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Michael Joseph Jackson

Michael Joseph Jackson was an American singer, songwriter, dancer, and philanthropist known as the "King of Pop". He made his debut in 1964 as part of the Jackson 5 and went on to have an extremely successful solo career. Some of his most famous albums included Off the Wall, Thriller, and Bad. Thriller became the best-selling album of all time. Jackson influenced popular culture and music genres through his innovative dance moves and music videos. However, he also faced controversies later in his life related to his changing appearance and accusations of child sexual abuse. Jackson died in 2009 from an overdose administered by his personal physician. His death triggered global reactions and he is considered one of the most significant cultural figures of

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Michael Joseph Jackson

Michael Joseph Jackson was an American singer, songwriter, dancer, and philanthropist known as the "King of Pop". He made his debut in 1964 as part of the Jackson 5 and went on to have an extremely successful solo career. Some of his most famous albums included Off the Wall, Thriller, and Bad. Thriller became the best-selling album of all time. Jackson influenced popular culture and music genres through his innovative dance moves and music videos. However, he also faced controversies later in his life related to his changing appearance and accusations of child sexual abuse. Jackson died in 2009 from an overdose administered by his personal physician. His death triggered global reactions and he is considered one of the most significant cultural figures of

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Michael Joseph Jackson (August 29, 1958 – June 25, 2009) was an American singer, songwriter,

dancer, and philanthropist. Known as the "King of Pop", he is regarded as one of the most
significant cultural figures of the 20th century. During his four-decade career, his contributions to
music, dance, and fashion, along with his publicized personal life, made him a global figure in
popular culture. Jackson influenced artists across many music genres. Through stage and video
performances, he popularized complicated street dance moves such as the moonwalk, which he
named, as well as the robot.
The eighth child of the Jackson family, Jackson made his public debut in 1964 with his older
brothers Jackie, Tito, Jermaine, and Marlon as a member of the Jackson 5 (later known as the
Jacksons). Jackson began his solo career in 1971 while at Motown Records. He became a solo star
with his 1979 album Off the Wall. His music videos, including those for "Beat It", "Billie Jean", and
"Thriller" from his 1982 album Thriller, are credited with breaking racial barriers and transforming the
medium into an art form and promotional tool. He helped propel the success of MTV and continued
to innovate with the videos for his subsequent albums: Bad (1987), Dangerous (1991), HIStory:
Past, Present and Future, Book I (1995), and Invincible (2001). Thriller became the best-selling
album of all time, while Bad was the first album to produce five US Billboard Hot 100 number-one
singles.[nb 1]
From the late 1980s, Jackson became a figure of controversy and speculation due to his changing
appearance, relationships, behavior, and lifestyle. In 1993, he was accused of sexually abusing the
child of a family friend. The lawsuit was settled out of civil court; Jackson was not indicted due to
lack of evidence. In 2005, he was tried and acquitted of further child sexual abuse allegations and
several other charges. The FBI found no evidence of criminal conduct by Jackson in either case. In
2009, while he was preparing for a series of comeback concerts, This Is It, Jackson died from an
overdose of propofol administered by his personal physician, Conrad Murray, who was convicted in
2011 of involuntary manslaughter for his involvement in Jackson's death. His death triggered
reactions around the world, creating unprecedented surges of internet traffic and a spike in sales of
his music. Jackson's televised memorial service, held at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, was
estimated to have been viewed by more than 2.5 billion people.
Jackson is one of the best-selling music artists of all time, with estimated sales of over 400 million
records worldwide.[nb 2] He had 13 Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles (fourth highest of any artist
in the Hot 100 era) and was the first artist to have a top-ten single on the Billboard Hot 100 in five
different decades. His honors include 15 Grammy Awards, six Brit Awards, a Golden Globe Award,
and 39 Guinness World Records, including the "Most Successful Entertainer of All Time". Jackson's
inductions include the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (twice), the Vocal Group Hall of Fame,
the Songwriters Hall of Fame, the Dance Hall of Fame (making him the only recording artist to be
inducted) and the Rhythm and Blues Music Hall of Fame.

Life and career


Early life and the Jackson 5 (1958–1975)
Jackson's childhood home in Gary, Indiana, pictured in March
2010
Michael Joseph Jackson[9][10] was born in Gary, Indiana, on August 29, 1958.[11][12] He was the eighth of
ten children in the Jackson family, a working-class African-American family living in a two-bedroom
house on Jackson Street.[13][14] His mother, Katherine Esther Jackson (née Scruse), played clarinet
and piano, had aspired to be a country-and-western performer, and worked part-time at Sears.
[15]
She was a Jehovah's Witness.[16] His father, Joseph Walter "Joe" Jackson, a former boxer, was a
crane operator at US Steel and played guitar with a local rhythm and blues band, the Falcons, to
supplement the family's income.[17][18] Joe's great-grandfather, July "Jack" Gale, was a US Army scout;
family lore held that he was also a Native American medicine man.[19] Michael grew up with three
sisters (Rebbie, La Toya, and Janet) and five brothers (Jackie, Tito, Jermaine, Marlon, and Randy).
[17]
A sixth brother, Marlon's twin Brandon, died shortly after birth.[20]
In 1964, Michael and Marlon joined the Jackson Brothers — a band formed by their father which
included Jackie, Tito and Jermaine — as backup musicians playing congas and tambourine.[21]
[22]
Michael said his father told him he had a "fat nose",[23] and physically and emotionally abused him
during rehearsals. He recalled that Joe often sat in a chair with a belt in his hand as he and his
siblings rehearsed, ready to punish any mistakes.[16][24] Joe acknowledged that he regularly whipped
Michael.[25] Katherine said that although whipping came to be considered abuse, it was a common
way to discipline children when Michael was growing up.[26][27] Jackie, Tito, Jermaine and Marlon
denied that their father was abusive and said that the whippings, which had a deeper impact on
Michael because he was younger, kept them disciplined and out of trouble.[28] Michael said that
during his youth he was lonely and isolated.[

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