Michael Jackson

American musician, writer & model, owner of Neverland Ranch, Tetiaroa & Sony/ATV Music Publishing, born in Indiana

Date and place of birth: August 29, 1958, Gary, Indiana, USA

Michael Joseph Jackson is an American singer and dancer who began his career performing in the family band The Jacksons. Since 1972, he devoted himself to a solo career, quickly achieving unrivaled success. His sixth studio album, Thriller, has been the best-selling album of all time for more than 30 years, and Michael Jackson has become a pop legend.

Michael Joseph Jackson was born on August 29, 1958 in the family of Joseph and Katherine Jackson, in the American town of Gary (Indiana). The sign of the zodiac is Virgo. The boy became the seventh child of nine. The childhood of the future star cannot be called happy. Later, Jackson repeatedly mentioned that his father was a real tyrant, oppressing children morally and physically. The singer spoke about some of the atrocities of the head of the family on the Oprah Winfrey show in 1993.

Once, in the middle of the night, the father, wearing a terrible mask and uttering piercing cries, climbed into the window to the sleeping Michael. So he wanted to teach children to close windows before going to bed. After this incident, the child was tormented by nightmares about being kidnapped from his own bedroom. In 2003, Joseph Jackson himself admitted that he had actually assaulted children.

Cruel upbringing played a cruel joke with Michael, on the one hand, accustomed to iron discipline, which had a positive effect on his achievements, and on the other hand, crippled his psyche for life.

Michael began to sing and dance from the age of 5. At 6, he joined the musical group of their older brothers "The Jacksons". Having matured a little, Michael began to perform also separately - to sing, dance. At the age of 8, Michael, along with their family children's quintet, won a local talent competition. And after 4 years, in 1970, they were already at the top of the American hit parade: their first four singles were on the first line of the American Billboard Hot 100 chart. Gradually, Michael Jackson became the main figure in the team, and he increasingly got solo parts . Even then, Jackson stood out for his special manner of dancing and performing on stage. Even then, his voice was impossible to confuse with anyone. Michael Jackson performed with the group with varying success, went on world tours, released albums. He also started releasing solo albums. In 1982, the 24-year-old Michael Jackson's album became a cult hit. Thriller went down in history as the world's best-selling album (so far!). For his "thriller" Michael won 7 (!) Grammy awards and numerous awards. At this time, Jackson begins to release videos for his compositions, which are in active rotation of the newly created MTV. Needless to say, even then the name of Michael did not leave the lips of the world listener.

The idol of millions demonstrated his famous “moonwalk” for the first time at the age of 24, on March 25, 1983, at the anniversary show “Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever” during the performance of the song Billie Jean. At 25, Michael had already received an award from President Ronald Reagan (for charity, which he did until the end of his days). The 80s became “golden” for Michael, but brought him many difficult trials. In 1984, when Michael was filming a Pepsi commercial, pyrotechnic devices caused the singer's hair to catch fire and he received severe head burns. This provoked the development of a hereditary disease that violates skin pigmentation. After Michael was forced to resort to enhanced make-up and avoid sunlight all his life, as well as take painkillers. At the same time, Michael was "addicted" to plastic surgery - he underwent nose and chin surgery. The appearance of the king of pop has changed beyond recognition, which has become the subject of numerous rumors. Jackson began to live in seclusion at his Neverland Ranch.

During his short life, Michael managed to star in more than two dozen films. For the first time on the screen, he made his debut at the age of 20, starring in Sidney Lumet's fantasy film Wiz (1978). He then starred in various short films, such as Francis Ford Coppola's Captain Io (1986). He also played in "Men in Black 2" (2002) as Agent M. The video with Michael was shot by eminent directors - Martin Scorsese, Spike Lee and others.

Jackson was married twice - to Lisa Marie Presley, daughter of Elvis Presley, and to nurse Debbie Rowe, with whom he had two children. The marriage ended in divorce. Later, Michael had a third son - from a surrogate mother.

Throughout his career, Jackson has received numerous awards for music, music videos, choreography and charitable work. The musician has received 15 Grammy awards, 13 of which are for albums and singles, and the other two are special statuettes: the Legend Award and the Lifetime Achivement Award. The singer is the winner of three special awards from the World Music Awards: Millennium Award (Millennium Artist), Diamond Award (Diamond Award) and Legend Award (Legend Award).

The singer is also the holder of several music ceremony records. In 1984, at the Grammy Awards, the musician set a record by receiving 8 statuettes in one night. Jackson, along with Whitney Houston, holds the record for the most American Music Awards statuettes received in one night - 8.

