Soulflower

To be honest, I really was not feeling this idea from the get go but they hyped it up like it was going to be something innovative. So I kinda had hopes high.

I agree with everything you are saying. MJ can NOT be duplicated and some things should just stay as an "idea". The Hologram was unnecessary but could have been executed better.

The company that did the Tupac Hologram in 2011 did not do MJ's hologram which is why it looks bad. I dunno, it looked like a straight up wack Las Vegas impersonator to me but I love MJ and am very critical when it comes to these things.

Was it creepy to you because it did not look like MJ or because of the whole spectacle of the Hologram?

I was highly disappointed

Soulflower

Can yall please explain why was it bizarre for you guys????


Michael Jackson Hologram Lures Most ‘Billboard Music Awards’ Viewers in 13 Years

Michael Jackson's hologram helped Sunday's “2014 Billboard Music Awards” earn a trophy of its own: the most viewers in 13 years. It also tied an 11-year high in the key demographic ratings.

ABC was first in ratings with a 3.0 rating/9 share in the advertiser-coveted 18-49 demographic and first in viewers with an average of 9.5 million, according to preliminary numbers. “America's Funniest Home Videos” at 7 p.m. had a 1.6/6 and 6.6 million viewers. The “Billboard Music Awards” followed at 8, earning night-highs 3.5/10 and 10.5 million viewers.

http://www.thewrap.com/billboard-mus...bc-tv-ratings/

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I placed another Hologram link guys so the above Hologram performance link should work this time until it gets taken down

Wpnfire

The hologram was indeed strange, but good god, just shows what technology today can do! Wow!

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I feel like it captured his movements alright. The beginning of the performance that ended up looking like a water sheen was covering it made it look a bit peculiar. Also, why didn't they just use the lead single that everyone loves and could sing along to? Sure, for the fans that did end up buying the album they could sing along to Slave to the Rhythm but Love Never Felt So Good has been getting more radio airplay and people most likely know that song.

I'm just not okay with holograms of dead people performing period. It just seems super exploitative.

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The Hologram was AWFUL! I think they did a hologram of an impersonator because Mike NEVER moved that slow and it looked NOTHING like him!

I agree they should have picked a better single. They could have picked the lead single or Blue Gangsta or Xscape. I don't particularly care for the re-worked version of Slave to the Rhythm. I think the demo is WAY better.

Yes, it is very exploitative which is why I did not like the idea but since they were hyping it up like it was going to be something interesting I went along with it but now I feel horrible that they did do it. I just hope they do not do a Hologram tour. Some of the fans liked the Hologram and some did not. So the reviews are split in the middle.

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TMZ NEWS

MICHAEL JACKSON ESTATE
INVITES H.S. IMPERSONATOR TO LAS VEGAS

EXCLUSIVE

17-year-old Michael Jackson fan Brett Nichols didn't just win his school's talent show with his MJ routine ... he caught the eye of MJ's estate ... who have invited the kid to Las Vegas for a show ... TMZ has learned.

A rep for the Jackson estate tells TMZ ... the executors saw Nichols' impressive performance and were blown away ... so they put together a package to send to Nichols to show how much they liked his act.

The rep says they sent Nichols two CDs (no iTunes cards?) and an invitation for Brett and his family (mom, dad and sister) to all attend a performance of Michael Jackson ONE in Las Vegas.

We're told they contacted Nichols' principal, who in turn told Nichols and his family this afternoon ... who were predictably beyond excited.

Much better than some stupid trophy.



He performed better than the Hologram lol

Arya Stark

Ahaha that is so weird. I actually didn't see the Hologram but I feel like it would have been really eery and sad to watch. I don't know why they keep doing it. It was already weird enough when they did it @ Coachella.

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A week after becoming the first artist to reach the Billboard Hot 100's top 10 in five different decades (and six including his work with the Jackson 5), as "Love Never Felt So Good," with Justin Timberlake zoomed 22-9,

Michael Jackson makes news again, as his 1983 No. 1 "Billie Jean" returns. The song re-enters at No. 14 thanks to the popularity of a viral video featuring the track.

[*]Meanwhile, Jackson scores his milestone 50th Hot 100 hit, as "Slave to the Rhythm," from his new album "Xscape," debuts at No. 45.



"Billie Jean" revisits the Hot 100 with 95 percent of its chart points from streaming. It debuts on the Streaming Songs chart at No. 2 thanks to the stylings of Brett Nichols, a junior at Pitman High School in Turlock, Calif. Nichols performed Jackson's iconic dance sequence from 1983's "Motown 25" TV special for his school's talent show, with the clip featuring the song's original audio. The video went viral and Jackson's classic bows on Streaming Songs with 11.2 million U.S. streams in the week ending May 25 (a 320 percent surge), according to Nielsen BDS. It debuts with 95 percent of its streams from YouTube (non-Vevo) activity.

"Billie Jean," from "Thriller," the best-selling studio album of all time (it's been certified 29 times Platinum by to the RIAA), spent seven weeks at No. 1 on the Hot 100 in a 24-week run in 1983. It and 1991's "Black or White" mark the longest reigns of Jackson's 13 Hot 100 No. 1s, the most leaders among solo males.

On Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, "Billie Jean" re-enters at No. 6. It spent nine weeks at No. 1 in 1983, passing "Rock With You" (six weeks, 1980) for his longest command on the genre tally.

Jackson also earns his landmark 50th Hot 100 entry, as "Slave to the Rhythm" begins at No. 45. With 75 of its chart points from streaming, the song enters Streaming Songs at No. 11 (3.9 million, up 345 percent). Fifty-six percent of its streaming activity is owed to the official Vevo video of the much buzzed-about virtual Jackson performing the song at the Billboard Music Awards on May 18.

Jackson becomes the 30th artist to collect at least 50 Hot 100 hits and the 20th solo male to earn the honor (tying Eminem's sum). Lil Wayne leads all male soloists with 121 entries, followed by Elvis Presley (108), James Brown (91), Jay Z (82) and Ray Charles (74). Among all acts, Lil Wayne trails only the cast of Fox's "Glee," which has made 207 Hot 100 visits.

On Hot R&B/Hop-Hop Songs, "Slave" soars 38-12. Jackson also debuts at No. 50 with "Chicago."

"Love Never Felt So Good" (which drops 9-16 on the Hot 100 dated June 7), "Slave" and "Chicago" are from Jackson's posthumous album "Xscape," which debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 dated May 31. It ranks at No. 3 this week with 67,000 copies sold (down 57 percent) in the U.S. in the week ending May 25, according to Nielsen SoundScan. Its two-week sales total stands at 224,000.