Vitne Eveille

Just watched the "Black or White" video, takes me back! Love it

Janszoon

Oh man, I remember when he had the big world premier of that video where they aired the extended version on some network. Fox maybe?

I also remember when I thought the morphing faces was really cool which, sadly, is not how it looks to me at all any more.

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A Night in the Life of the Invisible Man

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25 Albums You Should Hear Before the Moon Crashes into the Earth and We All Die

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Vitne Eveille

"Black or White" is still a fun video, as are many of his still. Yeah, when I was little, when the video came out, I thought the morphing was so weird!

Soulflower

Michael Jackson Tops Forbes' List Of Top-Earning Dead Celebrities With $140 Million Haul

Michael is also once again the top-earning celebrity dead or alive.


Being alive is so overrated. The 13 late luminaries who rank on this year’s list of the Top-Earning Dead Celebrities brought in a total of $363.5 million over the last 12 months. While living, celebrities can be temperamental and demanding. In death, they simply become brands to be managed. Their images can be attached to everything from T-shirts and posters to fragrances and lingerie, and they can even return from the dead in the form of eerily life-like holograms.

Few celebrities prove the point that there is (financial) life after death better than Michael Jackson. The King of Pop tops our list yet again with $140 million in earnings. This year, the singer had his second posthumous album release with Xscape, which debuted at No. 2 on the charts. He also appeared (in hologram form) on stage at the Billboard Music Awards. The hologram performance left some fans thrilled and others a bit freaked out, but expect to see more of the same from other dead celebrities as the technology advances to the point where we won’t be able to tell the difference.

Bettie Page, who ties for ninth on our list with $9 million in earnings, is also about to get the hologram treatment. The star’s iconic look (severe bangs, jet black hair, pin-up girl clothing) is making a comeback and now CMG, the company that manages Page’s estate, is working on a show about the star’s life. Set to open in Vegas next year (a venue has yet to be determined), the show will feature a hologram Page doing one of her famous striptease acts.

To compile our list we talk to estate managers, agents, music publishers and other in-the-know folks to come up with estimates of what each estate brought in between October 2013 and October 2014. We don’t deduct for taxes or things like management fees.

Ranking second behind Jackson is Elvis Presley with an estimated $55 million in earnings over the 12-month period. Authentic Brands Group bought the rights to Elvis last year for a reported $125 million. Presley’s estate still rakes in millions thanks to the throngs of tourists who visit Graceland each year and Elvis’ extensive music library. But ABG plans to boost earnings with (you guessed it) a hologram Elvis. ABG CEO Jamie Salter told Ad Week that hologram Elvis will be up and running in the spring and that he might return to Las Vegas or even perform with hologram Michael Jackson.

Cartoonist Charles Schulz ranks third with $40 million. Schulz’s Peanuts characters have never really gone away thanks to online versions of the comic strip, successful merchandising and the ubiquitous MetLife MET -3.13% ads featuring Snoopy and the gang. But now the Peanuts are being introduced to a whole new generation with an upcoming 3-D movie from Fox studios. The movie is slated to be in theaters in November 2015. If it’s a hit, expect Shulz’s earning to climb the following year.

Elizabeth Taylor ranks fourth with $25 million in earnings. Thanks to her best-selling perfume and her old movies, Taylor still rakes it in. But as the last embodiment of old Hollywood glamour, everyone believes there’s a lot more that can be done with her brand. Expect more Elizabeth Taylor merchandise to roll out in the coming years.


Rounding out the top five is reggae singer Bob Marley with an estimated $20 million in earnings. The singer’s mellow mug can be seen on everything from messenger bags to T-shirts to a line of fruit-flavored drinks. The Marley beverage company’s motto: Live Relaxed.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/dorothyp...d-celebrities/



One word: LEGEND! Congrats Mike! We love and miss you!!! xxx

Soulflower

Someone Put Your Hand Out
Written By: Michael Jackson and Teddy Riley

Fun facts: "Someone Put Your Hand Out" was a Pepsi-supported cassette single released in Europe to promote the Dangerous World Tour.


Fun facts: "Someone Put Your Hand Out" was also released in MJ's "The Ultimate Collection" in America on July 25, 2005.


This song always makes me cry. Its a very powerful balled that is filled with so much emotion. When Michael sings " I live my life so lonely" you can definitely tell that he is pouring his soul into those lyrics since he often said he felt that way in his personal life.

Monkey Business (previously unreleased)

Written by: Michael Jackson and Bill Bottrell

Fun facts: This song was due to be on Dangerous but was cut. However, MJ released the song his "Ultimate Collection" box set in 2005

I LOVE this song. Its so jazzy and funky! Michael melts me with his vocals. He knows how to make the panties wet. Michael slays on this song.

Soulflower

Dangerous music videos behind the scenes and makings of.... stay tuned.

Zhanteimi

I like the way he leans in the Smooth Criminal video.

triciadellgrime

the king!

Kedvesem

How can we miss him when his music, the only part of him with which we could interact, is left? We can still listen to it.

Jathon Delsy

MJ was a prodigious talent. His music was a truly eclectic fusion of genres into his own unique but highly accessible and contagious idiom, with shades of funk, soul, rock, pop, rap, blues, jazz and even classical. He invented his own style of vocalisation, with his throaty punches and stutters, his exquisitely sweet vibratoed croonings, his gutsy grunts and growls, all articulated and punctuated by his outstandingly syncopated sense of rhythm. He reflected and expressed the zeitgeist of his time, and looked and sounded like a total superstar.
Of course there remains serious questions about his personal life and proclivities. But I still love his totally classy catchy music, especially "Thriller" and perhaps his best offering, "Off The Wall".

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