The Bad World Tour began on September 12 that year, completed January 14, 1989. In Japan alone had 14 tour sold out and attract 570,000 people, nearly triple the previous record of 200,000 in a single round. Jackson to break the Guinness World Record when 504,000 people attended seven sold-out performances at Wembley Stadium. He made a total of 123 concerts to an audience of 4.4 million people. Bad Tour proved to be the last concert of the tour by Michael Jackson to include performances in the United States, despite the recent tour to Hawaii and Mexico
Autobiography, change the look and Neverland (1988-1990)
In 1988, Jackson released his first and only autobiography, Moonwalk, which took four years to complete and sold 200,000 copies. Jackson writes about his childhood, The Jackson 5, and the abuse he suffered. He also wrote about their facial appearance, said he had two operations and rhinoplasty adimple made in the chin. It owes much to change the structure of his face to puberty, weight loss, a strict vegetarian diet, hair styles change, and the lights of the stage. Moonwalkreached first on the list of The New York Times bestseller. "Musician then released a film called Moonwalker, which featured live footage and short films starred Jackson and Joe Pesci. The film was originally planned for the theater, but because of financial problems, the film was released directly to video . It debuted on the Billboard Top Music Video Cassette, lived there for 22 weeks. It was finally lifted in the first place byMichael Jackson: The Legend Continues.
In March 1988, Jackson purchased land near Santa Ynez, California to build Neverland Ranch at a cost of $ 17 million. He installed a big wheel, animals, and a cinema on the 2700 acre property (11 km2). Security personnel on 40 patrol base. In 2003, it is worth about $ 100 million. In 1989, the annual earnings from album sales, support and concerts is estimated at $ 125 million this year alone. Shortly after, he became the first Westerners who appeared in a TV commercial in the Soviet Union.
His success led him dubbed the "King of Pop" nickname was popularized by Elizabeth Taylor when she presented with a prize of Soul Train Heritage in 1989, he said. "True King of Pop , rock and soul. " President George HW Bush was named "Artist of the Decade" the White House. From 1985 to 1990, he gave $ 500,000 to theUnited Negro College Fund, and all the benefits of the single "Man in the Mirror" Jesus went to charity. Live rendition of Michael Jackson "You Were There" at Sammy Davis Jr. Celebrating the 60th anniversary of receiving an Emmy nomination.
Dangerous Heal the World Foundation and the Super Bowl XXVII (1991-1993)
In March 1991, Jackson renewed his contract with Sony for $ 65 million contract, broke the record at the time, replacing contract extension by Neil Diamond with Columbia Records. She released her eighth album Dangerous in 1991. In 2008, dangerous delivered seven million copies in the U.S. and has sold 32 million copies worldwide. Dangerous album was co-produced by Teddy Riley, a pioneer of "new jack swing" that convinces Michael to see the rappers on his album for the first time, acting works and proved to be an album bestseller associated with this movement. United States, the first single from the album "Black or White" the biggest hit, reaching number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and stayed there for seven weeks with the same graphics performance worldwide. The album's second single "Remember The Time" for eight weeks in the top five in the U.S., peaking at number three on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. In late 1992, the Dangerous awarded the best-selling album of 1992 worldwide and "Black or White" in 1992 won the best-seller worldwide single on the Billboard Music Awards. In addition, he won the prize for the best selling artist in the 80s. In 1993, Jackson sing this song at the Soul Train Awards in a wheelchair, said he suffered an injury in training. In England and other parts of Europe, "Heal The World" is the biggest success of the album has sold 450,000 copies in the United Kingdom and spent five weeks at number two in 1992.
Jackson Heal the World Foundation, founded in 1992. charity for underprivileged children to Jackson's ranch to enjoy the park rides that Jackson had built on the property. The foundation also sent millions of dollars worldwide to help children threatened by war, poverty and disease. In the same year Jackson released a second book, best-selling collection of poetry, Dancing the Dream. Meanwhile, commercial success and reveal a more intimate nature of Jackson's collection unacclaimed most critical at the time of release. In 2009, the book was published by Doubleday and more positively received by some critics as a result of the untimely death of Jackson. Dangerous World Tour has reported $ 100 million. The tour begins June 27, 1992, and completed 11 November 1993. Jackson performed for 3.5 million people in 67 concerts. He sold the broadcast rights to World Tour Harmful to HBO for $ 20 million, new record deal that is still standing.