History Music / Invincible

'''''Invincible''''' is the tenth studio album by Music/MichaelJackson, released in 2001. It is his final studio album that was released during his lifetime, and is perhaps most notorious for the ExecutiveMeddling behind its development.

* {{Sampling}}: In addition to Rod Serling's vocals and the reused Biggie verse, "Unbreakable" also contains a sample of "Unbelievable", from Biggie's debut album ''Muisc/ReadyToDie''.

* {{Sampling}}: In addition to Rod Serling's vocals and the reused Biggie verse, "Unbreakable" also contains a sample of "Unbelievable", from Biggie's debut album ''Ready to Die''.

* OneWordTitle: The album title and title track "Invincible". "Unbreakable", "Privacy", "Heartbreaker", "Butterflies", "Speechless" and "Threatened".

Unfortunately, that decision would [[NiceJobBreakingItHero end up biting the "King Of Pop" in the ass.]]

* NewSoundAlbum: ''Invincible'' finally ditched the Music/NewJackSwing sound Michael used from 1991 to 1997, and brought him closer to the late 90s-early 2000s pop sound.

* NewSoundAlbum: ''Invincible'' finally ditched the NewJackSwing sound Michael used from 1991 to 1997, and brought him closer to the late 90s-early 2000s pop sound.

* NewSoundAlbum: ''Invincible'' finally ditched the New Jack Swing sound Michael used from 1991 to 1997, and brought him closer to the late 90s-early 2000s pop sound.

In-between studio sessions for the album, Jackson found himself at odds with Sony over his recording contract. Jackson had expected the licenses to all of his masters from his past album releases to revert to him in the early 2000's. However, thanks to several clauses in the contract, the date was much farther away than he initially thought. On top of this, Jackson also discovered that the attorney who worked with him in the deal was also working for Sony, creating a conflict of interest he was unaware about for at least a decade. This, among other business worries with Sony, led to him informing Sony that he was leaving the company.

* UpdatedRerelease: The album was remastered and reissued twice after Jackson's death - in 2009, as part of ''The Collection'' (a comprehensive box set which included only the albums released in Epic, except ''{{Music/HIStory}})'' and again in 2013, in the iTunes-only collection, ''The Indispensable Collection''.

* CutSong: "Threatened", "2000 Watts", and "Break of Dawn" were removed from the original Chinese release of the album for unknown reasons. The 2009 box set ''The Collection'' restored the missing tracks.
** "Blue Gangsta" "A Place With No Name", "She Was Lovin' Me" (Later retitled "Chicago"), and "Xscape" were all recorded for this album, but got cut.They would be remastered and remixed a decade later for Jackson's second posthumous album ''Xscape''.

** JayZ appeared on a remix of "You Rock My World". In return, Michael appeared alongside Music/SlickRick, Biz Markie and [[Music/ATribeCalledQuest Q-Tip]] as a backing vocalist on "Girls, Girls, Girls (Part 2)" from Jay-Z's ''The Blueprint''.

** JayZ appeared on a remix of "You Rock My World". In return, Michael appeared alongside Music/SlickRick, Biz Markie and [[Music/ATribeCalledQuest Q-Tip]] as a backing vocalist on "Girls Girls Girls (Part 2)" from Jay-Z's ''The Blueprint''.

* {{Crossover}}: Due to Chris Tucker's presence, the extended music video for "You Rock My World" was also included in some theater and home video releases of ''[[Film/Rush Hour Rush Hour 2]]''.

* ColorMotif: A yellow, blue, red, green and white version of the album cover were used.

''Invincible'' would be Jackson's second-last worldwide number one album during his lifetime [[note]]The ''Number Ones'' compilation is his final number one album, hitting the top of the UK, Canadian, and New Zealand charts in 2003[[/note]]. However, the drama behind it, and everything else that would occur in his life in the years afterwards, effectively ended Jackson's career on a very sour note.

