ABC (The Jackson 5 album) explained

ABC
Type:	studio
Artist:	the Jackson 5
Cover:	J5-abc.jpg
Recorded:	1969–1970
Genre:	Bubblegum rock R&B
Length:	38:45
Label:	Motown
Producer:	The Corporation Hal Davis Bobby Taylor
Prev Title:	Diana Ross Presents The Jackson 5
Prev Year:	1969
Next Title:	Third Album
Next Year:	1970

ABC is the second studio album by the Jackson 5, released on May 8, 1970 by Motown. It featured the No. 1 singles "ABC" and "The Love You Save", and has sold up to 6 million copies worldwide.^[1] Also present on the LP are several notable album tracks, including a cover of Funkadelic's "I'll Bet You", "I Found That Girl" (the only track with brother Jermaine on lead vocals), and "The Young Folks", originally recorded by Diana Ross and the Supremes.

The album peaked at No. 4 on the Billboard Pop Albums Chart and at No. 1 on the Billboard Black Albums chart in the United States. It was ranked No. 98 on VH1's All-Time Albums Top 100 list. It remains one of the Jackson 5's most popular efforts. The title track was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals in 1971.

Re-release

In 2001, Motown remastered all Jackson 5 albums in a "Two Classic Albums/One CD" series (much like they did in the late 1980s). This album was paired up with Diana Ross Presents The Jackson 5. The bonus track was an outtake, "Oh, I've Been Blessed", a song also released on the rare 1979 outtakes album Boogie.

An alternate version of the title track appears on the CD I Want You Back! Unreleased Masters released in 2009.

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1970)	Peak position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)^[2]	14
Canadian Albums (RPM)^[3]	25
Japanese Albums (Oricon)^[4]	85
UK Albums (OCC)^[5]	22
US Billboard 200^[6]	4

Year-end charts

Chart (1970)	Position
US Billboard Pop Albums^[7]	53
US Billboard Top Soul Albums^[8]	9

Singles

Title	Year	Peak chart positions
		US	US R&B	UK	AUS
"ABC"	1970	1	1	8	14
"The Love You Save"		1	1	7	59

See also

• List of number-one R&B albums of 1970 (U.S.)

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2009-06-26 . Michael Jackson: list of his records . 2024-04-26 . The Telegraph . en.
2. Book: Kent, David. Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. Australian Chart Book, St Ives, NSW. 1993. 0-646-11917-6.
3. Web site: RPM: The Jackson 5 (albums) . RPM Magazine . April 12, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171014084220/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-110.01-e.php?PHPSESSID=h6banu1fsvdt9pof8c4m7dun24&q1=village+people&q2=Top+Albums%2FCDs&interval=50 . 2017-10-14 . dead .
4. Book: Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970-2005. Oricon Entertainment. Roppongi, Tokyo. 2006. 4-87131-077-9.
5. Web site: The Jackson 5 Chart History. Official Charts Company. April 12, 2017.
6. Web site: The Jackson 5 US Chart History . Billboard. April 12, 2017.
7. Billboard 200 Albums - Year-End. 2021-06-01. Billboard.
8. Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums - Year-End. 2021-06-01. Billboard.