The “Bad 25″ deluxe package set for release on September 18, commemorates the 25th anniversary of the original, Grammy-winning album with hits like “The Way You Make Me Feel,” and it will include demos and songs that didn’t make the final cut of the original version.

The new songs were recorded in Jackson’s studio while he was making the album, and the package also offers a DVD of Jackson’s performance for Britain’s Prince Charles, Lady Diana and 72,000 fans at London’s Wembley Stadium in 1988.

The video was discovered in the singer’s personal collection, and thought to be the only copy of the performance, taped for Jackson’s own use, the estate said.

“Bad” won two Grammy awards and sold more than 45 million copies around the world, fueled by the popularity of singles such as “Dirty Diana,” “Smooth Criminal” and the album title track, “Bad.”

“Bad” was the Jackson’s last collaboration with legendary producer Quincy Jones, who helmed the production on Jackson’s solo album “Off The Wall” and the hit follow-up “Thriller,” one of the best-selling albums in history.

To gear up Jackson fans ahead of September, the late singer’s record company will re-release the first single from the album, “I Just Can’t Stop Loving You” on June 5th in the U.S.

The exhibit, to open in Santiago, Chile on Friday, will include one of Jackson’s signature crystal-covered gloves, a military-style jacket Jackson wore for the Soul Train awards in 1989 and a silver spandex leotard Jackson wore during his “Bad” tour in 1987.

A helmet wired with battery powered lights that Jackson wore for the 2001 special concert at New York’s Madison Square Garden that marked his 30 years as a solo entertainer will also go on display.

The 50-100 costumes to be exhibited were designed by Jackson’s long-time Los Angeles-based collaborators Dennis Tompkins and Michael Bush, who spent 25 years creating his stage and personal clothes.

The items were mostly gifted back to Tompkins and Bush by the singer, and many are signed by him, auctioneer Darren Julien said.

The exhibit will open on Friday at the Museo de la Moda in Santiago, Chile and tour cities in Europe and Asia, including China and Japan, ahead of the auction in Beverly Hills on December 2.

A portion of the proceeds will go to the charities Guide Dogs of America and the Nathan Adelson Hospice in Las Vegas.

Jackson died aged 50 in June 2009 in Los Angeles from an overdose of the anesthetic propofol and sedatives. His personal doctor is currently serving a four year jail term for involuntary manslaughter.

Matt Fiddes, a 32-year-old British man, told British reporters that he has made plans to to head to Los Angeles where he will demand the right to see Blanket, 10.

“I am going to lodge my DNA and formally ask the Jacksons for access. I want visitation rights,” Fiddes said. “Michael is their father and I do not want that to change, but I want the children back in my life. The only way that’s going to happen is through legal action. I think Blanket is mine but I want final proof.”

While speaking to reporters, Fiddes claimed he gave Michael a sperm donation in 2001 after Jackson told him he wanted an ‘athletic’ child – a year before Blanket was born.

Matt Fiddes, who has 3 other children, has also alleged that even Jackson admitted he was the biological father of Blanket.

Fiddes told reporters the conversation occurred when he flew to Berlin to comfort Michael in November 2002 after Jackson infamously dangled 9-month-old Blanket off a hotel balcony.

“I sat there and asked the question, ‘Is Blanket my child?’ He said, ‘He’s my child, Matt, but I used your sperm to produce him,’” Fiddes claims.

The former bodyguard has previously claimed that Jackson offered him nearly $1 million dollars for the sperm, but he turned the money down and donated it for free.

Fiddes also claims that Michael’s mother, Katherine Jackson, 81, has done her utmost to stop him from contacting the family since Michael’s death, because she believes he is after money.

He said, “Katherine’s worried we will come after the estate and will tell the kids the truth. But to me the truth is the big issue, and that’s why I want to take it further. I’m a self-made man, I don’t want or need their money. All I want is access if he’s my child, to take him out, and spend some time together. My mom is dying of cancer. I want her to see Blanket more than anything.”

Matt Fiddes, a 32-year-old British man, told British reporters that he has made plans to to head to Los Angeles where he will demand the right to see Blanket, 10.

“I am going to lodge my DNA and formally ask the Jacksons for access. I want visitation rights,” Fiddes said. “Michael is their father and I do not want that to change, but I want the children back in my life. The only way that’s going to happen is through legal action. I think Blanket is mine but I want final proof.”

While speaking to reporters, Fiddes claimed he gave Michael a sperm donation in 2001 after Jackson told him he wanted an ‘athletic’ child – a year before Blanket was born.