American musician, writer & model, owner of Neverland Ranch, Tetiaroa & Sony/ATV Music Publishing, born in Indiana

Date and place of birth: August 29, 1958, Gary, Indiana, USA

Michael Joseph Jackson is an American singer and dancer who began his career performing in the family band The Jacksons. Since 1972, he devoted himself to a solo career, quickly achieving unrivaled success. His sixth studio album, Thriller, has been the best-selling album of all time for more than 30 years, and Michael Jackson has become a pop legend.

Michael Joseph Jackson was born on August 29, 1958 in the family of Joseph and Katherine Jackson, in the American town of Gary (Indiana). The sign of the zodiac is Virgo. The boy became the seventh child of nine. The childhood of the future star cannot be called happy. Later, Jackson repeatedly mentioned that his father was a real tyrant, oppressing children morally and physically. The singer spoke about some of the atrocities of the head of the family on the Oprah Winfrey show in 1993.

Once, in the middle of the night, the father, wearing a terrible mask and uttering piercing cries, climbed into the window to the sleeping Michael. So he wanted to teach children to close windows before going to bed. After this incident, the child was tormented by nightmares about being kidnapped from his own bedroom. In 2003, Joseph Jackson himself admitted that he had actually assaulted children.

Cruel upbringing played a cruel joke with Michael, on the one hand, accustomed to iron discipline, which had a positive effect on his achievements, and on the other hand, crippled his psyche for life.

Michael began to sing and dance from the age of 5. At 6, he joined the musical group of their older brothers "The Jacksons". Having matured a little, Michael began to perform also separately - to sing, dance. At the age of 8, Michael, along with their family children's quintet, won a local talent competition. And after 4 years, in 1970, they were already at the top of the American hit parade: their first four singles were on the first line of the American Billboard Hot 100 chart. Gradually, Michael Jackson became the main figure in the team, and he increasingly got solo parts . Even then, Jackson stood out for his special manner of dancing and performing on stage. Even then, his voice was impossible to confuse with anyone. Michael Jackson performed with the group with varying success, went on world tours, released albums. He also started releasing solo albums. In 1982, the 24-year-old Michael Jackson's album became a cult hit. Thriller went down in history as the world's best-selling album (so far!). For his "thriller" Michael won 7 (!) Grammy awards and numerous awards. At this time, Jackson begins to release videos for his compositions, which are in active rotation of the newly created MTV. Needless to say, even then the name of Michael did not leave the lips of the world listener.

The idol of millions demonstrated his famous “moonwalk” for the first time at the age of 24, on March 25, 1983, at the anniversary show “Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever” during the performance of the song Billie Jean. At 25, Michael had already received an award from President Ronald Reagan (for charity, which he did until the end of his days). The 80s became “golden” for Michael, but brought him many difficult trials. In 1984, when Michael was filming a Pepsi commercial, pyrotechnic devices caused the singer's hair to catch fire and he received severe head burns. This provoked the development of a hereditary disease that violates skin pigmentation. After Michael was forced to resort to enhanced make-up and avoid sunlight all his life, as well as take painkillers. At the same time, Michael was "addicted" to plastic surgery - he underwent nose and chin surgery. The appearance of the king of pop has changed beyond recognition, which has become the subject of numerous rumors. Jackson began to live in seclusion at his Neverland Ranch.

During his short life, Michael managed to star in more than two dozen films. For the first time on the screen, he made his debut at the age of 20, starring in Sidney Lumet's fantasy film Wiz (1978). He then starred in various short films, such as Francis Ford Coppola's Captain Io (1986). He also played in "Men in Black 2" (2002) as Agent M. The video with Michael was shot by eminent directors - Martin Scorsese, Spike Lee and others.

Jackson was married twice - to Lisa Marie Presley, daughter of Elvis Presley, and to nurse Debbie Rowe, with whom he had two children. The marriage ended in divorce. Later, Michael had a third son - from a surrogate mother.

Throughout his career, Jackson has received numerous awards for music, music videos, choreography and charitable work. The musician has received 15 Grammy awards, 13 of which are for albums and singles, and the other two are special statuettes: the Legend Award and the Lifetime Achivement Award. The singer is the winner of three special awards from the World Music Awards: Millennium Award (Millennium Artist), Diamond Award (Diamond Award) and Legend Award (Legend Award).

The singer is also the holder of several music ceremony records. In 1984, at the Grammy Awards, the musician set a record by receiving 8 statuettes in one night. Jackson, along with Whitney Houston, holds the record for the most American Music Awards statuettes received in one night - 8.