Who is John Raymond? (Biography)

Jonathan Daniel Raymond Smith, better known by his stage name John Raymond, was born on Sunday, March 9, 1975 at the Southern California Hospital Hollywood in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States at 0:00. He is the only son of Phillip Smith; a retired computer engineer and Lisa Jones, a real estate agent. He celebrates his birthday on the same day as his uncle Todd, his father's older brother. He has English ancestry on his dad and paternal uncle's side. His grandparents Michael Vincent Smith (January 3, 1919 in Manchester, England-August 20, 1994 in Los Angeles, California), a businessman and Geena Louise Walker (June 2, 1923 in Chelsea, London, England-August 20 of 1994 in Los Angeles, California), an administrator, emigrated to the United States in January 1946. They were interesting in living in another place and always showed interest in the US, particularly Hollywood. They settled there on January 18 of that year, on Sunset Boulevard, the following year they had their first son, Todd, on March 9 and Phill came on August 26, 1950. Phill met Lisa on September 16, 1970 at the State University, where he studied. After having known each other for a while, in 1972, they fell in love. He proposed to her on December 15, 1973 and they were married on June 15, 1974. The following month, Lisa announced her pregnancy and 9 months later, John came. At the early age of 3 , John realized his interest in acting and started going to acting school on August 25, 1978. At the age of 4, John already knew he wanted to be an actor. In February of 1980, he got his big break in a children's series called The Rainbow  as a special guest. In the same month, he met his eventual agent Mark Lopez, Lopez officially became his agent on April 16, 1980 and would hold that job until October 3, 2016. John's early work between 1980 and 1985 was mainly child-aimed projects, in 1985 got moderate fame with his appearances in The Playground and began to give interviews on a regular basis, as well as meet a wide variety of famous people (he did get to know celebrities before but not frequently). The year 1986 was a year of not many highlights for him, since his parents wanted to focus more on their education. But the following year, it would be different. Something unforgettable would happen. On January 9, 1987, Mark Lopez, his agent learned that there were auditions for the Billy's Life program, Lopez claimed that Raymond would be perfect for the main role. He went to his house to tell him what happened, and after school he went to Entertainment Studios for the audition. A few hours later, he found out through a phone call that he had got the role. He could not believe it! It was something to be proud of, due to certain events, the production did not officially begin until February 2, the day on which the first episode was filmed, that day he met his co-stars and made friends with them, but is closer with Matt Smith, Julie Johnson and Stevie Lowe. The series premiered on September 5 of the same year and was an immediate success. On October 10 of that year, the series was renewed for a second season and another unexpected event occurred, having calculated all of John's earnings, Mark Lopez announced to his family that he had become the richest member of the family; fact that is still true until now. On December 8, 2000 it was confirmed that Raymond was the fifth most paid actor in the US and 17 years later he had become the highest earner, with a $ 100 billion fortune. The series continued to air until June 27, 1992, the third season was notable in that Raymond began to appear in public on a regular basis with his beard; The finale of the series broke the record in being the most watched finale in the history of television in the United States 106.9 million viewers. Three years later Raymond would get one of his best and most important roles in the movie titled The Big Dark Secret, Raymond received enormous critical acclaim and his performance in the film it took him to his first Oscar nomination. During production of the film, Raymond went through a period of anxiety, a period that would occur, thirteen years later. On July 30, 1997 he landed the role of Ryan Johnson in the most acclaimed AVB TV show "Real Friends", the first episode was filmed two days after the auditions, Raymond became close to his co-stars that same day. The series premiered on May 2, 1998 and culminated on November 29, 2003. The first episode broke the record of being the most watched episode of a series of AVB with 40.1 million viewers, then matched by an episode of the series International Job on June 23, 2017. On July 2, 2004, the movie Action!  where he played the main character. It was a worldwide success and his performance took him to his first Oscar (for Best Actor). On March 9, 2005, on his 30th birthday, for his honors, he was awarded with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, this star stands out in which the categories of Television and Movies are in it, and not separately. On July 7, 2005 the animated series Gordon was released, where he voiced the titular character, this was his first main role in an animated series, the series concluded on August 26, 2010. On October 3, 2016 he became in his own agent after the death of Mark Lopez, 7 months later, on May 9, 2017, John Raymond Productions opens, a company where he is responsible for several productions.
Raymond is considered one of the most influential actors in the history of acting, was voted as Person of the Year by Time and Most Influential Person magazine in the years 1995, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2015, 2016.
On October 28, 2016, he released his first book titled: How to Be Your Own Agent. It was written in just 10 days. It was a success, winning the Book of the Year Award. On December 1 of the same year, he released his second book entitled: The World of Voice Acting, it was also a great success. He plans to launch his autobiography in the future.

