Sony and the late singer's estate said Wednesday that three Michael Jackson songs have been removed from streaming sites that have long claimed they were sung by someone else. "Breaking News," "Monster" and "Keep Your Head Up" appear on the 2010 compilation album "Michael," released a year after Jackson's death from a drug-induced cardiac arrest.
"The Estate of Michael Jackson and Sony Music decided to remove the tracks 'Breaking News,' 'Monster' and 'Keep Your Head Up' from the 2010 album Michael, as the simplest and best way to move on from the associated conversation. way. tracks once and for all," Sony Music and the Jackson Estate said in a statement on Tuesday, July 5.
The announcement made no mention of repeated rumors that the song might contain vocals that were not recorded by Jackson, who died in 2009. Tony-winning Broadway musical MJ, the highly popular Michael Jackson-One Show in Las Vegas, an upcoming biopic, and a campaign to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Thriller, the best-selling album in history in November," the statement continued.
"The rest of the album's tracks remain available. Nothing should be read in this action concerning the track's authenticity - it's time to move on from the distraction surrounding them," it concluded.
According to a fan's attempt to lead a class-action lawsuit in 2014, the King of Pop could not be the lead singer on songs recorded two years before Jackson's death.
The fan claimed that Michael's action was a misrepresentation under California's unfair competition law and the Consumer Legal Remedies Act.
Michael Jackson estate administrators and Sony themselves did not record the songs, thus they were unable to comment on who participated in the voice session, the appeals court observed in its ruling.
