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BAD 20
How in the world can you follow up Thriller?!
From 1983 to early 1985, Michael Jackson was everywhere! In December, after the end of the controversial
Victory Tour, Michael worked on the USA For Africa "We Are The World" LP That same time, work on the follow
up began, but by this time, the backlash had just started. Rock critics couldn't catergorize Michael
and didn't know where he was coming from as an artist and soul critics felt he was abandoning his roots.
At this time, the then 26 year old began to submit to the pressure and distance himself as health problems
and stress(personal and professional) began to get to him, but it didn't stop him from working. He had
several projects: the Scared of the Moon project, a Broadway play titled "Street Dandy", and the "Michael's
Pets" toyline
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Then the follow up. Always the follow up
Quincy took a break from the project to take care of his health and Michael went to work with George
Lucas and Francis Ford Coppola on the Disney film "Captain EO"
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In the fall, the Dream Team resumed work, but with obstacles: the title track "Bad" was originally
written as a duet with longtime rival/associate Prince, but the meeting didn't go anywhere. The planned
song with Run DMC didn't work out, and the break the two took had the album behind schedule.
Because of the wealth of material he had written and recorded, Michael wanted the album to be a double LP
but Quincy intervened, feeling it would be a better idea to cipher it to a single LP.
The album was originally supposed to be released in January 1987 but was pushed back. Walter Yetnikoff
also didn't like the cover, citing it as too feminemine. It was also announced that Michael was gonna
launch a world tour for the album
Doubts about the album's release started to rise but in June 1987, the first single, "I Just Can't Stop Loving You"
was released, debuting at #37 on the Billboard Hot 100, but rose to #1 seven weeks later.
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The album was titled "Bad".
The album was promoted heavily with a 4 and a half minute commercial titled "Bad is Coming" chronicling
his life up until 1987.
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On August 31, 1987, CBS aired the 30 minute primetime special "The Magic Returns" that also world premiere of the title track's
18 minute short film that was directed by legendary director Martin Scorsese. The title track would be
the second single from the album
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Reviews for the album was mixed. Although Rolling Stone's year end poll voted it "Worst Album", the
magazinee gave it 4 out of 5 stars.
The albume debuted at #1 and stayed on the top for 6 weeks and stayed in the top 10 for 39 weeks. Debuted
#3 on the R&B charts but went to #1 the following week and stayed there for 18 weeks, being in the top 10 for 38 weeks.
Also debuted at #1 in the UK for 5 weeks and stayed in the top 10 for 38 weeks and spent 70 weeks in the top 30 until 1992.
The album launched a highly successful world tour and reached 5 continents and over 10 countries,
spawning 123 dates to nearly 5 million concertgoers, including 14 sold out dates in Japan during it's first leg and 9 sold out shows in Japan's
Tokyo Dome during its second leg and a record 8 sold out shows at London's Wembley Stadium, and 5 sold out shows in Los Angeles'
Sports Arena
September 1987
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The album won 2 American Music Awards, 2 Grammy Awards, 6 Billboard Awards, 3 NAACP Awards, and 5 Soul Train Awards
1987
Sweden
Best Vocal Artist of 1987 - "Aftanbladet" Readers' Poll
Bravo Magazine
Silver Otto Award
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1988
New York Times Best Seller List
# 1 Best Seller - "Moonwalker", Autobiography by Michael Jackson
Soul Train
R&B Album Of The Year - Bad
Best Male Single Of The Year
United Negro College Fund (UNCF)
Frederick D. Patterson Award
Honorary Doctor Of Humane Letters Degree from Fisk University
NAACP Image Awards
Leonard Carter Humanitarian Award
Best Male Artist - Bad Single
Best Album - Bad
Billboard Awards
Top Black Artist
Outstanding Artist Of The Year
Best Live Show Of 1988
Blues & Soul
Wembley Stadium
Record Braeking Seven Sell Out Shows
Ebony Magazine
American Black Achievement Award
Forbes
#1 Entertainer Of The Year
Bravo Magazine
Gold Otto Award
Cable Ace Awards
Outstanding Editing in a Musical Special - Motown on Showtime: Michael Jackson, the Legend Continues
Guild Hall Party
Presentation Of Sword To Commemorate the "Bad" Tour
MTV Vanguard Award
Outstanding Contribution To Music Video Production
American Music Awards
Favorite Single - Soul/R&B
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1989
Entertainment Tonight
Most Important Entertainer Of The Decade
