Number Ones (video)

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This article is about the Michael Jackson video. For the Mariah Carey video, see Number 1's (video).

Number Ones
Video by
Michael Jackson
ReleasedNovember 18, 2003
Recorded1979–2001
Genre
Length90:45
LabelEpic
DirectorVarious
Producer
  • Michael Jackson
  • various
Michael Jackson chronology
HIStory on Film, Volume II
(1997) 		Number Ones
(2003) 		The One
(2004)

Number Ones is a video album by American recording artist

Off the Wall to 2001's Invincible
. As with the album, the DVD has four different covers.

Notable music videos included on the DVD were "Beat It", "Billie Jean" and Thriller—which received heavy rotation on MTV in the 1980s, and are credited as having transformed the music video from a promotional tool and into an art form, and "Black or White" which was also prominent on channels like MTV in the 1990s. Number Ones received praise from contemporary music critics and was commercially successful internationally. The DVD peaked at number one on the Australian Top 40 Music DVD in Australia. Number Ones has been certified twenty two times platinum in Australia by the Australian Recording Industry Association and is the best selling music DVD ever by a male solo artist in Australia. It is also thirteen times platinum in the United States by the Recording Industry Association of America.

Background

In 1972, while still a member of the band

Off the Wall.[1] Jackson subsequently began releasing music videos for his singles to promote both the song itself and the album. His music videos from the 1980s — particularly the music videos for "Billie Jean" and Thriller — received heavy rotation on channels like Music Television (MTV).[2][3] The popularity of his music videos that aired on MTV, such as "Beat It", "Billie Jean" and Thriller — credited for transforming the music video from a promotional tool and into an art form — helped bring the relatively new channel to fame.[4] Music videos such as "Black or White" made Jackson an enduring staple on MTV in the 1990s. Some of them drew criticism for their violent and sexual content, others were lauded by critics and awarded Guinness World Records for their length, success and expense.[5][6]
From 1979 to 2003, Jackson released thirty-six music videos.

Content and release

Number Ones was released in conjunction with Jackson's greatest number one hits of the same name on November 18, 2003.[7] The DVD was released worldwide on November 13, 2003.[7] Number Ones is the fourth DVD album to be released by Jackson; the previous three were Dangerous: The Short Films, Video Greatest Hits – HIStory and HIStory on Film, Volume II. The DVD contained ninety one minutes of music video Jackson had already released from as early as 1979, to as late as 2001. This compilation was also released in Asia on double Video CD format.

Music videos from Jackson's Sony studio albums, which were

Thriller (1982), Bad (1987), Dangerous (1991), HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I (1995), Blood on the Dance Floor: HIStory in the Mix (1997) and Invincible (2001), were featured on the DVD. The DVD consisted of fifteen music videos, both long and short form versions.[7] "I Just Can't Stop Loving You" (1987), "Break of Dawn" (2001), the then newly recorded "One More Chance" (2003) and a live version of "Ben" (1972) did not make it onto the DVD (while no music videos were shot for the first two singles, the music video for "One More Chance" would later be released in Michael Jackson's Vision), while "Blood on the Dance Floor" (1997), which was on the DVD, was not on the American version of the album of the same name, same with "Man in the Mirror" for the international version of the album.[7]

Reception

Commercial reception

Number Ones peaked at number one the

Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry for the sales of at least 5,000 units in Poland.[19]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Philadelphia Inquirer
Positive[20]

Number Ones was generally well received by contemporary music critics. William Ruhlmann, a writer for

Philadelphia Inquirer described Number Ones as being a "reminder" of the "MTV era".[20] Jeff Mires of News Pop Music Critic felt that the release of both the Number Ones CD and DVD was a good opportunity to "revisit Jackson's music".[21]

Track listing

DVD
No.TitleWriter(s)Director(s)
Teddy Riley
Michael Jackson and Vincent Paterson4:15
15."You Rock My World[A]"Michael Jackson, Rodney Jerkins, Fred Jerkins III, LaShawn Daniels, Nora PaynePaul Hunter10:26

Notes:

Formats

The DVD album has been released in one version, as a one disc release.

The video was also available on double Video CD (in the Asian market only). In 2006, it was also released as a UMD video for the Sony PSP.

