MICHAEL JACKSON background information
Birth date: Michael Joseph Jackson
Birth date: August 29, 1958
Gary, Indiana, USA
He died on June 25, 2009 (50 years old)
Los Angeles, California
Genre Pop, Dance, R & B, Rock, Soul
Occupation singer-songwriter, producer, dancer, choreographer
Sound type Soprano, tenor, [1] Falsetto [2]
Activities from 1964 to 2009
Label Motown, Epic
History
Michael Joseph Jackson (August 29, 1958 - June 25, 2009) is an American recording artist widely known as the greatest entertainer of the modern era, sometimes called "the king of pop" did. With his trademark Black Fedora and a single glove glove, his unique contribution to music and dancing, along with a prominent personal life, has made him the centerpiece of popular culture all over the world for 40 years I made it to part.
One of the few artists took office twice in Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. His achievements include "the most successful all-time entertainer" -13 Grammy Awards, 13th single, 7 million or more sales million records. He was also an able philanthropist and donated millions of dollars to 39 charity organizations he supported and solicited more through his own Heel the World Foundation.
He debuted as a member of Jackson 5 in 1968 and started solo activities in 1971. The 1982 album "Thriller" has four other best-selling albums "Off the Wall (1979), Bad (1987), Dangerous (1991), History (1995), etc. He is now a symbolic, Generalized several physically complex dance movements such as robot and moon walking.Transform music videos from promotion tools to art form using video such as Thriller, Beat It, Billie Jean , It is widely acclaimed as being the first African-American to gather powerful crossover following MTV.It is popular in the 1990s such as "Black · White" and "Scream"
Jackson's life caused significant controversy. His changing appearance was noticed in the early 1980's, the skin was lighter, and the features of the face were almost masculine. He was accused of child sexual abuse in 1993, but it was not burdened, but his health suffered as he began using painkillers to cope with stress. He married twice in 1994 and once again in 1996, and raised three children. One of them had a surrogate mother and caused more speculation about his life. In 2005, he attempted various accusations of child abuse, declared innocence and further exacerbated his health. Jackson died in Los Angeles at the age of 50 on June 25, 2009, and stopped cardiac arrest. His memorial service was broadcast live all over the world and up to 1 billion people watched.
Early life and Jackson 5: 1958-75
Jackson was born on August 29, 1958 in Gary, Indiana, in the industrial suburb of Chicago, and 7 of nine children were born to an African American family. His mother, Catherine Esther Scruz, played in the R & B band called Falcons, a worshiper Jehovah and a father Joseph Walter "Joe" Jackson, an ironworking staff member. Jackson had three sisters Rebbie, La Toya, Janet and five brothers Jackie, Tito, Jermaine, Marlon, Randy
Jackson is hard to tie with his father. Even though he believed in his father's training in certain accusations called by Marlon, during constant rehearsals, whipping and naming calls he was both physical and emotional He was said to have been canceled. In Joseph, Joseph hit his back and ass with his hands again and again. "One night while Michael Jackson was asleep, Joseph entered the room from the bedroom window and screamed with a mask of horror, he did not leave the window open when the child fell asleep Told the children that he wanted to tell the children that Jackson had a nightmare about being kidnapped from his room for several years after he told Joseph that he was joking like a child in 2003 Admitted.
Jackson publicly insisted on childhood abuse on February 10, 1993 in an interview with Oprah Winfrey's broadcast. He was often beaten by loneliness and sometimes collapsed when he saw his father. In an interview with Martin Bashir televised on February 3, 2003 as a life with Michael Jackson, he covered his face with his hands and began to cry when talking about childhood abuse. He remembered that Joseph was sitting in a chair and sitting with a belt on his hands when he and his brother were practicing. And "If you do not do right thing, he will rip you.
He showed his talent early in his life and played in front of his classmates at Christmas recital at the age of five. In 1964, he and Marlon joined the Jackson Brothers formed by brothers of Jackie, Tito and Jermain as a backup musician playing conga and tambourine. Jackson later began dancing with the backup vocals. At the age of eight, he and Jermain cried out and the group's name changed to Jackson. The band thoroughly visited the Midwest from 1966 to 1968, "Kitrin is a" circuit "that often opens strips and other adult acts. In 1966, they directed the hit of Motown Town and James Brown's "My Feel Good" and received the major local talent program led by Michael.
