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Theme: Michael Jackson

The King ofPop

Teacher:

Student: .12th A class


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Contents:

1. Introduction2.

Early life3. Jackson 5 or the Jacksons

4. Solo career4.1.Off the wall4.2.Thriller4.3.Bad4.4.Dangerous4.5.HIStory4.6.Invincible

5. This is it6. Personal life7. Conclusion


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1. Introduction

Michael Jackson, known as The King of Pop or MJ is one of the

most famous and most talented artists the world knew. He is a brightperson, with an unreal personality. He brought revolution not only in

music industry, but also in movies, dance, and the most important in

humanity.


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2. Early Life

Michael Joseph Jackson was born

on the 29th of August in 1958 in

Gary, Indiana. He was the eighth of

the ten children of Joseph and

Katherine Jackson. His mother was

a Jehovahs Witness and his father

was a steel mill worker who also

performed in a band, called The

Falcons. They were a poor family,

living in a 3-roomed house.

Michael Jackson loved to sing from a really early age, like 4. He was

always in the centre of the attention at different celebrations and never

stopped wondering his friends and family. His mother was the one who

saw the talent in Michael and the one who told his father about that. He

didnt have good relationships with his father, because he used to beathim, verbally abuse him, which made him take the important step in

plastic surgeries and never accepted the fact that Michael wanted to be

an artist. But anyway, later, he confirmed the fact that Michael really

had a talent and so he founded the Jackson Five, with the rest of his

brothers.

Michael tells how he used to borrows his fathers guitar with his

brothers while he wasnt at home. His older brother played the guitar,and Michael with the rest of the brothers sang along. Their mother

never betrayed them and in general was a very kind hearted woman, for

what Michael always praised her and loved her very much.

Anyway, due to his fathers strict discipline, he achieved a lot of

success in his later career.


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3. Jackson 5 or the Jacksons

After their father saw the fact that

his children are very talented, hefounded a band called The Jackson

Brothers. Michael joined firstly as a

backup musician playing congas and

tambourine, later performing backup

vocals and dancing.

When he was eight, he started to be

a lead vocal singer, with his brotherJermaine. Everybody found his voice extremely unsual and powerful

for such and early age.

After performing a few times and achieving success, Michael didnt

know about going to a normal school and playing with other kids like

him all he had to do was to rehearse and learn at home. The groups

name was later changed in Jackson 5.

The band touredthe Midwest extensively from 1966 to 1968,

frequently performing at a string of black clubs. In 1966, they won a

major local talent show with renditions ofMotown hits andJames

Brown's "I Got You (I Feel Good)", led by Michael.

The Jackson 5 recorded several records, like ABC, Ben, Rockin

Robin, Music and Me, I Want You Back, and one of the most

famous Got To Be There.

Later, they renamed themselves the Jacksons, some of the brothers

left for a solo career and others joined them. They continued to tour

internationally, releasing six more albums between 1976 and 1984,

during which Michael was the lead singer and songwriter. They

released some hits like, Dancing Machine, Shake Your Body(Down

To The Ground), This Place Hotel and CanYou Feel It.In 1979, Michael leaves for a solo career in colaboration with Quincy

Jones.
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4. Solo Career

Michael left the Jacksons for starting a solo career with Quincy Jones

and achieved lots of success, changing his entire style, from the songs tothe clothes. Each of the albums he released meant a new era for him.


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4.1. Off the Wall

Michaels solo career began with his

first album called Off the Wall, released

in 1979 and generated 10 top hits, like

Wont Stop til You Get Enough, Rock

With You and others. It was sold in over

20 million copies over the world and won

three awards at the

American Music

Awards. He also won Billboard Year-End for top Black

Artist and Top Black Album and a Grammy Award for

best Male R&B Vocal Performance.Jackson again wonat the American Music Awards in 1981 for Favorite

Soul/R&B Album and Favorite Soul/R&B Male

Artist. Despite its commercial success, Jackson

felt Off the Wallshould have made a much biggerimpact, and was determined to exceed expectations

with his next release.


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4.2. Thriller

The next album, the most famous and the

best selling album of all times is Thriller,

released in 1982, sold in over 65 million copies

worldwide, which was a Guinnes record. This

album made him the most awarded artist in a

single night 8 Grammies! The album topped

theBillboard200 chart for 37 weeks and was

in the top 10 of the 200 for 80 consecutive

weeks. It was the first album to have

sevenBillboardHot 100 top 10 singles,

including "Billie Jean", "Beat It", and "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'"

The era saw the arrival of novelties like dolls modeled after Michael

Jackson, which appeared in stores in May 1984 at a price of $12.

