The first U. S. shipment of Michael Jackson's posthumous album, "Michael," will be 900,000 according to retail sources. Sony is projecting first-week CD sales of 340,000 and digital album sales of 60,000. Those numbers are similar to debut-week sales of Jackson's album "This Is It," though that album had the marketing strength of a major motion picuture behind it.
một giây week projections for "Michael," are set at 280,000 units, while digital sales are expected to slip from its debut week percentage of 15% to 8%. However, both of those percentages are better than the digital sales garnered bởi "This Is It" in its first week when the format accounted for only 5.6% of total sales.
Many âm nhạc merchants say the controversy surrounding the single "Breaking News" should fuel awareness and interest in the album.
"I think people will come out to buy the album, especially with the controversy," Edge Entertainment Distribution âm nhạc buyer Danny Cohen says.
The thảo luận over song quality and vocal authenticity will likely be a moot point bởi Nov. 15, when the Jackson website is scheduled to debut "Hold My Hand," which features Akon. That first commercially available single from "Michael" will be made available for sale that same ngày at digital stores like iTunes.
Some merchants worry that the quality of the first song streamed from Jackson's site may not inspire consumers to rush out and buy the whole album on đường phố, street date. One merchant described "Breaking News" as "an interesting choice to sell an album." However, many merchants say that Sony sales representatives have told them the single was chosen thêm because of the lyrical content as a way to herald the news about the upcoming album.
một giây week projections for "Michael," are set at 280,000 units, while digital sales are expected to slip from its debut week percentage of 15% to 8%. However, both of those percentages are better than the digital sales garnered bởi "This Is It" in its first week when the format accounted for only 5.6% of total sales.
Many âm nhạc merchants say the controversy surrounding the single "Breaking News" should fuel awareness and interest in the album.
"I think people will come out to buy the album, especially with the controversy," Edge Entertainment Distribution âm nhạc buyer Danny Cohen says.
The thảo luận over song quality and vocal authenticity will likely be a moot point bởi Nov. 15, when the Jackson website is scheduled to debut "Hold My Hand," which features Akon. That first commercially available single from "Michael" will be made available for sale that same ngày at digital stores like iTunes.
Some merchants worry that the quality of the first song streamed from Jackson's site may not inspire consumers to rush out and buy the whole album on đường phố, street date. One merchant described "Breaking News" as "an interesting choice to sell an album." However, many merchants say that Sony sales representatives have told them the single was chosen thêm because of the lyrical content as a way to herald the news about the upcoming album.
There comes a time when we heed a certain call
When the world must come together as one
There are people dying
And it's time to lend a hand to life
The greatest gift of all
We can't go on pretending ngày bởi day
That someone, somewhere will soon make a change
We are all a part of God's great big family
And the truth, bạn know,
tình yêu is all we need
We are the world, we are the children
We are the ones who make a brighter day
So let's start giving
There's a choice we're making
We're saving our own lives
It's true we'll make a better day
Just bạn and me
Send them your tim, trái tim so they'll know that someone cares
And their lives will be stronger and free
As God has shown us bởi turning stones to bread
So we all must lend a helping hand
When you're down and out, there seems no hope at all
But if bạn just believe there's no way we can fall
Let us realize that a change can only come
When we stand together as one
When the world must come together as one
There are people dying
And it's time to lend a hand to life
The greatest gift of all
We can't go on pretending ngày bởi day
That someone, somewhere will soon make a change
We are all a part of God's great big family
And the truth, bạn know,
tình yêu is all we need
We are the world, we are the children
We are the ones who make a brighter day
So let's start giving
There's a choice we're making
We're saving our own lives
It's true we'll make a better day
Just bạn and me
Send them your tim, trái tim so they'll know that someone cares
And their lives will be stronger and free
As God has shown us bởi turning stones to bread
So we all must lend a helping hand
When you're down and out, there seems no hope at all
