Yes i know, a Michael Jackson thread. BUT!

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I've just read that he had a library of over 100 tracks, that he kept for after his death to support his children.

Less than four months before Jackson's death, one of his biographers, Ian Halperin, revealed that Jackson had a library of over 100 unreleased songs which he planned to have released after his death to support his children.

I cannot wait :)

-Alex
 
Already mentioned in the other thread. Although, I think you could probably get away with this being a thread in its own right if you'd posted it in Music instead. :p

It'll be pretty awesome if they released them all, although I can see them perhaps doing them an album at a time - more money to be made that way.
 
Already mentioned in the other thread. Although, I think you could probably get away with this being a thread in its own right if you'd posted it in Music instead. :p

It'll be pretty awesome if they released them all, although I can see them perhaps doing them an album at a time - more money to be made that way.

I so cannot wait for this to happen, very clever man. I think it'll be a brilliant saver for his children. With his old music being top of charts and top selling at the moment, fans are gonna be rushing to buy all the new stuff.
 
They probably won't be released for a while. I'd imagine that they'll want to cash-in on the sales for his already released material - special edition boxsets, etc.
 
it gets slightly worse:

The death of Michael Jackson has raised new speculation about his reported desire to be preserved in plastic, by German doctor Gunther Von Hagens, creator of the popular "Body Worlds" exhibits.

The London Daily Mail quotes Von Hagens as saying an agreement was reached months ago with representatives of the Jackson family to plastinate Jackson's body.
 
The death of Michael Jackson has raised new speculation about his reported desire to be preserved in plastic, by German doctor Gunther Von Hagens, creator of the popular "Body Worlds" exhibits.

The London Daily Mail quotes Von Hagens as saying an agreement was reached months ago with representatives of the Jackson family to plastinate Jackson's body.

"Daily Mail" :rolleyes:

Made my views clear on Jackson in the main thread.

Remember, its the Daily Mail. Never fully believe anything they print.
 
it might/might no be true, but the OP was not taken from daily mail.

A lot of Artists have music released after their death, to generate more money, and interest in their music. It's always a good idea to do things like this in the music industry. At least they can't hear the criticism :)

I wouldn't believe that coming from the Daily Fail.
 
Quite interesting, looking forward to hearing what they release, even though I was never a particular fan of his music anyway. Out of interest, who owns the rights to MJ's music? I imagine whoever does is going to make an absolute fortune (unless of course they offer to donate some to a funeral fund or something, I have no idea).
 
Depends on who gets his estate ? :confused:

A genius of a songwriter and performer, Jackson was not so in tune with his personal finances. At one point the star owed more than $270 million to Bank of America (BAC). In 2005 the bank sold that debt at a discount to the private equity firm Fortress Investment Group (FIG). Jackson, who reportedly spent as much as $30 million a year during the good times on clothes, travel, and toys for his ranch, successfully fought an attempt to auction many of his personal possessions earlier this year. Over the years those suing Jackson for past-due bills included his former publicist, video director, attorney, and financial advisers.

Not much is known about Jackson's estate planning or will. He leaves behind three children and his well-known brothers, sisters, mother, and father. The star had one asset that will likely be the target of much maneuvering by creditors and heirs in the coming months and years—his 50% interest in the Sony/ATV music catalog. Shortly after his string of early 1980s hits that included Thriller, one of the best-selling albums of all time, Jackson was shrewdly advised to buy the Beatles catalog for $47 million. Ten years later, Jackson merged his music company with Sony Corp.'s (SNE) music publishing arm in a deal reportedly worth $90 million to him.

Today, that company owns the publishing rights to thousands of hit songs by everyone from Neil Diamond to Lady Gaga. Music publishers collect royalties from radio stations, movie studios, and record labels every time a song is played or album sold. Jackson's half interest has been estimated to be worth as much as $500 million. Jackson's own hits are owned by a separate company, also now part of his estate. But like his life, Jackson's estate is unlikely to be settled without controversy.
 
If they are recent songs then he was way past his time.

It was what only 18 months or so ago that they re-released his singles into the charts, 1 per week and they didn't do that well. Now he's dead each one would chart at no1 week in week out which shows you the hysteria that goes on when someone famous dies.

Radio one didn't even like playing his re-releases on the chart show, they used to cut them short.

A good idea to make sure his kids are well funded. Such a shame he wasn't better advised with his money. It was sad seeing his estate picked apart.
 
Is it too early to start the conspiracy rumours that he's not dead ? :)

MW

Course he's not, as I posted earlier, he was abducted by pop loving aliens.


Be kinda interesting to hear the new unreleased music, especially if it's stuff recorded at his peak but stored away for such an event. It'll also be slightly spooky though I always think that when I see/hear a dead famous person.
 
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