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Michael Joseph Jackson Wiki Biography

Michael Joseph Jackson was born on 29 August 1958, in Gary, Indiana USA, the fifth brother and member of the singing group which became The Jackson Five, which he joined in the mid-’60s, and a future genuine super-star in his own right. He passed away in 2009.

So just how rich is Michael Jackson, even years after his death? It has been estimated by authoritative sources that Pop King’s net worth reaches $600 million – even after his death Michael is still adding millions of dollars to his net worth year after year. In October 2017, for the fifth successive year Michael was named by Forbes magazine as topping the list of earning dead celebrities with $75 million. In addition to being one of the major influences on pop scene, he was also involved in acting, a source which also helped to accumulate Michael’s net worth.

Michael was born into a musical family, although his parents were amateurs only – his mother, Katherine Esther Scruse, worked as a devout Jehovah’s Witness, whereas his father, Joseph Walter “Joe” Jackson, a former boxer, worked as a steelworker at US Steel, but he also played the guitar with a local R&B group. All Michael’s older three sisters and five brothers were into music from early on in their lives.

Michael Jackson started his career as well as the accumulation of his net worth being just five years old, first as something of a novelty. In 1968 Michael appeared on the professional stage in the band called The Jackson Five  singing together with his brother, then in 1971 Michael started singing solo, after a few years he began to tour internationally. In 1979, Jackson released his ‘Off the Wall’ album which established him as a solo performer. It was the first solo album to generate four chart-topping singles in the US, and the album  subsequently sold over 20 million copies worldwide. Jackson’s net worth rose, especially as he was considered to be breaking down racial barriers and transforming the medium into an art form, with his music videos including ‘Beat It’, ‘Billie Jean’, ‘Thriller’ and many others.Through stage and video performances, Jackson disseminated a number of difficult dance techniques, as follows the robot or the moonwalk, which were named by Michael himself. His distinctive sound and style sunsequently influenced a number of hip hop, post-disco, R&B, pop and rock artists too.

Michael’s net worth rose with album after album – his sixth studio album ‘Thriller’ is thesecond best-selling album of all time, after The Beatles SGT Pepper, moreover, several other albums  including ‘Off the Wall’, ‘Bad’, ‘Dangerous’ and ‘HIStory’ are ranked among the world’s best-selling as well. Jackson has been enrolled into the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame twice, as well as the Dance Hall of Fame, as his performances on stage have been lauded as perhaps the best ever by a pop singer.

Michael’s net worth increased with these achievements, which included thirteen number-one singles in the US alone in his solo career. Jackson is the winner of hundreds of awards, which makes him a legend in the history of popular music, such as multiple Guinness World Records, thirteen Grammy Awards, and a Grammy Legend Award as well as a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, twenty-six American Music Awards. In 2014, Jackson became, posthumously, the first and so far only artist in music history to have a top ten single in the Billboard Top 100 in five decades.

In his personal life, Michael Jackson married Lisa Marie Presley in 1994 but they divorced in 1996. The same year he married Deborah Jeanne Rowe, with whom he had a daughter and two sons before they divorced in 1999.

Jackson was also a philanthropist, instituting  charitable fundraising within the entertainment industry, later taken up by many other artists for a variety of causes.

An allegation of sexual abuse leveled against Jackson in 1993 was settled out of court, without any admittance of guilt, and no charges were ever laid. Further claims were dismissed as attempts at publicity and/or extortion by the claimants.

Michael Jackson died as a result of a concoction of drugs administered by his physician, Conrad Murray, apparently to help him sleep. Murray was subsequently convicted of involuntary manslaughter, and served two years in jail. Michael passed away on 25 June 2009, in Holmby Hills, California, mourned worldwide by millions of fans both at the time of his funeral and since.

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Michael Joseph Jackson Quick Info

Michael Joseph Jackson Trademarks

1. Fluid and energetic dancing
2. Distinctive soft voice
3. The crotch grab
4. High pitched voice
5. Long black hair
6. Lyrics reflecting his social concerns and hopes for a better world
7. Often wore a black hat and a jacket with a ribbon around one sleeve
8. He always wore white socks with black shoes
9. Single sequined white glove
10. The Moonwalk

