Michael Jackson plans new album
April 18, 2006
Michael Jackson is set to revive his pop career following the acquittal of sex-abuse charges by teaming up with a label in Bahrain and will record a new album that will be released some time next year.
A statement released on behalf of Two Seas Records stated that British music industry executive Guy Holmes had been named CEO in a new joint venture between Jackson and Bahrain royal family member Abdulla Hamad Al-Khalifa.
Holmes will oversee the making of Jackson’s first studio album in five years
“I am incredibly excited about my new venture, and I am enjoying being back in the studio making music,” Jackson said in the statement.
The 47-year-old singer, one of the top-selling pop stars of all time and now lives in Bahrain. Guy Holmes is chairman of London-based independent label Gut Records.
The the new album will be closely watched in the industry following “Invincible”, Jackson’s previous comeback bid, registered disappointing sales of around two million copies in the US in contrast “Thriller” remains one of the bestselling studio albums of all time with over 26 million U.S. copies sold.
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