Invincible

Invincible is the tenth and final studio album by American recording artist Michael Jackson. It was released on October 30, 2001, by Epic Records. The album was the first release of new Jackson material since Blood on the Dance Floor: HIStory in the Mix in 1997, the first studio album in six years since HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I in 1995, and the first studio album of all new material since Dangerous in 1991. Jackson, Rodney Jerkins, R. Kelly and Teddy Rileyreceived producing and writing credits, among others. Similar to Jackson's previous material, Invincible explores themes such as love, romance, isolation, media criticism, and social issues. Invincible received generally mixed reviews from contemporary music critics.

Largely due to disputes between Jackson and his record label, the album saw little promotion. Three singles were released from the album, although all had limited releases. In the United States, the lead single "You Rock My World" was only released to radio airplay, consequently only reaching number ten on the Billboard Hot 100. Internationally, where it was given a commercial release, the song was more successful, reaching the top five on several charts. The second single, "Cry", was not released in the United States at all and had a moderate chart performance overall. The final single "Butterflies" was only released in the United States to radio airplay, consequently only reaching number fourteen on the country's singles chart.

The album peaked at number one in eleven territories worldwide, including the United States (with sales of 363,000 units its first week), the United Kingdom, Australia, France and Switzerland. Invincible charted within the top ten in six other territories; its least successful charting area was Mexico, where the album peaked at number twenty nine. Invincible re-entered music charts several times during the decade.



Contents
[hide]  *1 Background  ==Background[ edit] == During Jackson's time as a member of The Jackson 5, he frequently wrote material for the group and began working on projects as a solo artist, which eventually led to recording his own studio albums, notably Off the Wall (1979) and Thriller(1982). The success of Thriller, which still holds its place as the best selling album of all time with a reported 110 million units sold, often over shadowed Jackson's other projects. Prior to the release of Invincible, Jackson had not released any new material since Blood on the Dance Floor: HIStory in the Mix in 1997, or a studio album since HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I in 1995. Invincible was thus looked at as Jackson's 'career come back'.[1]
 * 2 Production
 * 3 Composition
 * 4 Promotion and singles
 * 5 Critical and public reception
 * 6 Commercial performance
 * 7 Track listing
 * 8 Personnel
 * 9 Charts
 * 10 Certifications
 * 11 References
 * 12 Bibliography
 * 13 External links

Invincible is dedicated to the fifteen-year-old Afro-Norwegian boy Benjamin "Benny" Hermansen who was stabbed to death by a group of neo-Nazis in Oslo, Norway, in January 2001.[2]  The reason for this tribute was partly due to the fact that another Oslo youth, Omer Bhatti, Jackson's friend, was also a good friend of Hermansen.[2] The dedication in the album reads, "Michael Jackson gives 'special thanks': ''This album is dedicated to Benjamin 'Benny' Hermansen. May we continue to remember not to judge man by the color of his skin, but the content of his Character. Benjamin ... we love you ... may you rest in peace.''"[2]  The album is also dedicated to Jackson's grandmother Nicholette Sottile and his parents Joseph and Katherine Jackson.[2] ==Production<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">]  == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:17.9200000762939px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14.3999996185303px;">Jackson began recording new material for the album in October 1997, and finished with "You Are My Life" being recorded only eight weeks before the album's release in October 2001.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-mtvinfo1_3-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[3]  The tracks with Rodney Jerkins were recorded at The Hit Factory in Miami, Florida.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-vibe_4-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[4]  Jackson had shown interest in including a rapper on at least one song, and had noted that he did not want a 'known rapper'.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-mtvinfo1_3-1" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[3]  Jackson's spokesperson suggested New Jersey rapper named Fats; after Jackson heard the finished product of the song, the two agreed to record another song together for the album.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-mtvinfo1_3-2" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[3]  Rodney Jerkins stated that Jackson was looking to record material in a different musical direction than his previous work, describing the new direction as "edgier".<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-mtvinfo1_3-3" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[3]  Jackson received credit for both writing and producing a majority of the songs onInvincible. Aside from Jackson, the album features productions by Jerkins, Teddy Riley, Andre Harris, Andraeo "Fanatic" Heard, Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds, R. Kellyand Dr. Freeze and writing credits from Kelly, Fred Jerkins III, LaShawn Daniels, Nora Payne and Robert Smith.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-linernotes_5-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[5]  The album is the third collaboration between Jackson and Riley, the other two being Dangerous and Blood on the Dance Floor: HIStory in the Mix. Invincible is Jackson's tenth and final studio album to have been recorded and released.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-mtvinfo1_3-4" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[3]  It was reported that it cost thirty million dollars to make the album,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-promotioninfo_6-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[6]  making it the most expensive album ever made.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-7" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[7] ==Composition<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:17.9200000762939px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14.3999996185303px;">Invincible is composed of R&B, hip hop, dance-pop, adult contemporary and urban songs.