Jackson thought `Bad` album was a flop

London: Pop legend Michael Jackson thought his acclaimed album "Bad" was a failure because it didn`t match the sales of "Thriller", his friend and collaborator Quincy Jones says."He sold 25 million copies of `Bad`. That`s a lot of records. But Michael wanted to sell 100 million. In his bathroom he had written `100 million` on the mirror with lipstick," contactmusic.com quoted Jones as saying.

The pop icon who died of a suspected cardiac arrest last month was unhappy the album failed to match the success of its predecessor "Thriller" despite selling over 25 million copies. Jones, who produced Michael`s three biggest albums - "Off the Wall", "Thriller" and "Bad" - said that Jackson was very inventive and experimental. "Every city I go to, at midnight, I hear his songs like `Billie Jean`, `Wanna be starting something`. His music is still dominant. It is astounding," he added. IANS