9. The HIStory / Blood on the Dance Floor Era, 1995-1999, was one of Michael's busiest eras with two albums, his biggest world tour, some of the most expensive and stunning short films and a heavy media schedule. In 1995 Jackson released another album called "HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I". The album featured one disc of greatest hits from the artists previous fifteen years, while the second disc featured mostly newer songs. It is the biggest-selling double-disc album of all time with worldwide sales of 22 million copies (44 million units). The album had the most expensive marketing campaign in history with $40 million to promote the album. This album also had several singles and music videos. The first one was called "Scream" (a duet with his sister Janet) with a budget of $7 Million, it is to date the most expensive music video ever made. During this time Michael Jackson became the first person in the 37 year history of the Billboard chart to enter straight in at No5, with his single "Scream", breaking a 25 year old record set by the Beatles with "Let It Be" which debut at #6. Then Jackson shattered his own record when his next single "You Are Not Alone" entered in at #1, the first to ever accomplish this, an achievement which became an unprecedented occurrence in the annals of the history of the record arts and sciences. On June 14th, 1995 ABC-TV's Prime Time Live news program screened Michael Jackson- The Man & His Music, including a live interview with Michael and his then wife Lisa Marie Presley. An estimated 60 million viewers tuned in for the interview in the U.S., and rated the highest ABC-TV news magazine program in the channels history. He also accompanied this album with another world tour called the "HIStory world tour". The tour consisted of 82 concerts; it visited 35 countries and was attended by approximately 4.5 million fans, which stays to this day the biggest tour ever in terms of international attendance (4.4 million tickets outside of USA) and the largest tour in terms of attendance for a solo artist. The tour also holds the record for most countries visited by any artist. It became Jackson's most successful tour; the tour grossed a total of over $173.5 million, he has not toured since. And like all of Michael's previous tours, it broke almost every attendance record on the planet and created huge press and media coverage across the globe.. Also the HIStory tour remains largest and most successful tour by a solo artist. A record which was previously held by Jackson's Dangerous Tour and before that his Bad Tour.
10. In 1997, Jackson released Blood on the Dance Floor: HIStory in the Mix, which contained remixes of hit singles from HIStory and five new songs, it was released to promote the HIStory World Tour. The record sold 8 million copies worldwide, becoming the biggest-selling remix album of all time. Jackson also released a 40-minite short-film with this album called "Ghosts"; it is currently the longest music video in history. By the end of 1999, Michael had released three albums, had many singles, released a feature film, toured the world and broke many records. Michael had dominated media headlines and the music charts throughout the era.
He doesn't need to top anything. If I enjoy the record, it just doesn't matter to me.
