Background
Following the end of his successful but grueling world tour to support his successful Bad album in January 1989, Jackson had decided to focus on outside works including a deal with L.A. Gear to promote their brand of sneakers. He had also planned on the release of two greatest-hits packages, Decade 1979-1989 and Decade 1980-1990. Each was supposed to compose of hits spanning from his three previous studio albums, Off the Wall, Thriller and Bad, as well as unheard demos and new songs (one of which was a cover of The Beatles song "Strawberry Fields Forever").
In 1988, CBS Records was acquired by Sony Music. As a result all of the artists who recorded for the CBS subsidiaries including Epic and Columbia would now see their records distributed by Sony Music. In March 1991, days after his sister Janet Jackson had signed a $32 million deal with Virgin Records, the musician topped her by signing with Sony Music for a reported $850 million, making it the most lucrative contract in music history. Jackson's stipulations for the contract was that he must release at least three studio albums (Dangerous, the second disc of HIStory and Invincible respectively), a remix album (Blood on the Dance Floor: HIStory in the Mix), two greatest hits collections (the first disc of HIStory and Number Ones) and a box set (The Ultimate Collection).
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