Bad Memories (7): A few truths about BAD

Only one week remains until the release of Bad 25. During these seven days, every day we’ll bring you memories of Bad. The “golden era of Bad” is a paradoxical title, but not for Michael Jackson. In his vocabulary, “Bad” is one of the best—and that can only be true for Michael Jackson. There has been plenty of discussion on this page about the importance of this period in Michael Jackson’s life and career. One of these is related to MTV awards. Do you know which award in the music industry is named in honor of Michael Jackson? On September 7, 1988, Michael won the MTV Music Video Pioneer Award (Video Vanguard) for the first time, for the album Bad. Three years later, the award was named after him—Michael Jackson. There’s a lot to say about Bad. That’s why the official Michael Jackson website has, for some time now, started publishing facts related to the Bad album on a daily basis using the hashtag WhosBad# (#Who’s Bad?—a famous phrase from the song Bad). Read some of them below: The album BAD was released on August 31, 1987. #Who’sBad? Did you know that in its first five days of release, this album sold 500,000 copies in the UK? This happened for the first time in history, and before that, no artist had managed such sales in just five days. #Who’sBad? Did you know that MJ, as a member of a music group and also as a solo artist, was the first person whose four singles in a row went to number one? And when, in July 1988, the single Dirty Diana also hit number one, he broke his own record. Five songs from the Bad album consecutively reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100. #Who’sBad? Source: eMJey.com / michaeljackson.com