Forever, Michael

Forever, Michael is the fourth studio album by American singer Michael Jackson, and his final one released by Motown Records, on January 16, 1975. The album is credited as having songs with funk and soul material. Eddie Holland, Brian Holland, Hal Davis, Freddie Perren, and Sam Brown III served as producers on Forever, Michael. It is the final album before Jackson's solo breakthrough with his next album, Off the Wall (1979), and has sold one million copies worldwide. The album charted only in the United States, hitting number 101 on the Billboard 200 and number 10 on the Top Soul Albums chart. Unlike Jackson's previous studio albums, the album was not commercially successful worldwide, and it failed to chart outside of the US. However, it was generally well-received by contemporary music critics. As part of promotion for the album, three singles were released, all of which were moderate commercial successes on the US Billboard Hot 100 and other music charts worldwide. In 1981, Motown released the compilation album One Day in Your Life, named after the third track from Forever, Michael. "One Day in Your Life" was released as a single and reached number one in the United Kingdom and several other countries. The album was reissued in 2009 after Jackson's death as part of the three-disc compilation album Hello World: The Motown Solo Collection.