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Biography of Michael Jackson
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Biography, life story of Michael Jackson
Michael Joseph Jackson (August 29, 1958 June 25, 2009) was an American singer, pop music legend.
Preface
Michael Jackson became a star at an age when most children are still mastering the art of tying shoelaces.
After thirty years, he reached amazing commercial and creative heights – the most successful album in the history of sales, music videos on all TV channels and universal recognition of his musical genius.
In many ways, however, the king of pop has become a victim of his own success.
Professionally speaking, the multimillion dollar sales of Jackson's latest albums compared to the impressive achievements at the beginning of his career looked unconvincing.
In everyday life, it seems that Jackson was haunted by his childhood, which did not really exist, and an insatiable thirst for entertainment.
Childhood years
Jackson was born in Gary (Indiana) on August 29, 1958.
He became the seventh child in a family of ten children.
Michael's childhood was not cloudless.
His father, who tried to appear like an exemplary family man and a caring parent in public, was a real tyrant at home.
He repeatedly abused his children, causing them both physical and emotional pain.
Moreover, Michael's mother Catherine did not interfere with the actions of her abusive husband in any way.
Very much Michael remembered one terrible incident that happened when he was still very young.
One night, Joseph, hiding his face under a terrible mask, climbed through the window into his son's room and abruptly began to scream with all his might.
After this nightmare, Michael could not sleep properly for many years.
There were a lot of similar situations – Joseph Jackson was a real monster.
Jackson entered show business at the age of five, when his father Joseph organized the family ensemble "Jackson 5", which, in addition to Michael, included four of his older brothers.
At first, Joseph included Michael in the group as an exotic element, but it soon became clear that the baby had outstanding musical abilities.
The young talent led the group from the category of local celebrities to the first serious contract.
Between 1969 and 1971, the band released six hit singles, among them the famous compositions "I Want You Back "and"ABC".
During the 70s, the group remained a serviceable machine for creating hits.
CONTINUE BELOW
The history of cooperation between the record company Motown and Jackson 5 begins in 1968, when the group, already known for its victories in several competitions of homegrown talents, was invited to audition by one of the artists of the company.
Berry Gordy was not at the audition, but he was shown a recording of this event and he immediately ordered to sign a contract with the band.
It so happened that Jaxop 5 became the last grand event in the history of the label – new times are coming soon.
But in 1969, when the first Jackson 5 record was released, which, just in case, was preceded by the name of Diana Ross, simple sweet songs that quickly acquired the name "bubblegum soul" enjoyed stunning popularity.
The band on the very next day after the release became the object of real hysteria.
In 1970, the rival firm MGM launched a response project — five white Osmond brothers, but most importantly at the same time began to promote the youngest of them, 13 year old Donny Osmond, as a solo artist.
Motown rightly believed that not responding to this challenge meant losing a huge market, and the choice predictably fell on Michael.
So a double burden fell on him: from now on, he was written almost in parallel both as a member of the group and alone.
In the mid 70s, however, the popularity of the Jackson 5 fell, and the brothers left the company "Motown", moving to a more peaceful in terms of the requirements of"Eris".
The name of the group, however, remained for "Motown", Germain Jackson, who married the daughter of Gordy himself, remained there, and his grown up brother Randy replaced him.
The band became known simply as The Jaxops and began to sing disco.
It should be noted that Michael was somewhat glad to get rid of the constant presence of older brothers, because the team had a completely different family atmosphere that was portrayed in public.
Envious brothers called Michael "nosy" (isnot that why he later dealt with his nose the most?), his father simply addressed him as "ugly"" He was a young man of an extremely modest and shy disposition, most of all, according to his own words, he did not like "showing off", and therefore such treatment could not but cause him mental trauma.
By the way, Joseph Jackson had the decisive right to vote on all issues.
Simply put, he was a tyrannical nature, although honest in his own way: he subsequently did not take a single cent of the money that was owed to his children during their entire long musical career.
Youth
Growing up, Jackson was no longer satisfied with the popularity in the group and soon he made his first independent recordings with the help of Motown Studio.
When in 1971 his first separate composition I " ll Be There came out in the charts at the 4th place, it became clear that a new superstar was appearing in the musical sky.
While continuing to work with the brothers, Jackson made several more recordings that became hits Rockin 'Robin and Ben", and released his first album.
In 1976, he and the Jackson 5 band signed a contract with Epic Studio.
In the late 70s, Jackson made a brief foray into cinema, starring with Diana Ross in the African American version of the old movie "The Wizard of Oz" (The Wizard of Oz).
