Did Quincy Jones Work with Michael Jackson? Why Did MJ and Quincy Break Up?

Quincy Jones worked with Michael Jackson. While working on the film, The Wiz, Michael Jackson asked Jones to recommend some producers for his upcoming solo album. Jones offered some names but eventually offered to produce the record himself.

Jackson accepted and the resulting record, Off the Wall, sold about 20 million copies. This made Jones the most powerful record producer in the industry at that time. Jones and Jackson’s next collaboration, Thriller, sold 65 million copies and became the highest-selling album of all time.

In October 2013, the BBC and The Hollywood Reporter said Jones planned to sue Michael Jackson’s estate for $10 million. Jones said the MJJ Productions, a song company managed by Jackson’s estate and Sony Music Entertainment, improperly re-edited songs to deprive him of royalties and production fees and breached an agreement giving him the right to remix master recordings for albums released after Jackson’s death.

Why Did MJ and Quincy Break Up?

Michael Jackson and Quincy broke up after releasing Bad in 1989 because Jones lamented Jackson felt the producer was too old of touch.