Jackson 5 recorded several songs including "Big Boy" for the local record label Steeltown in 1967 and signed with Motown Records in 1968. [3] Rolling Stone magazine describes young Michael as "genius" with "overwhelming music gift" afterwards, and "wrote as the main draw and lead singer quickly". The first four singles ("I Want You Back", "ABC", "Love You Save" and "There Be Be There") recorded 1st place in Billboard Hot 100. In the early years of The Jackson 5, the Motown & Public Affairs Team asserted that Jackson is 9 years old, two years younger than he actually is, to make him more "smarter" and more accessible to the public
From 1972, released 4 solo studio albums totaling 4 songs including Ben released as part of the Jackson 5 franchise and Got to Be, Motown there, "Bot" Bobby Day 's " Rockin 'and Robin' remake. Group sales began to decline in 1973, and band members made creative control and input possible under Motown 's strict refusal. They recorded several top 40 hits including the top 5 Disco Single "Dancing Machine" and Top 20 Hits "I Love", but Jackson 5 left Motown in 1975
1975-81: Epic and move out of the wall
In June 1975 Jackson 5 signed a new contract with the CBS record, joined the Philadelphia International Record division, later joined Epic Records, changed the name of Jackson's. They released six more albums between 1976 and 1984, Jackson is a lead songwriter, "Shake Your Body (Down to the Ground)", "This Place Hotel", "Can You Feel That ".
In 1978, he appeared in the ugly work of the musical "The Wiz" and formed a team with Quincy Jones who was working on the scores of the movie. Jones agreed to produce Jackson's next solo album "Off The Wall". In 1979, Jackson sniffed in a complex dance routine. His subsequent nasal surgery was not a complete success. He got complaints about breathing difficulties affecting his career. He referred to Dr. Steven Heflin who did Jackson's second nose formation and resultant surgery. Both Jones and Jackson produced off-the-wall. Song writers included Jackson, Rat Temperton of Heatwave, Stevie Wonder, Paul McCartney. It was released in 1979 and became the first album that produced four top ten hits in the US including chart tops' single "Do not Stop & Til You Get Enough" and "Rock with You". We have recorded over 20 million sales worldwide. In 1980, Jackson received the three awards of American Music Awards, Favorite Soul / R & B Album, Favorite Male Soul / R & B Artist, Favorite Soul / R & B Single. He has also won the Top Black Artist and Billboard Music Awards for Top Black Album and the Grammy Award for "Do not Stop" Best Mat · R & B Vocal Performance "Til You Get Enough ", Jackson Wall Wall felt it was supposed to have had a bigger impact and decided to exceed expectations in the next release. In 1980, he secured the highest royalty in the music industry: 37% of wholesale album profits
1982-83: Thriller and the Moon's History
In 1982, Jackson contributed a song called "Someone In The Dark" to the storybook of the movie "Extra Terrestrial". Record received the Grammy Award of the best album for children. That year, Jackson issued the second Epic album "Thriller". The album remained in the Top 10 of Billboard 200 for 80 consecutive weeks and stayed at 37 of them in the peak position. This is the first album to include 10 Billboard Hot 100 single singles including Billie Jean, Beat It, Wanna Be Startin & Somethin & # 39; Thriller was certified 28 million times shipments of RIAA and was awarded the status of double diamond in the United States. This is said to be the best-selling album that recorded sales of 47 million to 1.1 million copies worldwide.
Jackson lawyer John Blanca pointed out that Jackson had the highest royalty in the music industry. He also had a record profit from the CD sale of a documentary "Jackson and John Landis" documentary "Michael Jackson's Thru" and the thriller of Making of Michael Jackson. With the funding of MTV, the documentary sold over 350,000 copies in a few months. In the era, I saw the arrival of a new model like a doll modeled on Michael Jackson that appeared in the store at $ 12 in May 1984. Brandographer J. Randy Taraborrelli wrote as follows. "The thriller was selling like a leisure item, we started selling toys, hit movie tickets, and staple items for household use"
Jackson debuts Moonrism during his performance at Motown 25
The influence of Jackson at that time is "Dance taste with record, radio star, star of rock video, one rescue team for music business, song writer setting 10-year beat, street's most strange legs It will be cut across all boundaries of style and color. "In the world of pop music, there is Michael Jackson, there is no one else". On March 25, 1983 he did a live at The Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever TV Special with The Jackson 5 and his own song "Billie Jean". His representative dance movement, lunar walk and his performance during the event were seen by 47 million viewers and drew a comparison between Elvis Presley and The Beatles. Appearance of Ed Sullivan Show "Moonwalk he made famous is a clever metaphor for his dance style.How does he do it? As an engineer he is a wonderful fantasyist, a genuine mime is.
