Bad
Bad is an album by Michael Jackson. It was released in 1987 by Epic Records. It is one of the 20 best-selling albums of all time and the ninth best-selling album ever in the UK. 9 out of the 11 songs on the album were released as singles, 10 had music videos, and five reached number one in the US Billboard Hot 100. This was the most number ones an artist had ever had from one album. The album is a mixture of R&B, pop rock and soul. It was produced by Quincy Jones. Rolling Stone magazine put the album at number 202 in their 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. The album is in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die. Bad won two Grammy Awards. Jackson wanted the album to have thirty songs on it. Quincy Jones cut this down to ten. The CD release of Bad included "Leave Me Alone" as the eleventh song. Davitt Sigerson, of Rolling Stone wrote that "Bad is a better record than Thriller."