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-RS_Invincible_8-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[8]  Fourteen out of the album's sixteen tracks were written by Jackson. The album's full length is seventy-seven minutes eight seconds, and it contains 16 songs. It was noted that the album shifts between aggressive songs and ballads.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-e.w.review_9-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[9]  Invincibleopens with "Unbreakable"; the last line in the first verse recites the lyrics, "With all that I've been through/I'm still around".<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-RS_Invincible_8-1" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[8]  In a 2002 interview with the magazine Vibe, Jackson commented on his inspiration for writing "Speechless", saying <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">You'll be surprised. I was with these kids in Germany, and we had a big water-balloon fight - I'm serious - and I was so happy after the fight that I ran upstairs in their house and wrote "Speechless". Fun inspires me. I hate to say that, because it's such a romantic song. But it was the fight that did it. I was happy, and I wrote it in it's [sic] entirety right there. I felt it would be good enough for the album. Out of the bliss comes magic, wonderment, and creativity.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-vibe_4-1" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[4] <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:17.9200000762939px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14.3999996185303px;">"Privacy", a reflection on Jackson's own personal experiences, is about media invasions and tabloid inaccuracies.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-RS_Invincible_8-2" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[8]  "The Lost Children" is about imperiled children.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-RS_Invincible_8-3" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[8] Jackson sings in a third person in "Whatever Happens". The song's lyrics, described by Rolling Stone magazine as having a "jagged intensity", narrate the story of two people involved in an unnamed threatening situation.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-RS_Invincible_8-4" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[8]  Invincible features four ballads: "You Are My Life", "Butterflies", "Don't Walk Away" and "Cry".<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-RS_Invincible_8-5" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[8]  "Cry", similar to Jackson's "Man in the Mirror", is about healing the world together.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-ALG_Invincible_1-2" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[1]  The lyrics to "Butterflies" and "Break of Dawn" were viewed as "glaringly banal" and it was implied that they could have been written by anyone.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-e.w.review_9-1" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[9]  "Threatened" was viewed as being a story teller.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-RS_Invincible_8-6" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[8]  The song was viewed as a "Thriller redux".<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-e.w.review_9-2" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[9]  The song "You Are My Life" is about Jackson's two children at the time, Prince and Paris.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-10" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[10]  The song features Jackson singing, "You are the sun, you make me shine, more like the stars."<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-e.w.review_9-3" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[9] ==Promotion and singles<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == See also: Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Special<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:17.9200000762939px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14.3999996185303px;">It was reported that the album had a budget of twenty five million dollars set aside for promotion.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-promotioninfo_6-1" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[6] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-11" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[11]  Despite this, however, due to the conflicts between Jackson and his record label, little was done to promote the album.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-tara_611_12-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[12]  The album spawned three singles, although all were given limited releases. "You Rock My World" was only released to radio airplay in the United States, consequently only peaking at number ten on the Billboard Hot 100. Internationally, where it was released as a commercial single, it was more successful, peaking at number one in France, number two in Norway, Finland, Denmark, Belgium and the United Kingdom, number three in Italy, number four in Australia, and five in Sweden and Switzerland.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Y.R.M.W.Charts_13-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[13]  The second single, "Cry", was not released in the United States. It was only moderately successful, with the song's most successful territories being Spain, Denmark, France and Belgium, charting at number six, sixteen, thirty and thirty one.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-crycharts_14-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[14]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:17.9200000762939px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14.3999996185303px;">The album's third single, "Butterflies", was only released in the United States to radio airplay. It peaked at number fourteen on the Billboard Hot 100 and at number two for five weeks on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles Chart.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-billboard_singles_15-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[15]  "Heaven Can Wait" also charted at the bottom of the R&B/Hip-Hop Charts, at number seventy two due to radio airplay without an official release; the song did not chart internationally.