Could Michael Jackson make a Successful Comeback? [Archive]

Baron24

Mar 8, 2007, 04:03 PM

In your opinion is there any hope of MJ having a successful comeback? Personally i think a successful comeback would be 2 to 3 million in sales which would be great considering all of the Negativity surrounding him. Selling 2 million in the USA is actually very good for a 48 year old artist.

I think if he makes music that is geared towards the Urban r&b audience,he stands a much better chance for success ,because Urban radio stations give his music a chance as long as it's hot,and the listeners buy the music as long as its hot. It seems like Pop radio refuses to play his music because of the negativity so making music towards that audience might hurt album sales because of pop radio not playing him. His last album Invincible sold 2 million with the hit single Butterflies which was my song. If he makes songs similair to Butterflies throught the album,i think he can be successful.

psycoswimmer

Mar 8, 2007, 04:04 PM

Probably not? There's so much negativity geared towards him. And isn't he something like $300 million in debt?

psychofreak

Mar 8, 2007, 04:05 PM

I think not...he's just TOO weird...

Baron24

Mar 8, 2007, 04:09 PM

r&b stations give him a lot of love here in the US so i dont think its possible for him to sale in the 1 million or below range. If the music is geared towards that audience,it should at least sale 2 million.

That's not bad ,even for a artist without negavitity.

MacBoobsPro

Mar 8, 2007, 04:10 PM

His music isnt really an issue. His success at producing great music is unquestionable its all the crap that comes with him and his weird lifestyle.

Ive heard Neo has written a few songs for MJs new album. Neo is a brilliant song writer and has written many successful songs including Beyonces Irreplaceable.

There is also someone who is really respected in the RNB scene producing MJs new album. I just cant remember his name. :o

I dont think his popularity will ever hit major heights again but Im sure there are a few more hits in him.

Lets hope so because he is a fantastic performer. :)

Baron24

Mar 8, 2007, 04:13 PM

Will i am is producing the album. I agree it's impossible for him to ever get back to the level he was on during the 80s. There is way to much negativity surrounding him.

notjustjay

Mar 8, 2007, 04:28 PM

I think the fact that he's not languishing in jail and/or people don't automatically spit after saying his name is much more lenience than most of us will ever get, or deserve.

Just imagine if it was your coworker who was accused of the sorts of things MJ was. Wouldn't he be fired by now? Would you still call him up, or have him over for Christmas dinner? No, I imagine not!

Even if there's no legal proof, there's enough funny business going on to cast serious, serious doubts, and I suspect that only his fame and money prevented MJ from getting the same class of treatment as others who have exhibited similar suspicious behaviours (whether legally guilty of anything or not).

Some people, so much as look at a child funny, and they've been cast with a stigma that's very hard to remove. Yet MJ gets away with so much crap and we all give him money anyway.

astarling06

Mar 8, 2007, 04:29 PM

Even with all the weird behavior, MJ could come back and stun everyone with a new album. He'd sell millions just on the curiosity of American music listeners alone. Heck, I'd buy it just to see what he's talking about these days. I'm also waiting on Britney Spears' comeback album. She's going to have a lot to talk about as well. It's not that I'm a MJ fan or a Britney fan, but I would be interested in what's on their mind with all the trouble they've stirred up for themselves. Maybe they could do a duet!! :D

cwedl

Mar 8, 2007, 04:31 PM

I think he can, I care about the music he has created and may create if I like it then I will buy it, he's been proven innocent and so in my book he has just as much right to make a successful comeback as Take That!

epochblue

Mar 8, 2007, 05:28 PM

And, IMO, I don't think MJ could manage to maintain "normalcy" long enough to make a comeback. Sadly, he's had too many PR disasters lately that nearly overshadow everything he's ever done.

MacBoobsPro

Mar 8, 2007, 05:30 PM

He is close to agreeing a £250M deal to start touring again with the rest of the Jacksons. No BS either. Its only him that holding things up :rolleyes: But it is close to being agreed apparently.

Baron24

Mar 8, 2007, 05:38 PM

Reuniting with the jacksons? I thought he was working with Will i am. They said the album was almost completed.

MacNut

Mar 8, 2007, 06:10 PM

Didn't MJ release an album a few years ago and it failed miserably.

Queso

Mar 8, 2007, 06:13 PM

Didn't MJ release an album a few years ago and it failed miserably.
Yeah, but as he released it amongst a storm of negative publicity, were you surprised?

