(Newswire.net — May 2, 2014) Bournemouth, DORSET —Michael Jackson fans have been very excited upon hearing the new song “Love Never Felt So Good” which had its first introduction on Thursday at the iHeartRadio Music Awards in Los Angeles, ahead of the new album Xscape being released in a few days time.
LA Reid who produced the new album Xscape had this first song made into an upbeat pop song similar to Michael’s songs from Off the Wall and Thriller. This song was written and recorded in 1983, and this new release has had great feedback already.
Michael’s record label, Sony’s Columbia Epic Records had a deal with his estate to release music from the archives of his music recorded by him. With over four decades or completed vocals, sound experts from the estate and the record company have verified that it is Michael’s voice on the songs.
Reid wanted all these archive songs to be updated with a fresh sound and with this in mind he brought in Justin Timbalake as lead producer as well as other producers like Jerome “Jroc” Harmon, Stargate and Rodney Jerkins.
Michael was the best selling album artist of 2009 selling over 8.2 million albums in the United States and 35 million albums worldwide. In the 12 months after his death he became the first artist to sell one million downloads in a week in download history with a record breaking 2.6 million downloads of his songs.
Referred to as the King of Pop he transformed the art of videos and was a leader for pop music. In 1983, he was described as extremely important and a genius by Daily Telegraph reporter Tom Utley. Michael had a major worldwide influence over the younger generation through his music and videos such as Thriller which made MTV change its focus from rock to pop music and
R&B.
Black Entertainment Television (BET) described Michael “as quite simply the greatest entertainer of all time” and someone who “revolutionized the music video and brought dances like the moonwalk to the world. Jackson’s sound, style, movement and legacy continues to inspire artists of all genres.”
Michael was a perfectionist and this new album Xscape which will feature eight previously unreleased songs recorded between 1983 and 1999 and featuring Justin Timberlake and Mary J. Blige will be released on 13 May for all his fans.
Sources:
http://uk.eonline.com/news/537898/michael-jackson-s-new-song-love-never-felt-so-good-debuts-listen-now
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_jackson
http://edition.cnn.com/2014/05/01/showbiz/michael-jackson-new-song/
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/hear-michael-jackson-and-justin-timberlakes-love-never-felt-so-good-20140502