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Michael Joseph Jackson (August 29, 1958 - June 25, 2009) was an American artist and artist. The seventh child of the Jackson family, he debuted on the professional music scene at the age of 11 years as a member of the Jackson 5 and began a solo career in 1971 while remaining a member of the group. Considered the "King of Pop" in the years following his 1982 Thriller is the biggest selling record of all time world and four other solo studio albums are also among the most records sold in the world: Off the Wall (1979), Bad (1987), Dangerous (1991) and HIStory (1995).

In the early 1980s, he became a dominant figure in popular music and the first African American actress to amass a strong following on MTV. The popularity of his music videos played on MTV, like "Beat It" "Billie Jean" and Thrillers credit for transforming the music video into an art form and a promotional tool, contributed to the relatively new channel to fame . Videos such as "Black or White" and "Scream" Jackson is a staple on MTV sustainable in the 1990s. With performances and music videos, Jackson popularized a number of physically complicated dance techniques, as the robot and the moonwalk. His distinctive sound of music and vocal style influenced many hip hop, pop and contemporary R & B artists.

One of the few artists to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame twice, his other achievements include multiple Guinness World Records, including one for most "Successful Entertainer of All Time" -13 Grammy Awards, 13 number singles one in his solo career, more than any other male artist in the Hot 100 era. Jackson's highly publicized personal life, coupled with his brilliant career, making him a part of popular culture for nearly four decades. He died suddenly June 25, 2009, aged 50, from a heart attack or cardiac arrest. The precise cause of death has not yet been determined

Michael Jackson was fascinated by the tragedy of celebrity. It was a statue of Marilyn Monroe in her home and studied the sad exile from Hollywood Charlie Chaplin. He married the daughter of Elvis Presley.
Jackson met his own untimely death Thursday at age 50 years and more than any of these icons past, he has left a legacy complicated. As a child star, he was so talented that seemed lit from within, like a middle-aged man, he was considered something akin to a passing stranger who, like Tinkerbell, cease to exist if the applause never stopped.

It was impossible in the early 1980s to imagine the surreal final chapters of Jackson's life. In this decade, it has become thanks to the entertainment world's most popular series of successful albums - "Beat It" "Billie Jean" "Thriller" - and dazzling music videos. Perhaps the best dancer of his generation, he created his own iconography: the glove only brilliant, the moonwalk, the red jacket and signature of the Neverland Ranch.
In recent years, he has inspired a fascination for reasons that had nothing to do with music. Years of plastic surgery has made her face a strange landscape. He was deeply in debt, and has lost his way as a musician. He had not gone since 1997 or release of new songs since 2001. Instead of music videos, the images of Jackson beamed around the world have been tabloid reports about his behavior strange, including allegations of pedophilia, or the latest failure relaunch his career.

A frail Jackson had spent his last weeks in rehearsal for an ambitious attempt to return and 50 already sold-out shows at London's O2 Arena. A main reason was $ 300 million of term debt by a star who lived like a king, even if his.