Michael Jackson's This Is It (album)
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Michael Jackson's This Is It (or simply This Is It) is a posthumous two-disc soundtrack album by American singer Michael Jackson. Released by MJJ Music on October 26, 2009, This Is It features previously released music, as well as six previously unreleased recordings by Jackson. This Is It was released to coincide with the theatrical release of Michael Jackson's This Is It, a concert film documenting Jackson's rehearsals for the This Is It concert series at the O2 Arena in London. This Is It is the sixth album to be released by Sony and Motown/Universal since Jackson's death on June 25, 2009.
This Is It debuted at number one in fourteen countries, including the United States, Canada, Japan, Italy, and France. This Is It also peaked within the top 10 of the charts in several other nations. This Is It has been certified gold, platinum, or double-platinum in multiple countries. This Is It was the twelfth best-selling album of 2009 in the United States and the third best-selling album of 2009 based on worldwide sales. By March 2010, the soundtrack had sold 5 million copies globally. The title track from the album, "This Is It", earned Jackson a nomination in 2011 for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance at the 53rd Annual Grammy Awards.
Background and concept
Michael Jackson
Music
The press release announcing the two-disc album describes it as a "stand-alone companion" to the motion picture.
This Is It contains previously unreleased music by Michael Jackson, which consists of demos and instrumental versions of his songs. The first disc contains "This Is It", which was written by Michael Jackson and Paul Anka in 1983; the song had originally been planned as a duet between the two for Anka's Walk a Fine Line album.[7] After Michael Jackson's death, his brothers found a demo of Michael Jackson's version of the song, described as a "bare bone" recording. They added their voices and instruments into the background of the track.[8][9] Two versions of "This Is It" were added to the album; the original and an orchestra version that is over one minute longer.[10] The second disc consists of four unreleased versions of Michael Jackson's classic hits.[9] The disc contains three demo versions of Michael Jackson's "She's Out of My Life" (1979), "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'" (1982) and "Beat It" (1982).[10] The disc's fourth track is a spoken word poem by Jackson, entitled "Planet Earth", which was already published in the liner notes of Michael Jackson's 1991 album Dangerous.[9]
Reception
Critical reception
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Consequence of Sound | [12] |
Entertainment Weekly | (B+)[13] |
IGN | (8.9)[14] |
The Independent | [2] |
Rolling Stone | [15] |
Newsday | (favorable)[16] |
The Times | [17] |
Upon its release, This Is It received mixed to positive reviews from
Will Hines of Consequence of Sound gave This Is It a rating of four and a half out of five stars. Hines commented that, "On one level [of the album], it's an attempt to focus and draw attention to what Michael Jackson lived for, and not what he did. On a more superficial level, this is Sony milking his legacy. Any true MJ fan will already own 90% of the songs that make up this two-disc set. It is, however, that 10% which justifies this album's existence."[12]
Negative reviews from critics were mainly centered around them feeling that the album was released only for profit. Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic gave This Is It two and a half out of five stars. Erlewine commented, "An important thing to remember when considering the soundtrack to This Is It: this entire film and CD project was never supposed to happen." He noted that Jackson's death had "created considerable demand" for his final rehearsal footage and that This Is It was an "accompaniment" to the film.[11] Andy Gill of The Independent strongly criticized This Is It describing it as being a "shoddy apology for an album" and felt that it was made just for a profit, commenting,
As a cash-in attempt to scrape as much money from fans' memories with as little outlay as possible, however, it rivals RCA's ruthless (and still ongoing) reconfigurations of
His own father's immediate reaction to Michael's death seemed to involve the promotion of his own label, while his brothers quickly grabbed the opportunity to scour through a box of tapes and find a tepid old track not previously deemed worthy of release and add their own vocals to it (before taking the trouble to find out it was co-written by Paul Anka, who understandably sought remuneration for his work). Who, exactly, stands to gain from this? Not the fans, that's for sure. In the four months since his death, Sony and Motown/Universal between them have issued no fewer than five posthumous album packages: The Collection, Hello World, The Stripped Mixes, The Remix Suite, and now This Is It. That's a busy promotion schedule for a dead man. At some point, presumably, he will be left to rest in peace.[2]
Commercial performance
This Is It debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, selling 373,000 copies in its first week according to Nielsen SoundScan.[18] The album had the fifth-best sales week for an album in the United States in 2009.[18] This Is It, which also debuted at number one on Billboards Soundtrack chart,[19] marked Jackson's sixth number one entry on the chart.[18] This Is It slightly outsold Jackson's first-week sales of his previous album Invincible which sold 366,300 units in 2001.[20] This Is It's chart performance tied Jackson with several other artists for the most number-one albums on the Billboard 200 chart; among the solo male artists, Jackson currently is tied with Garth Brooks for second place with 51 entries.[19] Jackson's This Is It album was the twelfth best-selling of 2009, having sold an estimated 1.29 million units in nine weeks.[21] It has sold a total of 1,735,000 copies in the US as of August 2013.[22] Its video is also being sold as USB flash drive by Kingston Company, first time ever in the company's history, according to a deal done with Sony Music, published as Limited Edition.