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-billboard_singles_15-1" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[15]  "Unbreakable" was supposed to be released as a single, but it was ultimately cancelled.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-16" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[16]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:17.9200000762939px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14.3999996185303px;">Unlike with most of Jackson's adult studio albums, there was no world tour to promote the album. There was, however, a special 30th Anniversary celebration at Madison Square Garden in September 2001 to mark Jackson's 30th year as a solo artist. The singer performed a song from Invincible and marked his first appearance onstage alongside his brothers since The Jacksons' Victory Tour in 1984.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-guardian_17-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[17]  The show also featured performances by Britney Spears, Mýa, Usher, Whitney Houston,Tamia, 'N Sync, and Slash, among other artists.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-18" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[18]  The show aired on CBS in November 2001 as a two-hour television special and garnered 29.8 million viewers.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-19" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[19]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:17.9200000762939px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14.3999996185303px;">Following Sony's decision to abruptly end all promotion for the album, Jackson made allegations in July 2002 that Mottola was a "devil" and a "racist" who did not support his African-American artists, using them merely for his own personal gain.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-promotioninfo_6-2" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[6] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-tara_610.E2.80.93611_20-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[20]  The singer accused Sony and the record industry of racism, deliberately not promoting or actively working against promotion of his album.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Falling_star_21-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[21]  Sony disputed claims that they had failed to promote Invincible with sufficient energy, maintaining that Jackson refused to tour in the United States.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-22" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[22] ==Critical and public reception<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:17.9200000762939px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14.3999996185303px;">Invincible received generally mixed reviews from contemporary music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalisedrating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 51 based on 19 reviews.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Metacritic_30-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[30] Allmusic editor Stephen Thomas Erlewine commented that it has a "spark" and "sound better than anything Jackson has done since Dangerous [in 1991]."<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-ALG_Invincible_1-4" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[1]  Erlewine noted that while the album had good material it was "not enough to makeInvincible the comeback Jackson needed - he really would have had to have an album that sounded free instead of constrained for that to work - but it does offer a reminder that he can really craft good pop."<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-ALG_Invincible_1-5" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[1]  David Browne ofEntertainment Weekly, felt that Invincible is Jackson's "first album since Off the Wall that offers virtually no new twists" but remarked that the album "feels like an anthology of his less-than-greatest hits".<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-e.w.review_9-5" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[9]  James Hunter of Rolling Stone critiqued that the album's later ballads made the record too long.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-RS_Invincible_8-8" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[8]  Hunter also commented that Jackson and Riley made Invincible"something really handsome and smart", allowing listeners "to concentrate on the track's momentous rhythms" such as "Santana's passionate interjections and Lubbock's wonderfully arranged symphonic sweeps".<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-RS_Invincible_8-9" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[8]  Mark Beaumont of NMEcalled it "a relevant and rejuvenated comeback album made overlong",<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-NME_Invincible_26-1" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[26]  while Blender also found it "long-winded".<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Blender_23-1" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[23]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:17.9200000762939px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14.3999996185303px;">In his review for The Village Voice, Robert Christgau said that that Jackson's skills as a musician are often forgotten, but noting that the album seemed too long compared to other Jackson albums.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Christgau_MJ_reviews_24-1" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[24]  While Christgau felt some material was "offensive", he described the album's first three tracks as being the "Rodney Jerkins of the year" adding that he did not "believe the [album's] hype matters".<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Christgau_MJ_reviews_24-2" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[24]  Nikki Tranter of PopMatters said that it is both innovative and meaningful because exceptional songs such as "The Lost Children" and "Whatever Happens" more than make up for overly sentimental songs like "Heaven Can Wait" and "You Are My Life".<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-31" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[31]  Q magazine said that it is an aurally interesting, albeit inconsistent, album.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Qmag_27-1" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[27]  In a negative review for The New York Times, Jon Pareles suggested that the album is somewhat impersonal and humorless, as Jackson rehashes ideas from his past songs and is "so busy trying to dazzle listeners that he forgets to have any fun."