<object width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/c-WVpQ0ZG8Q&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/c-WVpQ0ZG8Q&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object> R.I.P MJ
Billie Jean Don't Stop til you get enough Rock with You Off the Wall Wanna Be Startin Something I really didn't like anything he did after Thriller.
Songs? Thriller Human Nature Billie Jean Beat It Rock With you Top Videos though: Thriller Bad Smooth Criminal Remember the Time The Way You Make Me Feel (SCREAM - Just for the crazy budget)
One of the more beautiful songs he's sung that I don't see being mentioned much (if at all) in this thread is "Will You Be There". I've always loved it for its spiritual, almost hymn-like qualities. I remember the first time I heard it was when I saw a co-worker crying listening to it. I had to ask if they were ok. lol.
Hard to choose, but: 1. Billie Jean 2. Dancing Machine (technically Jacksons) 3. Human Nature 4. Don't Stop Till You Get Enough 5. Who's Loving You (early J5 but showed the power of his voice, amazing)
We should make a list of the top 5 songs Michael lent his voice to. Not a duet, just a cameo appearance. He was a hot commodity. #1 would be Rockwell's "Somebody's watching me".
#2 We Are The World. List can end there, thats all we need. He was on a Stevie Wonder song called "Get It". Typical 80's overproduced hi energy pop. Just only love how MJ enters the song at the 1:05 mark, only verse that matters <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/YKdQPDZ63DA&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/YKdQPDZ63DA&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object> He also did a duet song with Stevie Wonder called Just Good Friends. On those and the version of "State of Shock" with Freddie Mercury, can SO tell they're trying to over-sing each other. MJ made people have to BRING it on the tracks
Good one, but this is another tough one. Some that come to mind : "The Girl is Mine" with Paul McCartney "Tell Me I'm Not Dreaming" with Jermaine Jackson "Say Say Say" with Paul McCartney "I Just Can't Stop Loving You" with Siedah Garrett "Scream" with Janet Jackson "Just Good Friends" with Stevie Wonder There are others where Notorious B.I.G., Brandy, Slash, Carlos Santana have joined him, as well. The list is pretty big, but here's a short article that talks about some of the heavy hitters he hooked up with (and it doesn't cover all of them) : http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/274968
Michael Jackson has 48 out of the top 100 on itunes: http://www.apple.com/itunes/top-100/songs/ Amazing!
billie jean p.y.t don't stop til you get enough dirty diana beat it (mainly because of the van halen solo)
he also has 60 of the top 100 music video and of the 40 that aren't his 2 are weird al parodies of his songs (Fat, Eat It) and another is a cover of Smooth Criminal
