For more than two decades, Bad reigned as the lone album to notch five Hot 100-toppers, until Katy Perry finally tied the achievement in 2011 with her fifth No. 1 hits off the same album, initially set in 1978 by the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack. 1 hits on the Billboard Hot 100.Įach of the set’s first five singles - Siedah Garrett ballad duet “I Just Can’t Stop Loving You,” storming title track “Bad,” strutting love song “The Way You Make Me Feel,” anthemic power ballad “Man in the Mirror” and rock-infused backstage drama “Dirty Diana” - made it all the way to the Hot 100’s apex, breaking the previous record of four No. But despite the lesser sales, Bad did achieve a feat that not only did Thriller not accomplish, but that no album in history ever had before: It spawned five No. by the time the album’s promo cycle finally ended at the close of the ’80s, and was finally certified diamond (for 10 million equivalent album units) by the RIAA earlier this year. Jackson would fall well short of that goal - Bad had topped out at 6-times platinum in the U.S. “I heard was that was carrying around - I can’t remember if it was a quarter and a nickel or three dimes - but he was carrying around 30 cents in his pocket because he wanted to sell ,” says Geoff Mayfield, retail editor at Billboard in 1987. Undaunted, Jackson and producer Quincy Jones attempted to outdo themselves with Bad, setting their sales goals even higher the next time around. 31, 1987 - Michael Jackson debuted one of the most anticipated albums in the history of pop music: Bad, the follow-up to 1982’s Thriller, which had already been certified 20-times platinum by the RIAA upon its successor’s release, well on its way to becoming the best-selling album of all time.
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