World Music Awards
Hall Of Fame
Lifetime Achievement In Video
Viewers Choice #1 Video - Dirty Diana
British TV Industry Awards
Artist Of The Decade
British Phonographic Industry Awards
Video Of The Year
British Academy Of Music Awards
Best International Male Artist
Critic's Choice Award
Best Video
Entertainment Tonight
Most Important Entertainer Of The Decade
Friday Night Videos
Greatest Artist Of The Decade
Number One Artist
American Dance Award
American Music Awards
Special Award Of Achievement
Billboard Awards
Number One Black Artist
#1 Album-Pop/R&B - Bad
Bravo Magazine
Bronze Otto Award
BRE Awards
Triple Crown Award - King Of Pop, Rock and Soul
Video Of The Year
TV Show (U.K)
Goodbye To The 80's Award
Vanity Fair
Artist Of The Decade
Video Software Dealer Association
Favorite Music Video - Moonwalker
Soul Train Awards
1st Annual Sammy Davis Jr. Award
Heritage Award
R&B Contemporary
National Urban Coalition
Humanitarian Award
Gardner Street Elementary School
Most Famous Alumnus Renamed School Auditorium to Michael Jackson
People's Choice Awards
Favorite Music Video - Smooth Criminal
Cashbox
Video Pioneer
BET
Award For The Success Of the "Bad" Tour
Forbes
#1 Entertainer Of The Year
1988
Best selling music videocassettes of all time
#1 - Thriller
#2 - Moonwalker
MTV Video Vanguard Award
Cable ACE Awards
Outstanding Musical Special (nomiation) - The Legend Continues
Outstanding Editing in a Musical Special - The Legend Continues
Soul Train Music Awards
Best Video - The Way You Make Me Feel
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1989
Cannes Film Festival
Golden Lion Award, Special Effects - Leave Me Alone
MTV Top 100 Videos of the Decade
#40 - Man in the Mirror
Friday Night Videos
Greatest Video Artist of the Decade
MTV Video Awards
Best Video (nomination) - Leave Me Alone
Best Special Effects - Leave Me Alone
Best Art Direction (nomination) - Leave Me Alone
Best Editing (nomination) - Leave Me Alone
Breakthrough Video (nomination) - Leave Me Alone
Viewer's Choice (nomination) - Leave Me Alone
Best Dance Video (nomination) - Smooth Criminal
Best Choreography (nomination) - Smooth Criminal
Best Cinematography (nomination) - Smooth Criminal
Video Software Dealer Association
Favorite Musical Video - Moonwalker
World Music Awards
Philips Hall of Fame Award for Special Achievement in Video
#1 Video in the World - Dirty Diana
Soul Train Music Awards
Best R&B Music Video - Man in the Mirror
People's Choice Awards
Favorite Music Video - Smooth Criminal
American Music Awards
Video Pioneer Award
British Record Industry Awards
Best Video - Smooth Criminal
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1990
Grammy Awards
Best Music Video, Long Form (nomination)- Moonwalker
Best Music Video, Short Form - Leave Me Alone
MTV Video Awards
Video Vanguard Artist of the Decade
Cashbox's Video Pioneer Award
The album has sold over 30 million copies, the second biggest selling album of all time
Billboard 200-#1
R&B-#1
Canada-#1
UK-#1
Australia-#2
Austria-#1
Belgium-?
Denmark-?
Finland-#1
France-#1
Germany-#1
Holland-#1
Ireland-#1
Japan-#1
New Zealand-#1
South Africa-#1
Spain-#1
Switzerland-#1
Sweden-#1
Zimbabwe-#1 |
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written by Michael Jackson
the title track of the album
Originally intended as a duet with Prince
"Prince was excited to have been asked" said Susan Rogers in Prince Bio "DMSR", "But he said to me,
'I just don't do that stuff' and I think he felt Michael was going to make himself look better.
The idea for the video was to have the two megastars take turns singing and dancing, in order to determine who was
the "baddest".
The entire idea fell through so Michael recorded it alone. Before the song was complete
with lyrics, The working track was titled "Pee", then became "Who's Bad", then "BAD"
The short film was loosely based on the story of Edmund Perry, a young black man shot to death when
he returned home to Harlem New York from a private college.
The short film was shot in late 1986(months before the album was completed) was directed by legendary
director Martin Scorsese and co-starred a young and then unknown Wesley Snipes.
It was shot in Harlem New York and was the first film shot for the BAD project.
It premiered in August 31, 1987 during the
CBS TV special "The Magic Returns".
The second single from the Bad album. Peaked at #1 on the Hot 100 for 7 weeks, #1 on the R&B charts
for 3 weeks. Charted at #3 in the UK.
Performed on the 1987-89 Bad World Tour, and on some of the first dates on the 1992-93 Dangerous Tour
Hot 100-#1
R&B-#1
Single Sales-#1
Single Airplay-#1
Dance Club Play-#1
Dance Club Sales-#1
Canada-#1
UK-#3
Australia-#4
Austria-#9
Belgium-#1
Denmark-#1
Finland-#7
France-#3
Germany-#4
Holland-#1
Ireland-#1
Japan-#41
New Zealand-#2
Norway-#2
South Africa-#5
Spain-#1
Sweden-#4
Switzerland-#3
Zimbabwe-#1
The single sold 1,628,000 copies
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