JANET JACKSON

Michael Joseph Jackson (Gary, Indiana, August 29, 1958 - Los Angeles, California, June 25, 2009), known in the art world comoMichael Jackson, was a singer, songwriter and dancer of American pop music and its variants. Known as the "King of Pop" did about 80 records for different reasons and was inducted into the Guinness World Records on numerous occasions, for reasons among which are, among others, be the most successful musical artist of all time with nearly 750 million albums sold, the most awarded musical artist in history, with hundreds of awards, including 15 Grammy Awards, the youngest singer to lead the singles chart in the United States, with 11 years of age; the first singer to enter the singles chart at number 1 with "You are not alone ', as many weeks at number 1 on the list of albums (not soundtracks) in the U.S., with Thriller, during 37 weeks; video most successful, Michael Jackson's Thriller, with about 1 million units sold, the first entertainer to win more than 100 million dollars a year; animator best paid of all time (125 million dollars in the Forbes 1989), and most successful entertainer of all 2Además tiempos.1 was the first and only artist who has managed to start and finish the year with an album at number 1 (Thriller) and the first and only artist in history achieve number 1 in the 1960, 1970, 1980 and 1990. (See "Awards and honors" for more information) 3 4His contribution to music, dance and fashion in addition to its publicized personal life made him a figure of popular culture.He began his career with his brothers in the band The Jackson 5 to mid-1960, which released ten albums with them until 1975. In 1971 he began his solo career, but remained with the band of brothers. Because of the extraordinary impact of his album Thriller (1982), the biggest selling album of music history, became the biggest star in pop music at that time. Some of his albums released as Off the Wall (1979), Bad (1987), Dangerous (1991) and HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I (1995), are among the best-selling albums of all time, it which helped him get into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. In addition, thirteen of the 98 singles Jackson reached the top of the Billboard 100 and sold between 3005 and 350 million6 even considering sales of more than 750 million discos.7He was recognized during his career with the nickname of "King of Pop", with the music superstar pop8 most successful worldwide, but their music also included a broad understanding of sub-genres like rhythm & blues (soul and funk) dance.8 disk lifetime also served as musical influence for dozens of artists. Michael Jackson throughout his career has won multiple awards, including two vecesen was the Hall of Fame Rock, has broken many records in the Guinness World Records and has received twenty-six American Music Awards and Grammy quincepremios in various musical genres, two of which are posthumous. Holds the record for most awarded artist in music history, with over 400 awards. It has also been recognized for their acts of philanthropy, the artist holds the record has donated more money to charity, with hundreds of millions of dollars donated to 39 institutions of this tipo.9Subsequently, in 1990 was involved in two controversial chapters: the first in 1993 and later in 2003. In both cases the singer was accused of pedophilia, with accusations of sexual abuse of two children of thirteen years in each case. However, the charges were withdrawn after paying a sum of over twenty million dollars in order to avoid prosecution in the first case and in the second to be acquitted at trial for lack of evidence. These events had a global impact and affected the final years of his life and career artística.10 Almost a decade later, was published Invincible (2001), whose launch was recognized as a total failure, since ventan costs were lower and artist was involved in a dispute with their record label. After more than ten years since his last tour, Michael Jackson announced his comeback with a tour to be called This Is It, however, nearly twenty days of the start of the tour, June 25, 2009, singer died of cardiac arrest. The Forensic Department County of Los Angeles said his death was a homicide, and his personal physician pleaded "not guilty" of manslaughter charges in court and paid a deposit for not entering prison, his trial was postponed in January 2011. The sudden death of the artist led to an avalanche of global pain, and to over two billion people watched his public funeral on live television. In 2010, Sony Music Entertainment signed a contract with his family for $ 250 million to retain the distribution rights of their albums and publish up to seven posthumous albums until 2017.General InformationBirthAugust 29, 1958Gary (Indiana), United StatesDeathJune 25, 2009 (50 years)Los Angeles (California)
 U.S.SpouseLisa Marie Presley (1994-1996)Deborah Rowe (1997-1999)ChildrenPrince Michael Joseph Jackson (b. 1997)Paris Michael Katherine Jackson (b. 1998)Prince Michael II "Blanket" Jackson (b. 2002)OccupationSinger, dancer, composer, producer, choreographer and arrangerIts musicalVoice typeCountertenorOther NamesKing of PopGenre (s)Pop, R & B, disco, dance, new jack swingInstrument (s)VoicePeriod of activity1964-2009Label (s)Motown, EpicRelated ArtistsThe Jackson 5WebWebsitewww.michaeljackson.comFirm