Mushure mekunge album yake yechipiri, Jackson akagumisa mabhizimisi nemhuri yake, achitaura kuti "Ndaingoda kubuda mumba, kubuda pasi pababa vangu, icho chaiva chimwe chezvinhu zvakaoma zvikuru zvandaifanira kuita". Kuedza album yechitatu, Jackson akabatana nevagadziri Jimmy Jam naTerry Lewis. Vakagadzirira kuwana crossover pop kukwezva, vachigadzirawo hwaro hwakasimba mukati memusika wemadhorobha. Mukati memavhiki matanhatu, Jackson uye duo vakagadzira album yake yechitatu ye studio, Kudzora, yakaburitswa muna Kukadzi 1986. Iyo album yakamhanyira kuNhamba 1 paBillboard 200, uye yakave yakapetwa kashanu platinum neRecording Industry Association of America (RIAA), ichitengesa anopfuura mamirioni gumi emakopi pasi rese. Kudzora kwakaziviswa se "kunoshamisa kusagadzikana uye kwakakura" kune wechidiki, zvakare kunofungidzirwa se "imwe nzira yekudzora manzwiro" iyo yakaburitsa limerry, iyo yaive imwe yezvinhu zvakaoma zvikuru zvandaifanira kuita.
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