
Album · 1991
Dangerous
Dangerous is an album by Michael Jackson, released in 1991 on Epic, with 14 tracks.
- 14
- Tracks
- 77 min
- Runtime
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14 tracks · 77 min
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Dangerous is the eighth studio album by American recording artist and musical inventor Michael Jackson, released on November 26, 1991 on Epic Records. His first album under his new contract with Sony Music, it was also Jackson's first album to not be produced by longtime collaborator Quincy Jones, who had agreed to split after the final recording sessions for Jackson's 1987 album, Bad. Dangerous has sold over 50 million albums worldwide, 10 million albums were shipped in the United States alone, and has been cited as one of the best-selling albums of all time. The album produced four top ten singles on the Billboard Hot 100 including one number-one. Similar to the musician's previous material, the album's music features elements of R&B, pop and rock while also incorporating a newer genre, new jack swing, after the inclusion of producer Teddy Riley to the project. Dangerous took over a year in production, starting in June of 1990 and ending in October of 1991. Lyrical themes expressed in the album included racism, poverty, paranoia, romance, the welfare of children and the world and self-improvement, topics Jackson had recorded before. Dangerous, much like Bad and Thriller, cemented…