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Michael Jackson
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| Born | Michael Joseph Jackson (1958-08-29)August 29, 1958 Gary, Indiana, U.S. |
| Died | June 25, 2009(2009-06-25) (aged 50) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Cause of death | Cardiac arrest induced by acute propofol and benzodiazepineintoxication |
| Resting place | Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, California, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Other names | Michael Joe Jackson |
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| Years active | 1964–2009 |
| Spouse(s) | Lisa Marie Presley (m. 1994; div. 1996)Debbie Rowe (m. 1996; div. 2000) |
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| Family | See Jackson family |
| Awards | Full list |
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| Website | www.michaeljackson.com |
Michael Joseph Jackson (August 29, 1958 – June 25, 2009) was an Americansinger, songwriter, dancer, and philanthropist. He is considered one of the greatest and most influential music artists in history.
Michael began performing with his brothers in the Jackson 5 (later known as the Jacksons) at the age of 6. They gained worldwide fame with Michael as the group's lead singer and recorded multiple successful singles. In the early 1970s, he began his solo career, releasing the following albums with record label Motown: Got to Be There and Ben (both 1972), Music & Me (1973), and Forever, Michael (1975); then he left Motown and moved to Epic Records, where he released the albums Off the Wall (1979), Thriller (1982), Bad (1987), Dangerous (1991), HIStory: Past, Present, and Future, Book I (1995), and Invincible (2001). When he died in 2009 at age 50, he had spent 44 years working in the music industry.
Jackson was (and is) a global figure in popular culture. He created some of the best-selling albums in music history. His contributions to music, dance, and fashion had a major cultural impact. Finally, his highly publicized personal life kept him in the public eye.
Jackson died in 2009 from an overdose of propofol administered by Dr. Conrad Murray. Murray's trial was widely publicized, and he went to prison for involuntary manslaughter. Jackson's legacy lives on.
"The King of Pop"
[change | change source]Because of his influence and fame, Jackson is nicknamed the "King of Pop".
Jackson influenced artists across many music genres. Through stage and video performances, he popularized complicated dance moves such as the moonwalk, the robot, and the anti-gravity lean.
Jackson is the most awarded individual music artist in history. His awards include:
He is in the:
Jackson is one of the best-selling music artists of all time, with estimated sales of over 500 million records worldwide.
Life and career
[change | change source]Early life
[change | change source]Michael Joseph Jackson was born to a family of Jehovah's Witnesses on August 29, 1958, at St Mary's Mercy Hospital in Gary, Indiana.[1] He was the eighth of Katherine and Joe Jackson's ten children.[2]
Jackson's father Joseph was a steelmill worker who played guitar in a rhythm and blues band to earn extra money for the family.[3]
1964: The Jackson Brothers
[change | change source]On January 1, 1964, Jackson and his brother Marlon joined The Jackson Brothers, a band that their older brothers Jackie, Tito, and Jermaine had started.[4] When they did their first public performance, Jackson was just five years old.[5]
When Jackson was 8, he and Jermaine became the group's main singers. The group's name then changed to The Jackson 5.
1965: The Jackson 5
[change | change source]See the main article: The Jackson 5
The members of the Jackson 5 were the same as the "Jackson Brothers": Jackie, Tito, Jermaine, Marlon, and Michael Jackson.
The group won an important talent show in 1966. Two years later they were signed to a famous record label called Motown Records. Their first Motown single I Want You Back reached No. 1 in the Billboard Hot 100, a list of the 100 top songs in the United States.
They became quite popular and performed many original songs, including "ABC" and "I'll Be There". They were managed by their father Joe Jackson, who was very strict.
His father did not allow the kids to have a lot of friends and he often whipped the children if they disobeyed. He wanted them to stay out of trouble and away from gangs. Later, when the Jackson 5 was still getting started, Joe would push the boys to practice for hours. He would hit them or verbally abuse them if they made a mistake.