The film did not work out, but the fact of Jackson's acquaintance with the legendary producer Quincy Jones took place.
Jones and Jackson worked together on the singer's next album Off the Wall (1979), an album that took the singer from the category of child stars to the category of adult superstars.
In a short time, 10 million copies were sold.
Critics greeted the album enthusiastically, noting, first of all, the harmonious combination of soul and rock styles, the critic David Marsh, known for his skepticism, even declared Off the Wall a masterpiece of modern sound recording).
It seemed incredible that an artist could surpass himself, but he did just that, in 1982, releasing a small album Thriller, which became the most successful in his career and set new standards in terms of sales.
It sold over 40 million copies immediately after its release and received seven Grammy Awards.
Seven of the nine tracks from it hit the top ten of different charts.
An exceptional number of people worked on the record and related products, Eddie Van Heylen recorded guitar parts on it, among others, Paul McCartney sang a duet with Michael, and John Landis shot the video for the title song after almost 20 years, this clip was recognized as the best video in the history of pop music.
And the video telling about the creation of the Thriller clip has become another bestseller.
As already mentioned, more than 40 million copies of this album have been sold, this record has not been surpassed.
The collaboration with Jones brought Jackson 8 Grammy Awards and unanimous critical acclaim.
The hot ten included a record number of songs for one album (6), starting from the duet with Paul McCartney The Girl Is Mine in November 1982 and ending with the single Thriller in February 1984.
Jackson supported the popularity of this album with the help of video clips.
In 1983, at a ceremony dedicated to the 25th anniversary of Motown, Jackson performed the song Billie Jean and for the first time showed his "moonwalk" in public – a dance movement that has never been equaled in popularity in the entire history of dance.
Then it was just a landslide: competitions were held all over the world on the subject of who would best portray Jackson, that is, go "moonwalk", in films jokes about "moonwalk" were equal in frequency to jokes about Ray Charles driving a car.
In the same 1983, Jackson signed a grandiose contract with Pepsi Cola, the next year, tickets for concerts of his tour cost absolutely unheard of sums, and the demand for them was indicated by astronomical figures.
They talked about him only in the superlative degree, everything he touched turned into gold: this was the heyday of the king of pop music's reign.
The newly created MTV network provided a constant display of Michael's clips.
The dance and musical compositions of Billie Jean, Beat It and Thriller " not only won the audience, but won the praise of even such notorious detractors as Fred Esteira and Gene Kelly.
Jackson reached his professional zenith in the summer of 1984, when he reunited with his brothers for a joint tour called the "Victory Tour".
In the mid 80s, Michael Jackson began to surprise the audience more and more.
However, this time not with amazing music, but with its appearance.
Born dark skinned, Michael began to gradually lighten.
Many journalists were sure that Michael's bleaching skin was the result of numerous operations that he had done intentionally.
The artist himself claimed that he suffers from a rare genetic disease, which manifests itself in a violation of skin pigmentation.
Over time, not only the singer's skin color has changed, but also his face – his lips and nose have become thinner, his cheekbones are sharper, and his forehead is higher.
Jackson himself said that he went under the surgeon's knife only a couple of times in order to fix his nose a little, to make it more attractive.
The rest of the changes are the result of a vegetarian lifestyle, Jackson assured.
Within a few years after that, Michael began to be "handed over" by his own doctors – one by one they publicly told about which part of Michael's body they had to operate on.
Decline in popularity
Although Jackson's next albums Bad (1987) and Dangerous (1991) sold millions of copies and topped the charts, the excitement had already begun to subside.
They expected only the incredible from him, so when he recorded Bad five years after Thriller, many were disappointed: the music seemed dry and forced to them.
He didnot deserve such an attitude: his music was the same, maybe a little less ballad oriented and more rigidly structured.
However, it is impossible to be a king for a long time in a democratic society: any attempts at undivided domination will meet with unconscious resistance in it.
This applies not only to power, but also to ideology and tastes.
Jackson fell victim to this sad pattern: after some time, the trend took shape in concrete actions.
It all started with the fact that against the background of the growing political correctness, voices were heard that, they say, Michael despises his race and strives to be like a white man.
The wave of audience interest returned after Jackson announced his intention to release a video for the song Black and White from the album Dangerous.
The press wrote a lot about it, the public was waiting for it with impatience.
But as a result, the last shots, where Jackson breaks the car with a hammer in a rage, the audience was again turned away from the singer.
