Duba wurin da ke ƙasa sannan ka amsa tambayar daga baya a cikin harshe ɗaya kamar yadda wurin yake:  Passage: Jackson ta sanya hannu tare da Island Records bayan an cika kwangilarta tare da Virgin. Ta katse shirye-shiryen yawon shakatawa kuma ta fara yin rikodi tare da masu samarwa daban-daban, gami da Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins, Tricky Stewart, da Stargate. An fitar da kundin faifan ta na goma, Discipline, a watan Fabrairun 2008, yana buɗewa a lamba ɗaya. Duk da jerin rediyo, kundi na farko na kundi "Feedback" ya kai lamba goma sha tara a kan Hot 100 da tara a kan Pop Songs, ta mafi girma da aka tsara tun lokacin da "Wani ya kira My Lover". Har ila yau, a watan Fabrairun 2008, Jackson ya lashe kyautar hoto don "Mafi kyawun Mataimakin Mata a cikin Hotuna" don rawar. An kuma kusanci Jackson don yin rikodin jagorar guda ɗaya don fim ɗin Rush Hour 3. An ba Jackson lambar yabo ta Vanguard a 19th GLAAD Media Awards na shekara-shekara, don girmama gudummawar da ta bayar wajen inganta daidaitattun hakkoki a tsakanin al'ummar gay. Shugaban kungiyar ya yi sharhi, "Ms. Jackson tana da babban mabiya a cikin LGBT al'umma da waje, kuma samun ta tsaya tare da mu a kan cin mutuncin da LGBT mutane har yanzu ke fuskanta a kasarmu yana da matukar muhimmanci. " Yawon shakatawa na Jackson na biyar, Rock Witchu Tour, ya fara ne a watan Satumbar 2008. Jackson ya rabu da Island Records ta hanyar yarjejeniya ta juna. Billboard ya bayyana cewa Jackson bai gamsu da yadda LA Reid ya kula da kundin ba da kuma tallata shi, yana cewa "labular ta yarda ta rushe dangantakar su da mai zane a kan buƙatarta". Mai gabatarwa Rodney Jerkins ya bayyana "Na ji kamar ba a tura shi daidai ba.... Ta kawai ba ta samu ta kawai-yi a matsayin wani artist na cewa girma. "A Yuni 2009, Jackson ta wa Michael ya mutu a shekara hamsin. Ta yi magana a bainar jama'a game da mutuwarsa a BET Awards na 2009, tana mai cewa "Ina so in ce, a gare ku, Michael alama ce, a gare mu, Michael dangi ne. Kuma zai dawwama a zukatanmu. A madadin iyalina da kaina, na gode da duk ƙaunarku, na gode da duk goyon bayanku. Muna kewar sa sosai". A cikin wata hira, ta bayyana cewa ta fara jin labarin mutuwarsa yayin yin fim Me yasa Na Samu...  Tambaya: A wace shekara ce Michael Jackson ya mutu?
Shekarar 2009