The only reason Epic released this MJ album is because they allowed all their artists to flop over the past year. For those who don't know, Epic's roster includes Ciara, Future, Tamar, Sara Bareilles and Avril Lavinge . Sara, Ciara and Avril could've all pulled semi-strong numbers, at least in the 750k-1 mil US/2-3 mil WW range and Future and Tamar could be looking at least 600k in the US. They're losing money because none of their current artists generated any real revenue due to low album sales so they need some source of money