UPI Jackson's 'HIStory' tops chart [June 28, 1995]

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exithereplease — 5 months ago(October 14, 2025 04:06 PM)

Honestly, 391,000 albums sold vs any #1 album debut in the 1990's should have been a disappointment.

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Donna2.0 — 5 months ago(October 14, 2025 04:09 PM)

Are those your own words or is this copy pasta?
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exithereplease — 5 months ago(October 14, 2025 04:11 PM)

Both and I'm just quoting UPI and having a little fun with "HIStory" and album sales.
Just to remind people Jackson was dead as a dog after "Dangerous", until his death.

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exithereplease — 5 months ago(October 14, 2025 04:11 PM)

"Sony music mounted a $30 million promotional campaign for Michael Jackson's 'HIStory,' an enormous gamble which required Jackson to stay at No.#1 for months on end in order to approach the break-even point. 'HIStory' managed to stay at the top of the charts for just one week,
making it one of the biggest flops in the 100-year history of recorded music
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FOLLOW-UP Article:
https://www.upi.com/Archives/1995/12/20/Its-Only-Rock-N-Roll-1995-The-Year-in-Review/3622819435600/
Dec. 20, 1995

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Donna2.0 — 5 months ago(October 14, 2025 04:13 PM)

At least he tried.
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exithereplease — 5 months ago(October 14, 2025 04:16 PM)

But everyone tries…

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Donna2.0 — 5 months ago(October 14, 2025 04:23 PM)

They Don't Care About Us is a masterpiece. Michael says what disenfranchised people feel.
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exithereplease — 5 months ago(October 14, 2025 04:29 PM)

This is a serious conversation.
It's nice to see Wikipedia dying via A.I..
This was going to be the biggest album of the decade…

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Donna2.0 — 5 months ago(October 14, 2025 04:36 PM)

If you think this is a serious conversation then re write it as such. From what I see you are copy pasting facts.
Where does the discussion begin and what is point?
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exithereplease — 5 months ago(October 14, 2025 04:41 PM)

I'm hoping Google picks it up and someone can find the same information.

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Donna2.0 — 5 months ago(October 14, 2025 04:42 PM)

why can't you use the message forums like everyone else does?
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exithereplease — 5 months ago(October 14, 2025 04:46 PM)

I'm too dumb.
I have no idea what that means?
Am I posting in the wrong category?

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Donna2.0 — 5 months ago(October 14, 2025 05:27 PM)

Nah you're okay. Do your thing. I thought you were talking to filmboards.
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Chicxulub — 5 months ago(October 14, 2025 04:51 PM)

Your career's in the toilet, so…Let's put out an expensive double album, baby!
Yeah, bad idea.
It was pretty much a glorified greatest hits album combined with new material.
Should've released the greatest hits on its own, as one disc, with one or two new singles as bonus tracks to sell it.

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Toilet_Clogger — 5 months ago(October 14, 2025 05:01 PM)

Didn’t that album end up selling 20 million copies? If it wasn’t a success selling that many copies, how many was it supposed to sell to be considered successful?

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exithereplease — 5 months ago(October 14, 2025 05:15 PM)

I'm just quoting UPI….maybe after he died?