Michael Joseph Jackson Quotes

• [the three most important rules for any aspiring pop star] Rehearse, rehearse, rehearse.
• A star can never die. It just turns into a smile and melts back into the cosmic music, the dance of life.
• Why can’t you share your bed? The most loving thing you can do is share your bed with someone. It’s very charming. It’s very sweet. It’s what the whole world should do.
• In a world filled with hate, we must still dare to hope. In a world filled with anger, we must still dare to comfort. In a world filled with despair, we must still dare to dream. And in a world filled with distrust, we must still dare to believe.
• The greatest education in the world is watching the masters at work.
• I would like some way to disappear where people don’t see me anymore at some point. I don’t want to grow old. I never want to look in the mirror and see that.
• [on his father] He is a very jealous father. He isn’t gonna show you love, but anybody that gets closer to us than him he would tell them, ‘Leave my boys alone!’ To tell you the truth, I never have felt close to him. He has always been like a mystery man.
• I am the captain of my ship. I take suggestions and listen to what everyone has to say, but the final decision is mine.
• If you enter this world knowing you are loved and you leave this world knowing the same, then everything that happens in between can be dealt with.
• [on recording in Ireland in 2006] I’ve never given up on making music. Ireland has inspired me to make a great new album.
• [on being asked what he thought his funeral would be like in 2002] It’s going to be the greatest show on Earth. That’s what I want. Fireworks and everything.
• I sit in my room at home and sometimes cry. It’s so hard to make friends. Sometimes I walk around the neighbourhood at night, just hoping to find someone to talk to. But I just end up coming home.
• [on calling himself the ‘King of Pop’] I never self-proclaimed myself to be anything. If I called up Elizabeth Taylor right now, she would tell you that she coined the phrase. She was introducing me, I think at the American Music Awards, and said in her own words – it wasn’t in the script – “I’m a personal fan, and in my opinion he is the king of pop, rock and soul.” Then the press started saying “King of Pop” and the fans started. This self-proclaimed garbage, I don’t know who said that.
• When I’m on stage, it’s like a two-hour marathon. I weigh myself before and after each show, and I lose a good 10 pounds. Sweat is all over the stage. Then you get to your hotel and your adrenaline is at its zenith and you can’t fall asleep. And you’ve got a show the next day. It’s tough.
• I’ve had people come to me, and after meeting me, they start crying. I say, “Why are you crying?” They say, “Because I thought you would be stuck up, but you’re the nicest person.” I say, “Who gave you this judgment?” They tell me they read it. I tell them, “Don’t you believe what you read.”
• I never think about themes. I let the music create itself. I like it to be a potpourri of all kinds of sounds, all kinds of colors, something for everybody, from the farmer in Ireland to the lady who scrubs toilets in Harlem.
• I have confidence in my abilities. I have real perseverance. Nothing can stop me when I put my mind to it.
• I’m still fascinated by clouds and the sunset. I was making wishes on the rainbow yesterday. I saw the meteor shower. I made a wish every time I saw a shooting star.
• My father is a much nicer person now. I think he realizes his children are everything. Without your family, you have nothing. He’s a nice human being. At one time, we’d be horrified if he just showed up. We were scared to death. He turned out really well. I wish it wasn’t so late.
• I never had the chance to do the fun things kids do: sleepovers, parties, trick-or-treat. There was no Christmas, no holiday celebrating. So now you try to compensate for some of that loss.
• You have to have that tragedy, that pain to pull from. That’s what makes a clown great. You can see he’s hurting behind the masquerade. He’s something else externally. Charles Chaplin did that so beautifully, better than anyone. I can play off those moments, too. I’ve been through the fire many times.
• Music has been my outlet, my gift to all of the lovers in this world. Through it, my music, I know I will live forever.
• When I was 16, we were doing Las Vegas every night, and Elvis Presley and Sammy Davis Jr. would sit me and my brothers in a row and lecture us. ‘Don’t ever do drugs,’ they told us. I never forgot it.
• [on refuting persistent rumors of skin surgery or bleaching] If I had a chance to talk to Michelangelo, I would ask him what inspired him to become who he is, the anatomy of his craftsmanship, not about who he dated last night or why he decided to sit out in the sun so long.
• [on his career] It all went by so fast, didn’t it? I wish I could do it all over again, I really do.
• I’ve been in the entertainment industry since I was six-years-old … As Charles Dickens says, ‘It’s been the best of times, the worst of times.’ But I would not change my career … While some have made deliberate attempts to hurt me, I take it in stride because I have a loving family, a strong faith and wonderful friends and fans who have, and continue, to support me. (2007)
• My father was a management genius. But what I really wanted was a dad.
• Success definitely brings on loneliness. People think you’re lucky, that you have everything. They think you can go anywhere and do anything, but that’s not the point. One hungers for the basic stuff.
• “When I saw him move I was mesmerized. I’ve never seen a performer perform like James Brown and right then and there I knew that that was what I wanted to do for the rest of my life.
• I’m a visionary and a creative person. God blessed me with certain talents. I hate to use an analogy, but Walt Disney was creative but not good with business. His brother Roy handled the books. He loved creating family-oriented entertainment and so do I. I feel that was a gift and I have that gift also. I’m very honored to have been chosen.
• I am always writing a potpourri of music. I want to give the world escapism through the wonder of great music and to reach the masses.
• I have spent my entire life helping millions of children across the world. I would never harm a child. It is unfortunate that some individuals have seen fit to come forward and make a complaint that is completely false. Years ago, I settled with certain individuals because I was concerned about my family and the media scrutiny that would have ensued if I fought the matter in court. These people wanted to exploit my concern for children by threatening to destroy what I believe in and what I do. I have been a vulnerable target for those who want money.
• I think that it’s demeaning and disrespectful but I also want to make it clear it’s not just about me but a pattern of disrespect that he has shown to our community. He needs to stop it and he needs to stop it now. – On Eminem’s video for “Just Lose It
• I love my children. I was holding my son tight. Why would I throw a baby off the balcony? That’s the dumbest, stupidest story I ever heard.
• I was coming out of the shower and I fell and all my body weight – I’m pretty fragile – all my body weight fell against my rib cage. And I bruised my lung very badly.
• I trusted Martin Bashir to come into my life and that of my family because I wanted the truth to be told. Martin Bashir persuaded me to trust him that his would be an honest and fair portrayal of my life and told me that he was the man that turned Diana’s life around. I am surprised that a professional journalist would compromise his integrity by deceiving me in this way. Today I feel more betrayed than perhaps ever before; that someone, who had got to know my children, my staff and me, whom I let into my heart and told the truth, could then sacrifice the trust I placed in him and produce this terrible and unfair programme. Everyone who knows me will know the truth which is that my children come first in my life and that I would never harm any child. I also want to thank my fans around the world for the overwhelming number of messages of support that I have received, particularly from Great Britain, where people have e-mailed me and said how appalled they were by the Bashir film. Their love and support has touched me greatly.
• Elizabeth Taylor is a warm cuddly blanket that I love to snuggle up to and cover myself with. I can confide in her and trust her. She’s Mother Teresa, Princess Diana, the Queen of England, and Wendy.
• Marlon Brando has been pushing. He’s a wonderful man. He’s a god. He wants a lot of money. He wants to get things done right now. – On a video about acting which he was planning to make with Brando in 2001
• I just want to say to fans in every corner of the earth, every nationality, every race, every language: I love you from the bottom of my heart. I would love your prayers and your goodwill, and please be patient and be with me and believe in me because I am completely, completely innocent. But please know a lot of conspiracy is going on as we speak.
• Elizabeth Taylor used to feed me, to hand-feed me, at times. Please, I don’t want anybody to think I’m starving, I’m not. My health is perfect, actually.
• There is a lot of sadness in my past life. My father beat me. It was difficult to take being beaten and then going on stage. He was strict; very hard and stern.
• “You ain’t seen nothing yet, and the best is yet to come.” (1999)
• I made a terrible mistake. I got caught up in the excitement of the moment. I would never intentionally endanger the lives of my children.
• “Just because you read it in a magazine or see it on a TV screen doesn’t make it factual. To buy it is to feed it.” – about tabloid magazines.
• People think they know me, but they don’t. Not really. Actually, I am one of the loneliest people on this earth. I cry sometimes, because it hurts. It does. To be honest, I guess you could say that it hurts to be me.
• I’ll always be Peter Pan in my heart.
• I don’t like pop music.
• I can’t think of a better way to spread the message of world peace than by working with the NFL and being part of Super Bowl XXVII.

