Which album(s) had the highest expectation?

[analogue]

What MJ album(s) would you say had the highest expectations from people? I'd say that the Bad album probably had high expecation since it was the follow up to Thriller which is the biggest selling album of all time.

[Cinnamon234]

I agree with you about "Bad". Having to follow up a monster hit like "Thriller" must have been a heck of a lot of pressure for MJ at the time.

[KOPV]

BAD would have HAD to have the highest expectation since it was the album after the LARGEST SELLING ALBUM OF ALL TIME..

[tashae]

I voted for HIStory...but I'm looking forward to the new album

[EssenceOfMagic]

Bad no doubt.

[Calotte12]

His next album

[laurenjayne]

i had to vote for bad because it had to follow up from an album like thriller, so the expectations had to be high after he just released the biggest selling album!

[michaelsson]

Def BAd..because it had 2 follow thriller..but dangerous was HIGHLY anticipating(remember the story about the briefcases and some guy trying 2 steal the albums)..and wasnt it like a year or 2 late?

[Hess]

After the mega succes of Thriller everyones expectations were sky high! The sky was the limit. :)

No doubt. Even though the pressure was high on HIStory after the stupid allegations in 93 that was something totally different.

[The One.]

Bad it would be.. for the same reason that has already posted, because it followed the biggest selling album of all time, Thriller.

[Kinga]

Every of his albums had high expectations because they are Michael's albums (and they were always late...). But, yeah, maybe Bad had the highest.

[litia]

Every album of his has always been highly anticipated but I agree that Bad is the most anticipated. I would even call it the most anticipated album of all time :lol: I remember reading somewhere that the night before Bad was officially released it made the top stories on all the news channels in the USA :lol:

[dangerous_88]

Three in different ways:

BAD
INVINCIBLE
NEW ALBUM

[Chaos]

Bad - which didnt sell as well as Thriller but was definently a better album

[L&L=L.O.V.E.]

invincible. It was just 10 years later than his 'last' album dangerous.

[analogue]

invincible. It was just 10 years later than his 'last' album dangerous.


Blood On The Dance Floor was his last album before Invincible

[daphnieas]

No question: Bad
How do you follow up the biggest selling album of all time?!!!

Also Invincible...too bad it was cut short.

And his next album will have massive expectation too, after trial and all.

[eighthnoterojo]

And his next album will have massive expectation too, after trial and all.
Ssssh; we don't want to put any more pressure on him than he already has, in case he might be reading this. :unsure: :wild: :unsure: :lol:

[material_boy]

Bad... I think..

[WritergirlAD]

I'd say Bad.


And his next album will have massive expectation too, after trial and all.

I agree. A lot of people are seeing this as his "comeback" album.

[do_re_mi]

I agree with most of you and voted for Bad. After the success of Thriller there must have been a lot of high expectations.

[dangerous_88]

invincible. It was just 10 years later than his 'last' album dangerous.



HISTORY WAS A NEW ALBUM!!!!!!!!!!

God damn it I hate when people say it wasn't !!!

[dangerous_88]

Blood On The Dance Floor was his last album before Invincible


That was a remix album with FIVE new songs. If we consider it that way, then his last album was NUMBER ONES with ONE MORE CHANCE.



But HISTORY had 15 NEW SONGS and 15 OLD SONGS!!! PLEASE PEOPLE DON'T BE SO IGNORANT!

[Foxy..]

HIStory because of the molestation accusations beforehand imo.

[analogue]

Shouldn't MJ's new album have low expectations from people though? Cause ever since the trial the media have been talking about ''the fall of Michael Jackson'' and how he's finished etc, and i've also heard people say that their having doubts about MJ's next album

This is great though because MJ have said that he works best when he's underestimated, so this next album could be one of his best and it will be a great way to shock all the doubters

[acer]

I have voted for Dangerous :)

[ForeverBeInPeaceMichael]

invincible. It was just 10 years later than his 'last' album dangerous.

u forgot HIStory.
Invincible was 6 years after his last album HIStory.


but i agree, i voted for Invincivle too.
i think it was expected to sell even more than Thriller. and ive heard that :heart:Michael expected it to sell more.

is it true?

