Blood on the Dance Floor: HIStory in the Mix is Michael Jackson’s second remix album, released on 20 May 1997 by Epic Records. The album combines five new Jackson recordings (“Blood on the Dance Floor”, “Morphine”, “Superfly Sister”, “Ghosts”, “Is It Scary”) with eight remixes of HIStory tracks by producers including David Morales, Tony Moran and Frankie Knuckles. The title track became Jackson’s seventh #1 single in the UK.
It remains the best-selling remix album of all time, with sales of over 6 million copies worldwide.
HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I is Michael Jackson’s ninth studio album, a double-disc release issued on 20 June 1995 by Epic Records. Disc one is a 15-track greatest hits collection compiling singles from Off the Wall, Thriller, Bad and Dangerous. Disc two contains 15 tracks of new material, all co-written by Jackson, and stands as one of the most personal records of his career.
The album was Jackson’s response to the 1993 child-abuse allegations and the subsequent media coverage. Tracks like “Scream” (a duet with Janet Jackson) and “They Don’t Care About Us” rage against the press; “Stranger in Moscow” and “Childhood” turn inward; “Earth Song” and “Heal the World’s” successor “Smile” deliver his characteristic anthem ballads. He brought in Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis (Flyte Tyme), R. Kelly, Teddy Riley and long-time collaborator Bill Bottrell to share production duties.
HIStory debuted at number one on the U.S. Billboard 200 and reached number one in most major markets. “You Are Not Alone” became the first song in history to debut at #1 on the Hot 100. “Earth Song” became Jackson’s biggest UK hit, spending six weeks at number one. The supporting HIStory World Tour, his largest, ran 1996–97 across 35 countries.
Counting each two-disc set as one unit, HIStory has sold over 22 million copies — making it the best-selling multi-disc album of all time. Counting individual discs (the IFPI standard for double albums), it has shifted approximately 44 million units. Despite mixed contemporary reviews, HIStory has been retrospectively reassessed as one of Jackson’s most ambitious and emotionally raw works.
