Michael Joseph Jackson (born in Gary, Indiana, USA, August 29, 1958 - died in Los Angeles, California, United States, June 25, 2009 at age 50 years) is a singer and songwriter from the United States. He is known as the "King Of Pop" and popularized the dance movements "Moonwalk" has become his trademark. Her album was released in 1982, Thriller, is the world's best-selling album, with sales exceeding 104 million copies worldwide. He began singing career at the age of five years as a member of the Jackson family vocal group (later to become The Jackson 5) before launching his first solo album Got to Be There in 1971. As the seventh child of the Jackson family, he made his debut in professional music at the age of 11 years as a member of the Jackson 5. In the early 1980's, he became a very dominant figure in popular music and first African-American musicians who have strong crossover at MTV.
Rise in the popularity of his music as aired on MTV, including "Beat It", "Billie Jean" and Thriller have altered the video clip into an art form and as a promotional tool to popularize a TV channel. Videos such as "Black or White" and "Scream" made Jackson a major mainstay of MTV in the 1990s. Through stage performances and music videos, Jackson popularized a number of techniques such as robot and moonwalk dance.
Jackson's voice and vocal style influenced many singers and followed by hip hop, pop and R & B. The award - which he has won awards including several times Guinness World Records-including the thriller as the world's best-selling album-13 Grammy Awards, 13 number one single fruit in a solo career of musician other men in the Hot 100 era-and the sale of 750 million units around the world. Jackson's life are well known throughout the world, accompanied by a very successful career, making it a part of pop culture for 4 decades. within a few years he was often touted as one of the most famous man in the world.
Death
Michael Jackson tribute at Craven Cottage
Michael Jackson is planning to hold a concert last inO2 Arena London, Jackson named this concert under the name Michael Jackson This Is It. Concerts in the plan will be held on July 25, 2009, but a month before Michael Jackson died at his home in Los Angeles on Thursday, June 25, 2009, At 14:26 local time. He was unconscious after suffering heart failure (cardiac arrest). He is suspected of heart failure shortly after being given an injection of Demerol. Michael Jackson death news spread quickly on the internet. Many websites are overwhelmed dealing with internet users who want to find information about Jackson's death. Google had experienced problems because so many key words "Michael Jackson" is entered. AOL Instant Messenger also had to crash for 40 minutes because of Jackson's death that informs users via AOL Instant Messenger.
