
Jackson wrote a reported sixty songs for the new album and recorded thirty, wanting to use them all on a three-disc set. Recording took place between November 1986 and J(except for "Another Part of Me" which was recorded for Captain EO in 1986). Jackson began recording demos for the anticipated follow-up to Thriller a few months after his last performance with The Jacksons after their successful Victory Tour. Bad is the first album ever to feature five Billboard Hot 100 #1 singles. 20 years after its release, the album has sold over 35 million copies worldwide, and shipped 10 million units in the United States. The record was released nearly five years after his last studio album Thriller. It was released on Augby Epic/CBS Records.


Bad is the seventh album by Michael Jackson.
