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