History Trivia / Invincible

* 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, appropriately titled ''[[Music/XscapeMichaelJacksonAlbum Xscape]]''.

** "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, appropriately titled ''{{Music/Xscape}}''.

* CareerKiller: The album itself averted this, but Jackson's career went into a massive downward spiral for quite a few reasons[[note]]namely a feud with Sony, a disastrous attempt at a "redeeming" documentary in 2002 that just reignited the controversy surrounding the 1993 child molestation allegations, a ''second'' charge of child molestation in 2003 that actually got Jackson arrested and tried by jury in 2005 (though he was unanimously acquitted), Jackson's physical and mental health sharply declining after years of stress, mental issues, drug abuse, and lupus, Jackson suddenly having to face the consequences of his spendthrift lifestyle (resulting in the shutdown of Neverland Ranch), Jackson's perfectionism getting in the way of finishing any actual music, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking having to give up Bubbles]] because the maturing chimpanzee naturally became too aggressive to keep as a pet[[/note]], just two years after its release. By the time he managed to get his bearings together and start a legit comeback, {{Retirony}} reared its ugly head.

* CreatorKiller: Creator/MJJMusic, Michael's Sony-adjacent record label, was shuttered after the release of ''Invincible'' because of his ongoing feud with Sony at the time. R&B group 3T, Jackson's signees and nephews, ended up having their second album shelved as a result of the label closing up.

* ContentLeak: For the third time in his career, the lead single from Jackson's album was leaked mere days before the official release. "You Rock My World" was leaked to both WJTM-FM and WKTU-FM five days prior to the single's official release; and played it frequently, until someone at Epic personally called the program director of both stations, and told him to knock it off. Said program director, Frankie Blue, was a personal friend of Jackson's, though he denied being given an advance copy from Jackson himself.

* CreatorKiller: MJJ Music, Michael's Sony-adjacent record label, was shuttered after the release of ''Invincible'' because of his ongoing feud with Sony at the time. R&B group 3T, Jackson's signees and nephews, ended up having their second album shelved as a result of the label closing up.

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** Thanks to his feud with Sony, he cancelled plans to do an album tour in the USA for the first time since the ''Music/{{Bad}}'' tour (This was mildly justified, as 9/11 was still fresh in people's minds, and caused virtually every artist in the USA to cancel their tours all the way into 2003 out of fear).