Dangerous (album)
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Michael Jackson studio album | |||||||||||||||||||
Publication |
November 26, 1991 |
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admission |
June 25, 1990 - October 29, 1991 |
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Label (s) | Epic Records | ||||||||||||||||||
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Pop , Rock, R'n'B , New Jack Swing |
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Title (number) |
14th |
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running time |
76:58 |
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Michael Jackson , Teddy Riley, Bill Bottrell |
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Studio (s) |
Ocean Way Studios, Record One Studios (USA) |
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Dangerous ( Engl. For " Dangerous ") is the eighth studio album by American pop singer Michael Jackson . It was released on November 26, 1991 by Epic Records and wasthe first Jackson album since 1975 that was not produced with Quincy Jones . It has been sold over 32 million times.
background
Prior to Dangerous , Jackson aimed for a remake of his hugely successful Thriller album with Bad . But since Bad could not really build on the commercial success of Thriller , Jackson separated from his long-time producer Quincy Jones and instead turned to new influences.
Dangerous is one of the music styles of modern R&B , hip-hop and New Jack Swing , which is considered to be the invention of Teddy Riley - main producer of Dangerous . In contrast to Jones, producer Riley also worked as a songwriter on the songs of Dangerous .
Commercial win
Internationally, sales are over 32 million, including 7 million in the USA and 2 million in Germany. In the US, Dangerous sold seven million times in less than two months, breaking its own record with a bathroom , which hit the seven million mark in four months. In terms of sales, Dangerous is in the top 3 of Jackson's most successful albums (along with Thriller and Bad ). In the UK, Jackson achieved more top ten hits with this album than any of his others, namely seven.
Track list
- Jam (feat. Heavy D ) (Michael Jackson) - 5:38
- Why You Wanna Trip on Me (Teddy Riley, Bernard Belle) - 5:24
- In the Closet (feat.Princess Stéphanie von Monaco) (Michael Jackson, Teddy Riley) - 6:31
- She Drives Me Wild (feat.Wreckx-n-Effect) (Michael Jackson, Teddy Riley) - 3:41
- Remember the Time (Michael Jackson, Teddy Riley, Bernard Bell) - 3:59
- Can't Let Her Get Away (Michael Jackson, Teddy Riley) - 4:58
- Heal the World (Michael Jackson) - 6:24
- Black or White (feat. LTB) (Michael Jackson, Bill Bottrell) - 4:16
- Who Is It (Michael Jackson) - 6:34
- Give In to Me (feat. Slash ) (Michael Jackson, Bill Bottrell) - 5:29
- Will You Be There (Theme from Free Willy ) (Michael Jackson) - 7:40
- Keep the Faith (feat. The Andraé Crouch Singers) (Glen Ballard, Siedah Garrett, Michael Jackson) - 5:57
- Gone Too Soon (Larry Grossman, Buz Kohan) - 3:22
- Dangerous (Michael Jackson, Bill Bottrell, Teddy Riley) - 7:00
Chart placements
album
year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
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DE | AT | CH | UK | US | |||
1991 | Dangerous |
DE1 (132 weeks) DE |
AT2 (61 weeks) AT |
CH1 (40 weeks) CH |
UK1 (102 weeks) UK |
US1 (119 weeks) US |
First published: November 26, 1991
Sales: + 32,000,000 |
Singles
year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, , Placements, weeks, awards, comments) |
Remarks | ||||
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DE | AT | CH | UK | US | |||
1991 | Black or White |
DE2
gold
(34 weeks)DE |
AT2 (22 weeks) AT |
CH1 (29 weeks) CH |
UK1
silver
(15 weeks)UK |
US1 × 2
(20 weeks)US |
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1992 | Remember the time |
DE8 (24 weeks) DE |
AT16 (12 weeks) AT |
CH4 (19 weeks) CH |
UK3 (10 weeks) UK |
US3
platinum
(20 weeks)US |
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In the Closet |
DE15 (22 weeks) DE |
AT23 (2 weeks) AT |
CH25 (3 weeks) CH |
UK8 (8 weeks) UK |
US6th
gold
(20 weeks)US |
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Who Is It |
DE9 (11 weeks) DE |
AT5 (8 weeks) AT |
CH14 (14 weeks) CH |
UK10 (7 weeks) UK |
US14 (18 weeks) US |
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Jam |
DE18 (19 weeks) DE |
AT28 (3 weeks) AT |
CH22 (4 weeks) CH |
UK13 (6 weeks) UK |
US26 (14 weeks) US |
(with Heavy D )
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Heal the World |
DE3
gold
(37 weeks)DE |
AT4 (21 weeks) AT |
CH5 (27 weeks) CH |
UK2
gold
(18 weeks)UK |
US27 (20 weeks) US |
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1993 | Give In to Me |
DE10 (19 weeks) DE |
AT12 (8 weeks) AT |
CH7 (16 weeks) CH |
UK2 (10 weeks) UK |
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(with slash )
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Will you be there |
DE12 (30 weeks) DE |
AT11 (17 weeks) AT |
CH3 (21 weeks) CH |
UK9 (9 weeks) UK |
US7 (20 weeks) US |
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Gone Too Soon |
DE45 (5 weeks) DE |
- |
CH33 (4 weeks) CH |
UK33 (5 weeks) UK |
