Re-releases of the singles were never going to crack the top 10....unsure why anybody thought this.
Earth Song was a Christmas #1 and sold over a million copies. With a comprehensive, definitive version, you'd have a major hit. How do you mess up a re-release of that?!
Also you really think any of what you said was an actual viable release at the time?
Most of it already existed at the time, as this thread proves. Strange that on this board we like to make a big deal about MJ winning all those Grammies, and yet none of us own an official release that shows him actually collecting a trophy. It's a simple 30 second clip that is easy to add, but which would distinguish the release.
Like, it's called a purchase incentive. Why else would you expect people to buy something again? When The Godfather first came out on DVD, they made a big deal about giving you the Oscar acceptance speech.
Looking at other artists at about that time, just picking random names, Wet Wet Wet, Smashing Pumpkins, Oasis and Placebo all had commentaries on their greatest hits. It literally takes 90 minutes.
There wasn't any creativity going into anything.
And that's my point.
Thank you.
I don't know anyone who has ever said "gee really wish I had an audio commentary of every Michael Jackson music video"
And yet people have unanswered questions all the time. Literally several times a week on this board there are people asking about artistic details, technical details, etc.
What potential? DVDs still outsell Blu-Ray & 4K discs put together & DVD is the older format.
The format had the advantages of the universal compatibility of CD, combined with the higher quality and bonus features of DVD.
We know MJ loved to use new technology. This was a golden opportunity.
Napster & MP3 was the beginning of the general public losing interest in music CDs altogether.
So why release Visionary then??
Like, go back to 2006. CD was still the dominant format at the time. According to the RIAA, people bought 619 million CDs, totalling perhaps 7 billion songs. In the same year, people downloaded... 586 million songs digitally.