Michael Jackson Biography
Profile
Famous as :
Pop singerBirth Name :
Michael Joseph JacksonBirth Date :
August 29, 1958Birth Place :
Gary, Indiana, USAClaim to fame :
Album "Off the Wall" (1979)
Biography
by AceShowbiz.com
The King of Pop has been forced to give up his crown. Yet, Michael Jackson was not losing all his charm and popularity since he already marked his name in every person's heart. Born on August 29, 1958, Michael Joseph Jackson is the seventh of nine siblings, Rebbie, Jackie, Tito, Jermaine, LaToya, Marlon, Randy and Janet, who were all raised in a strict Jehovah's Witnesses. But in 1987, Michael left the religion after the shunning of his sister LaToya. Due to the strict belief that forbids leisure activities, the children of Joseph Jackson and Katherine Jackson were
all kept locked in the house, a tiny two-bedroom, while Joseph worked
at night. However, the children secretly sneaked out from Joseph's sight
to practice singing and playing music. Eventually, the father who
reportedly was physically abusive to his children knew and decided to be
their manager alongside his wife.
The Jacksons' musical career started as Jackie, Tito, Jermaine, Marlon and Michael formed the Jackson 5 in the mid 1960s. The group that was signed to Motown Records in 1968 has opened the road to success, especially for the lead singer Michael. After the Jackson 5 recording fourteen albums, Michael launched his solo ...
The Jacksons' musical career started as Jackie, Tito, Jermaine, Marlon and Michael formed the Jackson 5 in the mid 1960s. The group that was signed to Motown Records in 1968 has opened the road to success, especially for the lead singer Michael. After the Jackson 5 recording fourteen albums, Michael launched his solo ...
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debut "Got to Be There" (1972) includes singles "Rockin'
Robin" and "I Wanna Be Where You Are." Furthermore, in 1979, Michael's
album "Off the Wall" has caught music fanatics and become a worldwide
hit includes the #1 singles "Rock With You" and "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough."
Since the estimate year of 1979 up to 2004, Michael physical appearance has been changed drastically. He was reported of being addicted to extensive plastic surgery although he claims to have had only three operations. In an act of caring for himself, he explained that the first two was a rhinoplasty to repair a broken nose after a dancing accident in 1978, and the third was a surgical operation of a cleft in his chin. The operations affect his skin condition so that he often uses a mask or makeup to protect his face. Yet, it does not stop Michael to record another album and the next album "Thriller" (1982) has proven to hit the success even more. The album has been sold 26 million copies in U.S. and 53 million worldwide, and certified by Guinness Book of Records as the biggest selling popular music album of all time. Moreover, Michael received
Since the estimate year of 1979 up to 2004, Michael physical appearance has been changed drastically. He was reported of being addicted to extensive plastic surgery although he claims to have had only three operations. In an act of caring for himself, he explained that the first two was a rhinoplasty to repair a broken nose after a dancing accident in 1978, and the third was a surgical operation of a cleft in his chin. The operations affect his skin condition so that he often uses a mask or makeup to protect his face. Yet, it does not stop Michael to record another album and the next album "Thriller" (1982) has proven to hit the success even more. The album has been sold 26 million copies in U.S. and 53 million worldwide, and certified by Guinness Book of Records as the biggest selling popular music album of all time. Moreover, Michael received
another honorable reward, as his "Billie Jean" video
became the first black artist video to be aired on MTV. The singles
"Billie Jean," "Thriller" and "Beat It," which are taken from the album,
have also been noted in MTV's most significant videos in history. For his achievement in music, Michael has won numerous awards, including ones for his successful album "Thriller" that earned him 8 awards in the 1984 Grammy Awards. At the same year, the King of Pop was awarded the Hollywood Walk of Fame and was also listed in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2001. Moreover, Michael amazing talent as a songwriter has noted his hard works to the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2002. In the same year, he also received a Millennium Bambi Award in Berlin, Germany, for being the greatest living pop icon.
Michael started to hit the road for his first solo tour after the release of album "Bad" in 1987. Despite his singles "Bad," Smooth Criminal" and "Leave Me Alone," the pop singer who is famous for his moonwalk dance move, also launched a collection of short films about himself entitled "Michael Jackson: Moonwalker" and an autobiography "Moon Walk" to add the success of the album.
Thanks to his many success albums that Michael was able to enjoy and spend his wealth over his personal dreams. Due to his "lost childhood" and part of him that not wanting to grow up, Michael was planning to build a place where children all over the world can fulfill their dreams of having a complete playground. He built and designed his home "Neverland," tribute to Peter Pan and his magic place Never-Never Land, in a 2,600 acres land in Santa Ynez, California. It contains a small zoo and amusement park where he often invites children, especially sick and poor, to visit and have some fun. Michael loves children very much; sadly, the fact later hit him back as he has been accused of alleged child molestation. He was accused after being reported to letting the children to sleepover and occasionally shares his bed with several of them. "Why can't you share your bed? The most loving thing to do is to share your bed with someone. It's very charming. It's very sweet. It's what the whole world should do," says Michael in an attempt to deny the charges.
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The alleged accusations shocked worldwide
fanatics because Michael has been long known for his
caring for children. Through his "Heal the World" and "Heal the Kids"
foundations, he has financially donated programs that are concerned with
child-immunization, HIV-AIDS, education and Apartheid. He also
supported programs to build hospitals, orphanages, homes and schools.
