Michael Jackson was an American pop singer known as the "King of Pop" in the 1980s and 1990s. Some of his most famous songs include "Billie Jean", "Beat It", "Thriller", and "Bad". He began his career with his family band The Jackson 5. As a solo artist, his 1982 album "Thriller" became the best-selling album of all time. Jackson faced several legal issues related to child abuse allegations later in his career. He passed away in 2009 from cardiac arrest at his home in Los Angeles.
2. The Songs
• Leave Me Alone
• Money
• Remember the Time
• Rock With You
• Smooth Criminal
• Speed Demon
• Street Walker
• Sunset Driver
• The Girl is Mine
• The Way You Make
Me Feel
• Another Part of Me
• Bad
• Beat It
• Billie Jean
• Black Or White
• Dirty Diana
• Do Not Stop ‘Till You
Get Enough
• Earth Song
• Ghosts
• In the Closet
• They Do Not Care
About Us
• Thriller
• Want to Be Startin’
Something
• Who Is It
• Will You Be There
• Workin’ Day and Night
3. About Of Michael Jackson
American pop singer, pop star of the eighties and nineties. Excellent dancer, endowed with an
unquestionable for their countless followers worldwide appeal, Michael Jackon also showed a talent
for business related to the world of music and entertainment. His private life was not always constant
source of positive news headlines reflected profusely for magazines and other publications of general
information.
4. His Family
Brother of fellow pop star Janet Jackson and Latoyah singer,
Michael Jackson was for many years the lead singer of the
Jackson Five, the family group that at one time or another,
were part of all the male children of the Jackson family .
5. More About Of Michael Jackson
Michael Jackson began his solo career in 1971 with Got To Be There, his first
job; came in 1972 to the British Top 10 and number one in the country, the
latter with single Ben. He released a couple of albums until 1975, though his
real breakthrough as star came after intervening in the musical film The
Wizard of Oz. Although the film was not a blockbuster, its musical director,
Quincy Jones, was the architect that led to Michael's career heights unseen.
The importance of backing Quincy Jones was in evidence with the results of
the album Off The Wall, 1979, which would give the new Pop Idol the not
inconsiderable sum of five consecutive singles success with songs like Rock
with you or don 't stop.
6. His Next Album
These results are only a foretaste of what was
to follow in Michael's career, as his next album,
Thriller 1982, proved to be the biggest seller in
the history of the music album, with six of its
nine tracks puffed as simple in both British and
American charts. In England achieved even
more fame with two songs sung with Paul
McCartney, The girl is mine, in 1982, Say Say
Say, in 1983.
7. The Jackson Five
Shortly before Michael Jackson took part in the final tour of the
Jacksons in 1985, and sponsored by a major soft drink company to
return later with a new album, Bad 1987, almost identical
commercial success than his previous album. He published his
autobiography in 1988, which was accompanied by a film starring
the star.
Already in the nineties, Dangerous is published, in 1991, along with a
major international tour, as on previous occasions. But shortly after a
scandal over alleged pedophile inclinations, which lead to the
suspension of some concerts and a retreat of which only goes to
announce his marriage to Lisa Marie Presley, daughter of Elvis
Presley, a union that lasted until early 1996.
8. The Again Wedding
In November of the same year, Michael Jackson
remarried with Debbie Rowe, a nurse he had met
fifteen years ago, and with whom he had a son.
Before mid-June 1995, Michael released his double
CD History, compilation of their greatest hits plus
some new songs, with unprecedented advertising
campaign. In August, the idol participated in an
Internet session, responding, for about an hour, the
questions of all those who were able to access it
through the service. Michael Jackson y Debbie Rowe
9. The Confusion
After six years of silence, the record label Sony Music announced for the
fall of 2001 the worldwide release of Invincible, the new work of the self-
proclaimed King of Pop. Two years later, Michael Jackson became a
media star in a scandalous episode, when the Santa Barbara police
issued a warrant for the arrest of the singer for an alleged crime of child
sexual abuse. Michael Jackson surrendered to authorities on 20
November 2003 and, despite the seriousness of the charges, was
provisionally released after paying bail of three million dollars. But her
ordeal did not end there, because in the spring of 2004 was again
charged with child abuse, so had to go back to court.
10. His Death
A battered image, economic hardship and health problems would mark
his later years. Financial difficulties led to the closure of the residence
of the singer, the famous Neverland Ranch (Neverland as Peter Pan
Island where children do not grow), containing a zoo and an
amusement park. To escape the media pressure, Jackson moved to
Bahrain at the invitation of the ruler of this small Persian Gulf country.
He tried to rebuild his career and solve their economic problems
launching new compilation albums and preparing his comeback.
Finally, in March 2009 announced a concert tour that was to begin in
London in July of the same year. His unexpected death of a heart
attack, just weeks before the start of the tour, sent shockwaves around
the world.