The lyrical composition It Doesnot Matter If You're Black or White caused some irony, since after plastic surgery and cosmetic procedures, he began to look like a Caucasian.
The enthusiasm of the audience subsided not only because of the frequently changing appearance of the singer.
If the audience also accepted the excusable eccentricity of the artist's appearance and behavior, then his quirks (keeping a coffin in the house or erecting an altar in honor of Elizabeth Taylor) and addictions (he could be seen exclusively surrounded by children) began to cause unpleasant conversations.
In 1993, Jackson gave an extensive interview to Oprah Winfrey.
The singer told a huge audience about changing his appearance (he referred to skin pigmentation defects and only two plastic surgeries), about his personal life (he called his girlfriend Brooke Shields) and his fabulous life (he compared it to the life of Peter Pan) at the Neverland Ranch in an amusement park near Los Angeles.
The interview revealed Jackson's life, but only partially.
The first big scandal
At the end of 1993, Michael again attracted the attention of the public.
A thirteen year old boy accused Jackson of sexual harassment during his sleepover in Neverland.
This accusation, categorically rejected by the singer, struck Jackson, who was always proud of his attitude to children.
The singer interrupted his tour, lost an advertising contract with Pepsi and caused irreparable damage to his reputation.
Jackson agreed with the boy's family for $ 20 ml.
In 1994, the case was closed.
Michael Jackson's personal life took a dramatic turn in May 1994, when he married Lisa Maria Presley, the daughter of Elvis Presley, in a secret ceremony in the Dominican Republic.
Some saw this step as an attempt to patch up their reputation, others found this association of two outstanding musical families touching.
Soon Jackson released a double album HIStory (1995), where he included old compositions along with new ones.
The album aroused different opinions – enthusiastic recognition of old songs and very restrained assessments about new ones.
By Jackson's standards, the album was selling poorly, despite reaching the top ten.
The press campaign included an interview with Diane Sawyer on ABC News, where Jackson and Presley insisted that they have a real marriage and they actively love each other.
Ardent love passed by, the union barely lasted 18 months.
However, another marriage was on the cards.
In November 1996, Jackson announced that his girlfriend Deborah Rowe (his assistant dermatologist) was expecting a child from him.
The couple denied numerous accusations that Jackson was simply using Deborah to carry his child.
As a proof of their love, they got married shortly after the fact of pregnancy was made public.
The wedding took place in Australia.
Three months later, Rowe gave birth to Prince Michael Jackson I.
A year later, the couple had another child, this time a girl.
The baby was named Paris Michael Katherine Jackson.
In 1999 (just three years after the wedding), Deborah and Michael divorced.
In February 2002, Michael had another son, Prince Michael Jackson II.
He was carried out in his womb by a surrogate mother, whose name was never made public.
The album, in the light of all the above, is called quite defiantly – Invincible, that is, "Invincible", was released in October 2001.
The difficulty of it was that thanks to her, if Jackson could win, then only a part of the past, while everything can lose.
An exceptional amount of money and labor was invested in it, not the cheapest stars were invited to play on it – from Santana to Missy Eliot.
And it is difficult to describe in words what was happening at the anniversary concerts that preceded its release.
Choirs, orchestras, tickets of cosmic value – a feast during the plague, and that's all.
Again, it was not without a sea of vulgarity and tastelessness: a lot of money was invested in the project, and nothing good ever comes out of such a quantity of them.
If we were not talking about Jackson, this very record could paradoxically be predicted a one hundred percent success primarily because the king, no matter how he was treated, had a style.
And this style is its own, and not replicated nonsense, which is used by boy bands, teen pop queens and other dance entertainment audience.
In addition, at that time, the market was much more favorable to such music than five years earlier: old forms came back into fashion, people listened to disco again, modified electropop was played again.
And such a clear example of these genres, which this record demonstrated, could not but attract attention.
Sunset
The last six years of Michael Jackson's life were filled with endless lawsuits (the singer was accused of child molestation, non compliance with the terms of contracts, and so on) and attempts to give this world at least a little more music from the king himself.
Death
On June 25, 2009, Michael Jackson was in his home.
About two o'clock in the afternoon, his personal doctor, Conrad Murray, came to see him.
The doctor gave the patient an injection of propofol (a sleeping pill) and left.
Two hours later, Conrad returned to find Michael lying completely still.
At first, the doctor tried to bring the patient back to life on his own, but after a couple of minutes he realized that his attempts were clearly not enough.