Baron24

Mar 8, 2007, 06:22 PM

Didn't MJ release an album a few years ago and it failed miserably.

It failed by MJ standards ,not by regular artist standards. His last album of brand new material Invincible sold 2.3 million in the USA and 8 million worldwide. That's a flop by his standards,but when you compare it to other music artist,that's actually very good.

Flop to me is when you start selling below 1 million copies.

FireArse

Mar 8, 2007, 06:22 PM

Me thinks he can make a comeback. Even in Europe I think he can make it big. To be honest - I just paid £100 to see the Police play in London this September. You think seeing Michael Jackson Live would sell for any less?

I think he can make it back. His brother's spell on Big Brother won't hurt his ratings either - I think he was great on there. Everyone expected this Jackson to be a weirdo - but he was pretty good. Came within the top 3 i think??

Yeah, common Jacko. I wanna see you live in London. Cr@p-loads of people do.

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MacNut

Mar 8, 2007, 07:18 PM

If MJ didn't have the cloud os suspicion around him then yes he could still sell, I think after all that has happened with him in the past 10 years he will never have success or really want anyone to want to get close enough to him to risk investing in him. Just like other aging 80's pop stars there becomes a point when you have to hang up the white glove.

I hope he never comes back, it is nice not having to see him on TV.

Gokhan

Mar 8, 2007, 10:23 PM

mj really needs to get back with the people who made him great i.e rod templeton , quincy jones etc these guys made sure he produced quality stuff if not these guys then respected producers NOT WILL-I-AM maybe pharrel , scott storch , dr dre that sort of crowd would make him hot again and i think the black community would accept mj a little more if he went back to his roots and worked with these ghetto artists just my 2 cents :D

Queso

Mar 9, 2007, 04:59 AM

If MJ didn't have the cloud os suspicion around him then yes he could still sell, I think after all that has happened with him in the past 10 years he will never have success or really want anyone to want to get close enough to him to risk investing in him. Just like other aging 80's pop stars there becomes a point when you have to hang up the white glove.
Hmm, maybe you should try telling that to Prince or Madonna. They don't seem to be doing too badly these days.

Sun Baked

Mar 9, 2007, 05:04 AM

If he gets a lounge lizard job in Vegas, and sticks with it for a couple years -- while curbing his spending and weirdness... he has a chance of turning things around.

Otherwise, if he continues the current path -- he might as well join Hasselhoff on a international tour, and skip the US.

MacBoobsPro

Mar 9, 2007, 05:13 AM

Didn't MJ release an album a few years ago and it failed miserably.

Still sold 2 million + copies though ;)

MacNut

Mar 9, 2007, 12:49 PM

Still sold 2 million + copies though ;)So did a lot of other artists but that doesn't mean what they made was any good. The fact is that MJ will always sell because his fan base will buy anything. That is not a good meter of quality or the general public.

PreacherKane

Mar 9, 2007, 02:33 PM

If he stops grabbing his crotch, he'll sell even more. But he is guaranteed at least 2-4 million sales from his loyal fan base and people who remember his heyday. He is still very well loved in Europe and the Far East.

failsafe1

Mar 9, 2007, 02:46 PM

Successful by what standard? Getting out of debt? Doubt it. Produce some music that would be greeted by critical success? Never even in the past in my opinion. Making himself look like a "normal" pop star? Perhaps.

QCassidy352

Mar 9, 2007, 02:54 PM

I don't think so. He's become too much of a circus freak for anyone to ever take him seriously again. It's too bad, really, because he was one of the greatest performers of his generation and really changed the musical landscape pretty dramatically.

PreacherKane

Mar 9, 2007, 03:18 PM

MJ really needs to hook up with some of the better producers around. Regardless of his image, a good RnB track will help to reduce the negative and promote the positive. Or he could just go to Vegas and do a 'Celine Dion?

Didn't she get $1million per show or something crazy like that?

MacNut

Mar 9, 2007, 03:20 PM

PreacherKane

Mar 9, 2007, 03:35 PM

With his crazy make-up, more like the Luxor.http://www.luxor.com/;)

Lord Blackadder

Mar 9, 2007, 03:37 PM

In this day and age, the possibilities for personal re-invention are almost limitless, as long as you have no personal integrity or conscience.

PreacherKane

Mar 9, 2007, 03:44 PM

He needs to make alot of money, quickly. He has surrounded himself with people who don't seem to know how to tell him to stop.
Stop spending money on really daft things, stop letting children (he doesn't know) share the same bed, stop bleaching his face.