Timedescribed Jackson's influence at that point as "Star of records,

radio, rock video. A one-man rescue team for the music business. Asongwriter who sets the beat for a decade. A dancer with the fanciest feet

on the street. A singer who cuts

across all boundaries of taste and

style and color too". The New York

Timeswrote that, "in the world of

pop music, there is Michael Jackson

and there is everybody else."

Michael Jackson did a revolution

with his songs, music videos and

costumes. In this era his symbols

appeared, which are the white glove,

the hat and his white socks. He

motivated wearing white socks so

that his fans could see his moves on

the scene from far away. The
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costumation was soon imitated by all the fans, like the red jacket from

Thriller, the baseball jacket, the Beat it jacket and so on.

The music video Thriller beat off any expectations, as it was made as a

small movie. All the dances from the music videos like Thriller, Beat

it, Billie Jean were fastly learned and danced by the fans worldwide.

Also in this era, people meet for the first time the original Moonwalk,

which made high impressions on the fans.

Anna Kisselgoff of The New York Timeslater wrote, "The moonwalk that

he made famous is an apt metaphor for his dance style. How does he do

it? As a technician, he is a great illusionist, a genuine mime. His ability to

keep one leg straight as he glides while the other bends and seems to walk

requires perfect timing." Berry Gordy said of the performance, "from the

first beat of Billie Jean, I was mesmerized, and when he did his iconic

moonwalk, I was shocked, it was magic, Michael Jackson went into orbit,

and never came down."

Also in this era, he released in colaboration with several amazing artists

the song We Are The World for charity for Africa. He was very

appreciated for the infinite charity actions and fot he help offered toseveral people.


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4.3. Bad

The next album and era for Michael

Jackson is Bad ,a complete change of

his style, released in 1987, with over 45

million copies worldwide. It did not

top Thriller as a commercial or artistic

triumph, but Badwas still a substantial

success in its own right.

The Bad album spawned seven hitsingles in the U.S., five of which ("I Just

Can't Stop Loving You", "Bad", "The Way

You Make Me Feel", "Man in the Mirror"

and "Dirty Diana") reached number one

on theBillboardHot 100 charts.

The music videos still impressed all the fans, especially the Bad one

and The Way You Make Me Feel, involving again new moves and newcostumes.

Man In The Mirror was a message to all the world, as he says: if you

want to make the world a better place, take a look at yourself and make a

change.

At one of the concerts held in London, Princess

Diana approached him and asked if he would singDirty Diana, at which he answered: Oh God!

No, no, of course not!. He took it off especially for

her, at which she said: But why? It is my favourite

song!.

In the same period, in 1988, he released his only

autobiography, called Moonwalk, in which he

retells about his childhood, Jackson 5, career,

family and so on. He also wrote about his facial
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appearance, saying he had had two rhinoplastic surgeries and

adimple created in his chin. He attributed much of the change in the

structure of his face topuberty, weight loss, a strict vegetarian diet, a

change in hair style, and stage lighting. The musician then released a film

called Moonwalker, which featured live footage and short films that

starred Jackson.

In this era we find out the original reason of his skin whitening, which is

a disease vitiligo, which caused lighter spots all over his body, even on

his face, which he couldnt bare as he was an artist.

In March month of the same year, he buys an enormous land in

California, which was called Neverland, due to his favourite character

Peter-Pan who never grew old. He was stuck in his childhood, as hedidnt have one, thats why he loved the kids very much and why he built

his own amusement park in Neverland.

His success resulted in him being dubbed the "King of Pop". The

nickname was popularized byElizabeth Taylor.
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4.4. Dangerous

The next album and era of Michael is Dangerous,

released in 1991 with 31 million copies sold

worldwide.

In the United States, the album's first single "Black

or White" was its biggest hit, reaching number one

on theBillboardHot 100 and remaining there for

seven weeks, with similar chart performances

worldwide. The album's second single "Rememberthe Time" spent eight weeks in the top five in the

United States, peaking at number three on

theBillboardHot 100 singles chart.

The music video of Remember The Time was

filmed in colaboration with Eddie Murphy and

evolved several special effects and again, new moves and costumes.

Through his song Black or White he tells about the major human

problem racism, and he says: I Said If You're Thinkin' Of Being My

Brother It Don't Matter If You're Black Or White

Jackson founded the Heal the World Foundation in 1992. The charity

organization brought underprivileged children to

Jackson's ranch to enjoy theme park rides that

Jackson had built on the property. The foundationalso sent millions of dollars around the globe to

help children threatened by war, poverty, and

disease. In the same year Jackson published his

second book, the bestselling collection of

poetry,Dancing the Dream.

He continued travelling around the world with

the main goal to help people in need. He visited

different countries, like Gabon and Egypt.
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Another famous music video was for the song Jam, in which starred

Michael Jordan. They tought each other the best they could Jackson the

Moonwalkd and Jordan to play basketball.