But if bạn just believe there's no way we can fall
Let us realize that a change can only come
When we stand together as one
Sadness had been
Close as my tiếp theo of kin
Then happy came one ngày
Chased my blues away
My life began when happy smiled
Sweet like kẹo to a child
Stay here and tình yêu me just a while
Let sadness see what happy does
Let happy be where sadness was
Happy, that's bạn
bạn made my life brand new
Mất tích as a little cừu, thịt cừu was I
Till bạn came in
My life began when happy smiled
Sweet like kẹo to a child
Stay here and tình yêu me just a while
Let sadness see what happy does
Let happy be there where sadness was
(Till now)
Where have I been
What lifetime was I in
Suspended between time and không gian
Lonely until happy came smiling up at me
Sadness had no choice but to flee
I đã đưa ý kiến a prayer so silently
Let sadness see what happy does
Let happy be where sadness was
Till now
Happy
Yeah, yeah, happy
Close as my tiếp theo of kin
Then happy came one ngày
Chased my blues away
My life began when happy smiled
Sweet like kẹo to a child
Stay here and tình yêu me just a while
Let sadness see what happy does
Let happy be where sadness was
Happy, that's bạn
bạn made my life brand new
Mất tích as a little cừu, thịt cừu was I
Till bạn came in
My life began when happy smiled
Sweet like kẹo to a child
Stay here and tình yêu me just a while
Let sadness see what happy does
Let happy be there where sadness was
(Till now)
Where have I been
What lifetime was I in
Suspended between time and không gian
Lonely until happy came smiling up at me
Sadness had no choice but to flee
I đã đưa ý kiến a prayer so silently
Let sadness see what happy does
Let happy be where sadness was
Till now
Happy
Yeah, yeah, happy
Girlfriend
I'm gonna tell your boyfriend (yeah)
Tell him (woo hoo)
Exactly what we're doin' (yeah)
Tell him what bạn do to me
Late at night when the wind is free
Girlfriend
I'm gonna hiển thị your boyfriend (yeah)
hiển thị him (woo hoo)
The letters I've been savin' (yeah)
hiển thị him how bạn feel inside
An' how tình yêu could not be denied (oh no)
We're gonna have to tell him
You'll only be a girlfriend of mine
Do-doot-do, etc.
Girlfriend
bạn better tell your boyfriend (yeah)
Tell him (woo hoo)
Exactly what we're doin' (yeah)
Tell him what he needs to know
hoặc he may never let bạn go
Yeah we're gonna have to tell him
You'll only be a girlfriend of mine
Do-doot-do ...... ad lib to fade
I'm gonna tell your boyfriend (yeah)
Tell him (woo hoo)
Exactly what we're doin' (yeah)
Tell him what bạn do to me
Late at night when the wind is free
Girlfriend
I'm gonna hiển thị your boyfriend (yeah)
hiển thị him (woo hoo)
The letters I've been savin' (yeah)
hiển thị him how bạn feel inside
An' how tình yêu could not be denied (oh no)
We're gonna have to tell him
You'll only be a girlfriend of mine
Do-doot-do, etc.
Girlfriend
bạn better tell your boyfriend (yeah)
Tell him (woo hoo)
Exactly what we're doin' (yeah)
Tell him what he needs to know
hoặc he may never let bạn go
Yeah we're gonna have to tell him
You'll only be a girlfriend of mine
Do-doot-do ...... ad lib to fade
All bạn gotta do is just walk away and pass me bởi
Don't acknowledge my smile when I try to say hello to you, yeah
And all bạn gotta do is not answer my calls when
I'm trying to get through
To keep me wondering why, when all I can do is sigh
I just wanna touch bạn
Chorus
I just wanna touch and Kiss
And I wish that I could be with bạn tonight
bạn give me bướm inside, inside and I
All I gotta say is that I must be dreaming, can't be real
You're not here with me, still I can feel bạn near me
I caress you, let bạn taste us, just so blissful listen
I would give bạn anything baby, just make my dreams come true
Oh baby bạn give me bướm
Chorus x 2
If bạn would take my hand, baby I would hiển thị bạn
Guide bạn to the light babe
If bạn would be my love, baby I will tình yêu you, tình yêu bạn
'Till the end of time
Chorus x 3
Don't acknowledge my smile when I try to say hello to you, yeah
And all bạn gotta do is not answer my calls when
I'm trying to get through
To keep me wondering why, when all I can do is sigh
I just wanna touch bạn
Chorus
I just wanna touch and Kiss
And I wish that I could be with bạn tonight
bạn give me bướm inside, inside and I
All I gotta say is that I must be dreaming, can't be real
You're not here with me, still I can feel bạn near me
I caress you, let bạn taste us, just so blissful listen
I would give bạn anything baby, just make my dreams come true
Oh baby bạn give me bướm
Chorus x 2
If bạn would take my hand, baby I would hiển thị bạn
Guide bạn to the light babe
If bạn would be my love, baby I will tình yêu you, tình yêu bạn
'Till the end of time
Chorus x 3