1971-1973
[change | change source]In 1971, Jackson embarked on his solo career and released his studio albums Got to Be There and Ben (both in 1972), and Music & Me (1973).
Got to Be There produced the song of the same name, as Jackson's debut solo single. Ben released one single, the title track "Ben", which was a commercial success.
1974-1981
[change | change source]In 1974, Jackson hosted the first American Music Awards with Donny Osmond, Rodney Allen Rippy, and Ricky Segall.
In June 1975, the Jackson 5 left Motown for CBS Records and changed their name to "The Jacksons". That same year, he released his fourth solo studio album Forever, Michael.
In 1976, The Jacksons got their own TV show on CBS. The show was cancelled in March 1977.
On October 24, 1978, a movie called The Wiz was released. The movie was a remake of The Wizard of Oz with all black actors. Jackson acted as the Scarecrow.
On December 17, 1978, The Jacksons' twelfth album was released. It was the first album they had produced. Jackson wrote the album's second single "Shake Your Body (Down to the Ground)" with Randy Jackson. It reached No.7 on the Billboard Hot 100.
In December 1978, Jackson started making his fifth and first solo album on Epic Records: Off the Wall with record producer Quincy Jones. It was released on August 10, 1979. The album got good reviews and a Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance.
The Jacksons' thirteenth album, Triumph, was released in 1980.
1982-1983
[change | change source]In 1982, Jackson made "Someone in the Dark" for the E.T.: the Extra-Terrestrial soundtrack. It won a Grammy for Best Recording for Children in 1984.
On October 18, 1982, the first single from his sixth studio album Thriller, "The Girl Is Mine", was released. It was sung with Paul McCartney. Some people thought that the album wasn't going to be very good because of the song.
On November 30, 1982, Thriller was released, which went on to become the best-selling album of all time. Jackson didn't do a tour to promote the album. The album sold around 70 million copies worldwide.
Thriller includes famous songs like "Beat It" and "Billie Jean" and "Thriller".
"Thriller" has a unique music video, in which shows Jackson and others dancing like zombies. The popularity of these videos helped bring the television channel MTV to fame.
That year, Jackson won seven other Grammys for his studio album Thriller.[6]
In 1983, Jackson wrote three songs with Queen's lead singer Freddie Mercury.[7] That same year, he performed "Billie Jean" during an NBC special called Motown 25, Yesterday, Today, Forever, where he debuted the "moonwalk", in which became his signature dance move in his repertoire.
1984-1985
[change | change source]Pepsi commercial
[change | change source]On January 27, 1984, Michael's hair caught on fire while he was filming a Pepsi Cola commercial with the rest of The Jacksons. He received severe burns and was rushed to the hospital.
Pepsi paid $1.5 million to Jackson, who gave it to the Brotman Medical Center in Culver City, California. The accident left him with severe chronic pain, and he started taking narcoticpain medications.
Songs and albums
[change | change source]In May 1984, "Farewell My Summer Love", a song that Jackson wrote it 1973, was released as a single. It reached number seven in the UK Singles Chart.
"Somebody's Watching Me", a single by Rockwell with Jackson singing on the chorus, was released January 14, 1984. It reached number one in Spain and France.[8]
The Jacksons' album Victory was released on July 2, 1984. Between July and December 1984 Jackson toured with his brothers. He won eight awards at the 1984 American Music Awards, the most anyone has ever won at once. He also won Best International Solo Artist and Best International Album at the BRIT Awards.
Jermaine Jackson released his tenth album, Jermaine Jackson. Michael sang on a song from the album, "Tell Me I'm Not Dreaming' (Too Good to Be True)". It was nominated for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals at the 1985 Grammy Awards.
In August 1985, Jackson bought music publisherATV Music for $47.5 million.[9] They owned the rights to The Beatles.
Jackson wrote "We Are the World" with Lionel Richie in 1985. The song was recorded by USA for Africa. It was released as a single around the world to raise money to give to starving people in Africa. It sold over 20 million copies. It also won four Grammy Awards.
