"Invincible"
Singer: Michael Jackson Release: October 30, 2001 Language: English US pop album chart: #1, US R&B/Hip -Hop Album Chart: #1 (4 weeks), UK Album Chart: #1
Track List
1. Unbreakable (Invincible Supreme) 6:25
2. Heartbreaker (Love Killer) 5:12
3. Invincible (Invincible) 4:45
4. Break of Dawn (Dawn Break) 5:32< /p>
5. Heaven Can Wait 4:49
6. You Rock My World 5:39
7. Butterflies 4:40
8. Speechless 3:18
9. 2000 Watts 4:24
10. You Are My Life (You are my life) 4:39
11. Privacy (Privacy) 5:05
12. Don't Walk Away ( Don't Leave) 4:25
13. Cry (Cry) 5:01
14. The Lost Children (Missing Children) 4:00
15 .Whatever Happens (No matter what happens) 4:56
16. Threatened (Ultimate Shock) 4:19
Chart information and sales
Album chart Highest ranking: UK #1 US #1 Latest sales certification: UK 1 Platinum US 2 Platinum Sales data: UK 500,000 US 2.1 million (data at the beginning of 2002) Global sales data: 5.4 million (data at the end of 2001). Latest sales data : 13.3 million The specific rankings of the UK and US album charts: UK: 1, 5, 18, 32, 39, 44, 49, 52, 65, 95, 9 months on the chart, 84, 96, 7 months on the chart, 63,65,70,96, out of the United States: 1,3,4,11,17,25,28,26,25,27,24,25,27,27,35,40,46,53,71, 89,104,126,123,130,124,174,174,198, on the US R&B album chart: 86,1,1,1,1,3,5,5,5,8,7,5,6,6,10,13,13,14,24,34,40 ,44,50,49,54,69,55,61,67,71,69,87,80,81, off the list for 1 week, 100, off the list
Latest sales data in other countries: Australia : 70,00 Brazil: 70,00 France: 600,00 Japan: 200,00
The story behind the success
"Invincible" has been sold in Australia, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Countries and regions such as Hong Kong, Hungary, Italy, Lithuania, Norway, Sweden, Turkey, and of course the United Kingdom and the United States have topped the album charts. The latest sales volume is around 12 million. Although the results are acceptable, it is really disappointing according to Michael Jackson's standards. Compared with Michael Jackson's previous record-breaking albums, it is no exaggeration to say that "Invincible" was a failure at least in terms of sales.
The reasons for its failure are summarized as follows: By the end of 2001, the album's sales reached 5.4 million (it was the 11th best-selling album in 2001). Considering that it was only sold for 2 months, this result is still good. But "HIStory" and "Dangerous" were able to sell more in the same time period. However, until the first half of 2002, the album's sales in the United States and France did surpass that year's "HIStory". The album was a huge success in France, where it stayed at number one for 3 weeks and stayed in the top 10 for 2 months, so the album's sales there may have reached 1 million. The album's initial performance in the United States was also quite good. But what surprised many people was that although the album exceeded the 1 million mark in just one month, it fell out of the 200th place on the album chart with 2.1 million in mid-2002 due to no promotion and no single release. . In addition, the album topped the R&B Album Chart for 4 weeks and stayed in the top 10 for 14 weeks. Everything showed that the album had a good and stable start, but it ended up being short-lived purely because Sony Music did not do any promotional activities and missed the opportunity to promote the hit single. It was hoped that the single "Cry" would help the album climb back into the charts during the 2001 Christmas season. But in the end, it ended with Cry's failure on the singles chart. In the United States, the second single "Butterflies" was successful in extending the album's sales life. However, the positive significance of the song in extending the album's sales life was diminished because it was not released as a commercial single. Unless "Unbreakable" or another single is released, there's no chance the album will have any chance of crashing back into the charts. Documentaries and interviews in early 2003 helped Michael's album climb back onto charts around the world, but this impact on "Invincible" was minimal. The main reason is because "Invincible" is not well-known enough. The promotion of the album and singles was officially stopped in 2002 when the conflict between Michael Jackson and Sony Music intensified and he might leave Sony. While the release of "Unbreakable" and "Whatever Happens" were extremely important to the album's long-term sales plans, the likelihood of their release as commercial singles at this point was next to zero. In the United States, all planned single releases were cancelled, including "Butterflies," which was currently playing on the radio. Subsequently, the album basically fell out of the major charts. Only in 2003, due to an interview documentary "Living with Michael Jackson" by Martin Bashir, did the album briefly return to some charts, such as the UK List. However, because Martin Bashir's documentary did not truly and objectively reflect Michael Jackson's real life, another interview "Getting Closer to Michael Jackson" was broadcast to counter the documentary. The album originally had a lot of songs with the potential to become super hits. But Sony Music is doing everything it can to prevent this from happening. All the albums released by Michael Jackson in the past have had lasting sales vitality of up to two years due to the strong promotion of a large number of single releases and tours. But "Invincible" has nothing. Fans later launched a protest against Sony, and Michael Jackson also participated, but it failed to change Sony's mind. Sony then moved on, putting Invincible's only notable hits, "You Rock My World" and "Break of Dawn," on the new compilation "Number Ones," which sold three times as many copies as "Number Ones" in six weeks. Invincible" sales, although in other countries, especially the United States, "Invincible" still sold more than "Number Ones".
