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Jackson began his career at an early age, as the star of Motown group The Jackson 5, with his brothers. He signed a solo record deal in 1978, though he didn't formally part with the group until nine years later, and released his debut album, 'Off The Wall,' the next year, which yielded the classic singles 'Rock With You' and 'Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough' and has sold over 20 million copies to date.
If 'Off The Wall' was a massive success, then 'Thriller' changed music forever; to date it's shifted over 60 million copies, becoming the highest selling album of all-time by a significant mar ...read more
Jackson began his career at an early age, as the star of Motown group The Jackson 5, with his brothers. He signed a solo record deal in 1978, though he didn't formally part with the group until nine years later, and released his debut album, 'Off The Wall,' the next year, which yielded the classic singles 'Rock With You' and 'Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough' and has sold over 20 million copies to date.
If 'Off The Wall' was a massive success, then 'Thriller' changed music forever; to date it's shifted over 60 million copies, becoming the highest selling album of all-time by a significant margin. The massive singles 'Billie Jean,' 'Beat It' (featuring a guest performance by Eddie Van Halen) and 'Thriller' resulted, aswell as the duet with Paul McCartney, 'The Girl Is Mine.' The elborate 14-minute video clip for 'Thriller,' produced by horror director Vincent Price, has become a classic, and at the time became the best-selling home video of all time.
While the success of 'Thriller' may never be equalled, the combined sales of Jackson's next two releases come close. 'Bad' (1987) and 'Dangerous' (1991) were both huge critical and commercial success stories, the former spawning nine singles, including 'Smooth Criminal,' 'Bad,' 'The Man In The Mirror' and 'The Way You Make Me Feel.' 'Dangerous' saw Jackson take a more 'rock' approach, working with Guns N'Roses' guitar Slash, among others. In between these albums, Jackson wrote and produced 'Do The Bartman' for the Simpsons' 'The Simpsons Sing The Blues.'
'HIStory,' released in 1995, was a double-CD release, one disc a greatest hits compilation, the other an entirely new collection of songs. It sold 36 million copies, and spawned the hit singles 'They Don't Care About Us,' 'Earth Song' and the R Kelly-produced 'You Are Not Alone.' In 1997, it was calculated that Jackson was the most famous person in the world, ahead of Pope John Paul II and Elvis Presley.
'Invincible' was released in 2001, two years and tens of millions of dollars in the making. It was a commercial and critical flop, which in Michael Jackson's terms calculates to 8 million copies sold.
On June 25, 2009, Michael Jackson suffered a cardiac arrest at his rented mansion in Los Angeles. He was rushed to UCLA Medical Center but was pronounced dead soon afterward. Upon hearing the news of his sudden death, an outpouring of grief from fans around the world was covered by comprehensive media coverage of the event. While Jackson's many public controversies factor into how he is remembered, for many admirers, he will be best remembered and celebrated for his super-stardom and his monumental contributions to dance, music, and pop culture. « hide |
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