How do you get 46 of the biggest singers in the world to create a massive supergroup? Well, first, you gotta be Quincy Jones pointing at your sign on the front door of A&M Studios that read: .“Check your egos at the door” The now-infamous Producer, Jones placed it there because the nation’s biggest singers were coming to perform, and they only had one night to record a song that would save lives by raising millions to help with famine in Ethiopia.

What’s Happenin’…It was 1985, and “We Are the World" was the result, and this legendary supergroup was called, USA for Africa. With over 20 million copies sold, it is the eighth best-selling physical single of all time. It topped the charts around the globe and became the fastest-selling U.S. pop single in history, receiving a Quadruple Platinum certification and becoming the first single to be certified multi-platinum. Although one of these Super Stars kept ruining takes. So Stick around to find out who the trouble maker was.

We Are the World (1985) Singers ★ THEN and NOW 2022

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