Despite all of his travails with Sony Music, Michael Jackson still owes the label one more album, which he plans to deliver this fall as a greatest-hits disc. There will be one new song on it, though, and it looks like it'll be an R. Kelly track.

A premature press release, sent out by Sony Music U.K. and then retracted, revealed that a song written by Kelly called "One More Chance" was under consideration for the Jackson compilation, currently called Number Ones. According to a source close to the project, "One More Chance" was produced by both Kelly and Jackson, but it's still a matter of discussion whether it'll make the album.

Though the press release was retracted, the source said the information included in it was "close," save for the final track listing, since that has yet to be determined. Eighteen tracks were said to be featured, including "Thriller," "Beat It," "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough," "Billie Jean," "Dirty Diana" and "Smooth Criminal."

Once the songs for the greatest-hits album are finalized, accompanying videos would also be compiled simultaneously in a DVD format, which may include "The Making of Thriller."

The U.K. press release gave a November 17 release date for Number Ones, but the source said it might not be released until next year.

So, this will be the third song by MJ titled, "One More Chance": one on the "ABC" album and one on the God-forsaken "Victory" album

i thought he already had two greatest hits packages;

History

and then

History: The Greatest Hits


is this one going to be called:

History: The 1# Hits

or

History: Just another way to milk you of your

sosgemini said:

Exactly! I'll be surprised if his white ass ever has another hit...

Dont be a knob - it's a contractual obligation & he has no say over it - once this is released he can move out of his Sony contract onto new things!!

kremlinshadow said:

Yes I think this might hold some truth as I have heard this before

Looks like a better tracklisting than "History". It's got those great "Bad" tracks that for some reason "History" ignored. Still, I might not bother. I'm trying to be smarter with my money. And I'm sorry but its really bad to have 3 songs with the same title. Micheal, do an upbeat track. The sappy "I'm sorry" shit killed "Invinible" (then again, so did the repeatitous beats of Darkchild...do whatever, I don't care).

you know, if they were smart, they'd just repackage the hits disc from "HIStory" (which has been released by itself since then), and make it a 2 CD set. that one disc stands alone pretty well, and having a second disc of the more minor hits from "Off The Wall" through "Dangerous" plus the "HIStory," "Blood On The Dancefloor" and "Invincible" semi-hits would make a nice companion. all the big hits on the one disc, and another one that says "oh, and here are some gems from back then, and the somewhat decent things i've done since"

oh well.

kremlinshadow said:

yeah i wonder if he's gonna start up a pay to enter website, start recording neo-jazz/funk music and marry a Canadian?

jn2 said:

how old ru ?? Tsk ,,,

twink69 said:

I hope they add the "Ghosts" mini-movie to this DVD.

WonHungLo said:

The one on ABC is about the cutest thing ever

CalhounSq said:

janets version of the victory album one is kinda good aswell, much better than the original anyway,
oh yeah and didnt 3t have a track called one more chance too ?

twink69 said:

As it seems, this whole GH thing is just a Sony thing. This has nothing to do with MJ's new projects.

BlueNote

There's also going to be a CBS special near Thanksgiving. Michael will perform the new song.

It is unknown what criteria Epic used in determining a "number one," as some of these tracks did not reach the top of any Billboard chart. Regardless, save for "Thriller," "Smooth Criminal," "You Rock My World" and "Break of Dawn," all of the previously released tracks did hit No. 1 on either the Billboard Hot 100 or the U.K. singles chart. The new album also repeats 10 songs that were on the 2001 album "Greatest Hits: HIStory Volume 1." The DVD compiles videos for most of the hits.

Missing from the "Number Ones" track list are "Blood on the Dancefloor," (a 1997 U.K. No. 1) and "Say, Say, Say," Jackson's 1983 No. 1 hit duet with Paul McCartney. The latter track was released on McCartney's Columbia album "Pipes of Peace."

Jackson has publicly feuded with Epic parent Sony Music since the release of his 2001 studio album, "Invincible," which debuted at No. 1 on The Billboard 200 but sold a disappointing 2.1 million copies in the U.S., according to Nielsen SoundScan.

Here are the track lists for the "Number Ones" CD:

CD:
"Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough" (Hot 100 No. 1)
"Rock With You" (Hot 100 No. 1)
"Billie Jean" (Hot 100/U.K. No. 1)
"Beat It" (Hot 100 No. 1)
"Thriller" (Hot 100 No. 4/ R&B No. 3 / UK No. 10)
"I Just Can't Stop Loving You" (Hot 100/U.K. No. 1)
"Bad" (Hot 100 No. 1)
"Smooth Criminal" (Hot 100 No. 7 / R&B No. 2 / UK No. 8)
"The Way You Make Me Feel" (Hot 100 No. 1)
"Man in the Mirror" (Hot 100 No. 1)
"Dirty Diana" (Hot 100 No. 1)
"Black or White" (Hot 100/U.K. No. 1)
"You Are Not Alone" (Hot 100/U.K. No. 1)
"Earth Song" (U.K. No. 1)
"You Rock My World" (Hot 100 No. 10 / R&B No. 13 / U.K. No. 2)
"Break of Dawn" (never released as a single)
"One More Chance" (new song)
"Ben" (Hot 100 No. 1)

And here are the covers...

I don't know if I should buy this CD.I already have those songs already,and if the new song is crap,then it will all be a waste of money.But the good thing is,this CD will fulfill Michael's Sony contract,and he will now be free to move on and do a new album.


Any news on the DVD and what it will include? Any chance that the "Ghosts" mini-movie will be on it?

DavidEye said:

Boring dvd:

"Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough"
"Rock With You"
"Billie Jean"
"Beat It"
"Thriller"
"Bad"
"The Way You Make Me Feel"
"Man in the Mirror"
"Smooth Criminal"
"Dirty Diana"
"Black or White"
"You Are Not Alone"
"Earth Song"
"Blood on the Dancefloor"
"You Rock My World"

jthad1129 said:

Kind of surprised that "Scream" didn't make the cut since they are including some songs that weren't number 1s ("Break of Dawn"...really?). Still looks ok. I thought "One More Chance" was still in question. Is this from a MJ fan site?

The limited edition package includes a prosthetic nose

VinnyM27 said:

from Billboard.com

Break of Dawn was my favorite track off Invicible but I have no idea how it made this set.??? Scream was great too. The title #1's makes no sense. At least Mariah's was all #1 charted songs. He still can't get it together

jthad1129 said:

Actually,for me,that DVD looks pretty good.I don't have any of the previous MJ video compilations,so I will definitely get this one.Such a shame though,that "Ghosts" is not included.

it was a good chance to put the videos of the songs that didn't make the cd

say say say
scream

or the new track
One more chance

at least 'Blood' is on there and the pre-nose job videos

I bet he had nothing to do with this at all

Once Again Dangerous has totally been forgotten. Remember The Time and Who Is It should be on the DVD.

BlueNote

Say Say Say was a #1 song, and should be on the CD.

BlueNote said:

I can't believe Remember the Time got the shaft

BlueNote said:

And I could have sworn that "Remember the Time' was a number 1. Sony better rethink this set!