Personal life

Raymond has an IQ of 400 and is fluent in more than 40 languages, he also rarely has trouble understanding things. He considers himself a believer and is a Christian, although in his own way and not in a traditional way. He met Jenny Nagy on November 9, 2012, when he was buying clothes, they fell in love at first sight and started to leave the next day. At Christmas 2014, she moved to her home and proposed marriage on June 26, 2015, they were married on Christmas of the same year. Regarding to his way of being he has stated: I have always had an interest in being someone who inspires, and at the same time, helps people. I consider myself lucky and at the same time a worker, because I always have my eyes on the target.

Facts

John Raymond

Complete name: Jonathan Daniel Raymond Smith

Nickname: John (also stage name)

Occupations: Actor, producer, director

Date of birth: March 9, 1975

Birthplace: Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Zodiac sign: Pisces

Eye color: Dark brown

Hair color: Black

Net worth: $100.000 million

Father: Phillip Adrian Smith

Mother: Lisa Marie Jones

Siblings: N/A, considers his cousins Chris and Kelly his siblings as others do

Hobbies and interests: Music, movies, TV, sports, languages, meeting people, traveling, hanging out with friends

Favorite color: Blue

Favorite food: European

Favorite fast food restaurant: McDonald’s

Favorite drinks: Coffee, Coca-Cola, Orange Juice

Favorite ice cream flavor: Chocolate

Favorite music: N/A

Favorite music genre: N/A

Favorite movie: Citizen Kane

Favorite movie genre: Comedy

Favorite movie director: Steven Spielberg

Favorite TV show: Only

Favorite cars: Honda & Hyundai

Favorite actor: Johnny Depp

Favorite actress: Meryl Streep

Favorite city: Toronto

Favorite number: 9

Favorite pet: Dog

Favorite quote: “If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or objects” Albert Einstein

Favorite book: The Catcher in the Rye

Favorite author: J.D. Salinger

Favorite letter: S

Favorite clothes to wear: Fake leather jacket, red shirt,  blue jeans and white sneakers
Favorite animal: Leopard

Height: 1.90 m 

Weight: 70 kg 

Shoe size: 45

Religion: Christianity

Interesting facts:

·         He was born on his uncle Todd’s 28^th birthday

·         He was born rich

·         He has been the richest member of his family since October 10, 1987

·         He met Jenny Nagy on November 9, 2012, there were many occasions in which they were supposed to meet, but for various reasons never got to do so. They fell in love the day they met and began dating the following day, he moved to her house on Christmas 2014 and proposed to her on June 26, 2015 and wed on Christmas of that year

·         He says that if he weren’t an actor, he’d be a diplomat, working as the U.S. ambassador to various countries

·         He was born at midnight

·         He opened his company John Raymond Productions on May 9, 2017 as one of proposed things that his former agent Mark Lopez’s will

·         His app, produced by his company, came out of May 19, 2017, the others Real Friends main cast members, Joey Henderson, Jenny Nagy and his own company, had their apps released between May 20 and December 13 of that year

·         He became his own agent on October 3, 2016, following the death of  his long-time agent Mark Lopez

·         He’s multilingual; he can speak more than 50 languages!

·         He’s a multi-instrumentalist, he plays a wide variety of instruments, more so than Jenny Nagy
                 He does not wear real fur, his famous leather jacket is made of fake leather, he does this for convenient reasons
H           He has been to every recognised country in the world, save for Bhutan and North Korea 

·         He was going to be named John, but his mom insisted on naming him after one of his great-grandfathers, his father was unsure of it, but he eventually agreed on it, as long as he would be called John. It was settled. His dad, however, rarely calls him by his name, usually he calls him son

        With the help of my dad, we made a "representation of this character", this was the final result:

Well, actually, it's not exactly what I expected, its appearance is based on that of Jorge Ulloa, one of the founders of the Ecuadorian Youtube channel EnchufeTV.

