Feemster, John McClain, Giorgio Tuinfort, Teddy Riley, and Brad Buxer, among others, and features guest performances by Akon and Lenny Kravitz.

Michael debuted at number three on the US Billboard 200 chart and was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in the United States. It produced four singles: "Hold My Hand", "Hollywood Tonight", "Behind the Mask", and "(I Like) The Way You Love Me", accompanied by music videos. "Hold My Hand" was a Billboard Hot 100 top 40 hit and has been certified gold in the US. Michael received mixed reviews from critics.

In 2022, three songs—"Keep Your Head Up", "Monster" and "Breaking News"—were removed from streaming and physical versions of the album, after nearly 12 years of controversy concerning the authenticity of Jackson's vocals. Subsequent CD reissues have had the three songs removed.

Background

Announced on November 12, 2010, Michael initially featured 10 tracks. "Breaking News" was the first song from the album to be released and was available for radio airplay. According to Sony, the song was recorded in the home studio of Jackson family friend Eddie Cascio in Franklin Lakes, New Jersey in autumn 2007 and had been "recently brought to completion."

In the years prior to his death, Jackson was reported to be working with contemporary hitmakers such as singer-songwriter Akon and producer RedOne. The first official single from Michael, "Hold My Hand", was a duet with

Concerts by American singer-songwriter Michael Jackson

American singer Michael Jackson (1958–2009) performed on three concert tours, and three benefit concerts.

Having toured with his brothers since the early 1970s, Jackson began his first solo world tour, the Bad World Tour, in support of his seventh studio album Bad on September 12, 1987. Beginning in Tokyo, Japan, the tour lasted for 1 year, during which Jackson visited 15 countries and performed to 4.4 million people. Attendance figures for the first 14 dates in Japan totaled a record-breaking 450,000. The most successful of the European dates were those in London at Wembley Stadium, where demand for the five July dates exceeded 1.5 million, enough to fill the 72,000-capacity venue 20 times. Jackson went on to perform seven sold-out shows at Wembley for a total of 504,000 people which entered him into the Guinness World Records, setting a new world record for playing more dates at the stadium than any other artist. The third concert was attended by Diana, Princess of Wales and Prince Charles, and subsequently released as Live at Wembley July 16, 1988. The final European show was held in Liverpool at Aintree Racecourse, where 1,550 fans were reported injured among the crowd of 125,000, the largest show of the tour. Jackson toured the United States for a second time between September 1988 and January 1989, with a return to Japan for nine sold-out shows in Tokyo Dome for a total of 450,000 people in December. The Bad World Tour grossed a total of $125 million, earning two new entries in the Guinness World Records for the largest grossing tour in history and the tour with the largest attended audience. It was nominated for "Tour of the Year 1988" at the inaugural International Rock Awards. The Bad

HIStory World Tour
Tour by Michael Jackson

The HIStory World Tour is the third worldwide concert tour by American singer-songwriter Michael Jackson. It was launched in support of the artist's ninth studio album, HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I (1995), and the Blood on the Dance Floor: HIStory in the Mix (1997) remix album, and lasted from September 7, 1996 until October 15, 1997.

The tour became not only Jackson's highest grossing ever, but the highest grossing tour of the decade. HIStory World Tour became Michael's final concert tour, as though there were plans to tour for Invincible, and later for the This Is It residency, both were ultimately cancelled.

Background[]

The previous tour, the Dangerous World Tour wasn't initially planned, and Jackson did shows for the album with the sole reason being to raise funds for his Heal the World Fundation. The concerts ended abruptly before the final shows could even happen due to Evan Chandler's child sexual abuse allegations in 1993, which led to Jackson's physical health worsening overtime.

With Jackson's eventual comeback in 1995, he released his ninth studio album, HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I in June. The concert tour was announced on May 29, 1996, and began on September 7. It comprised of 83 shows in 35 different countries. With its second leg, songs from 1997's Blood on the Dance Floor: HIStory in the Mix were added to the set list as well.

Jackson's issues with laryngitis further worsened his live vocals overtime, and due to this, he sang over playback most of the time.

The second leg finished over a year later on October 15. It was initially intended to continue through 1998 with the third, Latin American leg, although it had to be cancelled due to promotional issues. Instead, Michael began working o

2009 film by Michael Jackson and Kenny Ortega

Not to be confused with This Is It (concert residency), Michael Jackson's This Is It (album), or This Is It (Michael Jackson song).

Michael Jackson's This Is It is a 2009 American documentary film about Michael Jackson's preparation for This Is It, a planned concert residency that was cancelled due to his death in 2009. It includes behind-the-scenes footage such as dancer auditions and costume design. The director, Kenny Ortega, confirmed that none of the footage was originally intended for release, but, after Jackson's death, it was agreed that the film would be made. The footage was filmed in California at the Staples Center and The Forum.

The film was given a worldwide release and a limited two-week theatrical run from October 28 to November 12, 2009, but the theatrical release was later extended for an additional three weeks in domestic theaters and one to three weeks in overseas markets. Tickets went on sale a month early on September 27 to satisfy a high anticipated demand; the film broke numerous pre-sale and box office records.

AEG Live faced criticism, mostly consisting of claims that they had made the film only to make a profit. Multiple members of Jackson's family had confirmed that they did not support the film, and some family members went as far as to try to stop the film agreement in August. The film has also been surrounded by allegations regarding the appearance of body doubles in place of Jackson, which Sony denied, and it faced outrage from some of Jackson's fans, with some going as far as to start a protest against the film. In August 2009, a judge approved a deal between Jackson's estate, concert promoter AEG Live, and Sony Pictures. The agreement allowed Sony to edit the hundreds of hours of rehearsal footage needed to create the film; Sony subsequently paid $60 million for the film rights.

The film received generally positive r