The album produced a total of 9 singles around the world (the title track was planned as a single for early 1994 but cancelled).
The first single released from the album, Black or White was an instant success. The sales of the album were of just over 2 million, making Dangerous one of the UK's best selling albums of the nineties. In the UK the album was even more successful.There it spent 23 weeks inside the Top 10. The RIAA certified Dangerous at 7x Platinum for 7 million copies. In all, Dangerous spent 117 weeks inside the Billboard 200, 30 weeks more than Bad. The album really enjoyed a huge boost in sales during those days in early 1993 when MJ also performed at the Super Bowl and gave his famous interview to Oprah Winfrey. The album managed to spent another week inside the Top 10 in its 65th week in the charts, reaching #10, after Jackon received the Living Legend Award in the 1993 Grammy Awards. The album spent its four weeks straight at #1 and its first 17 weeks inside the Billboard 200 Top 10. In the US the album debuted at #1 with 326,500 copies sold. The first printing of the album was released as a large box with a picture of Michael Jackson's eyes, which folded open to reveal the normal cover, in pop-up card, with the CD, and booklet in the bottom.Įarly sales of the album were record breaking. The album cover was designed by Mark Ryden. Recording sessions for the album began in Los Angeles on Jand ended on October 29, 1991, being the most extensive recording project of Jackson's career until that time. Dangerous (6:59) Originally released: November 22, 1991.ĭangerous, released in November 1991 has sold approximately 30 million copies worldwide.
0 kommentar(er)