   A problem I had: it is difficult for me to know exactly how his hair is, it is black, with certain parts raised

This character was created in my mind a few years ago, then I started to give him more focus and eventually, he became my favorite of my stories, my purpose is to continue expanding and that you enjoy what will be known about him. He is someone very interesting and someone who deserves recognition for what he has done. I hope you're interested in what's coming soon! Happy holidays and new year!

¿Quién es John Raymond? (Biografía)

Jonathan Daniel Raymond Smith, mejor conocido por su nombre artístico John Raymond, nació el domingo 9 de marzo de 1975 en el hospital Southern California Hospital Hollywood en Hollywood, Los Ángeles, California, Estados Unidos a las 0:00 horas. Es el único hijo de Phillip Smith; un ingeniero en informática retirado y Lisa Jones, una agente de bienes raíces. Cumple años el mismo día que su tío Todd, hermano mayor de su padre. Tiene ascendencia inglesa por parte de su padre y su hermano. Sus abuelos Michael Vincent Smith (3 de enero de 1919 en Manchester, Inglaterra-20 de agosto de 1994 en Los Ángeles, California), un empresario y Geena Louise Walker (2 de junio de 1923 en Chelsea, Londres, Inglaterra-20 de agosto de 1994 en Los Ángeles, California), una administradora, emigraron a los Estados Unidos en enero de 1946. Tenían el interés de vivir en otro lugar y siempre mostraron interés en EEUU, particularmente Hollywood. Se establecieron allí el 18 de enero de ese año, en la calle Sunset Boulevard, el año siguiente tuvieron su primer hijo Todd, el 9 de marzo y Phill vino el 26 de agosto de 1950. Phill conoció a Lisa el 16 de setiembre de 1970 en la Universidad Estatal, donde estudiaba. Luego de haberse conocido por un tiempo, en 1972 se enamoraron. Le propuso a esta el 15 de diciembre de 1973 y se casaron el 15 de junio de 1974. El mes siguiente, Lisa anunció su embarazo y 9 meses después, vino John. A la temprana edad de 3 años, John se dio cuenta de su interés en la actuación y comenzó a irse a clases el 25 de agosto de 1978. A la edad de 4, John ya sabía que quería ser actor. En febrero de 1980, consiguió su gran oportunidad en una serie infantil llamada The Rainbow (El Arcoiris en los países hispanohablantes) como invitado especial. En el mismo mes, conoció a su eventual agente Mark Lopez, Lopez oficialmente se convirtió su agente el 16 de abril de 1980 y mantendría ese trabajo hasta el 3 de octubre de 2016. Los primeros trabajos de John entre 1980 y 1985 eran principalmente trabajos infantiles, en 1985 consiguió fama moderada con sus apariciones en The Playground (El Patio de Juegos en España e Hispanoamérica) y comenzó a dar entrevistas de manera regular, así como conocer una gran variedad de personas famosas (sí llegó a conocer famosos antes pero no de frecuencia regular). El año 1986 fue un año de no muchos realces para él, ya que sus padres querían enfocarse más en su educación. Pero el año siguiente, sería diferente. Llegaría a algo inolvidable. El 9 de enero de 1987, Mark Lopez, su agente se enteró que se llevaban a cabo audiciones para el programa Billy's Life (La Vida de Billy en Hispanoamérica y Billy: Una vida interesante en España), Lopez aseguraba que Raymond sería perfecto para el papel principal. Se fue a su casa para contarle de lo ocurrido, y después del colegio se fue a Entertainment Studios para la audición. Unas horas más tarde, se enteró a través de una llamada telefónica, que había conseguido el rol. ¡No lo podía creer! Era algo para enorgullecerse, debido a ciertos eventos, la producción no empezó oficialmente hasta el 2 de febrero, día en el que se filmó el primer episodio, ese día conoció a sus co-estrellas e hizo amistades con ellas, pero es más cercano con Matt Smith, Julie Johnson y Stevie Lowe. La serie se estrenó el 5 de setiembre del mismo año y fue un éxito inmediato. El 10 de octubre de ese año, la serie fue renovada para una segunda temporada y otro suceso inesperado ocurrió, al haber calculado todas las ganancias de John, Mark Lopez anunció a su familia que este se había vuelto el miembro más rico de la familia; hecho que todavía es cierto hasta ahora. El 8 de diciembre de 2000 se confirmó que Raymond era el quinto actor más pagado de EEUU y 17 años después se había vuelto el que más ganaba, con una fortuna de 100.000 millones de $. La serie continuó al aire hasta el 27 de junio de 1992, la tercera temporada fue notable en que Raymond empezó a aparecer en público de manera regular con su barba; el final de la serie rompió el récord en ser el final más visto en la historia de la televisión en los Estados Unidos 106.9 millones de espectadores. Tres años después Raymond conseguiría unos de sus mejores y más importantes roles en la película titulada The Big Dark Secret (El Gran y Oscuro Secreto en Hispanoamérica y Un Enorme Secreto en España), Raymond recibió enorme reconocimiento de la crítica y su actuación en la película lo llevó a su primera nominación en los Premios Oscar. Durante la producción de la película, Raymond anduvo por un período de ansiedad, un período que volvería a pasar trece años después. El 30 de julio de 1997 consiguió el papel de Ryan Johnson en la serie más aclamada del canal AVB "Real Friends", el primer episodio se filmó dos días después de las audiciones, Raymond se volvió cercano a sus co-estrellas ese mismo día. La serie se estrenó el 2 de mayo de 1998 y culminó el 29 de noviembre de 2003. El primer episodio rompió el récord de ser el episodio más visto de una serie de AVB con 40.1 millones de espectadores, luego igualado por un episodio de la serie International Job el 23 de junio de 2017. El 2 de julio de 2004 se lanzó la película Action! (Acción) donde interpretó al personaje principal. Fue un éxito mundial y su actuación lo llevó a su primer Oscar (por Mejor Actor). El 9 de marzo del 2005, en su 30° cumpleaños, por sus honores, fue otorgado con una estrella en el Paseo de la Fama de Hollywood, esta estrella se destaca en la que las categorías de Televisión y Películas se encuentran en esta misma, y no por separado. El 7 de julio de 2005 se estrenó la serie animada Gordon, donde hizo la voz del personaje titular, este fue su primer rol principal en una serie animada, la serie concluyó el 26 de agosto del 2010. El 3 de octubre de 2016 se convirtió en su propio agente tras la muerte de Mark Lopez, 7 meses después, el 9 de mayo de 2017, inaugura John Raymond Productions, una empresa donde se encarga de varias producciones.