<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-32" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[32]  In a retrospective review for The Rolling Stone Album Guide, Pareles said that Invincible showed Jackson had lost his suave quality to "grim calculation".<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-RSguide_28-1" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[28]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:17.9200000762939px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14.3999996185303px;">Shortly after the release of the album, in a poll conducted by Billboard magazine, "an overwhelming majority" of people—79% of 5,195 voters—were not surprised byInvincible entering the Billboard 200 at number one.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Album_poll_33-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[33]  Billboard also reported that 44% agreed with the statement, proclaiming that Jackson was "still the King of Pop". Another 35% said they were not surprised by the album's ranking, but doubted Invincible would hold on for a second week at the top of the chart.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Album_poll_33-1" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[33]  Only 12% of people who responded to the poll said they were surprised by the album's charting debut because of Jackson's career over past six years and another 9% were taken aback by the album's success, due to light of the negativity that preceded the album's release.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Album_poll_33-2" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[33]  Invincible received one Grammy Award nomination at the 2002 ceremony. The album's song "You Rock My World" was nominated for Best Pop Vocal Performance - Male, but lost to James Taylor's "Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight".<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Grammy_2002_34-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[34]  Due to the album's release in October 2001, it was not eligible for any other nomination from the 2002 Grammy Awards.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-35" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[35]  In December 2009, readers of Billboard magazine voted Invincible as the best album of the decade, from their readers poll.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Album_of_the_decade_36-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[36] ==Commercial performance<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:17.9200000762939px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14.3999996185303px;">Invincible was Jackson's first studio album to be released in four years, since Blood on the Dance Floor: HIStory in the Mix in 1997.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-billboardchartinvincible_37-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[37]  In the album's first week of release, with the sales of 363,000 units, the album debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 on the charts issue date of November 17, 2001.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-billboardchartinvincible_37-1" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[37] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-billboardweek1_38-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[38]  Invincible was Jackson's fifth number one entry on the Billboard 200,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-billboardchartinvincible_37-2" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[37]  and the fourth to chart at number one in its debut week as a solo artist. Despite the first week sales ofInvincible being good, the album sold less than HIStory in its opening week, with the album having sold 391,000 units.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-billboardchartinvincible_37-3" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[37]  Invincible also charted at number one onBillboards R&B/Hip Hop Albums Chart for four weeks.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-billboard2weeks_39-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[39]  After eight weeks of release, in December 2001, Invincible was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for the sales of five hundred thousand units.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-riaacertificate_40-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[40]  In the same month the album was certified platinum for the sale of one million units.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-riaacertificate_40-1" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[40] On January 25, 2002, the album was certified two times platinum for the sales of two million units.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-riaacertificate_40-2" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[40]  Some of the songs from Invincible would be used for the Immortal World Tour<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-41" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[41]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:17.9200000762939px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14.3999996185303px;">Internationally, Invincible was a commercial success. The album peaked at number one in twelve countries worldwide,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-billboardchartinvincible_37-4" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[37]  including the United Kingdom, Australia, Belgium, Denmark, The Netherlands, Germany, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-billboardchartinvincible_37-5" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[37] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-lescharts_42-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[42]  It also charted within the top ten in several countries, including Austria, Canada, Finland, Italy, New Zealand, and Norway.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-lescharts_42-1" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[42]  Mexico was the album's least successful charting territory, peaking within the top thirty at number twenty nine.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-lescharts_42-2" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[42] The album has reportedly sold 13 million units worldwide.