The Legend Lives On

Even after passing away, Michael Jackson as a legend lives on.
On March 16, 2010, Sony Music Entertainment signed a new deal with the Jackson estate to extend their distribution rights to his back catalogue until at least 2017, as well as to obtain permission to release ten new albums with previously unreleased material and new collections of released work. On November 4th, 2010 Sony announced the release of "Michael," the first posthumous album set to be released on the 14th of December 2010, with the first single release on November 8, entitled "Breaking News". The deal was unprecedented in the music industry as it is the most expensive music contract pertaining to a single artist in history; it reportedly involved Sony Music paying $250 million for the deal, with the Jackson estate getting the full sum as well as its share of royalties for all works released.

What do I think about it? Honestly, I don't know. I really don't know. Will I buy this new albun? As of now, no. I did hear 'Breaking News' on Michael's website - pained me so much that I couldn't go beyond a quarter of the song.

The work is essentially unreleased work of Michael. If the songs were not a part of the albums initially, it means they were not supposed to be released. And Michael must have given a lot of thought & brainstormed around which songs are the best of the best to be released. Why then? Is it all because of the money? People around him earned when he was alive, many more people are earning when he's gone.

Very few people in recent history have such "charisma" to lead and Michael was one of them.