MICHAEL JACKSON

KING OF POP
MICAHEL JOSEPH JACKSON, BORN IN GARY,
INDIANA, UNITED STATES, ON 29 YEARS OF
AGE, 1958, WAS A SINGER, SONGWRITER,
PRODUCER, PRODUCER, BAIRALIN,
NICKNAMED THE KING OF POP, WHICH MADE
HIM AN INTERNATIONAL FIGURE IN POPULAR
CULTURE. HE BEGAN HIS ARTISTIC CAREER IN
THE MID-1950S. 1960 IN THE MUSICAL
GROUP THE JACKSON ALONG WITH SOME
OF HIS BROTHERS

DISCOGRAPHY
AND SINGLES
JACKSON BECAME A DOMINANT FIGURE IN POPULAR
MUSIC IN THE EARLY 1980S. HIS MUSIC VIDEOS, MOST
NOTABLY BEAT IT, BILLIE JEAN, AND THRILLER, FROM
HIS 1982 ALBUM THRILLER, ARE CREDITED WITH
BREAKING DOWN BARRIERS. RACIAL PROFILING AND
THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE MEDIUM INTO AN ART
FORM AND PROMOTIONAL TOOL

why is michael
jackson
HOW WAS MICHAEL
considered a JACKSON'S RISE TO
legend?
FAME?
WORLD FAME CAME TO MICHAEL JACKSON WAS
HIM WITH HIS SOLO AND HAS BEEN THE ARTIST
IT IS TRUE THAT HE IS
CAREER, WHICH BEGAN IN WHO HAS DONATED THE
REMEMBERED FOR HIS
1979 WITH THE ALBUM OFF MOST TO PHILANTHROPIC
GREAT TALENT AS AN
THE WALL, WHICH ACTIONS AND OBTAINED
ARTIST, SINCE HE
INCLUDED HITS LIKE DON'T THE GUINNESS RECORD
DANCED, SANG AND
STOP 'TIL YOU GET FOR HAVING RAISED MORE
COMPOSED, FOR WHICH
ENOUGH AND ROCK WITH THAN 800 MILLION
HE HAD GREAT
YOU. HIS SECOND ALBUM, DOLLARS IN DONATIONS
SUCCESSES, SUCH AS
THRILLER, FROM 1982, IS TO MORE THAN 39 SOCIAL
THRILLER, MAN IN THE
THE BEST-SELLING ALBUM INSTITUTIONS
MIRROR, BLACK OR
IN HISTORY.
WHITE, BEAT IT, BILLIE
JEAN, HEAL THE WORLD,
TO NAME A FEW.

HOW WAS THE DEATH OF THE

KING OF POP?
MICHAEL JACKSON DIED ON JUNE 25, 2009 AT THE AGE OF 50, WHICH CAUSED A
TOTAL SHOCK THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. MICHAEL JACKSON'S OFFICIAL CAUSE OF
DEATH WAS CARDIAC ARREST CAUSED BY AN OVERDOSE OF THE PAINKILLERS HE
REGULARLY CONSUMED