Charts

Chart (2003–2009) Peak
position
Australian Top 40 Music DVD[8] 1
Czech Albums Chart[11] 14
Hungarian Top 20 DVD[12] 3
Irish DVD Albums Chart[24] 1
Italian DVD Albums Chart[13] 9
Swedish DVD Albums Chart[10] 3

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Argentina (CAPIF)[25] Platinum 8,000^
Australia (ARIA)[26] 23× Platinum 345,000^
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[27] Gold  
Finland (Musiikkituottajat)[28] Gold 5,016[28]
France (
SNEP)[29]
 2× Platinum 40,000*
Japan (RIAJ)[16] Gold 100,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ)[30] 4× Platinum 20,000^
Poland (ZPAV)[31] Gold 5,000*
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[17] Platinum 25,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[32] Platinum 50,000*
United States (RIAA)[33] 13× Platinum 1,300,000^

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Personnel

Credits adapted from AllMusic[34]

Notes

  1. ^ Halstead, p. 92
  2. ^ Yardley, Jonathan (August 30, 1993). "Nothing More Than ... Feelings". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on November 2, 2012. Retrieved 2010-04-26.
  3. ^ Day, Elizabeth (2009-04-08). "Off the wall but still invincible". The Guardian. Retrieved 2010-04-26.
  4. ^ Kash, Tim (2009-06-30). "Jackson's Legacy: Passing the Torch". CBS News. Retrieved 2010-04-26.
  5. ^ Guinness World Records 2002, p. 36
  6. ^ George, pp. 48–50
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h Ruhlmann, William. "Michael Jackson - Number Ones [DVD]". AllMusic. Retrieved February 17, 2010.
  8. ^ a b "ARIA Top 40 Music DVD" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). 2009-10-05. p. 24. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-10-04. Retrieved 2010-04-23 – via Pandora.nla.
  9. ^ "The ARIA Report: Issue 2009" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Pandora.nla. 2009-12-31. p. 25. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-02-04. Retrieved 2010-04-23.
  10. ^ a b "Veckolista DVD Album - Vecka 17, 30 April 2010". Sverigetopplistan.
  11. ^ a b "IFPI ČR Hitparáda - TOP50 Prodejní Týden - 200928". International Federation of the Phonographic Industry ČR. Retrieved 2010-05-11. [dead link]
  12. ^
    Mahasz
    Magyar Hanglemezkiadók Szövetsége. Retrieved 2010-05-11.
  13. ^
    Federation of the Italian Music Industry. Archived from the original
    on 2011-12-09. Retrieved 2010-05-11.
  14. ^ "Gold & Platinum". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 2010-02-17.
  15. ^ "ARIA Australian Top 40 Music DVDS | Australia's Official Top 40 Music DVDS - ARIA Charts". Archived from the original on 2015-08-14. Retrieved 2015-11-18.
  16. ^ a b "Japanese video certifications – マイケル・ジャクソン – Number Ones" (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Select 2009年7月 on the drop-down menu
  17. ^ a b "Top 20 DVD Musical" (PDF). Productores de Música de España. Retrieved 2010-02-17.
  18. ^ "Latest Gold / Platinum DVDs". Radio Scope. Media Sauce Ltd. Archived from the original on October 14, 2008. Retrieved 2010-02-17.
  19. Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry
    Retrieved on 2010-02-17.
  20. ^
    Philadelphia Inquirer. Archived from the original
    on 2012-11-04. Retrieved 2010-04-24.
  21. ^ Mires, Jeff (2003-11-25). "MICHAEL JACKSON -- THE MAN, HIS MUSIC, HIS MUTILATION". The Buffalo News. Retrieved 2010-04-24.
  22. ^ "Inlay credits". Number Ones (DVD/CD). Michael Jackson. Epic Records. 2003.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  23. ^ "迈克尔•杰克逊:独一无二(DVD)-音乐-卓越亚马逊". amazon.cn. Retrieved 2011-03-04.
  24. ^ "Irish Music DVD Charts 2009". Irish Recorded Music Association. IRMA. 2009-12-31. Archived from the original on 2014-11-15. Retrieved 2013-03-31.
  25. ^ "CAPIF ::: Representando a la Industra Argentina de la Música". 2007 Certification Awards. CAPIF. Archived from the original on May 31, 2011. Retrieved August 30, 2007.
  26. ^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2014 DVDs" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved August 30, 2015.
  27. ^ "Musik DVD: Top-10 (Uge 3, 2010)". Hitlisten. Archived from the original on December 16, 2010. Retrieved May 6, 2021.
  28. ^
    Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland
    . Retrieved August 30, 2015.
  29. Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique
    . Retrieved August 30, 2015.
  30. ^ "New Zealand video certifications – Michael Jackson – Number Ones". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved August 30, 2015.
  31. ^ "Wyróżnienia – Złote płyty DVD - Archiwum - Przyznane w 2009 roku" (in Polish). Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry. Retrieved August 30, 2015.
  32. ^ "British video certifications – Michael Jackson – Number Ones". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved August 30, 2015.
  33. ^ "American video certifications – Michael Jackson – Number Ones". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved August 30, 2015.
  34. ^ "allmusic (((Number Ones DVD > Credits)))". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2010-02-17.
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