* DrugsAreBad: "Morphine" is a song about addiction to painkillers, complete with a moment where the IndustrialMetal drums suddenly cut off and are replaced with an orchestra, Not only was this extremely poignant for Michael to address this, while being addicted to it himself, it got even more notability after his death in 2009, more or less from the same cause.

In-between studio sessions for the album, Jackson found himself at odds with Sony over his recording contract. Jackson had expected the licenses to all of his masters from his album to revert to him in the early 2000's. However, thanks to several clauses in the contract, the date was much farther away than he initially thought. On top of this, Jackson also discovered that the attorney who worked with him in the deal was also working for Sony, creating a conflict of interest he was unaware about for at least a decade. This, among other business worries with Sony, led to him informing Sony that he was leaving the company.

* TheCameo: Creator/Chris Tucker appears in the intro to "You Rock My World". He would later appear in a slightly expanded role in the song's music video, which also had a cameo from Creator/MarlonBrando.

* TheCameo: Chris Tucker appears in the intro to "You Rock My World". He would later appear in a slightly expanded role in the song's music video, which also had a cameo from MarlonBrando.

* PosthumousCollaboration: Music/TheNotoriousBIG's verse from "Unbreakeable" was lifted from Shaquille O'Neal's "You Can't Stop the Reign". Likewise, RodSerling's vocals from "Threatened" were taken from TheTwilightZone.

* SpiritualSuccessor: "Threatened" is a clear one to both ''{{Music/Thriller}}'' and "Ghosts".

* SpiritualSuccessor: "Threatened" is a clear one to both "{{Music/Thriller}}" and [[MichaelJacksonsGhosts "Ghosts"]].

[[caption-width-right:350:All of the album cover's color variants. The silver one is the default cover.]]

'''''Invincible''''', is the tenth, and final album released by MichaelJackson during his lifetime, and is perhaps most notorious for the ExecutiveMeddling behind its development.

In-between studio sessions for the album, Jackson found himself at odds with Sony over his recording contract. Jackson had expected the licenses to all of his masters from his album to revert to him in the early 2000's. However, thanks to several clauses in the contract, the date was much farther away than he initally thought. On top of this, Jackson also discovered that the attorney who worked with him in the deal was also working for Sony, creating a conflict of intrest he was unaware about for at least a decade. This, among other business worries with Sony, led to him informing Sony that he was leaving the company.

Unfortunately, that decision would [[NiceJobBreakingItHero end up biting the "King of Pop" in the ass.]]

Sony consequently castrated all promotional efforts for ''Invincible'', including cancelling several single releases, and the few that were kept only got promotinal/radio releases, efectively flushing the album's $30 million budget down the drain. of the four singles released, only "Butterflies" and "You Rock My World" got radio releases in the US, with the latter becoming Jackson's final top ten entry on the ''Billboard Hot 100'' during his lifetime. On top of this, a 9/11 charity single that was supposed to be released prior to ''Invincible'' got kiboshed as well.

''Invincible'' would be Jackson's second-last worldwide number one album during his lifetime[[note]] the ''Number Ones'' compilation is his final number one album, hitting the top of the UK, Canadian, and New Zeland charts in 2003.[[/note]]. However, the drama behind it, and everything else that would occur in his life in the years afterwards, effectively ended Jackson's career on a very sour note.

[[AC: Tracklisting]]

# "Unbreakable" (featuring TheNotoriousBIG)
# "Heartbreaker" (featuring Fats)
# "Invincible" (featuring Fats)
# "Break Of Dawn"
# "Heaven Can Wait"
# "You Rock My World"
# "Butterflies"
# "Speechless"
# "2000 Watts"
# "You Are My Life"
# "Privacy" (featuring Slash)
# "Don't Walk Away"
# "The Lost Children"
# "Whatever Happens" (featuring CarlosSantana)
# "Threatened" (With RodSerling via archival audio from TheTwilightZone)

* PosthumousCollaboration: TheNotoriousBIG's verse from "Unbreakeable" was lifted from Shaquille O'Neal's "You Can't Stop the Reign". Likewise, RodSerling's vocals from "Threatened" were taken from TheTwilightZone.