Dangerous (Michael Jackson album)

Dangerous is the eighth studio album by American singer-songwriter Michael Jackson. It was first released by Epic Records on November 21, 1991, more than four years after Jackson's previous album, Bad (1987). Jackson departed from longtime collaborator Quincy Jones, instead co-producing the album with Bill Bottrell, Teddy Riley, and Bruce Swedien. Guest appearances include Heavy D, Princess Stéphanie of Monaco, Slash and Wreckx-n-Effect. The album incorporates new jack swing, a popular genre at the time, pop and R&B. Jackson wrote or co-wrote 12 of the album's 14 songs, centered on topics like lust, unity, social issues, and self-improvement.

Dangerous is considered an artistic change for Jackson, with his music focusing on more socially conscious material and spanning a broader range of sounds and styles, including underground sounds to a mainstream audience. The album features hip hop, industrial, funk, electronic, gospel, classical, and rock. Nine singles from the album premiered between November 1991 and December 1993, including one exclusively released outside North America ("Give In to Me"). Jackson embarked on the Dangerous World Tour, which grossed $100 million.

Dangerous was generally a critical success, with praise for its artistic leap compared to Jackson's previous albums. It debuted at number 1 on the Billboard Top Pop Albums chart and remained there for four consecutive weeks. It also reached number 1 in fourteen other countries and was the best-selling album worldwide of 1992, being Jackson's third consecutive album to achieve this. The album produced four singles that reached the Top 10 of the US Billboard Hot 100: "Remember the Time", "In the Closet", "Will You Be There" and the number-one single "Black or White".

Dangerous is one of the best-selling albums of all time, having sold 32 million copies worldwide, and is certified 8× platinum in the US. It has been included in several best album lists and received numerous awards, including Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical at the 1993 Grammy Awards and Favorite Pop/Rock Album and Favorite Soul/R&B Song (for "Remember the Time" ) at the 1993 American Music Awards. It has since been credited by critics as Jackson's final "classic" album and his most artistically ambitious work.