Album

Bad

Michael Jackson · 1987-08-31 · MJJ Productions Inc.

high confidence

This page models tracked-song album economics, not a full release-level royalty statement. Why?

Cover artwork for Bad by Michael Jackson

Bad groups the songs currently tracked from this release, adds release metadata where available, and separates full-album context from the songs that already have dedicated earnings pages.

Short Answer

How much money does Bad make?

Bad is modeled at $1.1M-$3.6M/year per year across the songs currently tracked from the release, not as a full-album royalty statement.

This page has a matched full tracklist, which makes the album context stronger than a songs-only view.

Bad is one of the stronger album pages on the site because the tracked songs sit inside a matched release frame instead of floating without album context.

  • Currently ranks around the top 3% of tracked albums by modeled revenue
  • Released in 1987 and still reads as an active catalog asset roughly 39 years later
  • 11 total tracks on the matched edition
  • 3 tracked song pages currently support this album
  • high confidence estimate

Bad sits in the top 3% of tracked albums on the site by modeled revenue.

Last updated: May 25, 2026

How It Compares

These albums are close to Bad by artist overlap, era, or genre context, so the comparison is more useful than a generic ranking table.

Album Why compare Estimated yearly midpoint
Bad Michael Jackson $2,350,000
Merry Christmas same era · same genre $8,150,000
Thriller same artist · same era $2,500,000
Whitney same era · same genre $795,000

Tracked Revenue Breakdown

Tracked album revenue $1.1M-$3.6M/year
100% of the lead revenue lane
Bad $280K-$990K/year
27% of the lead revenue lane
Beat It $390K-$1.4M/year
38% of the lead revenue lane
Smooth Criminal $390K-$1.2M/year
34% of the lead revenue lane

Bars reflect modeled annual midpoint ranges for the album and its tracked songs.

Why This Album Page Matters

  • This page has a matched full tracklist, which improves album-level context.
  • Tracked-song revenue has been normalized into a numeric annual range for ranking and comparison.
  • Album economics on this site are conservative proxies for catalog strength, not a substitute for a full release-level royalty statement.

Album pages model tracked-song revenue, not full-album royalty statements, and become stronger as tracklists, release metadata, and provider links improve.

More Context

More From This Artist Other albums already tracked from the same catalog.
  • Thriller · 1982-11-29 · $1.1M-$3.9M/year

More Questions About Bad

How much does Bad make in a year?

Bad is modeled at $1.1M-$3.6M/year per year across the songs currently tracked from the release, not as a full-album royalty statement.

Why does Bad still matter financially?

This page has a matched full tracklist, which improves album-level context.

Is this full-album revenue or just tracked songs?

Album pages on How Much Music model tracked-song revenue and album context. They are not full release-level royalty statements unless every revenue input is explicitly available.

Show tracklists and assumptions
Release Metadata Michael Jackson · 1987-08-31 · MJJ Productions Inc. 11 tracks on the matched edition · 3 tracked songs on the site
Model Scope Album pages model tracked-song revenue, not full-album royalty statements, and become stronger as tracklists, release metadata, and provider links improve. Full tracklist is available, so the release context is stronger.

Full Tracklist

This full tracklist comes from the matched release edition used for this page.

  • Disc 1 · 1. Bad
  • Disc 1 · 2. The Way You Make Me Feel
  • Disc 1 · 3. Speed Demon
  • Disc 1 · 4. Liberian Girl
  • Disc 1 · 5. Just Good Friends
  • Disc 1 · 6. Another Part of Me
  • Disc 1 · 7. Man In the Mirror
  • Disc 1 · 8. I Just Can't Stop Loving You
  • Disc 1 · 9. Dirty Diana
  • Disc 1 · 10. Smooth Criminal
  • Disc 1 · 11. Leave Me Alone

Tracked Songs on How Much Music

These are the songs from this album that currently have dedicated earnings pages in the catalog.

High confidence album estimate

Album pages model tracked-song revenue, not full-album royalty statements, and become stronger as tracklists, release metadata, and provider links improve.

  • This page has a matched full tracklist, which improves album-level context.
  • Tracked-song revenue has been normalized into a numeric annual range for ranking and comparison.
  • Album economics on this site are conservative proxies for catalog strength, not a substitute for a full release-level royalty statement.

Read the full methodology.