Forever, Michael

Forever, Michael was the fourth album in American pop and R&B singer Michael Jackson's solo career and was Jackson's final contractural studio album as a soloist in Motown Records. Released in January 1975, Jackson was now sixteen years old and in full tenor at this point in his career.

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American - Pop - R&B - Michael Jackson - Motown Records - January - 1975

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Around this time, The Jackson 5 had experienced a rebirth as one of the pioneering disco/funk groups, due to the success of their 1974 single "Dancing Machine". That song saw the next-to-youngest Jackson showcasing his skills bringing in a new dance move called "The Robot". As Michael's dance led to a cultural revolution, he was still under the throes of Motown having songs written for him. The mood in Forever, Michael is musically different from that of Music and Me, and featured the songs "Just a Little Bit of You", Jackson's biggest solo hit in three years, "We're Almost There", "I'll Come Home to You" and the memorable ballad "One Day in Your Life".

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The Jackson 5 - Disco - Funk - Dancing Machine - Ballad

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Though it peaked at #101 on Billboard's Pop Albums Chart, it was more successful than Music and Me and considered to be one of his defining moments as a Motown solo artist.

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