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In 1980, Jackson won three American Music Awards for his solo work: Favorite Soul/R&B Album, Favorite Soul/R&B Male Artist, and Favorite Soul/R&B Single for "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough". He also won a Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance for 1979 with "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough".
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is a scrapped greatest hits compilation album by Michael Jackson. Matt Forger confirmed and talked about it in depth during the 151st episode of the MJCast. The album later evolved into Dangerous, and the idea itself seems to have inspired disc 1 of HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I.
Reports and Rumors
First reports appeared in an article featured in the Black And White fanzine (French edition), talking about a supposed "secret album" coming soon. Those stated the project was going to release in late 1989 and feature Jackson's greatest hits from 1979-1989. More rumors started spreading, that MJ supposedly "missed the deadline" and that he'd rework the album with a different track listing, now featuring songs recorded from 1980-1990.
Official Information
Not a lot of official information is available. Matt Forger confirmed during the MJCast interview, that the project would feature Michael's greatest hits along with three new tracks. Works started during the Summer of 1989. During Christmas, Bruce Swedien joined the project. At that time, the team would also shift studios from Westlake to Record One, as Michael felt like he didn't have as much privacy due to the amount of people working at Westlake. Knowledge on production between 1990-1991 isn't known in detail, although considering the latest known DATs of Decade date back to May of 1991, it can be assumed the project evolved into Dangerous pretty late into the development. It is also unknown why exactly Decade became what it is today, although it is often assumed the reason is simply that so much fresh material had been created from 1989 to 1991, that it only made sense to combine it into the next studio album and focus on it, rather than a compilation.
Debunked Information
While rumors say, that Michael recorded a cover of The Beatles, "Strawberry Fields Forever", it was debunked by Brad Sundberg during his In the Studio With MJ seminars. He stated Jackson was approached about the idea, but that he passed on it. Sundberg also debunked MJ ever re-recording any of the Jackson 5 material, "I’ll Be There" and "Never Can Say Goodbye", which were rumored to be on another variation of the tracklist. Songs such as "It Doesn't Really Matter" ("Who Is It") or "Man In Black" were rumored to appear as well, although never confirmed. The reports also featured a fake album cover and track list.
After Brad Sundberg's laptop got stolen on January 27, 2023, pictures of tracklists for Decade got leaked. First originating from February 14, 1990 and the second being from May 3, 1991. Decade would debut songs like "Come Together" and "Heal the World", before their release on Dangerous and HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I. On the 1991 tr...
1.https://www.themjcast.com/151-matt-forger-special-part-2/
2.http://themichaeljacksonarchives.com/decade/
After the planned 1989 Version of Decade, Michael Jackson decided to redo the album with more songs and 3 new ones that were never realesed until today, Late...
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Jul 6, 2009 · 1979. Jackson's first solo album as an adult, "Off the Wall," is released. It is his first collaboration with producer Quincy Jones. 1982. Jackson releases "Thriller," which becomes the...