Moreover, along with Quincy Jones, Lionel Richie and many other artists
joined in "We are the World" project; he raised millions of money to
help starving people in Africa. In addition to those, he also recorded
the never been released song 'What More Can I Give,' which was slated to
raise funds for the victim of September WTC attack. And in the middle
of a chaotic mixture between facts and false accusations, Michael
continued to make record and launched his next album "Dangerous" in
1991. The album, contains the successful and innovative videos of "Jam,"
"Remember the Time," "Black or White," "In the Closet" and "Heal the
World," has somehow led people to distract their attention from his
court case. The videos featured cameo appearances by celebrities, like
Michael Jordan, Eddie Murphy, Iman, Magic Johnson, Naomi Campbell and
Macaulay Culkin.
Later in 1994, Michael made another shocking issue as he suddenly tied a ...
Later in 1994, Michael made another shocking issue as he suddenly tied a ...
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knot with Lisa Marie Presley, the daughter of Elvis
Presley. The short-lived marriage only lasted 18 months after Lisa felt
that Michael only used her to avoid the alleged charges. Shortly after
the divorce, in 1996, Michael married to Debbie Rowe and divorced in
1999 after having a son, Prince Michael and a daughter, Paris Katherine.
Furthermore, in 2002, Michael had another son, Prince Michael II, this
time with a surrogate mother whose identity has been hidden. The poor
baby has caught the attention as Michael once carried him over the edge
of the railing of the Adlon hotel in Berlin. Apparently, Michael realized that his songs are the only things he had to bring his good self-image back in spite of the controversies. Thus, he released a double-disc album "HIStory" (1995), in which each disc contains 15 of his greatest hits and 15 new songs, such as "Childhood," "You Are Not Alone," "Earth Song" and "They Don't Care About Us." Another single taken from the same album, namely "Scream," is sang along with sister Janet and noted to be the most expensive music video ever made with an estimate price 7 million dollar. Unfortunately, the album was branded a
failure, as its hits did not stay on top of the charts
throughout the summer. Since "HIStory," Michael continued to count on
his greatest hits collection to stay exists as his biggest-selling remix
album of all time, "Blood on the Dance Floor" (1997), was offered for
sale. In sequence, he produced a 40-minute short film entitled "Ghosts,"
which features singles "Ghosts" and "2 Bad" taken from the remix album.
The decreasing graphic in selling eventually affecting his next album "Invicible" which was launched in 2001. Despite the fact that it was the most expensive album ever produced, the low budget has forced "Invicible" to produce only the singles "Rock My World" and "Butterfly" in America. Worse, in October 2002 various international banks claimed Michael was in financial trouble, proven by his millions of dollars in debt. Since then, many bad things happened to him, like his legal dispute with his former financial adviser, Union Finance and Investment Corp. of South Korea; his being reported to close to bankruptcy; and the child sexual abuse accusation he faced in early 2003. Things getting worse for Michael as in early 2003 he faced a handful of indictments, accused him for doing conspiracy, kidnapping ...
The decreasing graphic in selling eventually affecting his next album "Invicible" which was launched in 2001. Despite the fact that it was the most expensive album ever produced, the low budget has forced "Invicible" to produce only the singles "Rock My World" and "Butterfly" in America. Worse, in October 2002 various international banks claimed Michael was in financial trouble, proven by his millions of dollars in debt. Since then, many bad things happened to him, like his legal dispute with his former financial adviser, Union Finance and Investment Corp. of South Korea; his being reported to close to bankruptcy; and the child sexual abuse accusation he faced in early 2003. Things getting worse for Michael as in early 2003 he faced a handful of indictments, accused him for doing conspiracy, kidnapping ...
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plot and extortion, because which he had to in and out
the court trial for about two months. In between his hearing, he faced
some other allegations that absolutely a blow to him. Child molestation
and an attempt to force an under-age children to have sex with him could
send the singer into a 20 years in prison if he's convicted.
Fortunately he's cleared from any charges. Got up from his defendant
seat, Michael kept sharpen his musical talent and the fruit came out on a
single titled 'One More Chance,' which was written by R. Kelly and
released on November 21, 2003. Soon as its release, the album went on to
become #1 on Billboard's R&B/Hip-Hop Singles Sales chart for three
straight weeks.
2005 was really a hard year for the King of Pop, who once again, bumped against another child molestation allegation that sent him back and forth the court for nearly four months before the long and tiring court battle finally came to an end on June 13, 2005, with Michael been acquitted for such other charges, as plying a minor with alcohol and conspiring to kidnap his victim and his family to get them to refute the damaging television documentary "Living With Michael Jackson." That day may be Michael's big and historical day, as from that point on he would live a brand new life and start a new beginning in his musical career. The latter began taking shape when he announced the work of a comeback album in may 2006. A year from that, it was known that Michael would pick collaborations from relatively new people in the industry such as will.i.am, Akon, Kanye West and Ne-Yo. By fourth quarter of 2007 Michael didn't own a major deal with a label to release the highly-anticipated album. Instead, he came up with a surprising news to re-release his greatest selling album, 'Thriller' which will be re-packaged with a number of remixes.
2005 was really a hard year for the King of Pop, who once again, bumped against another child molestation allegation that sent him back and forth the court for nearly four months before the long and tiring court battle finally came to an end on June 13, 2005, with Michael been acquitted for such other charges, as plying a minor with alcohol and conspiring to kidnap his victim and his family to get them to refute the damaging television documentary "Living With Michael Jackson." That day may be Michael's big and historical day, as from that point on he would live a brand new life and start a new beginning in his musical career. The latter began taking shape when he announced the work of a comeback album in may 2006. A year from that, it was known that Michael would pick collaborations from relatively new people in the industry such as will.i.am, Akon, Kanye West and Ne-Yo. By fourth quarter of 2007 Michael didn't own a major deal with a label to release the highly-anticipated album. Instead, he came up with a surprising news to re-release his greatest selling album, 'Thriller' which will be re-packaged with a number of remixes.
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