1984-85: Scalp burns and the Beatles catalog
Jackson was frustrated on 27th January 1984 and was spreading to the rest of his life. He was burned twice to the scalp after Mars shaved his hair in an accident while shooting a commercial at Pepsi Cola at Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. This incident that occurred in front of a full house of fans at a pseudo concert triggered a pity of sympathy. Jackson immediately underwent a third nasal surgery and started treatment to hide the scar on the scalp. During this time my friend said that he will begin using the addictive painkiller later. Pepsi settled outside of court and Jackson donated a $ 1.5 million settlement to the Broto Man Medical Center in Culver City, California. Currently there is Michael Jackson · Burn Center.
President Ronald Reagan and First Lady Nancy Reagan, 1984, Jackson at the White House South Porcho
On May 14, 1984, I was invited to the White House to recognize the support for charity organizations to overcome alcohol and drug abuse from President Ronald Reagan. Jackson received eight awards at that year Grammy Awards. Unlike the later album, there was no official tour in the thriller, but the 1984 Victory Tour led by The Jacksons introduced more of Jackson 's new solo material to over 2 million Americans. He donated 5 million dollars from the Victory tour to charity organizations. He also co-authored a single charity organization called "We Are the World" with Lionel Richie, which was released worldwide to support the poor in the US and Africa in 1985. It became one of the singles that achieved the highest sales ever, nearly 20 million pieces were sold and donated to millions of dollars of hunger relief.
While working with Paul McCartney at the two hits single "The Girl Is Mine" (1982) and "Say Say Say" (1983), this pair became friendly. McCartney told Jackson about the huge amount of money he gained by owning a music catalog. He was about 40 million dollars a year from songs of other people. Jackson began purchasing, selling and distributing publicity rights to music from a number of artists. In 1985, ATV Music, a music publisher that owns thousands of music copyrights, including catalogs of Northern Songs that recorded the majority of Lennon McCartney compositions that the Beatles recorded, was released. Jackson immediately showed interest in the catalog, but was warned that he will face strong competition. Blanca contacted McCartney's lawyer and revealed that his client is not interested in bidding that it is "too expensive." McCartney began negotiations, McCartney tried to convince Yono Ono, changing his own idea, but he declined and separated. Jackson continued to defeat the rest of the competition in negotiations leased for 10 months. $ 47.5 million
1986 - 87: Appearance, tabloids, bad, autobiography, movies
Health and appearance of Michael Jackson
Jackson's skin was medium brown throughout adolescence, but from the early 1980's the skin color gradually became thin. This change received extensive coverage including rumors that he was bleaching the skin. In 1986, he was diagnosed with vitiligo and lupus. Vitiligo partially brightened his skin and lupus remained. Both diseases made him sensitive to sunlight. The treatment he used for his condition further brighter the color of his skin and if applied to a firm spot with pancake makeup, he could be very thin. The structure of his face also changed. Several surgeons speculated that they underwent multiple nasal surgery, forehead lifting, thin lips, and cheekbone surgery.
He lost weight in the early 1980s due to diet changes and "dancers' body needs". Witnesses speculated that he was often dizzy and suffered from anorexia nervosa. The period of weight loss is a problem of recurrence in later life. Some medical experts said that they are suffering from physical disorders and psychological conditions, but those who suffer dislike his appearance, there is no concept of how others see it. In 1986 he underwent his fourth nasal surgery and cracked the jaw.
