Janet Jackson Confirms Michael Jackson Drug Addiction Problem

Undercover.com.au reports Janet Jackson openly talks about Michael Jackson's ongoing drug problem and how the family tried to help him.

Janet Jackson has spoken openly for the first time about how her brother Michael Jackson was a drug addict.

In an interview with Robin Roberts from ABC, Janet stated that the family tried to stop Michael’s addiction on a number of occasions. "Those are the things that you do when you love someone. You can't just let them continue on that way. And we did a few times. We weren't very successful,” she says.

Janet blames Dr. Conrad Murray for the death of her brother. "I think [Dr. Conrad Murray] is responsible,” he said. “He was the one administering."
While she is convinced Michael was an addict she is not so sure Michael realized his addiction.

“I felt that he was in denial," she said.
The interview will air on ABC’s ‘In The Spotlight’ tonight at 10pm.

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Warhol's Michael Jackson portrait sells for $812K

Yahoo News reports Warhol's Michael Jackson Portrait sells for a whopping $812,000.

NEW YORK – A "Thriller"-era silk-screened portrait of Michael Jackson created by Andy Warhol has sold for $812,500 to an anonymous collector.
The artwork sold at Christie's in New York City Tuesday evening.
Christie's estimated that the portrait would sell for $500,000 to $700,000.
The 1984 portrait depicts a smiling Jackson in a jacket with squiggles of red and yellow in his hair.
The auction house says the seller is an anonymous private collector based in New York who bought the image from the Andy Warhol Foundation in the 1990s. It did not say who bought the artwork.
The image was one of 47 lots auctioned Tuesday, including two other Warhol paintings.

Once again The King Of Pop reigns supreme, long live the king! ...read more ⇒

This Is It is #1 album in America and 16 countries around the world

According to Michale Jackson's Official Homepage, his new album This Is It has debuted at #1 all over the world.

“MICHAEL JACKSON’S THIS IS IT” made motion picture history as the highest grossing concert film of all time. And now, the two-disc album companion to the movie Michael Jackson’s This is It released by Sony Music’s Epic Records makes its first week debut in the #1 spot of the Billboard Top 200 album chart, as well as the Soundtrack album chart.   U.S. sales of the album - which features new hit song “This is It” – totaled 373,100 units this week according to Nielsen Soundscan – this figure does not include significant sales from non-traditional retailers. Sales figures from other parts of the world are still being tallied although the album did hit #1 in 16 other countries including Canada, Japan, France, Italy, Holland, Belgium, Turkey, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Korea, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, the Middle East and Colombia and Top-3 in the UK, Australia, Argentina, Austria, Denmark, Norway, Portugal, Switzerland and Spain.  A simultaneous #1 album and a #1 documentary film has not happened since 1971 when the Rolling Stones did it with the album Sticky Fingers and movie Gimme helter.

Michael Jackson albums now occupy the top five spots of Billboard catalog album chart at #1, #3 and #4; his Number Ones album is this year’s best-selling overall album year to date as of this week. Throughout his career, Michael Jackson has spent a total of 51 weeks at #1 on the Billboard album chart. Only The Beatles and Elvis Presley have spent more weeks at the top.  His last #1 was Invincible in 2001 although Thriller hit the top of the Billboard catalog album chart last October.

Disc one features the original album masters of some of Michael's biggest hits such as "Billie Jean," "Smooth Criminal,"  "Human Nature," and "Thriller" arranged in the same sequence as they appear in the film. The disc ends with two versions of "This Is It," the original and an orchestral version.  Disc two offers fans a rare listen to the early demo versions of classics "She's Out Of My Life," "Wanna Be Startin'," "Somethin'," and "Beat It." This disc also features a recently discovered spoken word poem from Michael Jackson entitled "Planet Earth."

Michael Jackson's This Is It also includes a 36-page, commemorative booklet featuring exclusive photos of Michael from his last rehearsal.

I bought This Is It last week and i think its amazing , the new demos give some insight into the creative genious of  Michael Jackson. ...read more ⇒