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Invincible_13_million_copies_43-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[43]  However, the sales for Invincible were notably low compared to his previous releases, due in part to a diminishing pop music industry, the lack of promotion, no supporting world tour and the label dispute.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-tara_614.E2.80.93617_44-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[44]  Commenting on the sales of Invincible back in late 2003,Bernard Zuel of The Sydney Morning Herald stated: <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">"Holly Valance or Delta Goodrem would think their Christmases had come at once if they sold five or six million copies of their albums worldwide. Michael Jackson did something similar in the past two years with his seventh solo album, Invincible, and he's been branded a failure in the industry and the media. Unfair? Yes, of course, because his Invincible figures are better than those for 95 per cent of the thousands of artists released each year and would provide a healthy retirement fund for anyone. What's more, that failure tag is consistently applied by comparisons with his 1982 album, Thriller, which has sold about 100 million copies and its follow-ups, Bad, that sold about 30 million copies. However, selling 10 million copies is still phenomenal compared to the album sales of most artists."<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Falling_star_21-1" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[21] <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:17.9200000762939px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14.3999996185303px;">In 2004, Invincible re-entered Billboard charts. Invincible placed at 154 on the Billboard 200 on December 4, 2004.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-billboardcharts2004_45-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[45]  The album also reached at number forty eight onBillboards R&B/Hip Hop Albums Chart that same week.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-billboardcharts2004_45-1" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[45]  Following Jackson's death in June 2009, his music experienced a surge in popularity.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-sales2009july_46-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[46]  Invincible charted at number twelve on Billboards Digital Albums Chart on July 11, 2009.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-billboardchart091_47-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[47]  Having not charted on the chart prior to its peak position, the album was listed as the ninth biggest jump on that chart that week.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-billboardchart091_47-1" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[47]  It also charted within the top ten, peaking at number nine, on Billboard '​s Catalog Albums Chart on the issue date of July 18.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-billboardcharts2004_45-2" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[45] On the week of July 19, 2009, Invincible charted at number eighteen in Italy.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-italy09_48-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[48]  Invincible peaked at number sixty four on the European Albums Chart on the charts issue date of July 25.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-eurocharts09_49-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[49]  The album also charted at number twenty nine in Mexico in July,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-mexico2009_50-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[50]  and eighty four on the Swiss Albums Chart on July 19, 2009.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-swiss2009_51-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[51]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:17.9200000762939px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14.3999996185303px;">Internationally, the album has received multiple certifications. Invincible was certified platinum by the British Phonographic Industry, for the sales of over 300,000 units in the United Kingdom.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-ukcharts1_52-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[52]  The album was certified platinum by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) for the sales of 40,000 units in Switzerland.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-swisscertifications_53-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[53]  The IFPI also certified the album gold in Austria for the sales of 15,000 units.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-austriancharts_54-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[54]  Australian Recording Industry Association certified Invincible two times platinum for the sales of 140,000 units in Australia.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-austrailiasales_55-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[55]  Other certifications include, a gold certification from Argentine Chamber of Phonograms and Videograms Producers for the sales of 20,000 units in Argentina.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-argentina_56-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[56] ==Track listing<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == ==Personnel<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:17.9200000762939px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14.3999996185303px;">Credits adapted from Invincible album liner notes.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-linernotes_5-1" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[5] ==Charts<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == ==Certifications<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ==
 * Notes
 * The rap verse by The Notorious B.I.G. in "Unbreakable" was originally from the song "You Can't Stop the Reign" by Shaquille O'Neal.
 * "Break of Dawn", "2000 Watts", and "Threatened" are excluded from the original Chinese release.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-57" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[57]  In the Chinese version box set The Collection released in 2013, all the 16 tracks are included.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-58" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[58]  Samples can be heard on music channels <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-59" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[59]