The result: a gigantic yawn from Michael Jackson fans, who certainly number more than 45,000. In the case of the Beatles, it was all George Martin, their highly respected producer, and his son Giles, who reworked the recordings. Neither Jackson’s long time engineer, Bruce Swedien, nor his famed producer, Quincy Jones, had anything to do with the recording. Interestingly, what’s happened is that “Immortal” is Jackson music “reimagined” by producer Kevin Antunes. By contrast, the Beatles’ “LOVE” CD–which came from their Cirque du Soleil show–arrived with a greatly thought out plan and lots of explanation for how it was put together. “Immortal” had almost no pre-release publicity. For Jackson, selling 45,000 copies is a sad echo of his halcyon days in the 80s with “Thriller,” “Bad,” and “Dangerous.” But the botching of last winter’s “Michael” album–which had no marketing and a whisper campaign that killed it–didn’t help. It finished at number 23 for the week far below the new number 1 album from Nickelback (225,000) and chart stalwart Adele, who has two CDs in the top 50.
But “Immortal,” an album of remixes taken from the Cirque show, sold just 45,000 copies last week according to estimates.
Great artist, and clearly an even better person.
The orphanage, having been successfully established, currently houses over 20 orphaned children from Kabul. After all the hoopla about Michael Jackson’s Cirque du Soleil show, you’d think the CD soundtrack would have sold better in its first week. Immortal technique used his profits from 'The 3rd World' to build an orphanage without any corporate or external funding.
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