Jackson two years after he was diagnosed as vitiligo, early in the disease
He was subject to more and more sensitive reports. In 1986, a nationwide investigator claimed that he was sleeping indoors to delay the aging process, and released a series of photographs lying in the high pressure oxygen chamber. When Jackson bought a chimpanzee called a bubble from the lab, it was reported as an example of an increase in separation from reality. In 2003, the singer insisted that Bubbles had been trained to clean his bedroom, using a toilet. Later he was told that he had paid one million dollars to the bones of Joseph Merrick's "Elephant Man." This report evoked the nickname "Wacko Jacko" and was embodied in public consciousness. Despite claiming that Jackson's claim was fully invented in 2004, the journalist said that Jackson spokeswoman leaked the rumor to reporters for promotional reasons. Jackson told the reporter:
Why do not you tell people that I am an alien from Mars? I will eat live chickens and tell them to dance in voodoo at midnight. They believe what you say because you are a reporter. However, when Michael Jackson says "I am a Martian alien, I eat a living chicken and do a voodoo dance in the middle of the night," people say "Oh, Michael Jackson is a nut. I can not believe the words from.
Jackson put on a jacket with a belt plated gold plated military style in a bad era.
Jackson appeared in Francis Ford Coppola's 3-D film captain EO. At that time it was the most expensive movie produced per minute, but later it was held at Disney theme park. Walt Disney World had screened a movie at Epcot's theme park from 1986 to 1994, but Disney screened the film for nearly 11 years in its Tomorrowland area. Bad (1987) was expected very much in the industry expecting Jackson 's first album for the first time in five years. It was lower than the thriller in sales, but in the United States it has produced seven hits and singles ("I do not love you just", "bad", "you make me feel" "Man in the Mirror "And" Dirty Diana ") became No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart than any other album. As of 2008, this album sold 30 million copies worldwide.
In 1987, Jackson separated the relationship with Jehovah's Witnesses in response to the disapproval of the thriller video. The Bad World Tour began on September 12, 1989 which ended on 14th. Even in Japan alone, the tour was sold out by 14 times to 570,000 people, tripling the previous record of 200,000 times at a time. He attended the seven shows sold out at the Wembley Stadium, 504,000 people, beating the Guinness world record. He took a total of 123 concerts to 4.8 million audiences and gained further Guinness world record when he earned $ 125 million in tours. During the trip he watched the disadvantaged children for free and promised to hospitals, orphanages, and other charitable organizations.
1988 - 90: Autobiography, change in appearance, Neverland
In 1988, Jackson announced his first autobiography "Moonwalk". Moonwalk was completed in four years and sold 200,000 copies. Jackson wrote about Jackson 5 and the abuse he was suffering about his childhood. He also said he was experiencing two nasal surgery and surgical creation of jaw fracture about his orthopedic surgery. He attributed much of the face structure changes to adolescence, weight loss, severe vegetarianism, hair style change, stage lighting. Moonwalk is the New York Times bestseller list. After that, the musician released a movie called Moonwalker. Movie Walker features live footage and music videos that star Jackson and Joe Pesci. Moonwalker debuted on the Billboard Top Music Video Cassette chart for 22 weeks. It was always knocked out from the top spot by Michael Jackson: Legend continues.
In March 1988, Jackson purchased land near Santa Innes in California and built a Neverland ranch for $ 17 million. He set up a Ferris wheel, a zoo and a movie theater on the site of 2,700 acres (11 km 2). Forty security guards visited. In 2003 it was worth about $ 100 million. In 1989, the annual revenue from album sales, warranty and concert was estimated at $ 125 million in that year alone. After that, he became the first Westerner to appear in the Soviet TV advertisement.
His success is called "pop king" which is considered when Elizabeth Taylor in the UK awarded the "Decade Artist" prize, declared in 1989 as "the real king of pop rock and soul" It was. President George HW Bush introduced him to the special "10 years artist" at the White House. From 1985 to 1990, he donated 500,000 dollars to United Negro College Fund and all of his single "Man in the Mirror" benefit was awarded to charity organizations. Sammy Davis Jr. A celebration of the 60th birthday of Jackson 's "You Were There" live performance received the Emmy nomination.