Raymond es considerado como uno de los actores más influyentes en la historia de la actuación, fue votado como Persona del Año y Persona Más Influyente por la revista Time en los año 1995, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2015, 2016.
El 28 de octubre de 2016, lanzó su primer libro titulado: How to Be Your Own Agent (Cómo ser tu propio agente). Fue escrito en tan solo 10 días. Fue un éxito, ganando el premio de Libro del Año. El 1 de diciembre del mismo año, lanzó su segundo libro titulado: The World of Voice Acting (El mundo de la actuación de voz), este también fue de gran éxito. Planea lanzar en el futuro su autobiografía.

Vida personal

Raymond tiene un coeficiente intelectual de 400 y habla con fluidez más de 40 idiomas, además rara vez tiene problemas entiendiendo cosas. Se considera un creyente y se afilia a la religión cristiana, aunque en su propia manera y no de manera tradicional. Conoció a la cantante Jenny Nagy el 9 de noviembre de 2012, cuando estaba comprando ropa, estos se enamoraron a primera vista y empezaron a salir el día siguiente. En Navidad el 2014, se mudó a su casa y le propuso matrimonio el 26 de junio de 2015, se casaron en Navidad del mismo año. Con respecto a su manera de ser  ha declarado: Siempre he tenido interés en ser alguien que inspira, y al mismo tiempo ayudar a las personas. Me considero suertudo y al mismo tiempo trabajador, porque siempre tengo mis ojos en el objetivo.