Michael Joseph Jackson Important Facts

• Was portrayed in Quantum Leap: Camikazi Kid – June 6, 1961 (1989) as a child being taught by Scott Bakula’s character how to moonwalk.
• He was widely known to be a very private man. In one of his videos “Leave Me Alone,” the video talked about negative and false stories about him after “Thriller.”.
• It has been implied that much of his self-described Peter Pan persona as an eccentric and somewhat childlike man was created and imposed by his managers. Wesley Snipes, who got to know him while making the ”Bad” music video, was surprised at his ability to hold long and detailed conversations about topics such as psychology, metaphysics and social issues.
• Akon said that a reason for the This Is It series of shows was that Michael’s kids had never actually seen him perform.
• He was a huge fan of Marvel comics and a close friend of Stan Lee, to the point of wanting to buy the company in the 1980’s.
• He had and extremely good memory with many people even claiming he had a photographic memory. He could remember names, stories, and information relating to encounters with people many years before.
• In 2008 while at a Halloween party with his kids, people thought he was a Michael Jackson impersonator and played “Thriller” when he walked in.
• The iconic red jacket he wore in his Michael Jackson: Thriller (1983) was sold for $1.8 million at Julien’s Auctions in Beverly Hills (27 June 2011).
• Resides in Bahrain, a Muslim country that is located on the Southern part of Persian Gulf. [September 2005]
• Accepted Guinness World Record award for Greatest Album of all time, at London’s Earls Court. [November 2006]
• Trial for charges including molestation and intoxication of a minor begin. Expected to last at least 6 months. [February 2005]
• Acquitted on all charges in the child molestation and intoxication of a minor trial. [June 2005]
• Arrested and charged with sexually abusing a 12-year-old boy. [November 2003]
• Cardiff, Wales: Concert being planned to honor The King of Pop on October 8, 2011 at Millennium Stadium, featuring Aguilera, Christina, Robinson, Smokeey, Gree, Cee Lo and others. [August 2011]
• Greatest hits compilation released on 17th November 2003, entitled “Michael Jackson: Number Ones”, with one new song entitled “One More Chance”. [November 2003]
• The film This is It about Jacksons scheduled 50 performances it the O2 Arena in Londen is the highest grossing documentary and concert movie of all time.
• Was close friends with Lou Ferrigno. Jackson invited Ferrigno to be his personal trainer to prepare for the ‘This Is It’ concerts. Ferrigno had appeared in the “Liberian Girl” short film in 1989 and they remained friends until Jackson’s death in 2009.
• Uncle of Yashi Brown, Austin Brown, Dealz, Jermajesty Jackson, Jaafar Jackson, Donte Jackson, Genevieve Jackson, Taryll Jackson, Taj Jackson, and T.J. Jackson.
• Michael Jackson did sketches and drawings.
• Performed live with Britney Spears in September, 2001. Together they performed Jackson’s song “The Way You Make Me Feel” at the Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Special in Madison Square Garden. This was Jackson’s last live performance of the song in front of an audience.
• Fan of Fulham Football Club (English Premier League soccer club), based at Craven Cottage, Fulham, London, England. Fellow fans include Elizabeth Hurley, Lily Allen, Hugh Grant, Pierce Brosnan, Hugh Laurie, Benicio Del Toro, Daniel Radcliffe and Andrew Johnston.
• Ever since he was a boy, Michael Jackson was a fan of the Three Stooges, especially Curly Howard. In fact, for the Curly biography “Curly: An Illustrated Biography of the Superstooge” (Citadel Press, 1985), written by Curly’s niece Joan Howard Maurer, Michael wrote the Foreward. The irony here is that both men died at roughly the same age: Curly at forty-eight, Michael at fifty.
• Jackson’s music video “Liberian Girl” (1989) comprises what is arguably the most star-studded ensemble of cameos in pop music history. In order of appearance are: Beverly Johnson, Malcolm-Jamal Warner, Sherman Hemsley, Brigitte Nielsen, Paula Abdul, Carl Weathers, Whoopi Goldberg, Quincy Jones, Jackie Collins, Amy Irving, Jasmine Guy, Rosanna Arquette, Billy Dee Williams, Lou Diamond Phillips, Olivia Newton-John, John Travolta, Corey Feldman, Steven Spielberg, Deborah Gibson, Ricky Schroder, Blair Underwood, ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic, Bubbles, Suzanne Somers, Lou Ferrigno, Don King (and “Son”), Mayim Bialik, Virginia Madsen, David Copperfield, Emily and Richard Dreyfuss, Danny Glover, Olivia Hussey, Dan Aykroyd and Steve Guttenberg. Jackson appears only at the very end manning a camera on a crane. Directed by James Yukich.
• Kept a pet chimpanzee, Bubbles.
• Achieved the dubious distinction in 2009 of meriting the number three position on Forbes magazine’s list of “Top-Earning Dead Celebrities”. Jackson’s posthumous earnings of $90 million were surpassed only by Yves Saint-Laurent and Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II (as Rodgers & Hammerstein).
• Jackson received his very first screen kiss in the John Singleton-directed music video, “Remember the Time” (1992), when he kissed Iman (playing Queen Nefertiti to Eddie Murphy’s Pharaoh).
• In 1991, Sony Pictures Entertainment announced a top secret film project called “MidKnight” which would star Jackson as meek young man by day, who secretly changes into a heroic singing and dancing knight at the stroke of midnight. The film was part of Jackson’s $1 billion re-up with Sony Music. But the project fell apart due to contractual issues as well as the 1993 child molestation allegations.