Dangerous super bowl XXVII: 1991-93
In March 1991, Jackson renewed his contract with Sony for $ 65 million, signed a record contract at that time, and canceled renewal of Neil Diamond's Colombian record. Jackson released the eighth Dangerous in 1991. Dangerous has shipped 7 million copies in the US as of 2008 and has sold 32 million copies worldwide. It is the most successful new Jack swing album of all time. In the United States, the first single "Black / White" of the album was ranked number one in Billboard Hot 100, stayed there for seven weeks, and a similar chart performance was performed all over the world. The second album "Remember the Time" was the top five in the US for eight weeks and the third in the Billboard Hot 100 single chart. In 1993, Jackson said that he played songs at the Seoul Train Awards for the chair and injured at the rehearsal. In the UK and elsewhere in Europe, "Heal the World" was the biggest hit song in the album. 450,000 in the UK, 2nd in 5 weeks in 1992.
In 1992 Jackson founded "Heal the World Foundation". This charity group brought disadvantaged children to Jackson 's ranch and is enjoying the theme park rides owned by Jackson. The fund also sent millions of dollars worldwide to support children affected by war and illness. A dangerous world tour began on June 27, 1992 and ended on November 11, 1993. Jackson played with 3.5 million people at 67 concerts. All the income of the concert was donated to "Heal the World Foundation" and millions of dollars have been bailed out. He sold broadcasting rights for a dangerous world tour to HBO for $ 20 million. Following Ryan White's illness and death, Jackson helped attract the general attention to HIV / AIDS, which was still controversial at the time. He publicly petitioned for Clinton administration at Bill Clinton's inauguration ceremony to devote more money to HIV / AIDS charitable organizations and research.
In a visit to Africa, Jackson visited several countries between Gabon and Egypt. His first stopover to Gabon was a sign of "Welcome to Michael" with over 100,000 people being highly accepted in the "spiritual bedroom". On a journey to the ivory coast, Jackson was called "King Sani" by tribal chief. He thanked French and British officials, officially signed the official documents with the throne, and sat on the golden throne, presiding over ceremonial dancing.
One of Jackson's most rated performances was done during the half-time show at Super Bowl XXVII. When the performance began, Jackson fireworks behind him and jumped out from under the stage. After landing on the canvas, he maintained a stage with a statue wearing gold and black military uniforms and sunglasses. While the crowd was cheering, he stayed in a state for more than a minute. He slowly removed the sunglasses, started singing and singing them and started dancing. His routine included four songs "Jam", "Billie Jean", "Black or White", and "Heal the World". The number of spectators increased at the half time show, the first super bowl seen by only 135 million Americans. Jackson 's dangerous album rose 90 points on the album chart.
Jackson received the "Living Legend Award" at the 35th Grammy Awards held in Los Angeles. "Black or white" was nominated for the best vocal performance by the Grammy award. "Jam" won two nominations for best R & B vocal performance and best R & B · song.
First child's claim of sexual abuse: 1993
Jackson made a 90-minute interview with Oprah Winfrey in February 1993, the second television interview since 1979.彼は父親の手で幼少時代の虐待を語ると、彼は彼が孤独から頻繁に打たれたことを認め、彼は幼年時代の多くを逃していたと信じていました。彼は、エレファントマンの骨を買い、高圧酸素チャンバーで寝たり、肌を白くした白米のタブロイド噂を否定し、初めて白斑を発症したと言いました。このインタビューは、米国史上4番目に多く見られた非スポーツ番組となる、9000万人のアメリカ人視聴者によって視聴された。それはまた、比較的知られていない状態である白斑の認識を高めた。危険なのは、マイケルジャクソンに対する1993年の子供の性的虐待の告発の元のリリースの1年以上後、トップ10にアルバムチャートを再入力した
ジャクソンは、1993年2月、1979年以来2回目のテレビインタビューで、オフラウィンフリー（Oprah Winfrey）との90分間のインタビューを行った。彼は父親の手で幼少時代の虐待を語ると、彼は彼が孤独から頻繁に打たれたことを認め、彼は幼年時代の多くを逃していたと信じていました。彼は、エレファントマンの骨を買い、高圧酸素チャンバーで寝たり、肌を白くした白米のタブロイド噂を否定し、初めて白斑を発症したと言いました。このインタビューは、米国史上4番目に多く見られた非スポーツ番組となる、9000万人のアメリカ人視聴者によって視聴された。それはまた、比較的知られていない状態である白斑の認識を高めた。危険なのは、元のリリース後1年以上、トップ10にアルバムチャートを再入力しました....
