Michael Jackson successfully proved in court that $ony Corp. were attempting to sabotage his Invincible record as they had a conflict of interest in him becoming financially unstable. They wanted to attain his stake in the Sony/ATV catalogue, something he fought to prevent until he died and his kids now own.
After winning that court case in 2002, Michael publically accused Tommy Matolla of being a racist and conspiring against artists. He said in London:
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"I just owe Sony one more album, it's just a box set, really." "So I'm leaving Sony a free agent, owning half of Sony. And I'm leaving them, and they are very angry because they never thought that this performer, myself, would out-think them."
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Matolla "stepped down" from Sony in 2003.
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facts:
Michael never relinquished ownership of Neverland. His estate still own an 87.5% undivided stake in the property.
Michael has the GWR for supporting more charities than any other celebrity.
Michael was the first musician to make over $100M in one year.
Michael was the first artist to have over 100M album sales tracked outside the US.
Michael still has the record for most shows performed at Wembley Stadium in London.
Michael never toured in the contiguous United States after 1989.
Michael's song "You Are Not Alone" was the first song to debut at #1 on the Hot 100 chart.
Michael's video for Ghosts has the GWR for longest official MV ever (38 minutes) and his video for Scream has the GWR for most expensive MV ever made costing $7M in 1995.
This Is It is the most financially successful concert-movie ever.
Michael has the best selling album ever (Thriller), the best selling remix album ever (Blood On The Dancefloor) and the second best-selling mutli-disc album ever (HIStory).
With XSCAPE's release, Michael became the first artist to have a Hot 100 Top 10 hit in each of the last five decades.
she really did date some random ass people. 