Matt Fiddes, who has 3 other children, has also alleged that even Jackson admitted he was the biological father of Blanket.

Fiddes told reporters the conversation occurred when he flew to Berlin to comfort Michael in November 2002 after Jackson infamously dangled 9-month-old Blanket off a hotel balcony.

“I sat there and asked the question, ‘Is Blanket my child?’ He said, ‘He’s my child, Matt, but I used your sperm to produce him,’” Fiddes claims.

The former bodyguard has previously claimed that Jackson offered him nearly $1 million dollars for the sperm, but he turned the money down and donated it for free.

Fiddes also claims that Michael’s mother, Katherine Jackson, 81, has done her utmost to stop him from contacting the family since Michael’s death, because she believes he is after money.

He said, “Katherine’s worried we will come after the estate and will tell the kids the truth. But to me the truth is the big issue, and that’s why I want to take it further. I’m a self-made man, I don’t want or need their money. All I want is access if he’s my child, to take him out, and spend some time together. My mom is dying of cancer. I want her to see Blanket more than anything.”

The Unity Tour 2012, featuring brothers Jackie, Jermaine, Marlon and Tito, will kick off on June 18 in Louisville, KY and visit nearly 30 cities – including Cleveland, New York, Washington DC and Atlanta – before wrapping on July 29.

“This is a dream coming true,” said Jackie Jackson of the tour. “I can’t believe this is finally happening. There’s nothing like having all the brothers on stage at the same time. This will be exciting for our fans around the world– and I know at each concert, MJ’s spirit will be in the house with us.”

Below are key dates for Chicago and RVA:

6/22, Fri, Merrillville, IN: Star Plaza Theatre
7/1, Sun, Baltimore, MD: Lyric Opera House
7/3, Tue, Washington, DC: DAR Constitution Hall
7/6, Fri, Raleigh, NC: Raleigh Amphitheatre
7/7, Sat, Charlotte, NC: Time Warner Cable Uptown Amphitheatre

Sony Music, inked a deal with Jackson’s estate in 2010, the year after the Michael’s death, to release 10 albums covering previously unreleased material and his back catalogue.

The deal was previously reported to be around $250 million.

On Friday, two men appeared in a British court facing charges connected with the alleged security breach. They were arrested last May and charged in September.James Marks and James McCormick denied the charges.

According to the Serious Organized Crime Agency, they were remanded on bail and were due to stand trial in January next year, reports Reuters.

Sony Music released a statement:

“We confirmed the breach last May and immediately took steps to secure the site and notify authorities,” the company said. “As a result, the two suspects were arrested. There was no consumer data involved in the incident.”

Sources could not confirm British media reports that tens of thousands of files, most of them by Jackson, were allegedly downloaded illegally, although files can vary from entire tracks to small snippets of music.

Michael Jackson’s 13 year old daughter, Paris, took to Twitter last week to refute a report stating that a Michael Jackson impersonator, rather than her father himself, sang on one of the tracks from the King of Pop’s 2010 posthumous album, Michael.

“People should know by now not to believe the media when it comes down to TMZ talking about my family,” Paris tweeted Wednesday. “#HoldMyHad is my dad actually singing.”

Jackson was referring to a report claiming that Paris had told friends in a video chat that “Hold My Hand,” one of the songs from the album, used an MJ sound-alike.

TMZ claims there is footage proving Jackson’s video chat confession is being shopped around to the highest bidder before release.

Reportedly, Paris made the revelation during an online video chat with several friends in 2010, just before the “Michael” album was released. That album contains several previously unreleased tracks allegedly performed by Michael Jackson.

The video chat was recorded, according to TMZ, and Paris joked about the footage eventually “leaking” to the Internet.

Paris made the remarks in the midst of rumors that Michael Jackson’s parts on the “Michael” album were actually performed by an Jackson sound-alike named Jason Malachi . However, both Jason and Sony denied the allegations.

During the video chat, Paris played one of the songs from the album, “Hold My Hand,” and one of her friends asks why the singer doesn’t sound like Michael.

Paris replied, “It’s not him … the whole album isn’t even him!! Go online … go on YouTube and look up Jason Malachi. That’s him!!”

She continues, “I should know if it’s him or not because he would sing to me all the time.”

TMZ reports a recording of Paris’ video message is being shopped to various media outlets and that “Offers are on the table.”