1993年の夏、ジャクソンは13歳の少年ジョーダン・チャンドラーとその父親のエヴァン・チャンドラー（デンマーク人）によって、子供の性的虐待で告発された。ジャクソンが少年と出会ってから1年後、ナトリウム・アミタルの論争の中でヨルダンは父親にジャクソンが陰茎に触れたと語った。父親はテープで録音され、訴訟を起こそうとする意図を議論した。「私がこれを踏まえれば、私は大きな時間を得る。永遠に破壊される...マイケルのキャリアは終わるだろう "彼とジャクソンは、財政的解決に達するために失敗した交渉に従事した。交渉はチャンドラーによって開始されたが、ジャクソンはいくつかのカウンターオファーを行った。ジョーダンは精神科医と警察に、彼とジャクソンがキス、オナニー、オーラルセックスの行為に従事していることと、歌手の性器であると主張していることの詳細な説明を述べた。
正式な調査が始まりました。ジョーダンの母親は、ジャクソンの面倒を見たことがないことを断言しています。ネバーランドランチが検索された。複数の子供や家族はジャクソンが小児性愛者であることを否定したが、妹のラ・トヤが小児性愛者であると非難した際に、さらにイメージが上がったが、後でジャクソンは25分間のストリップ検索に同意した彼の牧場の警官と医師は、ヨルダンのジャクソンの性器に関する記述が正確であるかどうかを確認する必要がありました。医者は強い類似点があると結論づけたが、それは明確な一致ではなかった。彼の友人たちは屈辱から回復したことはないと言った。彼は情緒的な公式声明で検索を記述し、彼の無実を宣言した。
彼は、ヴァリアム、アティバン、ザナックスなどの鎮痛剤や鎮静剤を一部取り入れ、危険なツアー中の舞台設備の災害による慢性痛や狼瘡に伴う関節炎症を緩和するとともに、発生するパニック発作を緩和しました彼に対する主張から1993年の秋までに、彼は中毒でした。彼の健康は、危険な世界ツアーの思い出しを警告し、数ヶ月間ロンドンでリハビリに行き、エリザベス・テイラーとエルトン・ジョンの助けを借りて公衆の視界から劇的に消えていくような量にまで悪化しました。主張のストレスも彼に食べるのをやめさせ、彼はかなりの体重を失った。彼の健康が衰え、彼の友人と法律顧問が彼の防衛と財政を引き継いだ。彼らは、長年にわたる裁判を終わらせることができないと考えて、裁判外に児童虐待の申し立てを解決するよう、彼に求めた。
タブロイドは非常に不利な光の中で彼を描いた。彼らの苦情には、ジャクソンに対する偏見、犯罪活動の疑いのある話、警察の調査から漏洩した機密資料の購入などが含まれています。 1994年1月1日、ジャクソンはチャンドラーズと2200万ドルで和解し、その後ジョーダンは刑事訴訟に関して協力を停止した。ジャクソンは決して起訴されず、州は証拠の欠如を理由に刑事捜査を終了した。
最初の結婚：1994
1994年5月26日：ジャクソンは歌手ソングライターのリサ・マリー・プレスリー（Elvis Presleyの娘）と結婚。彼らは1975年、MGMグランドホテルアンドカジノでジャクソンの家族取引の一環で初めて会い、1993年初めに友人と再会しました。彼らは毎日電話で連絡を取りました。子供の虐待の告発が公表されると、ジャクソンはリサ・マリーに感情的な支持を得た。彼女は薬物に対する健康や中毒を憂慮していました。リサ・マリーさんは、「間違ったことはしないと信じて、間違って告発されたと思ったので、私は彼のために転落し始めた。彼は彼女に電話をかけて、彼女を高く、矛盾して妄想的だと述べた。ジャクソンさんは1993年の秋に電話でリサ・マリーに「私があなたと結婚するように頼んだら、あなたは私と結婚するように頼んだのですか？ドミニカ共和国では秘密裏に結婚していたが、2ヶ月近く結婚していなかったことを否定している。結婚は「結婚したカップルの生涯...性的に当時、タブーイドのメディアは、結婚式が性的虐待の疑惑を踏まえてジャクソンの公的なイメージを支配する手段だったと推測していた。ジャクソンとプレスリーは2年も経っていない。
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