Michael Jackson, La Leyenda

Nov 5 2010 9:19 AM EDT 5,994
New Michael Jackson Album, Michael, Due Next Month. First single, "Breaking News," will premiere on Monday.

The first posthumous album from Michael Jackson, Michael, will arrive in stores on December 14. According to a press release announcing the disc's impending release, the first single, "Breaking News," is a never-before-heard track recorded by the late pop icon in 2007 and recently finished by the album's producers. The song will be streaming in full on Jackson's official website beginning on Monday (November 8), and the stream will be live for one week.



"The creative process never stopped for the King of Pop, who was always planning for his next album; unbeknownst to many fans around the world, Michael Jackson was writing and recording songs continuously everywhere from a friend's home in New Jersey to studios in Las Vegas and Los Angeles with a small group of handpicked collaborators," the release read.

The album's cover, an oil painting by Kadir Nelson, is a montage of classic MJ images — among them are Jackson's hands-in-tuxedo-pants-pockets pose from the cover of Off the Wall, Jackson wearing his "Billie Jean" outfit and a somber, Renaissance-like image of Jackson in royal gold and burgundy vestments with a golden crown hovering over his head.

Jackson's first album of new music since 2001's Invincible comes more than a year after his shocking death at age 50.