Datos

Nombre completo: Jonathan Daniel Raymond Smith
Apodo: John (también nombre artístico)
Ocupaciones: Actor, productor, director
Fecha de nacimiento: 9 de marzo de 1975
Lugar de nacimiento: Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, EE. UU.
Signo del zodiaco: Piscis
Color de ojos: Marrón oscuro
Color de cabello: Negro
Valor neto: $ 100,000 millones
Padre: Phillip Adrian Smith
Madre: Lisa Marie Jones
Hermanos: N / A, considera a sus primos Chris y Kelly como sus hermanos
Aficiones e intereses: Música, películas, televisión, deportes, idiomas, conocer gente, viajar, salir con amigos
Color favorito: Azul
Comida favorita: Europea
Deportes favoritos: Béisbol, básquetbol y fútbol
Restaurante de comida rápida favorito: McDonald's
Bebidas favoritas: Café, Coca-Cola, jugo de naranja
Sabor de helado favorito: Chocolate
Música favorita: N / A
Género de música favorito: N / A
Película favorita: El Ciudadano/El Ciudadano Kane/Ciudadano Kane
Género de película favorito: Comedia
Director de cine favorito: Steven Spielberg
Programa de televisión favorito: Only
Autos favoritos: Honda y Hyundai
Actor favorito: Johnny Depp
Actriz favorita: Meryl Streep
Ciudad favorita: Toronto
Número favorito: 9
Mascota favorita: Perro
Frase favorita: "Si quieres vivir una vida feliz, átala a un objetivo, no a personas u objetos" Albert Einstein
Libro favorito: El guardián entre el centeno
Autor favorito: J.D. Salinger
Letra favorita: S
Ropa favorita para usar: Campera de cuero falso, remera roja, vaqueros azules y championes blancos
Animal favorito: Leopardo
Altura: 1.90 m
Peso: 70 kg
Tamaño del zapato: 45
Religión: Cristianismo
Datos interesantes:
• Nació el cumpleaños número 28 de su tío Todd
• Nació rico
• Ha sido el miembro más rico de su familia desde el 10 de octubre de 1987
• Conoció a Jenny Nagy el 9 de noviembre de 2012, hubo muchas ocasiones en las que se suponía que se reunirían, pero por diversas razones nunca llegaron a hacerlo. Se enamoraron el día que se conocieron y comenzaron a salir al día siguiente. Se mudó a su casa en la Navidad de 2014 y le propuso matrimonio el 26 de junio de 2015 y se casó en la Navidad de ese año.
• Él dice que si él no fuera un actor, sería un diplomático, trabajando como embajador de los Estados Unidos en varios países
• Nació a medianoche
• Abrió su empresa John Raymond Productions el 9 de mayo de 2017 como una de las cosas propuestas por su ex agente Mark López.
• Su aplicación, producida por su compañía, salió el 19 de mayo de 2017, los otros miembros del reparto principal de Real Friends, Joey Henderson, Jenny Nagy y su propia compañía, tuvieron sus aplicaciones publicadas entre el 20 de mayo y el 13 de diciembre de ese año.
• Se convirtió en su propio agente el 3 de octubre de 2016, después de la muerte de su agente de larga data Mark Lopez
• Él es multilingüe; ¡él puede hablar más de 50 idiomas!
• Es un multiinstrumentista, toca una gran variedad de instrumentos, más que Jenny Nagy
• No usa pieles de animales de verdad, su famosa campera de cuero está hecha de cuero falso, lo hace por razones convenientes
• Ha estado en todos los países reconocidos del mundo, excepto Bhután y Corea del Norte.
• Se iba a llamar John, pero su madre insistió en nombrarlo por uno de sus bisabuelos, su padre no estaba seguro de ello, pero finalmente estuvo de acuerdo, siempre y cuando se lo llamaría John. Fue resuelto. Su padre, sin embargo, rara vez lo llama por su nombre, usualmente lo llama hijo

Este mismo día con la ayuda de mi papá, hicimos una "representación de este personaje", este fue el resultado final:

Bueno, en realidad, no es exactamente lo que esperaba, su apariencia está basada en la de Jorge Ulloa, uno de los fundadores del canal de Youtube ecuatoriano EnchufeTV.