• Holds 10 different Guinness World Records.
• He had a long standing relationship with Cherokee Studios, reaching back to his days with the Jackson 5. It was during an early Jackson 5 recording session at Cherokee that Shelley Berger, longtime Motown Manager, first realized his talent, telling Rolling Stone Magazine he would be “the new Sammy Davis.” Later, he came back to Cherokee to record his multi platinum breakout solo Album Off the Wall. His relationship with Cherokee continued throughout his solo career, culminating in the recording of what went on to become the best selling album of all time, Thriller (over 51 million albums sold worldwide).
• Two months after his death, just before what would be his 51st birthday, and the day of his burial, his Number Ones album surpassed Taylor Swift’s highly successful album Fearless as the best selling album of 2009 at that point.
• It is estimated that Michael Jackson’s earnings in the six months following his death on June 25 2009 will top the entire $149 million (£90 million) made by Jimi Hendrix since he passed away in 1970. (Jackson’s estate subsequently grew from £3.5 million at the time of his 2009 death to £400 million or $679 million by 2014).
• He died on the same day as Farrah Fawcett. Both were in California at the time. She died at 9:28 a.m PDT, he was pronounced dead at 2:26 p.m. after hours of unsuccessful resuscitation.
• An Andy Warhol head-and-shoulders portrait of Jackson made the cover of Time magazine on March 19, 1984.
• Spent his last days at a rented mansion at 100 North Carolwood Drive in Los Angeles. The property was once owned by Sean Connery.
• The Elephant Man (1980) was one of his favorite movies.
• In the 1980s, Jackson and Queen lead singer Freddie Mercury became close friends and recorded three songs together – “Victory”, “State of Shock” (later recorded by Mick Jagger) and “There Must Be More To Life Than This”. All are demos and have never been officially released.
• His memorial service from the Staples Center on Tuesday, July 7th 2009 brought the Internet’s second largest day ever in terms of total traffic.
• His gold coffin seen at his memorial is a rare design called the Promethean. It cost $25,000 and is made of solid bronze but is 14-carat gold-plated with a hand-polished mirror finish and lined with velvet. It is identical to the coffin used to bury James Brown in 2006 – which may have inspired Jackson after he saw it when Brown lay in state.
• Music website Amazon sold as many Jackson albums in the 24 hours after his death as in the previous 11 years.
• The Staples Center Michael Jackson memorial service non-performing VIP attendees included Sean Combs, Larry King, Barbara Walters, Jaleel White, Lil’ Kim, Spike Lee, Don King, Vicki Roberts, Nicole Richie, Dionne Warwick, Kim Kardashian West, and Kris Jenner.
• Following the week of his death, his album sales collectively spiked over 2000%.
• Producer Keya Morgan gave Jackson a ring that once belonged to Marilyn Monroe.
• On the day of Jackson’s death, Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) paramedics received a 911 call at 12:21 pm (19:21 UTC), and arrived three minutes and seventeen seconds later, at which point Jackson was reportedly not breathing. The recording of the emergency call was released by the LAFD on June 27, 2009. Paramedics are reported to have wanted to pronounce him dead at the scene, but a doctor insisted he be taken to a hospital. CPR was performed on the way to the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, where they arrived at 1:14 pm (20:14 UTC), and continued for an hour. He was pronounced dead at 2:26 pm (21:26 UTC).
• He had been scheduled to perform 50 sold-out concerts to over one million people at London’s O2 arena, from July 13, 2009 to March 6, 2010, which he implied during a press conference would have been the final concerts of his career. Unfortunately he passed away before he could perform any of these shows. His rehearsals for the tour were documented in This Is It (2009).
• An Amazon spokesperson said that the website sold out of all of his CDs, and those of the Jackson 5, within minutes of the news of his death breaking.
• His death triggered an outpouring of grief. Fans gathered outside the UCLA Medical Center, his Holmby Hills home, the Apollo Theater in New York, and at Hitsville U.S.A., the old Motown headquarters in Detroit where his career began, now the Motown Museum. Streets around the hospital were blocked off, and across America people left offices and factories to watch the breaking news on television.
• The news of his death spread quickly online, causing websites to crash and slow down from user overload. Both TMZ and the Los Angeles Times, two websites that were the first to confirm the news, suffered outages.
• MTV and BET began airing his music videos, and ran two news specials, until 8 p.m. EDT the following day of his death.
• Following his death, U.S. President Barack Obama sent a letter of condolence to the Jackson family, and during a press conference the Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said that President Obama viewed Jackson as a “spectacular performer, and a music icon”. In Congress, Representatives Diane Watson and Jesse Jackson Jr. asked members to observe a moment of silence.
• Celebrities provided varied comments after Jackson’s sudden death. Madonna and Diana Ross released statements saying they could not stop crying. Jackson’s former wife, Lisa Marie Presley, said the singer had told her he was afraid he would end up like Elvis Presley, her father. Elizabeth Taylor, a long-time friend, said she, “can’t imagine life without him.” Liza Minnelli told CBS, “When the autopsy comes, all hell’s going to break loose, so thank God we’re ­celebrating him now.” Jamie Foxx, stated: “We want to celebrate this black man. He belongs to us and we shared him with everybody else.”.
