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Michael Jackson You Are Not Alone Live HIStory World Tour

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"You Are Not Alone", released in August 1995, is the second single from Michael Jackson's album HIStory. The R&B ballad was officially written by R. Kelly in response to difficult times in his personal life. He then forwarded a bare demo tape to Jackson, who liked the song and decided to co-produce it with Kelly. Jackson's interest in the song was also linked to recent event's in his personal life; highly publicized allegations of child sexual abuse and his recent marriage to Lisa Marie Presley. The vast majority of critical reaction to "You Are Not Alone" was positive, although it did not attain unanimous praise. The song was the recipient of Grammy and American Music Award nominations. The corresponding music video, which featured Jackson and his wife was also notable for its scenes of semi nudity. Commercially, the song was a significant success, it holds a Guinness World Record as the first song in the 37 year history of the Billboard Hot 100 to debut at number one; It was later certified platinum by the RIAA. The song peaked highly in all major markets. In 2007, a court ruled that Kelly had plagiarized another song while making "You Are Not Alone". The verdict and consequences are only recognized in Belgium. HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I (often abbreviated to HIStory) is a double album by Michael Jackson, released on June 20, 1995, and is Jackson's ninth. The first disc, named "HIStory Begins" consists of a selection of Jackson's greatest hits from the singer's past fifteen years, while the second, named "HIStory Continues" features new songs, with the exception of "Come Together", which was recorded in 1987. HIStory has been cited as the best-selling multiple disc album ever released, with worldwide sales of 18 million (36 million in terms of units). It is the top grossing album of Jackson's career behind Thriller. Recording started in September 1994 and would carry through the early spring of 1995. Jackson wrote the majority of the songs attacking the press for "scandalizing" him and gave messages to fans to not "feed into the tabloids". One of the songs included "Scream", a duet between Michael and sister Janet, who had agreed to do a duet with her brother after she felt that she "had made it to the top" and she didn't fear that she'd "had to ride Michael's coattails". Other songs that attacked the tabloids included "Tabloid Junkie" and "This Time Around". The Michael and Janet duet was the first of several tunes Jackson produced with Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis ("2 Bad", "HIStory", "Tabloid Junkie") but not without additional help from the likes of Dallas Austin ("This Time Around"), R. Kelly (the lone ballad, "You Are Not Alone") and Jackson himself ("They Don't Care About Us", "Earth Song", "Stranger in Moscow", "D.S.", "Money", "Little Susie", "Smile"). Jackson, in fact, dominated the production of the album though not fully incorporating serious issues into his music including racism, the ecology and his own personal travails ("D.S.", in particular, was an attack on the district attorney of Jackson's case, Thomas Sneddon, in which he is heard singing in the chorus despite the lyrics reading "Dom Sheldon", possibly used to escape a lawsuit). Like on previous albums, Jackson wanted to feature guest stars. Other than his sister Janet, rapper The Notorious B.I.G. put down a rap verse in "This Time Around", soul group Boyz II Men sung background vocals on "HIStory" and basketball star and sometime rapper Shaquille O'Neal put down a verse on "2 Bad". While fourteen of the songs were new recordings, Jackson included an older recording of his cover of The Beatles' "Come Together", which he had recorded during the Bad period. It was altered slightly before being included on the album. HIStory was originally to be called "Decade", which would include several previous Jackson hits and several new songs from the later part of his career. This was shelved and HIStory was eventually expanded into a two-disc set.
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  • beautiful :'( :'( <3

  • I miss him. I miss him to much. Rest Michael Fly high

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  • TE RECORDAMOS MICHAEL:

    

  • I've seen a live of this song but it was a european woman who were "dancing" with Mickael!she was crying, shouting,jumping,hugging really hard michael, 2 bodyguards were needed to get rid of her!!a real fury!!

    I prefer this one!!she's more respectful with mickael!!

    miss you mickael!!you were a great artist!!!I'll listen to all your songs till my death comes!!I LOVE YOU!

  • This is one of the best songs ever created. Michael Jackson just couldn't catch a break.

  • Awwww bless him with the fan love you michael xx

  • u know what pisses me the most about the comments on almost all his vids....people don't realize what they have until its gone. now they're all like "i love you"....should of told him when he was alive. Seize the day or die regreting the time you lost...

    Will miss u MJ

    Forever in our hearts

  • it's really great the way he always gets one DAMN lucky girl from the crowd and embrace her....really really cool...he's never like those squirmish popstars who hated touching and being touched by their fans.....love him for this....love him for everything that he is....

  • I love the way he's dancing with that girl. So sweet!

  • @topnotchkitty HAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHA where the hell did he come from at 0:37 HAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHA

  • playback started and Michael was not still ready..LOL

  • MICHAEL,I promess you: I'll never let you part, for you are always in MY HEART. I LOVE and MISS you so much, so much, so much...R.I.P. my ANGEL

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