"Invincible" is pop king Michael Jackson's latest masterpiece as he enters the new century. It is also his latest complete album in the past 10 years. Just as the title of the album illustrates Mike's unsurpassed status and dazzling achievements in the music industry. From the release of his first single in the music industry in 1969 to the present, Mike's 30-year music career has released "Off The Wall", "Thriller", "Bad", "Dangerous", "HIStory: Past, Present and Future-Book1", "Blood On The Dance Floor: History In The Mix" and other albums, he has 36 Top 10 singles (including 13 number one songs), won 14 Grammy Awards and other highest honors, and is the American Music Award, British The biggest winner at the Music Awards, Soul Train Music Awards, Billboard year-end rankings, etc., and further won the Grammy Award, American Music Award, Contemporary Legend Award and Special Achievement Award, creating epoch-making records and popular trends, and countless Awards and titles cannot specifically describe Mike's influence and contribution to the music industry. Mike visited Asia and performed in Taiwan in 1993 and 1996. He conquered Taiwanese fans with his superb singing skills and stage performances. Similarly, music fans around the world regard Mike as the most important pop singer in their hearts. As his music career reaches 30 years, Mike, who is the number one idol of pop stars such as Britney Spears, Superboy, Destiny's Girl, etc., chose to release his latest masterpiece "Invincible" in 2001, recruiting a production lineup with today's golden signatures. Including: Rodney Jerkins, Teddy Riley, R.Kelly, Babyface, etc., the first single "You Rock My World", Mike created a new love song style, Hollywood star Chris Tucker (Rush Hour 2) specially came to sing Knife not only had a wonderful dialogue with Michael in the song but also appeared on MTV. His fierce attack ranked second on the UK Gold Chart in the first week; the far-reaching ballad "Cry" tells that people should not face the chaos and suffering in this world indifferently; There is the Latin freehand charm "Whatever Happens" with Carlos Santana's guitar solo; the warm and fresh "Speechless" is the sincere confession of lovers; the masculine and cool "Unbreakable" is integrated into The late rap legend Notorious B.I.G.'s posthumous work, and the new generation female singer Brandy specially came to perform the backing vocals; "Heaven Can Wait" fully embodies the beauty of rhythm and blues rhythm; it continues the delicate and moving lyrical masterpiece of "You Are Not Alone" "Break Of Dawn"...etc., show the King of Pop's career peak and proud creative performance as he ushered in a new era. Near the end of Michael Jackson's first new album since 1995, there's a song called "Whatever Happens." Jackson tells the story of a couple caught up in an inexplicable family crisis in the third person with unvarnished emotion: "No matter what happens," they tell each other, "don't leave me." A work with Latin roots, lovingly brewed by Jeremy Lubbock's strings and Carlos Santana's guitar. Jackson and producer Teddy Riley are indeed clever and generous in some places: they use the strong melody of the song itself, Santana's passionate interlude and Lubbock's carefully arranged harmonious singing to deeply attract the audience.