Leave Me Alone (recorded 1985) - The LP release of Bad didn't include this song on its track listing, but is now present on all CD releases.I Just Can't Stop Loving You (featuring Siedah Garrett) (recorded January 1987).Man In the Mirror (recorded January – July 1987).Just Good Friends (featuring Stevie Wonder) (recorded January – July 1987).The Way You Make Me Feel (recorded January – July 1987).A 25th anniversary album, Bad 25 (2012), was also released on September 18, 2012.
To celebrate its 25th anniversary, the documentary film, Bad 25 (2012), was released on August 31, 2012. For his Bad videos and previous videos throughout the 1980s, Jackson received the MTV Video Vanguard Award. In 1988, Jackson received the first Billboard Spotlight Award, in recognition of the record-breaking chart success on the Billboard Hot 100. It was nominated for six Grammy Awards, winning Best Engineered Recording – Non Classical and Best Music Video (for "Leave Me Alone"). The album has been named by several publications as one of the greatest albums of all time. In 2021, it was certified 11× platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).
With sales of over 35 million copies sold worldwide, Bad is one of the best-selling albums of all time. It was also Jackson's last tour where he performed on the mainland United States. Jackson performed 123 concerts in 15 countries to an audience of 4.4 million including a record seven sold-out shows at Wembley Stadium. The Bad tour, which was Jackson's first solo world tour, grossed $125 million (equivalent to more than $291 million in 2021) making it the highest-grossing solo concert tour of the 1980s. The film became the best-selling home video of all time. The album was promoted with the film, Moonwalker (1988), which included the music videos of songs from the album, including "Speed Demon", "Leave Me Alone", "Man in the Mirror" and "Smooth Criminal". By 1991 it was the second-best selling album of all time at the time, behind Thriller, having sold 25 million copies worldwide. Seven charted in the top 20 on the Billboard Hot 100, including a record-breaking five number ones: "I Just Can't Stop Loving You", "Bad", "The Way You Make Me Feel", "Man in the Mirror" and "Dirty Diana". Nine songs were released as official singles, and one as a promotional single. It was the best-selling album worldwide of 19. The album also reached number one in 24 other countries, including the UK, where it sold 500,000 copies in its first five days and became the country's best-selling album of 1987. One of the most anticipated albums of its time, Bad debuted at number one on the Billboard Top Pop Albums chart, selling over 2 million copies in its first week in the US. With Bad, Jackson departed from his signature groove-based style and high-pitched vocals. Written and recorded between January 1985 and July 1987, Bad was the third and final collaboration between Jackson and producer Quincy Jones, with Jackson co-producing and composing all but two tracks. It was released on August 31, 1987, by Epic Records, nearly five years after Jackson's previous album, Thriller (1982). Bad is the seventh studio album by American singer and songwriter Michael Jackson.
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