Sabotage Against Invincible: A Book About Michael Jackson’s Final Album

It has been a decade since the release of Michael Jackson’s last studio album. Invincible entered the music world on October 30, 2001. Previously, on this page, you read about the fans’ campaign to buy this album.

Although Invincible sold less than other works by Michael Jackson, it became number one in 11 countries around the world, including the United States, and sold 13 million copies worldwide. Many industry experts believe this album was ahead of its time. Promotion for the album came with a series of complications that Michael referred to as sabotage, and he pointed his finger at Sony—especially its then-president, Tommy Mottola.

Many Michael Jackson fans were disappointed and disheartened by Sony’s performance regarding this album. One of these people is Luka Neskavik, a student of diplomacy and international relations in Montenegro. He wrote a book titled Invincible Sabotage (Sabotage Against Invincible), which is sold on Amazon.

The English translation of this book was revised a few days ago and updated on Amazon. Sony/ATV catalog, conspiracy, and the devil are among the sections of this book. Michael had called Tommy Mottola the devil. It also includes the text of Michael’s speech in Harlem and London in 2002 about Sony’s sabotage.

The author writes in the book’s introduction:

“His trailer became the best-selling album in history. He set that record when everyone believed it belonged exclusively to the white race. He was the first Black artist whose music video was played on MTV. He broke not only musical but also racial boundaries and became a unique social phenomenon in the world. But he proved he wasn’t just an outstanding showman—he was also an expert in business. He bought the publishing rights to Beatles songs (the Beatles catalog). The media said it was theft because the Beatles no longer owned the ownership of the songs they had created. But no one asked why the Beatles hadn’t kept the publishing rights for themselves. Ten years later, Michael combined this catalog with the music catalog of Sony, and created the Sony/ATV publishing company—which is today the biggest in the world. The King of Pop, alongside the head of Sony Music, became the most powerful man in the industry.

But in 2001, Michael began working with the then-president of this company (the devil)—a domineering and racist man. When Michael realized what he was really like, he was ready to end his collaboration with him, but he was attacked instead. The result was that his Invincible album (the translation of Invincible) was subjected to sabotage.”

“I’ve always said… art—great art—never dies. ~ Michael Jackson.”

Source: eMJey.com / amazon.com