• His favorite movie as a child and teenager was Oliver! (1968).
• At the time of his death Jackson was living in a rented mansion once owned by the actor Sir Sean Connery in the Holmby Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles.
• Owed an estimated $435 million in debts at the time of his death.
• Made an out-of-court settlement with the family of 13-year-old Jordie Chandler for an estimated $15 million in January 1994 following allegations of sexual abuse against children.
• The Jacksons were awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 1500 Vine Street in Hollywood, California.
• Upon his death, many fans left remembrances at the Hollywood star, located at 1541 Vine Street, awarded to a long time radio talk show host also named Michael Jackson. Upon hearing of this, the radio commentator said, “I am willingly loan it to him and, if it would bring him back, he can have it. He was a real star. Sinatra, Presley, The Beatles and Michael Jackson.”.
• A special 25th anniversary edition of his 1982 album “Thriller”, entitled “Thriller 25”, sold an estimated 3 million copies worldwide.
• Is a fan of the Ultimate Fighting Championship.
• In the early 1970s while still very young and a member of the Jackson 5, appeared on The Dating Game (1965). Roles were reversed; Michael asked questions and picked a date from three eligible “bachelorettes”.
• Longtime supporter of AIDS research and over thirty-two more charities.
• Attended the funeral of his close friend Ryan White in April 1990.
• Childhood school friend of David Gest.
• Former son-in-law of Priscilla Presley.
• Claimed to have given $300 million to charity, more than any other celebrity apart from Oprah Winfrey.
• Diagnosed with lupus in 1984.
• Fell out with Quincy Jones after the producer cut half the songs from his 1987 album “BAD”. In a 2006 interview with “The Daily Telegraph” newspaper, Jones admitted he had not spoken to Jackson for years.
• His 2001 album “Invincible” was his first full album of new material for ten years, since 1991’s “Dangerous”.
• His 1979 debut solo album “Off the Wall” has sold around 20 million copies worldwide.
• Inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2002.
• At his peak, Jackson was reportedly worth around $1 Billion.
• Jackson greeted thousands of US troops in a US army base south of Tokyo on 10 March 2007. About 3,000 troops and their family members gathered in a fitness center at Camp Zama. Jackson, after shaking hands with and thanking the troops personally for their service, spoke to the crowd gathered, saying, “Those of you in here today are some of the most special people in the world. It is because of you in here today, and others who so valiantly have given their lives to protect us, that we enjoy our freedom.” Jackson also attended a ceremony at the camp for an army member being promoted and put a pin on his uniform.
• The music video for his song “Thriller” was with 13 minutes the longest music video ever, until this record was broken by Mike Skinner with the video for the song “When You Wasn’t Famous”.
• On 13 June 2003, the day after his neighbor and friend of 25 years Gregory Peck died, Jackson went to Peck’s house to help his widow plan the memorial service. Peck had once publicly praised the singer as a model parent.
• He returned to live in the United States on 24 December 2006, setting up residence in Las Vegas.
• Inducted into the UK Music Hall of Fame for his outstanding contribution to British music and integral part of British music culture. [November 2004]
• Attended James Brown’s funeral in Augusta, Georgia. (30 December 2006).
• Moonwalker (1988) was certified as the all-time top selling music video in March 1989.
• Jackson was seen by a record 500,000 people during his seven day stand at Wembley Stadium in July 1988.
• Honored by CBS as the “top selling act of the Eighties” in March 1990.
• He was the highest earning singer of 1988-1989, with $125 million from his worldwide “BAD” album tour.
• It is clear in the opinion of a number of plastic surgeons that Jackson has undergone extensive plastic surgery and it may be said that he is hardly recognizable as the same person he was as an adolescent, but the effectiveness of his cosmetic surgery has been hotly debated.
• In 1997 a survey declared Jackson the most famous person in the world, ahead of Pope John Paul II and then US President Bill Clinton.
• A $10 million lawsuit filed by Jackson was dismissed by a US judge. The lawsuit was filed against a man from New Jersey who was allegedly in possession of items and memorabilia that Jackson claims were stolen. (14 January 2006).
• While Jackson has claimed 104 million sales for his 1982 album “Thriller”, the Guinness Book of World Records has put the figure at 51 million copies sold as of 2006.
• Originally intended to begin his solo career when he turned eighteen in 1976, but financial problems forced him to remain with the Jackson Five, renaming themselves The Jacksons for legals reasons, until 1979.
• Held his first live concert in four years at Madison Square Garden, New York, in early September 2001. He was paid £10 million for two concerts.
• Filed complaints against the Independent Television Commission and the Broadcasting Standards Commission of the UK following the documentary Living with Michael Jackson: A Tonight Special (2003).
