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Michael Joseph Jackson was born on August 29, 1958, in Gary, Indiana. When he was 5 he joined four of his brothers in a musical group called the Jackson 5. In 1969 they signed a recording contract with Motown Records. They soon became stars with several hit songs, and Michael became the lead singer.
Jun 25, 2009 · Kids learn about the biography of Michael Jackson including his childhood, the Jackson 5, going solo, the best selling album Thriller, and fame.
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- 2009-2010
- 2011-2012
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1958-1975: Early life and The Jackson 5
Michael Jackson was born on August 29, 1958, 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 six years old. When Jackson was 8 he started being the band's main singer with Jermaine. The group's n...
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 Jac...
1982-1983
In 1982 Jackson sung "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 th...
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 died at age 50 on June 25, 2009 at 2:25pm at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center. It is thought that he went into cardiac arrest, which means his heart stopped. Jackson died just two months before his 51st birthday.
Jackson won Entertainer of the Year at the 2009 Soul Train Awards. That year he also won five American Music Awards. 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 J...
Jackson was voted as the Greatest Singer of All Time by people who did a poll on NME.com. Bad 25, a documentary movie about Jackson's album Bad, was released in August 2012. In 2012 he sold almost 819,000 albums in the United States. He is thought to have sold 2.7 million albums around the world in 2012. His estate makes $145 million a year.
Jackson made more money than any other dead celebrity in 2013. Jackson's earnings have increased following his death. According to a report by Forbes in 2016, he had been the top-earning dead celebrity each year since his death, with triple-digit millions per annum ($825 million in 2016). A new compilation album, Scream, was released on September 2...
Got to Be There(1972)Ben(1972)Music & Me(1973)Forever, Michael(1975)The Wiz(1978)Captain EO(1986)Michael Jackson's Ghosts(1997)Bad (1987–1989)Dangerous World Tour (1992–1993)HIStory World Tour (1996–1997)MJ & Friends (1999)Apr 11, 2023 · Michael Joseph Jackson was born on August 29, 1958, in Gary, Indiana. He was the eighth of 10 children born to Joseph Jackson, a crane operator, and Katherine Jackson, a...
Nov 14, 2018 · Michael Jackson was born in the city of Gary, Indiana, which is a part of the Chicago metropolitan area. Michael Jackson was born on August 29, 1958. Among the ten children in the Jackson family, Michael Jackson was the eighth. Michael Jackson’s mother’s name was Katherine Esther Jackson. His father’s name was Joseph Walter “Joe” Jackson.
Michael Joseph Jackson (August 29, 1958 – June 25, 2009) was an American singer, songwriter, and dancer, who was the most successful music artist of all time.
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