Un problema en que tuve: me es difícil saber cómo exactamente es su cabello, es de color negro, con ciertas partes alzadas

Este personaje fue creado en mi mente hace unos años, luego le fui dando más enfoque y eventualmente, se convirtió en mi preferido de mis historias, mi propósito es seguir expandiendo y que ustedes disfruten de lo que se sabrá de él. Es alguien muy interesante y alguien que merece reconocimiento por lo que ha hecho. ¡Ojalá estés interesado en lo que se viene próximamente! ¡Felices fiestas y año nuevo!

La vida de Billy

El año es 1987. Películas como RoboCop, Detective en Hollywood II, Arma Mortal salieron. Programas de televisión como Star Trek: The Next Generation y Tres por Tres se estrenaron, y álbumes como Bad y The Joshua Tree fueron lanzados.
En este día en 1987, a las 20:30 PM Zona horaria del Pacífico, el programa de televisión La Vida de Billy se estrenó. La serie sigue la vida de Billy Robinson (John Raymond) como una escuela secundaria luego estudiante de secundaria junto a sus mejores amigos Al Travis (Matt Smith), Kelly Jefferson (Julie Johnson) y Cece Roberts (Stevie Lowe). También pasa por muchas situaciones con sus familiares, su hermana mayor Chelsea (Gwen Rush), su mamá Donna (Ellen Price) y su papá Jack (Jordan Black). Él es un 7 º grado en la primera temporada y la quinta y última temporada lo ve como un alumno de 11 º grado. Había planes para que la serie terminara el programa en su último año en la escuela, pero debido a muchas diferencias creativas y deseos, se decidió que la temporada 5 sería la última. La serie concluyó el 27 de junio de 1992.
La serie se considera para ser: El que hizo adolescentes Sitcoms populares. También engendró la carrera de John Raymond, que seguiría teniendo éxito en su carrera. La serie ganó un total de 18 premios y 36 nominaciones. La serie fue descrita como uno de los espectáculos mejor escritos de todos los tiempos por Rolling Stone en 2007.
El final de la serie: This Is The End, actualmente tiene el récord de tener el final de la serie más visto de cualquier programa de televisión en los EE.UU. Se estrenó a una audiencia de 128,9 millones de personas, un récord.
La serie fue notable por incluir algunos temas que no se notaron mucho en las comedias, como las dificultades de socialización, que se centró en el personaje del título. El creador Andrew Williamson, dijo que él basado parcialmente Billy en sí mismo y su sobrino Tim, y que él quería que él fuera diferente que otros personajes del título.
La serie desde entonces ha sido considerada como una de las comedias de comedia más importantes de todos los tiempos y una que realmente rompió terreno en la industria de la televisión.

Billy's Life

The year is 1987. Movies such as RoboCop, Beverly Hills Cop II, Lethal Weapon came out. TV shows such as Star Trek: The Next Generation and Full House premiered, and albums such as Bad and The Joshua Tree were released.








On this day in 1987, at 20:30 PM Pacific Time Zone, the TV show Billy's Life premiered. The series follows the life of Billy Robinson (John Raymond) as a middle school then high school student alongside his best friends Al Travis (Matt Smith), Kelly Jefferson (Julie Johnson) and Cece Roberts (Stevie Lowe). He also goes through many situations with his family members, his older sister Chelsea (Gwen Rush), his mom Donna (Ellen Price) and his dad Jack (Jordan Black). He is a 7th grader in the 1st season and the fifth and final season sees him as an 11th grader. There were plans for the series to end the show in their last year in school, but due to many creative differences and desires, it was decided that season 5 would be the last. The series concluded on June 27, 1992.
The series is considered to be: The One that Made Teen Sitcoms Popular. It also spawned the career of John Raymond, who would continue to have success in his career. The series won a total of 18 awards and 36 nominations. The series was described as being one the best-written shows of all time by Rolling Stone in 2007.
The series finale: This Is The End, currently holds the record for having the most watched series finale of any TV show in the US. It premiered to an audience of 128.9 million people, a record.
The series was noticeable for including some topics that were not noticed much on sitcoms, such as socialising difficulties, which was centered on the title character. The creator Andrew Williamson, said that he partially based Billy on himself and his nephew Tim, and that he wanted him to be different than other title characters.
The series has since been regarded as one of the most important sitcoms of all-time and one that truly broke ground in the TV industry.