TheDangerousalbum won a Grammy for Best Engineered NonClassical, awarding the work of Bruce Swedien and Teddy Riley. In the

same year, Michael Jackson won three American Music Awards for

Favorite Pop/Rock Album (Dangerous), Favorite Soul/R&B Single

("Remember the Time") and was the first to win the International Artist

Award, for his global performances and humanitarian concerns. This

award will bear his name in the future.
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4.5. HIStory

The next album called HIStory was

released in 1995 and devided into two

volumes. The first volume contained his

best singles, and the second one 13 new

tracks and 2 covers. The album debuted at

number one on the charts and has been

certified for seven million shipments in

the US. It is the best-selling multiple-disc

album of all-time, with 20 million copies

(40 million units) sold

worldwide. HIStory received a Grammy

nomination forAlbum of the Year.

He made a duet with his sister, Janet, the song being called Scream,

which made a big impression. The single had the highest debut on the

Billboard Hot 100 at number five, and received a Grammy nomination for"Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals". Another

best single is You Are Not Alone in which he is

starring with his first wife Lisa Marie Presley.

It holds the Guinness World Record for the first

song ever to debut at number one on the

Billboard Hot 100 chart.

The album was promoted with the successfulHIStory World Tour. During it, he married his

long time friend Deborah Rowe.
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In 1997, Jackson released Blood on the Dance Floor: HIStory in the Mix,

which contained remixes of hit singles from HIStory and five new songs.

Worldwide sales stand at 6 million copies, it is the best selling remix

album ever released.


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4.6. Invincible

The last, but not the least is the Invincible

album, released in 2001, with over 10 million

copies sold.

Invincibleproved to be a hit, debuting atop

the charts in 13 countries and going on to sell

approximately 13 million copies worldwide. It

received double-platinum certification in the

U.SInvincible spawned three singles, "You Rock My World", "Cry" and

"Butterflies". The music video evolved Chris Tucker and was also made

like a short movie.


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5. This Is It

In March 2009, Jackson held a press conference at London's O2 Arena

and announced a series of comeback concerts titled This Is It. The shows

would be Jackson's first major series of concerts since the HIStory World

Tour finished in 1997. Jackson suggested possible retirement after the

shows; he said it would be his "final curtain call".

People were standing day and night waiting for the tickets and almost all

of them were bought long before the concert.

The concerts would have commenced on July 13, 2009, and finished on

March 6, 2010. Less than three weeks before the first show was due to

begin in London and with all concerts being sold out, Jackson died after

suffering cardiac arrest. But nevertheless, no one complained about

buying the ticket and instead left them as a memory of the passed and

beloved artist.

He passed awayon the 25thof June

2009 and it was a

tragic news for the

whole world as it

was and still is a

great loss.

The last song hewrote was This is

it showing the

end of his career.

On October 28,

2009, a

documentary film

about the rehearsals titled Michael Jackson's This Is Itwas released.


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6. Personal Life

Talking about his personal life, it

didnt go too well. He was married

twice his first wife was Lisa Marie

Presley, and the second Deborah

Rowe, who gave birth to two children

Prince I and Paris.

He divorced Deborah too, and later

his thrid son was born Prince II,nicknamed Blanket, whose mother is

left to be unknown.

He wasnt a happy person, as

everyone was judging him, inventing

different false stories, like the fact

that he was sleeping in a hyberbaric

oxygen chamber to slow aging process, or that he drank special pills andmixtures in order to mentain his voice perfect, or that he disliked the fact

that he is a black colored person and changed his color. He had several

accusations of child molestation and misunderstandings of his kindness.

Responding to the gossips, Jackson remarked:

Why not just tell people I'm an alien from Mars? Tell them I eat live

chickens and do a voodoo dance at midnight. They'll believe anything yousay, because you're a reporter. But if I, Michael Jackson, were to say, "I'm

an alien from Mars and I eat live chickens and do a voodoo dance at

midnight," people would say, "Oh, man, that Michael Jackson is nuts.

He's cracked up. You can't believe a single word that comes out of his

mouth."


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Michael Jackson was a really philantropic

person, he was very sentimental and nave

until the end of times. He still had hope

people would change and be kinder and

warm-hearted.


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7.Conclusion

I have chosen to make a research namely on this personality, because

Michael Jackson means a great thing for the worlds culture. I admire him

very much from an early age because of his songs full of meanings, his

utterly wonderful voice, his efforts, creativity, moves, costumes, concerts,

tours, kindness, devotion. I admire him for the emotions he caused to us,

for the bright ideas he gave us, for a wonderful model for the next

generations. He was loyal to his fans for 4 decades and never

disappointed us, and instead impressed us more and more.

He is a true genius no replacement will ever exist in the whole human

subsistance.

Rest In Peace, Michael you are still in our hearts.

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