• Disappointed his fans by singing a few lines from “We Are the World”, accompanied by a children’s choir, after he had been rumored to perform his 1982 hit “Thriller” as a triumphant comeback at the World Music Awards at Earls Court, London. Jackson left the stage to audible boos from the audience – some of his fans had paid up to £500 a ticket to see him perform. (15 November 2006).
• Won a poll of superstars to have his image on a stamp issued by the Virgin Islands in July 1985. He asked that the Virgin Islands donated all revenue (the stamps were priced between 60 cents and $1.50) to welfare and education.
• 1st May 2001: His video for “Thriller” was voted at #1 by VH1 on their countdown of the Top 100 Greatest Videos Of All Time. At #2 was “Like A Prayer” by Madonna.
• Ended more than a year of speculation by buying the British music publishing company ATV Music for a reported £34 million ($50 million) in August 1985. The company owned 40,000 songs, including the Northern Songs catalog which contained all The Beatles songs up to their Apple Days. Jackson outbid Coca-Cola, EMI, CBS (who thereafter looked after the catalog for Jackson) and a very disappointed Paul McCartney, who had originally tried to buy Northern Songs for £21 million ($35 million) in 1981 and then later – again unsuccessfully – in conjunction with Yoko Ono.
• Received the Diamond Award for selling more than 100 million albums at the World Music Awards in London on 15 November 2006.
• Received the World Music Award for world’s best-selling album of all time, “Thriller”, at the Monte Carlo Sporting Club, on 8 May 1996.
• Received a Special Award for a Generation at the Brit Awards in 1996.
• Did not tour America after the BAD tour in 1987.
• Godfather of Nicole Richie.
• Godmother of his daughter Paris-Michael K. Jackson and son Prince Michael is Elizabeth Taylor.
• Is portrayed by Alex Burrall and Jason Weaver in The Jacksons: An American Dream (1992).
• Some of his favorite pastimes were water balloon fights and climbing trees. He wrote several songs sitting in his favorite tree at Neverland, which he called Giving Tree, because it was so inspiring.
• In October 2002 it was revealed by various international banks that Jackson was in financial debt into the tens of millions of dollars due to various unpaid loans.
• Ordered to pay Debbie Rowe $60,000 for legal fees in their battle for custody over of their two children. Los Angeles Judge Robert Schnider gave Jackson until 28 September to obey the order. Rowe had asked for $195,000, but the judge noted that she had received eight million dollars in the divorce. (6 September 2006).
• Presented with an “Artist of the decade” award by Elizabeth Taylor in 1989, proclaiming him “the true king of pop, rock and soul”.
• When Jackson performed in England in 1982, he asked to meet former actor Mark Lester. “He wanted to meet someone who had a similar background, a child star,” Lester said. The result was a lifelong friendship.
• California state authorities ordered Jackson to close the Neverland Ranch and fined him more than $100,000 for failing to pay the staff there or maintain proper insurance. (March 2006).
• Jackson was fired from Two Seas Records, with whom he had signed a recording contract in April 2006 for one album. The album had been set for a fall 2007 release. (September 2006)
• Is spoofed in Eminem’s music video “Just Lose It”.
• He was never related to Elvis Presley by marriage since Presley died many years before his marriage to Lisa Marie.
• He was a close friend of the former child star Mark Lester. Lester is godfather to Jackson’s children. Although the two had not spoken for several years before his death.
• Announced his intention to record a charity single dedicated to the victims of Hurricane Katrina entitled, “I Have This Dream”. Ciara, Snoop Dogg, R. Kelly, Keyshia Cole, James Ingram, Michael Jackson’s brother Jermaine Jackson, Shanice, the Shirley Caesar and The O’Jays all supposedly lent their voices to the charity song. At the time, Jackson’s spokesperson, Raymone K. Bain, said the list of performers included Mary J. Blige, Missy Elliott, Jay Z, James Brown and Lenny Kravitz. All of these artists later appeared to be no longer participating. The Katrina Charity Single remains unreleased.
• Paid $1.5 million in 1999 for the Best Picture Oscar awarded to David O. Selznick for Gone with the Wind (1939).
• Promotional videos of his songs directed by, among others, John Landis and John Singleton have cost more than some motion pictures.
• Fortress Investment Group foreclosed and took possession of Jackson’s half- interest in the Sony/ATV Music Publishing company, estimated to be worth $1 billion, as well as the entire MiJac Music Publishing company. (December 2005)
• His greatest hits compilation “Michael Jackson: Number Ones” sold 6 million copies worldwide following its release in November 2003, peaking at Number 1 in most countries except the United States. It had been planned at the last minute after “Resurrection”, a follow-up to his 2001 album “Invincible”, was canceled.
• Recorded an anti-war song about the US invasion of Iraq, “We’ve Had Enough”, which was included on his greatest hits package “Michael Jackson: The Ultimate Collection”.
• “The Essential Michael Jackson”, another greatest hits package, debuted at a surprisingly high Number 2 on the UK charts and sold 200,000 copies within five months. In the United States it only reached Number 96 and soon disappeared.
• “Michael Jackson: The Ultimate Collection”, his third greatest hits package in less than ten years, sold 250,000 copies worldwide following its release in October 2004.
• Performed at the ball for President Bill Clinton’s first inauguration on 20 January 1993.
