I'm sure he was aware of it and probably liked Pokemon. Maybe 4Kids thought it would be too much money to pay him. I'm thinking why did mostly NOBODYs appear on the soundtracks? almost everyone on there nobody knew about.
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Why didn't Michael Jackson sing on a Pokemon soundtrack?
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It would be a budget thing. It's easier to recruit and license songs from less known artists, and it would undoubtedly be cheaper given how famous Michael Jackson was.
I think in recent times with Post Malone and Ed Sheeran, both are of the age that they grew up with Pokémon as a franchise, and Pokemon itself has gotten bigger. It's now the top media franchise in the world, so there's more money to have bigger artists.
I think in recent times with Post Malone and Ed Sheeran, both are of the age that they grew up with Pokémon as a franchise, and Pokemon itself has gotten bigger. It's now the top media franchise in the world, so there's more money to have bigger artists.
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The only times where the franchise got to work with famous artists while MJ alive was with movie 1 and 2's soundtracks, which were produced by Warner Music. A Quick Google search reveals that MJ's music belongs to Sony Music (their direct competition) and even if that was not a factor who knows if they could even have afforded him.
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MJ on a Pokémon track would’ve been cool either way, but I get why he wouldn’t have
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1. He was probably too expensive
2. He wasn't nearly as relevant in the late 90s and early 2000s as acts like N'Sync, Christina Aguilera, Britney Spears, and Vitamin C. True they got Donna Summers to sing "Power of One" but also see point number 1
3. There was no way in hell 4kids or PUSA was gonna get him to sing for Pokemon circa 2005 to his death in 2009. Some of y'all are really young and I don't think are aware of what the common opinion of Michael Jackson was in his last 5 years of life and how much his death completely shifted public opinion
2. He wasn't nearly as relevant in the late 90s and early 2000s as acts like N'Sync, Christina Aguilera, Britney Spears, and Vitamin C. True they got Donna Summers to sing "Power of One" but also see point number 1
3. There was no way in hell 4kids or PUSA was gonna get him to sing for Pokemon circa 2005 to his death in 2009. Some of y'all are really young and I don't think are aware of what the common opinion of Michael Jackson was in his last 5 years of life and how much his death completely shifted public opinion
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