Label disputes involving children, Invincible and third (2000-03)
At the turn of the century, Jackson American Music Awards honored as artist of the 80s. Throughout 2000 and 2001, Jackson worked in the studio with Teddy Riley, Rodney Jerkins, and other collaborators. This session will help the Invincible album, released in October 2001. Invincible Michael Jackson's first album in six long years, and it will be the last album of new material published in his lifetime. The launch of this album was preceded by a dispute between Jackson and his label, Sony Music Entertainment. Jackson is expected that the master of his albums permission to return to him when in the early 2000s. Once he had a license, he will be able to promote the material, but he was happy and it will also be able to keep all the profits. However, due to various provisions in the contract, dates back many years had disappeared. Jackson found that the lawyer who represented him in the agreement also represents Sony. Jackson also concerned that for many years, Sony has put pressure on him to sell shares in the company catalog their music. Jackson feared that Sony might be a conflict of interest, because if the career of Michael Jackson, he had failed to sell his share of the catalog with the discount. Jackson tried to get out early in his contract. Just before the launch of Invincible, Michael Jackson, Chief Information Officer of Sony Music Entertainment, Tommy Mottola, he left Sony. Consequently, all singles releases shooting video, and promotion of Invinciblealbum abandoned.