The Bad Album

30 years ago today (1987), Michael Jackson released his seventh studio album, Bad  in this case, cool). The album was a critical and commercial success, selling about 35 million copies. Of the 11 songs, 9 were written by him (the only ones that were not Just Good Friends and the classic song Man In The Mirror). 5 of them reached # 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 (I Just Can not Stop Loving You, released July 20, 1987, before the other 10 songs, Bad, The Way You Make Me Feel, Man In The Mirror and Dirty Diana). With the exception of Just Good Friends and Speed Demon, all the songs were released as singles; Leave Me Alone (which was only a bonus track on the CD) and Liberian Girl were not released in the US, Speed Demon was planned as an official single, but in the end it became promotional. Technically, Just Good Friends is the only song that was not released as a single in any way.

This album was the third and final collaboration between him and Quincy Jones, who had produced Off the Wall and Thriller, the last so far the best-selling album of all time (over 65 million copies). Jackson was the co-producer of all the songs.

The album originally in the versions of vinyl and cassette, had 10 songs, in the version in CD, the last track was: Leave Me Alone. The order is as follows:1. Bad2. The Way You Make Me Feel3. Speed ​​Demon 4.014. Liberian Girl 3.545. Just Good Friends (with Stevie Wonder, written by Terry Britten and Graham Lyle) 4.066. Another Part of Me (first appeared in the movie Captain EO from 1986) 3.557. Man In The Mirror (written by Siedah Garrett and Glen Ballard) 5.208. I Just Can't Stop Loving You (with Siedah Garrett) 4.25 (original version) 4.12 (version without intro, found in later releases)9. Dirty Diana 4.52 (original version) 4.41 (edited version, found in later releases)10. Smooth Criminal11. Leave Me Alone 4.39 (originally it only appeared on the CD, then it was added officially.As you have noticed, some songs were changed in the copies of the album after the original release, these were the changes:Bad: It was changed to the 7-inch vinyl version, the difference being that it is faster and there are fewer trumpets soundsThe Way You Make Me Feel: It was changed in a way similar to Bad, this version is somewhat more upbeat and has more fingersnaps and voicesI Just Can not Stop Loving You: The original version has an intro spoken by Michael, because this one was shy with respect to this, it was removed in the edited version, an edited version exists with the introductionDirty Diana: It was replaced with the edited version, that in the last choir, the voices of choir were removedSmooth Criminal: It was changed twice, the original version, has a respite by Fran DiLeo, his manager, the second version; found in one of the versions of the single Black or White, has the strongest instrumentation, and the most well-known version, has no respite.Leave Me Alone: ​​As previously mentioned, it was only on the CD, and then addedWith the exception of I Just Can not Stop Loving You and Just Good Friends, all songs had music videos, or short films, as he called them.The Bad video, which runs for 18.05 (the full version, the short version lasts 4.20), was directed by the legendary Martin Scorsese, and filmed in New York for a period of 6 weeks between November and December 1986. In this the change in his appearance is noticeable

The video of The Way You Make Me Feel, directed by Joe Pytka; whose full version lasts 9.22, is seen trying to conquer a girl, played by Tatiana Thumbtzen, after several attempts, with a group of friends through a dance, manage to conquer it, when it was launched, there were criticisms regarding the dance by be provocative. This is the first video we can see with tied hair.

The video for Man In The Mirror, directed by Don Wilson, uses the edited version and lasts 5.04. This video is a compilation of problems in the times, also contains clips of several famous ones, like Martin Luther King Jr., Mother Teresa, John Lennon, etc. Apart from a clip of him, he does not appear at all in the video, although there is an alternative where he sings the song live in the tour of the album, and was used for the Moonwalker film of 1988.

Don Wilson has said that he traveled the world to make the video, he indicated that if seen from end to beginning, it shows that the world is not well.

