Rangarira ndima iri pasi apa uye ipapo pindura mubvunzo gare gare mumutauro mumwe chetewo sechikamu:  Passage: Mushure mebhuku rake rechipiri, Jackson akagumisa bhizimisi nemhuri yake, achitaura kuti "Ndaingoda kubuda mumba, kubuda pasi pababa vangu, icho chaiva chimwe chezvinhu zvakaoma zvikuru zvandaifanira kuita". Achiedza kubudisa dambarefu rechitatu, Jackson akashanda pamwe chete nevagadziri Jimmy Jam naTerry Lewis. Vakagadzirira kuwana crossover pop kukwezva, vachigadzirawo hwaro hwakasimba mukati memusika wemumaguta. Mukati memavhiki matanhatu, Jackson uye vaviri vacho vakagadzira dambarefu rake rechitatu re studio, Kudzora, rakaburitswa muna Kukadzi 1986. Iyo albhamu yakamhanyira kuNhamba 1 paBillboard 200, uye yakasimbiswa platinamu kashanu neRecording Industry Association of America (RIAA), ichitengesa anopfuura mamirioni gumi emakopi pasi rese. Kudzora kwakaziviswa se "kunoshamisa kusagadzikana uye kwakakura" kwechiitiko chevechiri kuyaruka, chinoonekwawo se "imwe nzira kune balladry ine manzwiro" iyo yakapinda muredhiyo, ichifananidza Jackson nechinzvimbo chaDonna Summer che "kusada kugamuchira chinzvimbo chitsva uye kutora matanho ake kuti asimuke pamusoro pacho". Iyo album yakabereka mashanu epamusoro mashanu singles, "Chii Chawakaitira Ini Munguva pfupi yapfuura", "Nasty", "Pandinofunga Newe", "Control", uye "Ngatimirire Chinguva", uye yepamusoro 15 yakarova ne "The Pleasure Principle". "When I Think of You" yakava nziyo yake yokutanga yakarova nhamba 1 paHot 100. Kudzora kwakagamuchira mibairo mitanhatu yeBillboard, kusanganisira "Top Pop Singles Artist", uye mazita matatu eGrammy, kunyanya "Album of the Year". Yakahwinawo mibairo mina yeAmerican Music Awards kubva mukusarudzwa gumi nemaviri, rekodhi risingaputswe. Panguva ino, Jackson akabudirira "kuzunza chiitiko chekuva mumvuri mwana waJackson", achiva "muimbi ari ega". The Album wacho lyrical kugutsikana zvaisanganisira dzinoverengeka misoro simba, rakafuridzirwa chiitiko zvepabonde kushungurudzwa, pamwe Jackson achiyeuka "ngozi yakarova musha apo vaviri vakomana vakatanga stalking ini mumugwagwa uye pane kumhanya kuna Jimmy kana Terry kudzivirirwa, ndakatora kumira. Ndakavadzorera. Ndizvo zvakaita kuti nziyo dzakadai se'Nasty' ne'What Have You Done for Me Lately' dziberekwe, dzichibva pakudzivirira.  Mubvunzo: Jackson akarega kuita bhizimisi naani?
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