• Jackson hired film director Martin Scorsese to direct the video for the “Bad” album’s title track. When the 18-minute music video debuted on television, it sparked a great deal of controversy as it was apparent that Jackson’s appearance had changed dramatically. Although Jackson’s skin color had been a medium- brown color for the entire duration of his youth, his skin had gradually become paler since 1982, and had now become a light brown color. This was now so noticeable that the entire press took out widespread coverage on it and claimed that Jackson had bleached his own skin. In 1993 Jackson claimed that his changing skin color is due to a skin disorder vitiligo whilst on The Oprah Winfrey Show (1986).
• Despite a number of surgeons’ claims that Jackson has undergone multiple nasal surgeries as well as a forehead lift, thinned lips and cheekbone surgery, Jackson wrote in his 1988 autobiography “Moon Walk” that he only had two rhinoplastic surgeries and the surgical creation of a cleft in his chin, while attributing puberty and diet to the noticeable change in the structure of his face.
• On 27 May 2006, Jackson accepted a Legend Award at MTV Japan’s VMA Awards in Tokyo. It was his first public appearance since being found not guilty in his child molestation trial almost a year earlier. The award was honoring his influence and impact in music videos over the past 25 years.
• Was a frequent guest at the infamous “Studio 54”
• Winner of the British Phonographic Industry Award for International Solo Artist in 1984.
• Winner of the British Phonographic Industry Award for International Solo Artist in 1988.
• Winner of the Brit Award for International Male in 1989.
• In a move named by Jackson’s advisers as “refinancing,” it was announced in April 2006 that Jackson had struck a deal with Sony and Fortress investments. In the deal Sony may be allowed to take control of half of Jackson’s 50% stake in Sony/ ATV Music Publishing (worth an estimated $1 billion) which Jackson co-owns. Jackson would be left with 25% of the catalog, with the rest belonging to Sony. In exchange, Sony negotiated with a loans company on behalf of Jackson. Jackson’s $200m in loans were due in December 2005 and were secured on the catalog. Jackson failed to pay and the Bank of America sold them to Fortress investments, a company dealing in distressed loans. However, Jackson hasn’t as yet sold any of the remainder of his stake. The possible purchase by Sony of 25% of Sony/ATV Music Publishing is a conditional option; it is assumed the singer will try to avoid having to sell part of the catalog of songs including material by other artists such as ‘Bob Dylan’ and Destiny’s Child. As another part of the deal Jackson was given a new $300 million loan, and a lower interest rate on the old loan to match the original Bank of America rate. When the loan was sold to Fortress investments they increased the interest rate to 20%.
• In January 1993 Jackson performed during the halftime show at Super Bowl XXVII. It drew the largest viewing audience in the history of American television.
• His 2001 album “Invincible” sold over 10 million copies worldwide.
• His album “HIStory: Past, Present and Future – Book I” has sold 16 million copies worldwide since its release in 1995, making it the biggest selling multiple-disc album of all time.
• In 1997, Jackson released an album of new material coupled with remixes of hit singles from the “HIStory” album titled “Blood on the Dance Floor: HIStory in the Mix”. He dedicated the album to his friend Sir Elton John, who had helped him through his addiction to prescribed painkillers. It went on to sell 6 million copies worldwide, making it the biggest selling remix album of all time.
• In January 2000 Jackson announced he was considering retiring from the music industry, citing his weariness at publicity as a reason.
• Was asked to write and perform the songs for Batman (1989), but had to turn it down due to his concert commitments.
• Addressed the Oxford Union on the subject of child welfare and his new initiative “Heal the Kids”. (6 March 2001)
• Attended a memorial service for the late actor Marlon Brando in August 2004, along with Warren Beatty, Jack Nicholson and Sean Penn.
• Jackson joined Chris Tucker, Tony Bennett, former president Bill Clinton and members of the Democratic National Committee at Harlem’s Apollo Theatre in New York for a concert fundraiser. Tucker co-hosted the event with actress Cicely Tyson, while Rubén Blades, k.d. lang and Bennett performed. Jackson sang a medley of songs that included “Black or White” and “Smooth Criminal”, and was joined by Jane’s Addiction guitarist and former Red Hot Chili Peppers Dave Navarro for a portion of his set (24 April 2002).
• Received a Presidential Humanitarian Award from President Ronald Reagan at the White House in May 1984, in recognition of Jackson’s contribution to the government’s campaign against drunk driving. “Beat It” was used in television advertisements.
• President Ronald Reagan wanted to award a special White House medal to Jackson, Bob Hope and the late John Wayne in 1984. However, future Chief Justice of the Supreme Court John Roberts advised against the proposal, saying the award was too much for a pop singer.
• Ex-brother-in-law of James DeBarge.
• His hit song “Bad” from 1987 was initially supposed to be a duet with fellow 80’s superstar Prince. Prince said in an interview that he did not wish to sing the line “Your butt is mine”.
• Tatum O’Neal, was Jackson’s first girlfriend and allegedly his first real love. However, she denied this in her book, saying that he only kissed.