Internationally, This Is It had similar commercial reception. The album was released worldwide on October 26 and October 27, 2009, and debuted at number one in fourteen countries. The fourteen countries include Italy, France, Sweden and the Netherlands, the album stayed at number one in the Netherlands for two consecutive weeks.[23] Other countries where This Is It didn't debut or peak at number one were, placing at number two, Denmark, Australia and Switzerland, placing at number three, Norway and the United Kingdom, placing at four in Germany and sixth in Ireland.[23] In the album's second week of release its chart positions saw both an increase and decrease.[23] This Is It increased from four to three in Germany and sixth to fifth in Ireland while it held onto its second and third positions in Switzerland and Norway respectively.[23] By its third week of release, the album went on to peak at number three in Ireland.[24] This Is It sold 78,000 units in its first week of release in the United Kingdom.[23]
This Is It has received multiple certifications since its release from different countries worldwide; although sales per certificate vary per country. Four days after This Is It's release in the United Kingdom, it was certified gold for 100,000 units sold on October 30, and platinum for 300,000 units sold on November 27, 2009.
Accolades
The title track, "This Is It", earned Jackson a posthumous Grammy nomination in 2011 for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance at the 53rd Annual Grammy Awards.
Track listing
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8. | "I Just Can't Stop Loving You" (featuring Siedah Garrett) (from Bad, 1987) | Michael Jackson | 4:13 |
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9. | "Thriller" (from Thriller, 1982) | Rod Temperton | 5:58 |
10. | "Beat It" (from Thriller, 1982) | Michael Jackson | 4:18 |
11. | "Black or White" (from Dangerous, 1991) | Michael Jackson, rap lyrics by Bill Bottrell | 4:17 |
12. | "Earth Song" (from HIStory, 1995) | Michael Jackson | 6:47 |
13. | "Billie Jean" (from Thriller, 1982) | Michael Jackson | 4:55 |
14. | "Man in the Mirror" (from Bad, 1987) | Siedah Garrett, Glen Ballard | 5:21 |
15. | "This Is It" | Michael Jackson, Paul Anka | 3:38 |
16. | "This Is It" (orchestra version) | Michael Jackson, Paul Anka | 4:56 |
Total length: | 77:57 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "She's Out of My Life" (demo) | Tom Bahler | 3:20 |
2. | "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'" (demo) | Michael Jackson | 5:44 |
3. | "Beat It" (demo) | Michael Jackson | 2:04 |
4. | "Planet Earth" (poem) | Michael Jackson | 3:15 |
Total length: | 14:24 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "This Is It" | Michael Jackson, Paul Anka | 3:38 |
2. | "This Is It" (orchestra version) | Michael Jackson, Paul Anka | 4:56 |
3. | "She's Out of My Life" (demo) | Tom Bahler | 3:20 |
4. | "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'" (demo) | Michael Jackson | 5:44 |
5. | "Beat It" (demo) | Michael Jackson | 2:04 |
6. | "Planet Earth" (poem) | Michael Jackson | 3:15 |
Total length: | 22:12 |
- Notes
- The two versions of "This Is It" along with the second disc contents are available separately as the digital-only EP Selections from Michael Jackson's This Is It.[34]
- "Smooth Criminal" is excluded from the China release.[35]
- Despite that a sticker on the album claims all songs on the album are in their original full-length album versions, "Shake Your Body (Down to the Ground)" is included in its 7" edit version.
- An eco-friendly version sold only at Walmart includes only the first disc.[36]
Charts
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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Certifications
‹See Tfd›‹See Tfd›Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Australia (ARIA)[101] | Platinum | 70,000^ |
Austria (IFPI Austria)[102] | Platinum | 20,000* |
Belgium (BEA)[103] | 2× Platinum | 60,000* |
Canada (Music Canada)[104] | 2× Platinum | 160,000^ |
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[105] | Platinum | 30,000^ |
Finland (Musiikkituottajat)[106] | Gold | 10,460[106] |
Platinum | 6,000* | |
Germany (BVMI)[108] | 3× Gold | 300,000‡ |
Greece (IFPI Greece)[109] | Platinum | 6,000^ |
Hungary (MAHASZ)[110] | 2× Platinum | 12,000^ |
Ireland (IRMA)[111] | Platinum | 15,000^ |
Italy (FIMI)[112] | 4× Platinum | 280,000* |
Japan (RIAJ)[113] | Platinum | 250,000^ |
Mexico (AMPROFON)[114] | Gold | 30,000^ |
Netherlands (NVPI)[115] video |
Platinum | 50,000^ |
New Zealand (RMNZ)[116] | 2× Platinum | 30,000^ |
Poland (ZPAV)[117] | Platinum | 20,000* |
Russia ( NFPF)[118]
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Platinum | 20,000* |
Sweden (GLF)[119] | Platinum | 40,000‡ |
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[120] | Platinum | 60,000^ |
United Kingdom (BPI)[121] | 2× Platinum | 600,000‡ |
United States (RIAA)[122] | 2× Platinum | 2,000,000^ |
Summaries | ||
Europe (IFPI)[123] | Platinum | 1,000,000* |
* Sales figures based on certification alone. |
Release history
Region | Date | Label | Format |
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United States[124] | October 26, 2009 | Epic Records | LP
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Canada[125] | Sony Music Entertainment
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Australia[125] | |||
Germany[126] | |||
Greece[127] | |||
Austria[128] | October 27, 2009 | ||
Italy[129] | |||
Turkey[130] | |||
Hong Kong[131] | |||
Japan[132] | October 28, 2009 | Sony Music Japan
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China[133] | December 1, 2009 | Sony Music China | CD
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