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Jackson has redefined the music video into an art form will examples that include "Thriller", "Billie Jean", "Beat It", "Bad", "Black or White", "Remember The Time", "Scream" and "Earthsong". He has released the most popular music video of all time ("Thriller") and the most expensive music video of all time ("Scream"), which also received critical acclaim. | Jackson has redefined the music video into an art form will examples that include "Thriller", "Billie Jean", "Beat It", "Bad", "Black or White", "Remember The Time", "Scream" and "Earthsong". He has released the most popular music video of all time ("Thriller") and the most expensive music video of all time ("Scream"), which also received critical acclaim. | ||
| − | He was badly burned while filming a [[Pepsi]] commercial in 1983. His 1994 marriage to [[Lisa Marie Presley]] ended in divorce less than two years later. Jackson then married nurse Deborah Rowe in 1996. Rowe gave birth to two children, and the couple were divorced in 1999. Jackson acquired another child in 2002, whom he subsequently dangled out of a hotel window in Berlin. Michael Jackson made loads of money from his musical career and built a compound called [[Neverland]]. He was twice accused of child molestation; in 1994 he settled out of court, paying his accuser an undisclosed amount, and in 2005 was acquitted of the charges at trial. | + | He was badly burned while filming a [[Pepsi]] commercial in 1983. His 1994 marriage to [[Lisa Marie Presley]] ended in divorce less than two years later. Jackson then married nurse Deborah Rowe in 1996. Rowe gave birth to two children, and the couple were divorced in 1999. Jackson acquired another child in 2002, whom he subsequently dangled out of a hotel window in Berlin. Michael Jackson made loads of money from his musical career and built a compound called [[Neverland]]. He was twice accused of child molestation; in 1994 he settled out of court, paying his accuser an undisclosed amount, and in 2005 was acquitted of the charges at trial. Jackson returned to music in 2008 with a special edition of his "Thriller" album called "Thriller25". The reissue was successful selling 650,000 copies in two weeks. |
One of his sisters is [[Janet Jackson]]. | One of his sisters is [[Janet Jackson]]. | ||
[[Category:Musicians|Jackson, Michael]] | [[Category:Musicians|Jackson, Michael]] | ||
Revision as of 17:31, March 3, 2008
Michael Jackson is a world famous pop icon and entertainer who is often refered to as "The King of Pop". He started off in with his brothers in the musical group sensation The Jackson Five in the 1970s and continued to have a hugely successful career in the 1980s and 1990s. He has released some of the best selling albums of all time including Off the Wall (1979), Thriller (1982), Bad (1997) and Dangerous (1991). Thriller itself is the best selling album of all time worldwide with sales of 104 million copies.
Jackson has redefined the music video into an art form will examples that include "Thriller", "Billie Jean", "Beat It", "Bad", "Black or White", "Remember The Time", "Scream" and "Earthsong". He has released the most popular music video of all time ("Thriller") and the most expensive music video of all time ("Scream"), which also received critical acclaim.
He was badly burned while filming a Pepsi commercial in 1983. His 1994 marriage to Lisa Marie Presley ended in divorce less than two years later. Jackson then married nurse Deborah Rowe in 1996. Rowe gave birth to two children, and the couple were divorced in 1999. Jackson acquired another child in 2002, whom he subsequently dangled out of a hotel window in Berlin. Michael Jackson made loads of money from his musical career and built a compound called Neverland. He was twice accused of child molestation; in 1994 he settled out of court, paying his accuser an undisclosed amount, and in 2005 was acquitted of the charges at trial. Jackson returned to music in 2008 with a special edition of his "Thriller" album called "Thriller25". The reissue was successful selling 650,000 copies in two weeks.
One of his sisters is Janet Jackson.
