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  1. 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 widely 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 ...

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    1958-1975

    Michael Joseph Jackson was born on August 29, 1958, at St Mary's Mercy Hospital in Gary, Indiana to a family of Jehovah's Witnesses. He was the eighth of Katherine and Joe Jackson's ten children. Jackson's father Josephwas a steel mill worker. On January 1, 1964, Jackson and his brother Marlon joined their older brothers Jackie, Tito, and Jermaine's band, The Jackson Brothers, in the band's first public performance. Jackson was five years old. When Jackson was 8, he started being the band's m...

    1976-1981

    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 Ozwith all black actors. Jackson acted as 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 in the US Hot 100. In December 1978...

    1982-1983

    In 1982 Jackson made "Somewhere in the Dark" for the E.T. soundtrack. It won a Grammy for Best Recording for Children in 1984. That year Jackson won seven other Grammys for his album Thriller. On October 18, 1982, the first single from 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. Jackson's sixth solo album Thrillerwas released on November 30, 1982. Jackson didn't do a tour for...

    Jackson's voice changed from boy soprano to spinto tenor between 1971 and 1975. He sang 'come on' wrongly on purpose so that it sounded like 'shamone'. Jackson had a three-octave vocal range. He is the most well-known musician to use the 'vocal hiccup'. He first used it in 1973 on "It's Too Late to Change the Time" on The Jackson 5's G.I.T.: Get It...

    Jackson lived a well-publicized personal life even though he tried to stay private. He was often in celebrity and tabloid magazines. Later in his life, he was in magazines because of his personal life more than for his music.

    Jackson was announced dead at age 50 on June 25, 2009 at 2:25 pm at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center. It is thought that he went into cardiac arrest, which means his heart stopped. At 4:36 pm local time, the Los Angeles coroner confirmed Jackson's death. However, he was unresponsive by 12:15, even though he was not proclaimed dead at the time ...

    Recent releases

    Jackson recorded several songs before his death. He had recently released a compilation album called Michael, featuring remixed songs and new songs such as "Hold My Hand" a duet between him and popular singer Akon, and "Monster", a strong song with lots of attitudes and a hint of dislike for the paparazzi. Also "(I Like) The Way You Love Me", "Keep Your Head Up", and "Much Too Soon". In 2014, he released the second posthumous album, Xscape which includes the songs "Love Never Felt So Good" fe...

    Albums

    1. Got to Be There(1972) 2. Ben(1972) 3. Music & Me(1973) 4. Forever, Michael(1975) 5. Off the Wall(1979) 6. Thriller(1982) 7. Bad(1987) 8. Dangerous(1991) 9. HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I(1995) 10. Invincible(2001)

    Filmography

    1. The Wiz(1978) 2. Captain EO(1986) 3. Moonwalker(1988) 4. Michael Jackson's Ghosts(1997) 5. Men in Black II(2002) 6. Miss Cast Away and the Islands Girls(2004)

  2. Apr 10, 2024 · Michael Jackson (born August 29, 1958, Gary, Indiana, U.S.—died June 25, 2009, Los Angeles, California) was an American singer, songwriter, and dancer who was the most popular entertainer in the world in the early and mid-1980s.

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  3. Apr 11, 2023 · Learn about the life and career of Michael Jackson, the "King of Pop" who rose to fame as a child with the Jackson 5 and became a global superstar as a solo artist. Explore his achievements, controversies, marriages, children, and death.

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