• He was (along with Tito Jackson) co-best man at Liza Minnelli’s and David Gest’s wedding.
• Ranked #11 in VH1’s list of the “100 Greatest Kid Stars” with his brothers as the Jackson 5.
• Was found not guilty on ten counts of child molestation on 13 June 2005 due to lack of evidence.
• His favorite The Beatles” song is “Come Together” – his version of the song is on “History – Past, Present and Future.”.
• He was voted the 35th Greatest Artist of all time in Rock ‘n’ Roll by Rolling Stone.
• Was present at the private funeral service for Maurice Gibb.
• Has sold over 750 million albums worldwide.
• For a charity event held at the Neverland Ranch in September 2003, for the first time ever, he invited an artist from the outside to perform there. It was Yannick Harrison, also known as Jay Kid, from Denmark that performed a number of his interpretations of Michael Jackson songs for the specially invited guests.
• In 2002 had planned to produce and star in the movie “The Nightmares of Edgar Allan Poe”, about the last years of writer Edgar Allan Poe. He was to star as the famed 19th century author (who was Caucasian), and had written music for the film as well.
• He and his lawyer, Mark Geragos, sued jet charter company XtraJet for invasion of privacy. The firm allegedly installed hidden cameras to tape the two’s confidential attorney-client conversations. A California judge has barred the firm from releasing or selling any footage it may have obtained. [November 2003]
• Is the godfather of Michael Gibb, son of The Bee Gees front man Barry Gibb.
• Father of Prince Michael, Prince Michael II, Paris-Michael K. Jackson.
• Has his look-alike puppet in the French show Les guignols de l’info (1988).
• Starting with Michael Jackson: Black or White (1991), Jackson and his record company refer to his music videos, before or since, as “short films,” never “videos”.
• Jackson shocked his fans when he dangled his third child, infant Prince Michael II, over a balcony on the fourth floor of a Berlin, Germany hotel for all hovering fans to see. He later stated that he made “a terrible mistake.”. [November 2002]
• Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1997 (as a member of the Jackson 5).
• Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2001 (as a solo artist).
• Son of Katherine Jackson, and Joe Jackson.
• He does not own the right to the entire Beatles catalogue. For example, the family of the late George Harrison own songs he wrote, including “Something,” and Sony music owns 50% of the catalogue after Jackson sold it to them because he needed the money.
• His estate contains a child’s mini coaster, Zipper, Bumper cars, Merry go round, octopus, Giant slide and rocking dragon.. There is also a full size basketball court, water wars section (for water gun fights) 2 Trains, (one steam train) and a zoo where he has various exotic animals including elephants, giraffes, alligators, a tiger and even an Anaconda.
• Uncle of Jermaine Jackson II, Valencia Jackson, Brittany Jackson, Marlon Jackson Jr., Stevanna Jackson.
• Was a Jehovah’s Witness.
• Had a skin disease called vitiligo.
• He is being sued by two former financial advisors for $25 million over alleged unpaid expenses. Jackson denies owing them anything. [September 2001]
• The name of his 2700-acre ranch near Santa Ynez, California, is Neverland Valley Ranch. It contains Jackson’s house, an amusement park co-designed by Macaulay Culkin, a private theater and dance stage, and exotic animals.
• Wrote and recorded a song called “On the Line”, produced by Kenneth ‘Babyface’ Edmonds, for the film Get on the Bus (1996) that was not included on the soundtrack for the film.
• Copied his moon walk after mime Marcel Marceau in “walk-against-the- wind” pantomime techniques.
• Brother of (in this order) Rebbie Jackson, Jackie Jackson, Tito Jackson, Jermaine Jackson, La Toya Jackson, Marlon Jackson, Randy Jackson and Janet Jackson.
• His 1987 album “BAD” is one of the biggest selling albums of all time, with over 20 million copies sold worldwide.
• His 1991 album “Dangerous” is one of the biggest selling album of all time, with over 20 million copies sold worldwide.
• His 1982 album “Thriller” is the biggest selling album of all time, with confirmed sales of over 51 million, and claimed sales of over 100 million copies worldwide.
• With Lionel Richie, co-wrote the song “We Are the World,” and was one of its performers.
• Until August 2011, he was the only artist in history to generate five #1 hits (USA) from one album with “Bad”. Katy Perry has since tied this record with her album “Teenage Dream”.
• First artist to generate seven top ten hits (USA) on one album with “Thriller.”
• First solo artist to generate four top ten hits on the Billboard charts on one album with “Off the Wall.”
• Shares with Carlos Santana the record for most Grammys won in one year, with eight.
• Married Lisa Marie Presley in La Vega, Dominican Republic, by Judge Hugo Francisco Alvarez Perez. Witnesses present were Thomas Keough and Eve Darling (Lisa Marie’s ex-brother-in-law and his wife, ex-sister-in-law). [May 1994]
• Macaulay Culkin is godfather to his three children.
• Wife, Debbie Rowe, gave birth to a son in Beverly Hills, named Michael Joseph Jackson Jr. [February 1997]
• Second child, with Debbie Rowe, daughter Paris-Michael Katherine Jackson, is born. [April 1998]
• Through his “Heal the World” Foundation, Jackson spearheaded airlifts of food and medical supplies to war-torn Sarajevo, instituted mentoring, immunization and drug-abuse education programs and paid for a Hungarian child’s liver transplant.

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