1986-1990
[change | change source]In August 1987, his seventh studio album Bad, was released. Jackson wanted it to sell 100 million copies; it has sold over 45 million.[10]
Five of Bad's seven singles were No.1 in the U.S.:"I Just Can't Stop Loving You", "Bad", "The Way You Make Me Feel", "Man in the Mirror" and "Dirty Diana". Until Katy Perry's success with her 2010 album Teenage Dream, Jackson was the only musician to ever have had that many singles from one album be No.1.
From September 1987 to January 1989, Jackson did the Bad World Tour. This was the first tour he did on his own.
In 1988, Moonwalk, a book Jackson wrote about his life, was published. It took Jackson four years to write. The book sold 200,000 copies.[11] Jackson then made and released Moonwalker. In 1989 some video games about the movie were released by U.S. Gold.
In 1986, Disneyland and Epcot started showing a short film called Captain EO that starred Jackson.
Jackson sang "You Were There" at Sammy Davis Jr.'s 60th birthday celebration. He was nominated for an Emmy Award for his performance.
The Jacksons released their last album, 2300 Jackson Street, in 1989. Michael sang on the album's second single "2300 Jackson Street" with his brothers and two of their sisters, Janet and Rebbie. Michael was also in the song's music video.
Jackson won the Grammy Award for Best Music Video, Short Form in 1989 for "Leave Me Alone".[12]
1991-1993
[change | change source]On November 26, 1991 Jackson released his eighth studio album, Dangerous. It is a new jack swing album produced with Teddy Riley. Jackson included a rapper on the album for the first time and nine singles from the album. It contains the number-one single "Black or White".
On June 27, 1992, Jackson started the Dangerous World Tour. Its goal was to raise money for charities such as the Heal the World Foundation. Jackson promised to donate all of the tour's income to charitable organizations. Jackson performed to 3.5 million people in 70 concerts, and grossed $100 million in donations.
The Dangerous World Tour was supposed to last until Christmas 1992. However, on November 11, Jackson ended the tour early because he was hospitalized.
In January 1993, Jackson performed at the halftime show at Super Bowl XXVII.
1994-1996
[change | change source]On July 16, 1995, Jackson released his ninth studio album, HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I. This album has two discs. The first is a collection of Jackson's greatest hits (his most popular songs). The second contains fifteen songs that Jackson recorded in late 1994 and early 1995. Thirteen of those songs were new at the time, and two of them are cover versions.
HIStory won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year. In August 1995, the album's single "You Are Not Alone" became the first single ever to go straight to No.1 on Billboard's Hot 100 (a list of the 100 most popular songs in the United States).[13]
The video for Jackson's single "Scream" entered the Guinness Book of World Records for being the most expensive short film ever made.
In 1996, he started his HIStory World Tour, which ended the following year. Over 4.5 million fans attended a show on the tour - more than any other tour in Jackson's career. Jackson performed 82 concerts in 58 different cities, within 35 countries, on five continents. The tour grossed a total of $165 million.
In 1997 Jackson released a short film called Ghosts in 1997, which he wrote with Stephen King.
1997-1999
[change | change source]In 1997, Jackson released Blood on the Dance Floor, the best-selling remix album ever made.[14] The album and its first single reached No.1 in the United Kingdom. Blood on the Dance Floor contained five new songs, including the album's first single - also called "Blood on the Dance Floor".
2000-2003
[change | change source]Jackson won Artist of the 1980s at the American Music Awards in 2000.
On October 30, 2001 Invincible, Jackson's last studio album, was released. The album got good and bad reviews. It was No.1 in 12 countries and sold 13 million copies around the world. But compared to Jackson's earlier albums, it was unsuccessful. The album's first single "You Rock My World" was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance.
In 2002, Jackson won his 22nd American Music Award for Artist of the Century.[15]
On November 17, 2003, Jackson released a collection of his popular songs called Number Ones. The album also includes a new song called "One More Chance", which was released as a single. It reached number one in three countries. The album was released as a DVD too.