American music artist Michael Jackson, circa 1997. Photo by Frans Schellekens/Getty Images

Michael Jackson’s pop-culture defining Thriller music video helped usher in MTV era of music yet the song itself isn’t even among his top 50 Billboard charting hits, according to Billboard. Below we list Jackson’s best charting hits of his almost mystical music career as determined by Billboard. The selections aren’t as obvious as it may seem. His collaborations with former Beatle Paul McCartney have generated the most chart success for Jackson.

The widely-coined “King of Pop” is recognized as one of most successful entertainers of all time. Debuting in the music spotlight in 1964 as the front man and youngest sibling of Motown’s popular boy group the Jackson 5 before kicking off a solo career in 1971. Jackson became a transformative figure within music and pop culture with the release of his 1982 Thriller album and its supporting videos, which not only spawned the 14-minute horror cinematic opus that was the “Thriller” video but also MTV defining hits for chart toppers like “Billie Jean” and “Beat It”. Thriller would go on to be recognized as the greatest-selling album of all-time with over 100 million copies of the album sold, but Jackson, while still amassing a dizzying amount of fame as a performer (he’s garnered countless awards and has sold more than 750 million albums worldwide from Thriller and his other solo projects including Off the Wall (1979), Bad (1987), Dangerous (1991), and HIStory (1995)) also became as much of a caricatured celebrity for the bizzare headlines was linked to.

10. The Girl Is Mine (1982)

Michael Jackson & Paul McCartney

Billboard:
“A duet with McCartney, the song was released in October 1982 and quickly debuted on the Hot 100 at No. 45, eventually rising to No. 2. “The Girl Is Mine” also famously kicked off an incredible run of hits from the “Thriller” album.”

9. ABC (1970)
The Jackson 5

Billboard: “In somewhat of a case of chart fortune-telling, it was perhaps fitting that the Jackson 5′s second Hot 100 No. 1 dislodged the Beatles’ second-to-last No. 1, “Let It Be,” from the top of the chart, as arguably the most influential group in the history of pop music symbolically passed the baton to the format’s future King.”

8. I Want You Back (1970)
The Jackson 5

Billboard: “Michael Jackson’s six-decade tenancy on the Billboard charts began the week of Nov. 15, 1969, when the then-11-year-old and his four brothers entered the chart at No. 90 with “I Want You Back.”"

7. Man In The Mirror (1988)
Michael Jackson

Billboard:

“When “Man in the Mirror” reached No. 1 on the Hot 100 in 1988, Jackson became the first artist in the chart’s history to pull four No. 1 songs from one album.”

6. Dancing Machine (1974)
The Jackson 5

Billboard:

“”Dancing Machine” was the final Hot 100 top 10 for the group on Motown Records, as the act departed the label for Epic in 1976, re-christened as The Jacksons.”

5. Rock With You (1980)
Michael Jackson

Billboard: “Jackson’s third No. 1 spent four weeks in the Hot 100′s top slot, the longest of any of his singles at the time.”

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4. Beat It (1982)
Michael Jackson

Billboard: “The dancefloor gem tallied 25 weeks on the Hot 100, the most by any single in Jackson’s career solo or with the Jacksons.”

3. I’ll Be There (1970)
The Jackson 5

Billboard: “This single was the last and longest-reigning (five weeks) of four consecutive Hot 100 No. 1s in 1970 for the brothers from Gary, Ind.”

2. Billie Jean (1982)
Michael Jackson

Billboard: “”Billie Jean” propelled the singer to a true worldwide sensation. With seven weeks at No. 1, the song introduced the “Thriller” album to the masses.”

1. Say Say Say (1983)

Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson

Billboard: “At six weeks, “Say” marks Jackson’s second-longest reign at No. 1 on the Hot 100. While “Billie Jean” spent one more week at No. 1 and two more weeks on the Hot 100 than “Say Say Say,” Jackson’s collaboration with McCartney spent more weeks in the top 10 (13 to 11), the top 20 (16 to 12), and the top 40 (18 to 17) than “Jean” did, making it his all-time biggest hit on the Billboard charts.”

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“This, right here, is his lifetime achievement award,” Prince, 14, told the crowd. “This is what he strived to get, and this is what we are giving him now.”

Jackson’s children made an imprint in the cement using the King of Pop’s famous sequin glove and a pair of his dancing shoes. They also added their own handprints.

Comedian/actor Chris Tucker, music legends Smokey Robinson and Quincy Jones also showed up for the ceremony, as did Jackson’s mother, Katherine, and his brothers, Tito and Jackie.