How did MICHAEL JACKSON release 7 smash hit singles from an album with 9 songs?

[Lil Bape the PostGod]

that thriller album brehs...how was that even possible?

the first and last single were released over a year apart

why didnt they just fukk up the game and release the last 2 tracks as singles? "baby be mine" and "lady in my life" ...im sure they couldve

and who were the people who resisted to buy the album, until like the 6th or 7th single??

 

[Wepa Man]

 

[FunkyFresh]

Baby be mine might be my favourite track on the album

 

[UpAndComing]

It's called being the Greatest Musician of all Time

 

[ℒℴѵℯJay ELECTUA]

We bought and appreciated music before the internet downloading age..

 

[Knights89]

just some once in a lifetime type of thing

baby be mine is a great song. Never skip it but lady in my life never hit me like that

 

[Kingshango]

Baby Be Mine

 

[Shadow King]

When an artist buckles down and makes music true to themselves and cares about the art they can make a lot of music people catch on to

 

[Lil Bape the PostGod]

We bought and appreciated music before the internet downloading age..

it just amazes me how he was still selling albums after like the 6th single over a year later...not that they actually sold...but that there were still people who were like "its too early to call this a good investment...i need to hear 1 more good song from this guy before i buy this album"

 

[EducatedBrothaFromTheBank]

you can make an argument that 6 of the songs on Illmatic (9 total) are greatest songs in hip hop history........ i think this is more impressive

-NY State of Mind
-World is Yours
-It Aint Hard to Tell
-Memory Lane
-1 Love
-Life's a bytch

 

[Lil Bape the PostGod]

you can make an argument that 6 of the songs on Illmatic (9 total) are greatest songs in hip hop history........ i think this is more impressive

-NY State of Mind
-World is Yours
-It Aint Hard to Tell
-Memory Lane
-1 Love
-Life's a bytch

you might have some nas stans say some of these are the greatest songs in hip hop history...

but youll get people saying some of the mj songs are the greatest in MUSIC history..

 

[UpAndComing]

you can make an argument that 6 of the songs on Illmatic (9 total) are greatest songs in hip hop history........ i think this is more impressive

-NY State of Mind
-World is Yours
-It Aint Hard to Tell
-Memory Lane
-1 Love
-Life's a bytch

Memory Lane is the greatest Hip Hop song of all time

 

[UpAndComing]

Bobby Brown came close

The album was far more successful than Brown's debut, peaking at #1 on the Billboard 200 album chart and spawning 5 Top 10 Billboard Hot 100 singles, including Brown's very first #1, "My Prerogative". It spent a total of six weeks on top of the Billboard 200 and was the best-selling album of 1989 in the United States

 

[EducatedBrothaFromTheBank]

you might have some nas stans say some of these are the greatest songs in hip hop history...

but youll get people saying some of the mj songs are the greatest in MUSIC history..

ehhh harder to make great songs than big hits

 

[Lil Bape the PostGod]

ehhh harder to make great songs than big hits

so those mj songs arent great songs?

no wonder your rep is rivaling mine