[82Thriller84]

I voted for Bad, but I do think this new album will be a close second though, sorry to put the pressure on michael. :•)

[MusicMan26]

I'd say "Bad", for the reasons already mentioned.

[Fayik]

I voted for both Bad & HIStory. Obvious reasons posted before, not going to waste my time posting the same thing 10+ people psoted already :lol:

[Ms.MJ Fan2007]

Wow I'll think everyboad voted for Bad, but I'll voted for Thiller because it counld be the biggest selling album of all-time! :timer:

[tbron]

Bad - which didnt sell as well as Thriller but was definently a better album

100% correct

[Gregershansen]

Difficult to say, but proberly HIStory because of the case in 93.

[andyroser]

Clearly Bad, for obvious reasons, but I voted for HIStory because it just seemed that there was so much hype about the album at the time, e.g. all the promotion work like the statues etc.

[mistermaxxx]

bad of course because of how much the landscape and what MJ had created after thriller.

[michaelsson]

Why the hell are people voting Invincible??? Bad was clearly the most to live upto and then HIStory had to prove itself after the 1993 crap, if Invincible had the highest expectation for an MJ album the it was an Epic Fail

Because invincible was highly anticipated,and was that a stab @ vince? i have no problems what so ever n gettin my bat. and it was not an epic fail. And DANGEROUS was the highest anticipated album who cares what yall say lol

[raingirl]

Bad and HIStory. I think everybody know the reasons.

[Muchos]

His next album


:clapping:

[FRMijac1211]

has too be Bad following up Thriller

[sclirismj]

bad because it was after thriller

[vite1992]

BAD I think...

[snorlaaax]

Bad, because people were really expecting something from him after Thriller. He had to prove himself again.

[Sdeidjs]

"BAD"...
People of the World put so much pressure on Mr.Jackson to exceed "Thrillers" success even at the time "Bad" sold 18 million copies...this album by many was not considered a success.

However, if it were me, I would feel very proud of such an accomplishment..!

Heal The World~~~"Education Is The Key"

[mj_13]

Bad for sure....
the album following the biggest success of all time has to have huge expectations... and I must say Michael delivered

[The Moonwalker]

i'd say HIStory, because michael was already established as the king of pop after bad and dangerous and people wanted to see if he could still pull it off.

also after the jordi chandler stuff, all the non-fans and normal public would have been sceptical as to whether he could make good music still or not.

[mjjlover1993]

i would have to say thriller and dangerous

[JCO8]

Bad.

HIStory also but MJ already had lost a bit of his public at the time.

And the next album because people wonder if he still can sing.

So each time it's not for the same reason...

[lilsusie]

Think it's Bad and Invincible.
Bad was just after Thriller, while Invincible took like 7years. more anticipation thus higher expectation.

[Bishop31]

I'm not sure if any Artist will ever face the Pressure MJ did when he was making the 'Bad' album. Thriller is an impossible album to ever match.

[PurdyYungThang84]

Thriller was a tough act for anyone to follow, even Michael himself. Can't get higher than number 1.

Expectations for Bad were definitely waaay too high. People weren't concentrating on the music, they just wanted to see if it could possibly outsell Thriller.

[hotrod280]

yeah it was the bad album, following up his greatest work had to have enormous expectations for it.

[ricmj]

I vote Bad....
After Thriller....everyone in the world was waiting for Mike's comeback....
Bad is my favourite album....but I wasn't a fan at the time...I can only imagine all the expecatations from 1984 to 1987 for that album....

[dona77]

Bad because came out after the huge success of the Thriller album and also because Michael was 30 at that time, he was more mature as a singer and the curiosity around him was really high.

[mjfan 1]

Bad of Course!

[MusicalPanda]

I voted Bad, HIStory, and Invincible. Bad came directly after the world's best selling album. I always thought of Bad as a sequel to a popular movie; it was good, but not like the original. HIStory was really hyped up, with the statues and everything. Invincible was the album that had entirely new material, something which MJ hadn't done since 1991's Dangerous. They are all still good albums, though.

