The album was conceived as a greatest-hits collection, Decade, with a handful of new songs, similar to Madonna's The Immaculate Collection. Jackson began working on new tracks in 1989 with a handful of members from the B-team of Bad, including Matt Forger and Bill Bottrell. He separated himself from longtime producer Quincy Jones to avoid the perception that his success depended on him. Jackson also received Billboard Music Awards for Best Worldwide Album and Best Worldwide Single for "Black or White".Īfter the success of his seventh album, Bad (1987), Jackson wanted more independence and control over the creative process. Jackson won three American Music Awards at the 1993 American Music Awards, including the inaugural International Artist Award. At the 1993 Grammy Awards, it received four Grammy Award nominations, winning Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical, while Jackson was awarded the Grammy Legend Award. It has been included in several publications' lists of the greatest albums of all time. Dangerous received worldwide critical acclaim, and it influenced contemporary pop and R&B artists. The Dangerous World Tour grossed $100 million (equivalent to $177 million in 2019), making it one of the highest-grossing tours of the 1990s.ĭangerous is one of the best-selling albums of all time having sold over 32 million copies worldwide, and was certified 8× platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in August 2018. The album produced four singles that reached the top ten of the Billboard Hot 100: " Remember the Time", " In the Closet", " Will You Be There" and the number-one single " Black or White". Nine singles premiered between November 1991 and December 1993, including two exclusively released outside the United States. Jackson also incorporates beatboxing, scat singing, and finger snapping throughout the album.ĭangerous debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 Top Albums chart and in thirteen other countries, selling 5 million copies worldwide in its first week and was the best-selling album worldwide of 1992. The album's tone is noted by critics as gritty and urban, with sounds including synthetic basslines, scratching, and drum machine percussion, as well as unconventional sounds like honking vehicle horns, sliding chains, swinging gates, breaking glass, and clanking metal. It features catchy pop hooks and choruses while also introducing underground sounds to a mainstream audience. Twelve of the album's fourteen songs were written or co-written by Jackson, discussing topics like racism, poverty, romance, self-improvement, and the welfare of children and the world.Īn experimental work, Dangerous is considered an artistic change for Jackson, with his music focusing on more socially conscious material, and including a broader range of sounds and styles. Elements of industrial, funk, hip hop, electronic, gospel, classical and rock are also featured. The album incorporates R&B, pop and new jack swing, a new genre in vogue at the time. Featured appearances include Heavy D, Princess Stéphanie of Monaco, Slash and Wreckx-n-Effect. Co-produced by Jackson, Bill Bottrell, Teddy Riley, and Bruce Swedien, the album was Jackson's first since Forever, Michael (1975) to not be produced by longtime collaborator Quincy Jones. It was released by Epic Records on November 26, 1991. Dangerous is the eighth studio album by American singer Michael Jackson.
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