He called an ambulance.
The doctors who came to the rescue immediately began cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
They picked up Jackson's lifeless body and took him to the University of California Medical Center.
For a whole hour, experienced doctors tried their best to revive the king of pop music, but they failed.
Death has won.
Michael's body was buried on September 3, 2009 at Forest Lawn Cemetery (Los Angeles).
Investigation
After the sudden death of Michael Jackson, the Los Angeles authorities began a thorough investigation into the details of his death.
Many have come to the opinion that Conrad Murray unintentionally killed the singer by giving him too much medicine.
In the fall of 2011, Conrad was found guilty and sentenced to four years in prison.
Awards and prizes
Throughout his dizzying career, Michael Jackson has been awarded almost four hundred prestigious awards in the field of music.
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Arina (Karaganda)
I got to know Michael a little more than six months ago.
Until that time, I was not interested in his work, I did not listen to his songs, and I saw only one of the clips – for "Song of the Earth".
I knew very little about him – mostly it was rumors from the yellow press, and I didnot try to find out anything more than that.
Everything changed when I watched a CD with Michael's clips on vacation (there is a small film library in every room of the hotel where we rested).
I met the offer to watch the disc without any enthusiasm: "Well, let's see..."
Then the miracle began.
I just couldnot tear myself away from these clips!
I donot remember how many times I watched the disc from beginning to end – maybe three times, maybe more.
Then I decided to learn more not only about Michael's work, but also about him.
And then a completely different person began to open up to me – not at all the one who had been represented in the press for many years.
I have never had such a surprise.
The thought began to spin in my head: "An angel, he is an angel, an angel!"
Then I found out that many people call him that in the comments.
And now... now it's hard for me to find words to express my admiration for this artist and person.
I write and cry.
I never thought that I would love him so much.
And I feel very sorry for him after what I learned about his very difficult, but such a wonderful life.
Such people are born once in 1000 years.
It hurts that people didnot really appreciate him.
2016-03-14 22:22:50
Ksenia (Krasnoufimsk)
An excellent singer, dancer!
He is alive and lives in our hearts!
Michael has a huge number of fans, and this number of fans will not be beaten by any person on Earth!
He is a sincere, kind person!
Everything the media says is a lie!
Michael, we love you!
You will not be forgotten!
2015-10-23 08:59:25
Olga (Moscow)
This is the best singer, dancer and a person from all whose works I listened to, in this style, this is the most talented SINGER OF ALL TIMES AND PEOPLES!!!
And for some reason I am sure that the ONLY one, this will not happen anymore, and it will definitely not be better, IT's A PITY THAT HE LEFT SO EARLY!!!
2012-07-20 21:48:16
Masha (Nizhny Novgorod)
A great singer, an excellent dancer.
2012-05-19 21:52:07
Tatyana
Michael, thank you for all the joys that you have given us.
I am proud and glad that I breathed the same air with you.
Who would have known how hard it is for me!
Come back!
2010-07-14 20:19:51
Tatyana
I would give anything to have him alive!
I love him!
Holy genius!
2010-07-14 20:13:22
Tatiana (Antwerp)
I admire this man, his life, his songs, his pure, devoted soul to God - they shook my world, turned my idea of life and FAITH, prompted me to strive to be better...
Michael is the only real PERSON on our poor planet and the greatest and most talented musician.
2009-12-21 21:43:33
Lady Katia (Satka)
Michael is an angel!
His smile is mesmerizing!
Michael is the king!
A beautiful, gorgeous man!
Michael paid dearly for his angelic kindness, generosity and love for the beautiful, his love for children!!!
Michael wanted to make this gray world more beautiful, kinder, and what did he get?!
I think that God took the angel Michael from this world, because he deserved paradise, but he did not get it in this world!
2009-12-21 20:00:50
Anastasia
Michael has devoted his whole life to music.
No one, except those close to him, can know what he really was like.
But in order to recognize and appreciate all that he has done, we do not need to know this.
A whole generation grew up on his music, which carries so much goodness and positivity!
He left, but his creativity remained.
And I think many people will agree with me that we should be grateful to him for this alone and respect his memory.
2009-07-20 00:43:35
Taya (Moscow)
I'm not a fan of Jackson, but I'm sincerely sorry that they still canot leave him alone.
After all, he is a true POP KING and you can not argue with this.
And when such STARS leave, it feels like you're losing a part of yourself.
He deserved such fame!!!
Let him rest in peace!
2009-07-12 20:23:34
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