Invincible is the tenth studio album by American recording artist Michael Jackson, released on October 30, 2001, by Epic Records. His last studio album, it was the first release of new Jackson material since Blood on the Dance Floor: HIStory in the Mix in 1997, and the first studio album in six years since HIStory - Past, Present and Future - Book I. Jackson, Rodney Jerkins, R. Kelly, and Teddy Riley received producing and writing credits, among others. Similar to Jackson's previous material, Invincible explores themes such as love, romance, isolation, media criticism, and social issues. In its time, Invincible received generally mixed reviews from contemporary music critics, although retrospective reviews have been more positive. Invincible was the recipient of one Grammy Award nomination for Best Pop Vocal Performance - Male, as well as being voted by readers of Billboard magazine in 2009 as the best album of the 2000s decade. The album peaked at number one in 11 countries worldwide, including the United States (with 363,000 units sold in its first week), the United Kingdom, Australia, France, and Switzerland; Invincible charted within the top ten in six other countries. Its least successful charting area was Mexico, where the album peaked at number 29. Invincible re-entered music charts several times during the decade. Despite selling over 13 million copies worldwide and ranking as the 9th best selling album of 2001, the album has been viewed as a commercial failure rela