Michael Jackson's Album Cover Named Best Pop Album Cover in Five Years
Last month, Complex magazine selected the MICHAEL album cover as the best pop album cover of the past five years. The album was released on December 10, 2010 following Michael's passing, and the cover was designed by the artist Kadir Nelson.
A poster of the same painting covered an area of 2,700 square meters just three kilometers from London's Heathrow Airport that same year, and the Guinness World Records certified it as the world's largest poster. Read the full story on this page.
The cover design was based on a painting commissioned by the King of Pop himself. Read more details on this page.
Dale Isinger of Complex magazine described the design as exceptional and multifaceted, writing as the reason for choosing it as the best cover of the past five years:
"At first glance, this design appears to be a collage of the defining moments of Jackson's career, but on closer inspection, it reflects the highs, lows, and struggles of one of the greatest pop artists in history. The design is as much a puzzle to be solved for fans as it is a portrait of the extraordinary life of an extraordinary man."
Source: eMJey.com / Complex Magazine
Last month, Complex magazine selected the MICHAEL album cover as the best pop album cover of the past five years. The album was released on December 10, 2010 following Michael's passing, and the cover was designed by the artist Kadir Nelson.
A poster of the same painting covered an area of 2,700 square meters just three kilometers from London's Heathrow Airport that same year, and the Guinness World Records certified it as the world's largest poster. Read the full story on this page.
The cover design was based on a painting commissioned by the King of Pop himself. Read more details on this page.
Dale Isinger of Complex magazine described the design as exceptional and multifaceted, writing as the reason for choosing it as the best cover of the past five years:
"At first glance, this design appears to be a collage of the defining moments of Jackson's career, but on closer inspection, it reflects the highs, lows, and struggles of one of the greatest pop artists in history. The design is as much a puzzle to be solved for fans as it is a portrait of the extraordinary life of an extraordinary man."
Source: eMJey.com / Complex Magazine