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Parents: Joel Joseph Jackson (crane operator) KatherineJackson( shop assistant)
The ninehave all made their mark on the music industry. Michal did his early successfrom "The Jackson 5" to the "King of Pop,"
MichaelJacksons childhood was difficult
His father believed his sons hadtalent, so he molded them into a musical group in the early 1960s and let themwork hard. At first, the Jackson Family performers consisted of Michael's olderbrothers, Tito, Jermaine and Jackie. Michael joined his siblings when he was 5years old, and emerged as the group's lead vocalist. Older brother Marlon alsobecame a member of the group, which evolved into the Jackson 5.
The Five boys had no spare time andwere punished with blows if they made a mistake. Joel is persuaded of the factthat he could protect his sons only thus against the ghetto streets. He investedactually the urgently used money in music instruments and accessories.
Jackson 5first album was Diana Ross Presents and hit the charts in December of thatyear. The first single, "I Want You Back," hit No. 1 on the BillboardHot 100 chart in January 1970. More chart-topping singles quickly followed,such as "ABC," "The Love You Save" and "I'll BeThere."
At the ageof 13, Jackson launched a solo career in addition to his work with the Jackson 5.His 1972 album, Ben, featured the eponymous ballad about a rat. The song becameJackson's first solo No. 1 single.
One yearafter he published the last album with his brothers Live, in 1981, his recordbreaker "thriller" appeared.
His album"Thriller " , which was sold 46 million times within 10 years afterits release , gave him as a top-selling album in history an entry in theGuinness Book of Records. Thriller spent 37 weeks at number one in the USBillboard chart
A second followed with his single "We Arethe World
Totally Michaelwon 13 Grammy Awards and it has sold more than 300 million albums all over theworld.
It is notonly his musical skill and his famous "Moonwalker steps" which setdown him of other artists, but also his slope to the perfectionism.
Schedulesdidn´t interest him if he was not contented completely with his work
His face is a topic that is discussed often.Comparisons of old and new photographs show that his nose has changed, and thecheekbones appear more pronounced.
But themost headaches in terms of his appearance causes often about his skin color.Michael Jackson was born in dark skin color, but had after the years a whiteskin .He was suffering from vitiligoIn, a rare skin disease. In this disease, certainskin cells stop producing melanin ,which is responsible for the uniform pigmentation of the skin .Small areas ofthe skin begin to lose their pigments , a process which continues .About 80°percent his skin had brightened , which made the use of dark makeup to coverimpossible.
MichaelJackson was married twice, the first time from May 1994 until January 1996 withsinger Lisa Marie Presley , daughter of Elvis Presley . His second wife MichaelJackson from 1996 was married to Deborah Jeanne Rowe to 1999 . From thismarriage went with the son Michael Joseph Jackson Jr. , known as " Prince" , ( born February 13, 1997) and daughter Paris Michael Katherine Jackson( born April 3, 1998) , two children were born . His third child, son PrinceMichael Jackson II, came on 21 February 2002 in the world and is callednicknamed " Blanket " . The mother of Blanket is not known untiltoday . Michael Jackson had the sole custody of all three children, whichpassed after his death to his mother Katherine Jackson.
Death: 25.06.2009. The coroner of Los Angeles has officially designated the death of MichaelJackson as a homicide on 28 August 2009. Cause of death was acute intoxicationby the anesthetic propofol and cardiac arrest, his personal physician ConradMurray is sentenced to four years in prison without parole for manslaughter
On the 7thof July,2009 at 10. 00 o'clock an official, from numerous televisionbroadcasting stations in the whole world transferred memorial service tookplace in the Staples centre in Los Angeles in the presence of about 17,500fans, 2,000 journalists and 500 public figures. The gilt coffin of Jackson waslaid out before the stage, while brothers and sisters of Jackson, a gospel songchoir and other people with speech contributions and musical presentations ofthe late artist thought.
Some otherfacts
He has twostars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame one for himself and one as part of theJackson Five
He has soldmore than 300 million records worldwide
He paid $17million in 1988 for the land in California that became the Neverland Ranch
The2,700-acre property had a theme park, a menagerie, and a movie theatre.
Its grounds were protected by a security staffof 40
Neverlandwas valued at $100 million in 2003
Jackson’smost famous pet was Bubbles the chimpanzee