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<text id=91TT2732>
<title>
Dec. 09, 1991: Business Notes:Entertainment
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<history>
TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1991
Dec. 09, 1991 One Nation, Under God
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<source>Time Magazine</source>
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BUSINESS, Page 59
Business Notes
ENTERTAINMENT
Will Michael Call the Tune?
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<p> He was Bad. Now he's Dangerous. But what the recession-racked
record industry most hopes Michael Jackson will be is popular--and wildly so. The singer's new album, his first in four years,
went on sale last week in the midst of the industry's worst
slump in a decade.
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<p> Dangerous is an instant multiplatinum hit, with an initial
pressing of 8 million copies. What remains to be seen is whether
it can come even close to Jackson's 1982 Thriller, which sold
48 million copies worldwide. His label, Sony's Epic division,
is coaxing customers with a huge promotional effort. Twin Peaks
director David Lynch filmed a trailer playing in movie theaters
and on TV. K Mart outlets are pushing the album in half a dozen
locations in each store. Working against the hoopla: mixed
reviews like Daily Variety's downbeat verdict that "this album
won't be the economic miracle the industry is waiting for."
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