Good pick. I remember having to watch "Free Willy" in junior high and that was the best part of the movie.
I think his number ones album is gonna be #1 come next week. He actually has 4 albums in the top 50 right now.. http://www.hitsdailydouble.com/sales/salescht.cgi CHART DATE: 06/29/2009 LAST UPDATE: 06/29/2009 13:32:59 NOW IN: 37.17% LW TW artist / album label power index -- 1 MICHAEL JACKSON EPIC 51,951 NUMBER ONES 1 2 JONAS BROTHERS HOLLYWOOD 28,241 LINES, VINES & TRYING TIMES 2 3 BLACK EYED PEAS INTERSCOPE 24,394 E.N.D. (ENERGY NEVER DIES) 7 4 HANNAH MONTANA: THE MOVIE WALT DISNEY RECORDS 19,291 SOUNDTRACK 10 5 TAYLOR SWIFT BIG MACHINE 18,230 FEARLESS 6 6 LADY GAGA INTERSCOPE 16,956 FAME 4 7 EMINEM SHADY/AFTERMATH/INT 15,980 RELAPSE 18 8 JASON ALDEAN BROKEN BOW 15,574 WIDE OPEN -- 9 GINUWINE ASYLUM 14,022 A MAN'S THOUGHTS 12 10 ZAC BROWN BAND ATLANTIC 13,816 FOUNDATION 8 11 CHICKENFOOT REDLINE 13,468 CHICKENFOOT 15 12 NICKELBACK ROADRUNNER 12,381 DARK HORSE 13 13 KENNY CHESNEY BNA/RCA NASHVILLE 12,337 GREATEST HITS II 3 14 DAVE MATTHEWS BAND RCA/RMG 11,506 BIG WHISKEY & THE GROOGRUX KING -- 15 DREAM THEATER ROADRUNNER 10,607 BLACK CLOUDS & SILVER LININGS -- 16 MICHAEL JACKSON EPIC 10,238 THRILLER 11 17 KINGS OF LEON RCA/RMG 9,911 ONLY BY THE NIGHT 23 18 SHINEDOWN ATLANTIC 9,522 SOUND OF MADNESS 25 19 LADY ANTEBELLUM CAPITOL NASHVILLE 9,355 LADY ANTEBELLUM 20 20 DARIUS RUCKER CAPITOL NASHVILLE 9,257 LEARN TO LIVE 28 21 NOW 30 UME 9,246 VARIOUS ARTISTS -- 22 MARS VOLTA WARNER BROS. 8,641 OCTAHEDRON -- 23 MICHAEL JACKSON EPIC 8,521 ESSENTIAL -- 24 TRANSFORMERS - MUSIC FROM REPRISE 8,350 REVENGE OF THE FALLEN 21 25 TWILIGHT ATLANTIC 7,016 SOUNDTRACK 14 26 RASCAL FLATTS LYRIC STREET 6,985 UNSTOPPABLE 34 27 THEORY OF A DEADMAN ROADRUNNER 6,620 SCARS & SOUVENIRS 5 28 INCUBUS EPIC 6,592 MOMENTS & MELODIES 30 29 KEITH URBAN CAPITOL NASHVILLE 6,033 DEFYING GRAVITY 35 30 JAMEY JOHNSON MERCURY NASHVILLE 6,026 THAT LONESOME SONG 17 31 AVENTURA SONY MUSIC LATIN 5,807 LAST 9 32 GREEN DAY REPRISE 5,606 21ST CENTURY BREAKDOWN 32 33 P!NK LAFACE/JLG 5,467 FUNHOUSE 29 34 KERI HILSON INTERSCOPE 4,716 IN A PERFECT WORLD 47 35 TAYLOR SWIFT BIG MACHINE 4,708 TAYLOR SWIFT 26 36 BEYONCE COLUMBIA 4,469 I AM... SASHA FIERCE 31 37 CHRISETTE MICHELE DEF JAM/IDJMG 4,383 EPIPHANY 27 38 SUGARLAND MERCURY NASHVILLE 4,363 LOVE ON THE INSIDE -- 39 JAMIE FOXX J RECORDS/RMG 4,084 INTUITION 22 40 HANK WILLIAMS, JR. CURB 3,978 127 ROSE AVENUE -- 41 REGINA SPEKTOR WARNER BROS. 3,893 FAR -- 42 KATY PERRY CAPITOL 3,627 ONE OF THE BOYS 40 43 JASON MRAZ ATLANTIC 3,375 WE SING WE DANCE WE STEAL THINGS -- 44 CARRIE UNDERWOOD ARISTA NASHVILLE 3,339 CARNIVAL RIDE -- 45 MICHAEL JACKSON EPIC 3,338 OFF THE WALL 46 46 PETE YORN COLUMBIA 3,007 BACK & FOURTH 39 47 LAURA IZIBOR ATLANTIC 2,959 LET THE TRUTH BE TOLD 48 48 WISIN Y YANDEL MACHETE MUSIC 2,938 LA REVOLUCION -- 49 MICHAEL JACKSON EPIC 2,868 DANGEROUS -- 50 HOLLYWOOD UNDEAD A&M/OCTONE 2,858 SWAN SONGS
