About Invincible by Michael Jackson Album
Invincible is the tenth studio album by American recording artist Michael Jackson, released on October 30, 2001, by Epic Records. His last studio album, it was the first release of new Jackson material since Blood on the Dance Floor: HIStory in the Mix in 1997, and the first studio album in six years since HIStory - Past, Present and Future - Book I. Jackson, Rodney Jerkins, R. Kelly, and Teddy Riley received producing and writing credits, among others. Similar to Jackson's previous material, Invincible explores themes such as love, romance, isolation, media criticism, and social issues. In its time, Invincible received generally mixed reviews from contemporary music critics, although retrospective reviews have been more positive. Invincible was the recipient of one Grammy Award nomination for Best Pop Vocal Performance - Male, as well as being voted by readers of Billboard magazine in 2009 as the best album of the 2000s decade. The album peaked at number one in 11 countries worldwide, including the United States (with 363,000 units sold in its first week), the United Kingdom, Australia, France, and Switzerland; Invincible charted within the top ten in six other countries. Its least successful charting area was Mexico, where the album peaked at number 29. Invincible re-entered music charts several times during the decade. Despite selling over 13 million copies worldwide and ranking as the 9th best selling album of 2001, the album has been viewed as a commercial failure relative to Jackson's previous releases. Additionally, Invincible stands as the most expensive album ever produced, with a reported cost of over $30 million. Three singles were released from the album: "You Rock My World", "Cry", and "Butterflies". The former two were released as physical singles internationally, with the latter being a US-only radio-airplay single. "You Rock My World" and "Butterflies" charted within the top 20 on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart, peaking within the top ten (and at number one) in several markets worldwide; "Cry" was less commercially successful. Following a protracted series of conflicts between Jackson and his record label, Sony Music abruptly ceased promotion of the album. Consequently, during a speech on July 6, 2002, Jackson stated that the CEO of Sony Music, Tommy Mottola, was "a mean, a racist, and he's very, very, very devilish." Jackson would also state that "the record companies really, really do conspire against their artists, they steal, they cheat, they do whatever they can, especially the black artists."
