Michael Jackson mime. His ability to keep one leg straight as he glides while the other bends and seems to walk requires perfect timing." Gordy said of the performance: "From the first beat of 'Billie Jean', I was mesmerized, and when he did his iconic moonwalk, I was shocked, it was magic, Michael Jackson went into orbit, and never came down." In November 1983, Jackson and his brothers partnered with PepsiCo in a $5 million promotional deal that broke records for a celebrity endorsement. The first Pepsi Cola campaign, which ran in the United States from 1983 to 1984 and launched its
Design of a Decade: 1986–1996 title, since a majority of the songs came from the period of 1986–1991. It was certified Double Platinum by the RIAA, within 4 months of release sold more than 4.3 million copies and has since sold 10 million copies worldwide. Jackson fulfilled her contract with A&M Records, signing a multimillion-dollar contract with Virgin Records estimated between $32 million and $50 million, making her the highest paid recording artist at the time. Jackson's fifth studio album "Janet", stylized as "janet." and read "Janet, period", was released in May 1993. The record opened at number one on the "Billboard" 200, making Jackson