Tommy Motolla was head of SONY MUSIC USA during Invincible era. Michael had issues with Motolla and his team about different aspects of Invincible project.

Michael and Motolla disagreed about which songs to release from Invincible, the content & production of the short films & much more.

Motolla as head of SONY Music USA, overruled Michael on many decisions. Michael was not happy he did not have the final say on how his work was released. Motolla / SONY Music USA basically said you do things our way or we stop promotion. Michael refused, and SONY stopped promotion of Invincible.

SONY did not deliver stocks of Invincible CD’s to music shops around the world or give radio radio stations promo copies. This meant that sales dropped dramatically as no one could buy the CD’s. Fans ringing radio stations to request the songs were told they didn’t have the songs to play.

THAT’S why Michael spoke out against SONY/ MOTOLLA. It was because they sabotaged his album Invincible. THAT’S what the SONY DEMOS and Boycotts were all about.

Michael turned to the only people he could, the fan community, to help him fight his boss MOTOLLA and to stop the sabotage of his work by Motolla, head of SONY Music.

It was the fans who took over promotion of INVINCIBLE, with the campaign PUSH INVINCIBLE BACK TO NUMBER1, buying multiple copies, hounding radio stations & music shops to contact SONY & get stocks delivered.

The SONY demos were NEVER about boycotting Michael’s music but about the PROMOTION of Invincible.

Due to the worldwide fan demos, and an artist of Michael’s huge profile highlighting the dirty tricks of SONY MUSIC USA, Motolla and his team were fired.

Michael’s issues with SONY ended when Motolla was fired and a new team took over.

Even though he may not have signed a new long term contract again, Michael did work with SONY on a project by project basis, releasing The Ultimate Collection, Number Ones, Visionary, King of Pop, Thriller 25 between 2002 & 2009