The Score Magazine - Archive August 2009 Issue | Page 17

E
D
. T.
Rumours that he was an alien apart, Someone in the
Dark for the Spielberg movie fetched him a Grammy
for Best Album for… you guessed it - kids.
angerous
F
ortress Investments
It might have sold 32 million copies worldwide, but it
was still the word that purists branded him with after
the controversial release of the Black or White video.
H
eal The World Foun-
dation
Inspired by the
song, Jackson
I
orthern Songs
The catalogue containing
the original sheet music of
McCartney and Lennon was taken by
Jackson outbidding the former Beatle;
this sparked off much ill will between
them.
M
otown Calling
nvincible
Amidst dropped sales and heightened controversy,
when Invincible unveiled in 2001 it silenced critics be-
ing his first studio album in six years.
founded the trust
in 1992 to mobilize
funds for famine
stricken children.
It also arranged for
kiddie sleep-overs
at Neverland.
N
The refinancing firm that
helped the heavily-in-debt
star hold on to his property
while salvaging some leeway
from Sony who held his fran-
chise rights.
J
ehovah’s Witness
The sect vigorously followed
by his mother, they were
the lot who protested en
masse to the visuals and
themes used in his uncut Thriller video.
O
A 9-year old Jackson
toured with 4 siblings
with the legendary
label producing their
records; they opened
before stripteases at third rate bar joints,
initially.
xygen
Though
the
ru-
mours of
his oxygen
bed
were
squashed as
“ridiculous”, it
was at London’s O2
Arena that his comeback
50 concert tour was set to
kick off.