- | ||
1994 | Dangerous |
DE99 (1 week) DE |
- |
CH78 (1 week) CH |
- | - |
Promo single
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Sales figures and awards
Country / Region | Award | Sales |
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Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales) |
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Australia (ARIA) | 10 × platinum | 700,000 |
Brazil (PMB) | gold | 100,000 |
Germany (BVMI) | 4 × platinum | 2,000,000 |
Finland (IFPI) | platinum | 61,000 |
France (SNEP) | diamond | 1,000,000 |
Japan (RIAJ) | 2 × platinum | 400,000 |
Canada (MC) | 6 × platinum | 600,000 |
Mexico (AMPROFON) | 5 × gold | 600,000 |
New Zealand (RMNZ) | 6 × platinum | 90,000 |
Netherlands (NVPI) | 3 × platinum | 300,000 |
Austria (IFPI) | 4 × platinum | 200,000 |
Sweden (IFPI) | 3 × platinum | 300,000 |
Switzerland (IFPI) | 5 × platinum | 250,000 |
Spain (Promusicae) | 6 × platinum | 600,000 |
Hungary (MAHASZ) | platinum | 20,000 |
United States (RIAA) | 8 × platinum | 8,000,000 |
United Kingdom (BPI) | 6 × platinum | 1,800,000 |
All in all |
2 × gold 68 × platinum 1 × diamond |
17,121,000 |
Main article: Michael Jackson / Music Sales Awards
Singles
The following nine singles were released from Dangerous :
- November 1991 - Black or White
- January 1992 - Remember the Time
- April 1992 - In the Closet
- July 1992 - Who Is It (in the US only March 1993)
- September 1992 - Jam (in the USA as early as June 1992)
- November 1992 - Heal the World
- February 1993 - Give In to Me (not in the US)
- June 1993 - Will You Be There
- December 1993 - Gone Too Soon (not in the USA, there only as a promo)
After Bad set another record with five number 1 hits in the US , only the first single took the lead here.
Film music
The album contains two official soundtracks to different films from 1993 and is the only work by a musician to date that has this incident.
- Will You Be There is the theme song from the soundtrack to the film Free Willy by director Simon Wincer , filmed in the United States in 1993 .
- Can't Let Her Get Away is part of the soundtrack to the 1993 American comic film adaptation of Meteor Man by author , director and leading actor Robert Townsend .
Trivia
- Six days before the album was released, on November 20, 1991, an armed gang robbed 30,000 copies of the album at Los Angeles International Airport .
- The title song Dangerous was supposed to be released as a single in the fall of 1993 (end of October, after Will You Be There ), but was not released after all - probably because of the scandal of child abuse with Evan Chandler, which was widely noticed at the time, it was found to be inappropriate for the time. (see Michael Jackson # accusation of child abuse ) It is unusual for a Michael Jackson album that the title song did not appear as a single. The accompanying dance performance, however, has been shown in frequently modified versions and choreographies at many events and concerts since 1993, including Wetten, dass ..? in November 1995.
- The remixes of the single Dangerous were only contributed in 1997 as bonus tracks for the single Blood on the Dance Floor .
- In May 1999 Jackson lost a plagiarism lawsuit against the Italian singer Al Bano because passages from the hit Will You Be There matched Al Bano's song I cigni di Balaka .
- For the introduction to Will You Be There , parts of the Allegro energico, semper ben marcato from the fourth movement of Ludwig van Beethoven's 9th symphony were used.
Dangerous - The Short Films
In 1993, initially on video and in 2001 also on DVD, Dangerous - The Short Films, a compilation containing all music videos, performances and other recordings from the Dangerous years 1991 to 1993, was released. Since 2008 the DVD has also been available in part together with the album Dangerous as a CD / DVD combination.
- Program introduction
- Brace Yourself intro
- Reactions to Black or White
- Black or White (The Complete Version)
- Black or White : Behind the Scenes
- Grammy Legend Award 1993
- Heal the World at the Superbowl XXVII
- Remember the Time : Behind the Scenes
- Remember the time
- Will you be there
- In the Closet : Behind the Scenes
- In the Closet
- Ryan White
- Gone Too Soon
- NAACP Image Awards
- Jam : Behind the scenes
- Jam
- Introduction to Heal the World
- Heal the World
- Give In to Me
- I'll Be There (Pepsi Commercial)
- Who Is It
- Dangerous : behind the scenes
- Dangerous
- Credits ( Why You Wanna Trip on Me )
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ release date "Dangerous"
- ↑ Release date
- ↑ MTV.com
- ^ Federal Association of the Music Industry
- ↑ a b Chart sources: DE / AT / CH / UK / US
- ↑ www.mtv.com Michael Jackson's Life & Legacy: The Eccentric King Of Pop (1986–1999 ) Article dated July 2, 2009, accessed on August 21, 2014
- ↑ release date "Who Is It" US
- ↑ release date "Jam" US
- ↑ Original soundtrack for the film "Free Willy"
- ↑ Original soundtrack for the film "Meteor Man"
- ^ Spiegel-online: Michael Jackson steals from Al Bano , May 12, 1999
- ↑ Rhein-Zeitung: “Jacko” has to pay a fine of 4,000 marks - Court: The pop star's hit “Will you be there” is a plagiarism , May 12, 1999