BOOP I gt ur point but um "HIStory" was released in '95 went to #1 in the US and several other countries including the UK and Canada and became the best selling multiple disc album by a solo artist , and Invincible went #1 in the US with 363,000 copies and went #1 in 10 other countries, selling 10 million worldwide eventually he didn't need death for any of that to happen