The video of Dirty Diana, also directed by Joe Pytka, shows him singing the song in front of the audience, also the legs of a woman are seen, those legs were from  the late Lisa Dean, who was chosen to him from many women . There is an alternative video where he sings the song live on the Bad Tour.

The video of Another Part of Me, directed by Patrick T. Kelly, is shown to him singing live at his concert at Wembley Stadium on July 16, 1988, with footage of live shows in Paris on the 27th and June 28th. It starts with showing various clips.

The videos of Speed Demon, Leave Me Alone and Smooth Criminal are part of the movie Moonwalker, released in October of 1988.

Speed Demon continues to finish the Badder segment (where children make their version of the video), was directed by Will Vinton. In it, tries to escape the fans on a bicycle, which later turns into a motorcycle, a scooter and a jetpack, makes them chase more when wearing a rabbit named Spike. During the video he transforms into Sylvester Stallone, Tina Turner and Pee-Wee Herman. When arrested by the police, he and Spike, who later comes alive, dance. It ends with him smiling to Spike, whose face is on a crag.

The Leave Me Alone video, directed by Jim Blashfield and Paul Diener, is seen at an amusement park, built around it. His chimpanzee Bubbles, appears in the video, the video ends with him rising from the park and flying in a rocket.

The Smooth Criminal video, directed by Colin Chilvers, is famous for the anti-gravity lean, a method he co-patented. This made him and his dancers able to lean without moving their feet.

The segment itself lasts for over 40 minutes, the song part lasts about 10 minutes. There is the edited version only with the part of the song and the version of 4 minutes that is shown in the credits of the film.

And finally, to conclude with the videos. Liberian Girl, directed by Jim Yukich and dedicated to Elizabeth Taylor; his best friend, starts in black and white where she seems to be an African people, after the model Beverly Johnson says the part (rather moves her mouth to the par that you hear the phrase) in swahili, it becomes all colored and he sees that his friends are there to film the video, some sing parts of the song, when they wonder where he is he discovers that he was filming them all the time. In the credits (in the full version) they are credited to all by order of appearance, including Bubbles and a mummy with a question mark. It was his last video of the 80s.

The album was promoted with a tour, seen by 4 million people, beginning on September 12, 1987 in Yokohama, Japan and ending January 27, 1989 in Los Angeles, USA.

The concert at Wembley on July 16, 1988, was released in the Deluxe version of Bad 25, on CD and DVD, on September 18, 2012.

Regarding Bad 25, many songs not previously heard were released, but apart from 4 of them, I can not say much since I have not listened to all the other songs

In August 2012, the film of the same name was released, directed by Spike Lee, who directed the videos of They Don't Care About Us and This Is It.

To conclude, I really like the videos, maybe Bad is my favorite, but the funniest is Speed ​​Demon, it shows the effort he put in them and the album. In 2003, Rolling Stone placed it in # 202 of the 500 best albums. With respect to the songs:
Bad: The album starts well, and the choir is good.
The Way You Make Me Feel: It starts with good percussion, I think version # 2 of the song is something more joyful.
Speed ​​Demon: It's interesting in how it is, but I understand that it was not as critically successful.
Liberian Girl: It's slower than the previous ones, but the tone is good and the way she sings is good.
Just Good Friends: When you listen, you can tell it's 80, it's good, but definitely not the best
Another Part of Me: Perhaps it could have been more successful, after the # 5 # 1, it came merely to # 11, but in itself is good.
Man In The Mirror: Very good, with an excellent message, in which we have to change and then change the world. You should definitely / should listen to it sometime.
I Just Can not Stop Loving You: For a love song, it's good in itself, it's smooth and the intro is interesting and has a good rhythm.
Dirty Diana: It's what Beat It is for Thriller, a rock song, Steve Stevens solo (the middle between him and Quincy Jones) is good and the lyrics are very good at telling something different.
Smooth Criminal: Start well and continue with a good rhythm and part of Annie, Are you OK? is what paramedics use when doing RPC, he took an RPC course, unfortunately still does not know what happened to Annie.
Leave Me Alone: ​​Before Scream, we had this song, maybe it's not the strongest, but it's entertaining.
In conclusion, this is an excellent album and I recommend listening to it. Sorry if my reviews are not so good, I still learn with time.
Rest in peace, MJ!