Id probably go if I could get tickets. Bad was the first tape i ever brought but I try to ignore most of the stuff he has done since
Ditto. Apart from a couple of songs of invincible, dangerous and the others, all his best material was pre 'Bad'.
Pl heres a few of the guys milestones c&p'd of wilkey.
Jackson has nine
platinum singles in the United States, a record for a male artist during the
Billboard Hot 100 era (since 1958).
Jackson's
Thriller remained at number one for thirty-seven weeks, the longest stay by a non-
soundtrack album to date.
[1]
Thriller spent 80 consecutive weeks, more than a year and a half, in the Top 10 of the
Billboard 200. It was the first of only three albums to accomplish this feat (along with
Alanis Morissette's
Jagged Little Pill and
Celine Dion's
Falling into You).
Thriller is the
only album in the United States to have sold more copies than any other in two separate years, topping the sales charts in 1983 and 1984.
Four of Jackson's albums,
Bad,
Dangerous,
HIStory, and
Invincible, debuted at number one in the United States.
Jackson was the first
artist to have four top-ten
singles from one
album (
Off the Wall).
Jackson was the first
artist to have seven Top 10
singles from one
album (
Thriller).
Jackson was the first
artist to simultaneously have the number-one
album and number-one
single on Billboard's Pop Charts and Black Charts.
Jackson was the first
artist in the 1980s to have two simultaneous top-five hits ("
Beat It" and "
Billie Jean" on April 16, 1983).
Jackson was the first and, to date, only
artist to have five number-one hits from one LP,
Bad ("
Bad", "
The Way You Make Me Feel", "
Man in the Mirror", "
I Just Can't Stop Loving You", and "
Dirty Diana").
Jackson had nine number ones in the 1980s, more than any other
artist during the decade.
Jackson was the first artist to have a song debut as high as #5 on the Hot 100 ("
Scream" in 1995).
Jackson was the first
artist to ever have a song debut at number one on the
Billboard Hot 100 ("
You Are Not Alone").
[1]
Jackson's
album Bad remained in the top five of the
Billboard 200 for thirty-eight weeks, longer than any other
album to date.
Jackson has had thirteen number-one
singles on Billboard's Hot 100
singles charts, more than any other solo male artist in the Hot 100 era (since 1958).
Jackson had 29 top ten hits on the Billboard Hot 100, more than any other solo male artist in the Hot 100 era (since 1958).
Jackson had 37 top 40 hits on the Hot 100.
Now can you see what all the fuss is about
The guy could write, he was amazing live, and boy could he dance. He had it all. Including a fettish for children unfortunately :x