2004-2009
[change | change source]In 2006, Sony released twenty of Jackson's popular singles on video called Visionary - The Video Singles.
In March 2009, Jackson told the press that he was going to do a tour called This Is It. He said that he might stop making music after this. Jackson practiced his singing and dancing for the tour in Los Angeles with Kenny Ortega. Jackson died of an overdose of Propofol on June 25, 2009, after having a cardiac arrest, and his personal physician, Conrad Murray, was convicted of involuntary manslaughter.
During an Interview on YouTube during the BBC UK Show featuring "Michael Jackson's This Is It" Michael talked about the future of his career and that he "may" be retiring after his "This Is It" Tour, but he wasn't sure if he would or not. However, due to his death in 2009, the show was cancelled. Some show-goers who paid for tickets wanted refunds but the Jackson Estate did not provide any.
2009-2010
[change | change source]Jackson won Entertainer of the Year at the 2009 Soul Train Awards. That year he also won five American Music Awards.[16]
On October 26, 2009, a two-disc album called Michael Jackson's This Is It was released. The album's only single "This Is It" was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance in 2011. On October 28, 2009, Michael Jackson's This Is It was released. It was a documentary movie. The movie showed recordings of Jackson's rehearsals for his This Is It tour. Jackson died before he could do the tour. It made $72,091,016 in the United States. It has made $261,183,588 around the world. It got good reviews from movie critics. On 26 January 2010 the movie was released on DVD. It sold over a 1.5million copies in the US in the first week it was released. This was more than any other music DVD had sold in its first week.[17]
Jackson won the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2010. His children, Prince and Paris collected the award for Jackson.
A video game called Michael Jackson: The Experience was released by Ubisoft in November 2010 for the Nintendo DS, PlayStation Portable and Wii.
2011-2012
[change | change source]In April 2011 Mohamed Al-Fayed, who was friends with Jackson when he was alive, showed the public a 7ft 6in statue of Jackson outside Craven Cottage football stadium. A lot of people did not like the statue. In July 2013 Fayed sold his football club to Shahid Khan. In September 2013 Khan chose to have the statue was removed. It was given back to Fayed.[18]Man in the Music: The Creative Life and Work of Michael Jackson, a book written by Joseph Vogel about Jackson's life, was published in 2011.
Jackson was voted as the Greatest Singer of All Time by people who did a poll on NME.com.[19]
In 2011 there was a criminal trial for Jackson's doctor Conrad Murray. Murray was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter of Jackson. He was sentenced to four years in prison. On October 28, 2013, Murray was released from prison. He was interviewed by 60 Minutes. He said that he did not think that Jackson's death was his fault in any way. The journalist Liz Hayes asked Murray if he thought that Jackson was a pedophile. Murray stared at her for 13 seconds and would not give an opinion. He said that he would not answer because he did not want to make anything up.[20]
An extinct species of hermit crab was called Mesoparapylocheles michaeljacksoni after Jackson in January 2012.[21]
Bad 25, a documentary movie about Jackson's album Bad, was released in August 2012.
In 2012 he sold almost 8 albums in the United States. He is thought to have sold 2 albums around the world in 2012. His estate makes $1 a year.[22]
2013-2014
[change | change source]Jackson made more money than any other dead celebrity in 2013.[23]
In May 2013 Wade Robson said that Jackson sexually abused him from the age of 7 to 14. In 2005 he had been a defense witness for Jackson's child molestation trial.[24] In June 2014 there will be a hearing where it is decided whether Robson can sue Jackson's estate over the abuse.[25]
In November 2013 Billboard magazine's issue, 44 did a cover with Michael on it. It said 'Life After Death'. Inside the magazine there was an article about the success of Michael Jackson: The Immortal World Tour.[26]
In January 2014 a judge ruled that Jackson's family could not have another trial against AEG Live.[27]Xscape was released on May 9, 2014.[28]