Biography of Michael Jackson
(Gary, USA, 1958 - Los Angeles, 2009) American pop singer, pop star high eighties and nineties. Excellent dancer, endowed with undeniable appeal for his countless fans around the world, Michael Jackon also demonstrated a talent for business related to the world of music and entertainment. His private life was a constant source of news, not always positive, reflected with a profusion of headlines for magazines and other publications of general information.
Also brother of pop star Janet Jackson and singer Latoyah, Michael Jackson was for years the lead singer of the Jackson Five, family group, in one time or another, were part all male children of the Jackson family . Michael Jackson began his solo career in 1971 with Got To Be There, his first job came in 1972 the British Top 10 and number one in your country, the latter with the single Ben. He edited a couple of albums until 1975, though his real breakthrough as star came after intervening in the musical film The Wizard of Oz. Although the movie was a blockbuster, its musical director, Quincy Jones, was the architect who promoted the career of Michael to levels never seen before.
The importance of support from Quincy Jones became evident with the results of the album Off The Wall, 1979, which would give the new Pop Idol the not inconsiderable sum of five consecutive hit singles, with songs like Rock with you or Don? t stop (till you get enough).
These results are only a foretaste of what was to follow in Michael's career, since his next album, Thriller (1982), proved to be the best selling album in music history, with six of its nine tracks as singles puffed lists in both American and British. In England achieved even more fame with two songs sung by Paul McCartney, The girl is mine, in 1982, and Say Say Say, in 1983.
Shortly before Michael Jackson was involved in the final tour of the Jacksons in 1985 and sponsored by a major beverage company to return later with a new album, Bad (1987), nearly identical commercial success than his previous album. He published his autobiography in 1988, which was accompanied by a film featuring the star. Already in the nineties, edited Dangerous, in 1991, along with a large international tour, as on previous occasions. But soon after a scandal over alleged pedophile inclinations, that lead to the suspension of some concerts and a retreat of which only comes out to announce his marriage to Lisa Marie Presley, Daughter of Elvis Presley, a union that lasted until early 1996.
