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Michael Jackson – Number Ones / Epic Audio CD 2003 / 2 513800
UPC 5099751380023
Number Ones is a greatest hits album by American singer Michael Jackson. It was released on November 18, 2003, by Epic Records. Number Ones was Jackson's first proper compilation album with Epic Records, after the release of the first disc of HIStory in 1995 (and after the re-release of that disc as a single album titled Greatest Hits: HIStory, Volume I in 2001). The album included Jackson's singles that reportedly reached number 1 in charts around the world, hence the album's name. Number Ones also features the last original single released during Jackson's lifetime, "One More Chance", released two days after the release of the album.
Number Ones was successful around the world, originally reaching number one in the UK among other countries. The album eventually returned to the top spot in the UK and reached number one on the US charts after Jackson's sudden death in 2009, staying as the number one selling album in the United States for six non consecutive weeks and for twenty-seven weeks on the Top Pop Catalog Albums chart. However, as a 'catalog' title, initially Number Ones was excluded from the Billboard 200 denying Jackson a seventh solo number one album on the chart. The rules preventing titles older than 18 months to chart on the Billboard 200 were subsequently changed in the fall of 2009 due to the posthumous success of Jackson, as well as The Beatles re-mastered re-releases.
Number Ones has sold more than 9 million copies worldwide and by 2013 it was certified 4× Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). At the 2009 American Music Awards, it won two awards - Favorite Pop/Rock Album and Favorite Soul/R&B Album. With Number Ones, Jackson was the first artist to sell more than one million downloads in one week. The album was also the third best-selling album of 2009 in the United States according to Nielsen Soundscan and ninth best-selling worldwide according to IFPI.
Tracklist:
| 1 | Don't Stop Till You Get Enough (2003 Edit)
Co-producer – Michael Jackson, Producer – Quincy Jones, Written-By – M. Jackson |
3:55 |
| 2 | Rock With You
Producer – Quincy Jones, Written-By – R. Temperton |
3:40 |
| 3 | Billie Jean
Co-producer – Michael Jackson, Producer – Quincy Jones, Written-By – M. Jackson |
4:52 |
| 4 | Beat It
Co-producer – Michael Jackson, Producer – Quincy Jones, Written-By – M. Jackson |
4:18 |
| 5 | Thriller
Producer – Quincy Jones, Written-By – R. Temperton |
5:10 |
| 6 | Human Nature
Producer – Quincy Jones, Written-By – J. Bettis, S. Pocaro |
4:06 |
| 7 | I Just Can't Stop Loving You
Co-producer – Michael Jackson, Producer – Quincy Jones, Vocals [Duet With] – Siedah Garrett, Written-By – M. Jackson |
4:11 |
| 8 | Bad
Co-producer – Michael Jackson, Producer – Quincy Jones, Written-By – M. Jackson |
4:05 |
| 9 | The Way You Make Me Feel
Co-producer – Michael Jackson, Producer – Quincy Jones, Written-By – M. Jackson |
4:56 |
| 10 | Dirty Diana
Co-producer – Michael Jackson, Producer – Quincy Jones, Written-By – M. Jackson |
4:40 |
| 11 |
Smooth Criminal
Co-producer – Michael Jackson, Producer – Quincy Jones, Written-By – M. Jackson |
4:17 |
| 12 | Black Or White
Producer – Bill Bottrell, Michael Jackson, Written-By – B. Bottrell, M. Jackson |
3:18 |
| 13 | You Are Not Alone
Producer – Michael Jackson, R. Kelly, Written-By – R. Kelly |
4:33 |
| 14 | Earth Song
Producer – Bill Bottrell, David Foster, Michael Jackson, Written-By – M. Jackson |
5:01 |
| 15 | Blood On The Dance Floor
Producer – Michael Jackson, Teddy Riley, Written-By – M. Jackson, T. Riley |
4:11 |
| 16 | You Rock My World
Producer – Michael Jackson, Rodney Jerkins, Written-By – F. Jerkins III, L. Daniels, M. Jackson, N. Payne, R. Jerkins |
4:25 |
| 17 | Break Of Dawn
Producer – Dr. Freeze, Michael Jackson, Written-By – Dr. Freeze, M. Jackson |
5:29 |
| 18 | One More Chance
Arranged By [Strings] – Michael Jackson, Edited By [Digital] – John Nettlesbey, Engineer [Assistant] – Tim Roberts, Guitar – Donnie Lyle, Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals – Michael JacksonMixed By – Serban, Producer – Michael Jackson, R. Kelly, Recorded By [Vocals] – Brad Buxer, John Nettlesbey, Software Instrument [Pro Tools] – John Hanes, Written-By – R. Kelly |
3:48 |
- A&R [Coordination] – Jacquie Carter
- Art Direction – Adam Owett, David Coleman (5), Julian Alexander, Nancy Donald, Rance Brown, Sheri Lee
- Consultant [Vocal] – Seth Riggs
- Design – Rance Brown
- Edited By [Additional Digital], Engineer – Michael Prince (3)
- Executive-Producer – John McClain, Michael Jackson
- Management – Team MJ
- Management [Business] – Bernstein, Fox, Whitman & Co.
- Mastered By – Bernie Grundman
- Photography By [Bad Cover] – Sam Emerson
- Photography By [HIStory - Past Present And Future - Book I] – Kleiser-Walczak Construction Co.
- Photography By [Off The Wall Cover] – Stephen Harvey
- Photography By [Thriller Cover] – Dick Zimmerman (3)
- Project Manager [Archivist] – Craig Johnson