[Vaneela_w]

I would say BAD because it came out after the Thriller success and of course there was some pressure. But knowing Michael as a perfectionist I think that in all albums he put hard work and dedication...and he had high expectations from each...:)

[MJ_is_mah_life]

I'd say Bad and the next one....bad for same reason as most everyone else...and new since in other peoples minds it's the desicion between comeback and hasbeen

[michaelsson]

Dangerous...come on the briefcase robbery story is classic lol

[MJsPYT1]

it has gotta be BAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! heeeyyyyy, what briefcase?^^^^^^

[RockWithLou]

Definatley Bad!! I mean, it came after the biggest selling album of all time for God's sake.

[hakuna matata]

I think it would have to be Bad, like some members said following up to the greatest hit Thriller there must have been a great deal of expectation of it :)

[FinalEyes]

I'd say Bad as well. Following the biggest selling album of all time must have been really difficult for Michael.

[Kingofpop2424]

I have voted for Dangerous :)

Dangerous?! (LOL)
Seriously, every Michael Jackson album post-Thriller, is heavily hyped. Putting unrealistic and sometimes downright impossible expectations on Michael. Every single one of them (Bad, Dangerous, HIStory, Invincible) is considered his "comeback" album. Including the next one (if it ever comes out). But if I had to chose just one, I'd go with Bad.
I wouldn't wish the type of pressure MJ was under at that time on anyone.
I'm shocked he didn't suffer a brain aneurysm.



Hollaback.

[Dublinproud]

Think its obvious it was Bad

[Michaelismagic]

I voted for Invincible I thought this one had the most

[Expressions of Passion]

I would say Bad, HIStory and Invincible :yes:

Then of course, the next album too :o

[michaelsson]

the incident 2 the airport with dangerous says it all...dangerous clearly had the highest

[pauline]

History=]

RIP Michael

[MJJsAngel]

Bad and Invincible

[meena76]

BAD diffently

[shiiki]

I'm going with the majority of you people.. BAD..

[Tin Angel]

I'm between Bad and Invincible but I'll go for Bad because of the same reasons as you guys have said... a very high expectation after Thriller. Michael was indeed a very brave man, having to deal with such pressure and then coming out so well.

[Jerome]

Definitely Bad and Invincible in my opinion

[michaeljacksonkingofpop]

I choose Bad. Got the same expectation after Thriller came out!!! Second biggest-selling album.

[taroa]

I voted for Invincible. But now, My favorite song is [Blood On The Dance Floor].

この一ケ月、一日中、毎日聞いています。彼の全てが音楽だ！

[Zombie-74]

Pretty much agree with the poll results so far:

1-BAD

After the huge historic success of "Thriller"... we just have too high expectations for Bad and that was not that good for the album at that moment though...

Then:

2-Invincible

After all "Invincible" had huge expectations too but for different reasons than Bad.

[Jonflip]

I would say Dangerous. After the giant public "break through" with Thriller with it's great songs and videos, and then the enormous success with all the number one singles from BAD and the knock out tour, the expectations for Dangerous was sky high.

I don't remember, had Thriller already broken the world record in sales by the time of the release of BAD?

[Arklove]

Def BAd..because it had 2 follow thriller..but dangerous was HIGHLY anticipating(remember the story about the briefcases and some guy trying 2 steal the albums)..and wasnt it like a year or 2 late?

NO, I wanna hear that story!

[Evilman]

Bad because it came after Thriller.

And Invincible because it was first album of 2000s by Michael and first album since HIStory (BOTDF doesn't count).

[N4ty]

NO, I wanna hear that story!
me too, me too! :bugeyed

and i vote for Bad and Dangerous

[FlyAway]

Bad, since it came right after the best selling album in history.

[Hope]

Naturally the album after Thriller would have had the highest expectation!

[Hazard]

Invincible as this was his first studio album in 6 years and imo the album didn't disappoint although some people might say otherwise

[Loni1082]

It has to be bad, after all....it was the album after the mega Thriller.

[SoCav]

I'm pretty sure it must have been Bad, followed by Dangerous.