Michael Jackson, the sheikh and the comeback
album that came too late
迈克尔·杰克逊：未完的专辑，永恒的遗憾
2005年，迈克尔·杰克逊和巴林王子阿布杜拉·阿尔卡里法的合影。
An unreleased Michael Jackson album produced in collaboration with some of current crop
of hip and successful pop songwriters looks set to reignite sales of the late superstar's
back catalogue – though we will never know whether it could have rescued his career
as the King of Pop.
The album, which was partly recorded in Las Vegas, includes songs written by
Akon, Ne-Yo and Will.I.Am of the Black Eyed Peas, who between them have
produced hits for stars including Justin Timberlake and 50 Cent.
The record, as
yet unnamed, has taken several years to produce but had raised hopes of a
return to form for an artist whose musical career appeared to have completely stalled
by the time he died of a heart attack.
The bestselling solo artist of all time had been dropped by record label Sony and
his last album, 2001's Invincible, was critically mauled. It sold less than 8m copies
worldwide – compared with more than 100m for 1982's Thriller. He had not been
in the American top 10 since 2001.
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迈克尔·杰克逊与当今一批新潮而成功的流行歌曲作者合作的尚未发布的专辑，看来将重燃这位已故巨星的旧唱片的销售势头——尽管我们永远不会知道它是否能拯救他作为流行音乐之王的职业生涯。
这张专辑有一部分是在拉斯维加斯录制的，其中包括Akon、Ne-Yo和来自黑眼豆豆组合
（Black Eyed Peas）的Will.I.Am所写的歌曲，他们曾经为Justin Timberlake和
50 Cent等艺人创作过轰动一时的歌曲。
这张花费数年时间制作的尚未命名的专辑，有望使迈克尔·杰克逊重现昔日风采——在他死于心脏病之前，他的音乐生涯看起来已经完全停滞了。
这位有史以来唱片销量最高的歌手已与索尼唱片公司分道扬镳。他的最后一张专辑——
2001年的《Invincible》受到了猛烈抨击。它在全世界的销量还不到800万，而1982年的专辑《Thriller》销量超过了1亿。自从2001年以来，他就不再位于美国的十大顶级巨星之列。
