HIStory
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But at the time they weren't selling records. If they were, there wouldn't have been a show in the 1st place. You didn't see Led Zepplin, the Bee Gees, Fleetwood Mac, Stevie Wonder, or Pink Floyd doing a variety show. It was acts like the Jacksons, Donny & Marie, Cher, Captain & Tennille, Andy Williams, etc. The Jackson family was performing in Vegas, which at the time was a place for acts whose shelf life had expired like Englebert Humperdinck, Wayne Newton, Liberace, & Elvis Presley. Acts whose popularity in selling records had floundered. Dancing & performing doesn't sell records (at least not during that time). Also the show didn't last long because of poor ratings (and there were a bunch of these type of shows by other acts, which cancel each other out). This show was Joe's idea to get exposure. Michael didn't want to do it. So behind the scenes help is more important than talent. A good manager works for the artist, not the other way around. Since Joe is their father, they kinda had to do to what he said. The family was working for Joe. A manager doesn't go home and whip them for refusing to do something.
You seem to be a bit fixated to record sales. I was only mentioning the Variety because even in a poor show like that (everybody agrees it was a poor show and bad for the image of the Jacksons, that is not the point) Michael's incredible talent shone through like Jermaine's never in his life. That's not to say Jermaine had no talent, but it was nowhere near to the talent of Michael, I think that is pretty obvious no matter how you spin it.