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Madalin Games: sites.google.com = Michael Jackson Search Engine = sites.google.com Remastered by Madalin Stanciu in Sony Vegas Pro 8 software. HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I (usually shortened to HIStory) is a double album by Michael Jackson, released on June 20, 1995, The second disc is a studio album, while the first disc is a singles collection. HIStory is the best-selling multiple disc albums ever for a solo artist, with worldwide sales over 20 million (40 million in terms of units). The album won one Grammy for Best Music Video — Short Form for “Scream.” The first disc of greatest hits was reissued in 2001 as a single disc under the name Greatest Hits: HIStory, Volume I. Recording started in September 1994 and would carry through March of 1995. Jackson wrote the majority of the songs attacking the press for “scandalizing” him and gave messages to fans to not “feed” into the tabloids. One of the singles (the first to be released) was “Scream”, a duet between Michael and sister Janet, who had agreed to do a duet with her brother after she felt that she “had made it to the top and she didn’t fear that she’d “had to ride Michael’s coattails”. Other songs that attacked the tabloids included “Tabloid Junkie” and “This Time Around”. The Michael and Janet duet was one of several tunes Jackson produced with Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis (“2 Bad”, “HIStory”, “Tabloid Junkie”) but not without additional help from the likes of Dallas Austin (“This Time Around”), R. Kelly …