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TwitterMichael Joseph Jackson was Born on August 29, 1958 in Gary Indiana, He was the 7th child in the Jackson Family. He's the son of the working class couple Joseph Walter Jackson and Katherine Esther. He's other siblings are Rebbie, Jackie, Tito, Jermaine, La Toya, Marlon, Randy and Janet. Raised as a Jehovah's Witness by his mother, Michael would perform in an R&B band called the Falcons with Luther, one of his brothers.
Musical talent was seen from Michael early in his life, at the age of 5, he led before his classmates and others during a Christmas party. When he was 6 years old, he entered the Jackson brothers as backup musicians playing congas and tambourine, and at age 8, he became the lead vocals as the name of the group, it was the Jackson 5 as amended.
The Jackson 5 released several songs like "Big Boy" on the label Steeltown in 1967, they signed with MotownRecords in 1968. In 1972 Michael Jackson released four solo albums under Jackson 5 franchise, 2 of them Got to Be There and Ben.
In 1979, Quincy Jones and Jackson released "Off the Wall". Songwriters added Jackson, Rod Temperton, Stevie Wonder and Paul McCartney. It is also in 1979 that Jackson broke his nose during a complex dance routine and had his rhinoplasty.
In 1982 Michael Jackson released theThriller. About 109 million copies were sold, it became the biggest selling album of all time. In 1984 while filming a Pepsi Cola commercial in Los Angeles, Jackson suffered 2nd Grades placed on the scalp after pyrotechnics accidentally his hair on fire. It was also in 1984 that he received an award from U.S. President Ronald Reagan for his support of charities for alcoholics and drug addicts, people.
He made the much-anticipated "BAD" in 1987 and the Bad World Tour began in thesame year, 125 million U.S. dollars extrapolated. In 1993, he was accused of sexual abuse of children by a 13-year-old boy named Jordan Chandler and his father Evan Chandler. In the autumn of the same year he became a drug addict and went into drug rehab for several months.
He Married Lisa Marie Presley in 1994 and they divorced in 1996. During the HIStory World Tour, he married dermatologist nurse Deborah Jeanne Rowe, with his daughter and a son. They divorced in 1999, but remainedfriends.
On June 25, 2009, Jackson died of heart attack in Los Angeles ending his long, successful and controversy filled carreer.
