Off The Wall

Description

The importance of Michael Jackson s Off the Wall cannot be overstated.
Recorded when he was just 20 years old, the album heralded Michael s stunning
emancipation as a singular musical force and creative visionary. It smashed
the ceiling on record sales for black artists, ushering in an exciting new era
of R&B-to-pop crossover airplay, chart, marketing and sales trends not seen
before in modern pop music. It s the record that invented modern pop as we
know it, wrote Rolling Stone. For fellow black artists of the day, Michael
served as an illuminating inspiration. To Black America, Off The Wall
transcended music and entertainment altogether. The success of the album
marked a level of national and international achievement that conjured pride
in a culture that as late as the end of the 1970s was still fighting for the
kind of social acceptance that Michael s album received. Because of Off the
Wall s indelible influence, 21st century artists as disparate as Beyoncé,
Pharrell, Kendrick Lamar and The Weeknd all have a blueprint they turned to
for creating their superstardom. Written by Michael Jackson, the first single
from Off The Wall, Don t Stop Til You Get Enough , was Michael s first Grammy
and first single to hit 1 in the U.S. and internationally as a solo artist.
With the singles Rock With You , Off the Wall and She s Out of My Life Jackson
became the first solo artist in history to have four singles from the same
album peak inside the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100. The album was an
enormous commercial success; as of 2014 it is certified eight times platinum
in the United States and has sold more than 30 million copies worldwide,
making it one of the best-selling albums of all time.

Features:

Product Details:

• Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
• Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.75 x 4.94 x 0.4 inches; 3.36 Ounces
• Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ SBME SPECIAL MKTS.
• Item model number ‏ : ‎ 35301965
• Original Release Date ‏ : ‎ 2015
• Run time ‏ : ‎ 42 minutes
• Date First Available ‏ : ‎ January 5, 2016
• Label ‏ : ‎ SBME SPECIAL MKTS.
• Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1