Released: November 26th 1991

Produced by: Michael Jackson, Teddy Riley, Bill Bottrell.

Label: Epic

Sales: 30+ million

The Dangerous album was released on November 26, 1991, and became the fastest selling number one album, breaking the records by entering the charts at #1 only 3 days after it's release! It was also the first album released by Sony Music that had a Thursday release date, rather than the traditional Monday release.

This was the first solo album by Michael Jackson that was not produced by Quincy Jones. For this album Michael worked on production with Teddy Riley and Bill Bottrell. The album is classed as New Jack Swing in genre and is the biggest selling New Jack Swing album of all time.

The 'Dangerous' album produced 9 singles from it's 14 tracks; "Black Or White", "Remember The Time", "Jam", "In The Closet", "Heal The World", "Who Is It", "Will You Be There", and "Gone Too Soon". The "Black Or White" single made a 32-spot jump on the Pop singles charts, breaking the Beatles' record set by their song "Let It Be" in 1970.

Guest appearances on this album were made by rapper L.T.B, Princess Stephanie of Monaco (credited as the "Mystery Girl"), and Slash (Give In To Me).

Album Track listings

1. Jam
2. Why You Wanna Trip On Me
3. In The Closet
4. She Drives Me Wild
5. Remember The Time
6. Can't Let Her Get Away
7. Heal The World
8. Black Or White
9. Who Is It
10. Give In To Me
11. Will You Be There
12. Keep The Faith
13. Gone Too Soon
14. Dangerous

Awards

The album won 1 Grammy Award.

The album was released in cd, double vinyl and cassette format. Picture discs were also released.

One of the factors that lead to a huge increase in the albums sales was Michael's performance at the 1993 Super bowl half time show which was watched by a reported 120 million people, making it one of the most viewed television audiences of all time.

Michael allowed Oprah Winfrey to interview him at his Neverland Ranch for a 90 minute TV Special which also boosted album sales.

Michael also launched the 2 leg dangerous world tour which run from June 1992 to November 1993 performing to an audience totaling approximately 3.4 million people.

2001 Dangerous Special Edition

In 2001 a Dangerous Special Edition was released with remastered original tracks.

Related Dangerous Links

Read more about what went on during the Michael Jackson Dangerous era.