Michael Joseph Jackson ( Gary, Indiana , 29 August 1958 of - Los Angeles, June 25 of 2009 ), known in the art world as Michael Jackson, was a singer , composer and dancer U.S. of pop music and its variants . Known as the "King of Pop " did about 80 records for different reasons and was listed in Guinness World Records on numerous occasions, for reasons among which, among others, be the most successful musical artist all time, with nearly 750 million albums sold, the award-winning musical artist in history, with 405 awards, including 18 Grammy awards , the youngest singer to lead the list of singles in the U.S. , with 11 years of age, the first vocalist to enter the singles chart at number 1 with "You are not alone "; more weeks at No. 1 List Albums (not soundtracks ) in the U.S., with Thriller , for 37 weeks; video most successful Michael Jackson's Thriller , with around 1 million units sold, first animator to earn more than $ 100 million a year, highest paid entertainer of all time (125 million dollars in the list Forbes de 1989 ); y animador más exitoso de todos los tiempos.Además ha sido el primer y único artista que ha logrado empezar y terminar el año con un álbum en el número 1 (Thriller) y el primer y único artista de la historia en lograr números 1 en las décadas de 1960 , 1970 , 1980 y 1990 . (Véase la sección « Premios y honores » para más información).
Su contribución a la música, al baile y a la moda, además de su publicitada vida personal le convirtieron en una figura de la cultura popular .
Comenzó su carrera artística con sus 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 works published, as Off the Wall (1979), Bad (1987), Dangerous (1991) or HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I (1995), are among the album more vendidos de todos los tiempos, lo que le sirvió para entrar en el Rock and Roll Hall of Fame . Por otra parte, trece de los 98 sencillos de Jackson alcanzaron el primer lugar de la lista Billboard 100 y vendió entre 300 y 350 millones e incluso se consideran las ventas de más de 750 millones de discos.
Fue reconocido durante su carrera con el apodo del «Rey del Pop», siendo la superestrella de la música pop más exitosa a nivel mundial, sin embargo también su música incluyó una amplia acepción de subgéneros como el rhythm & blues ( soul y funk ), disco y dance . Also during his life served as a musical influence for dozens of artists. Michael Jackson throughout his career he has garnered numerous awards, has been listed twice in the Hall of Fame Rock has broken many records in Guinness World Records and received twenty-six American Music Awards and fifteen Grammy awards , two of which are posthumous. Holds the record for most awarded artist in music history, with 386 awards. It has also been recognized for their acts of philanthropy , holds the record at the artist who has donated money to charities, with hundreds of millions of dollars donated to 39 institutions of this type.
Subsequently, 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 a trial in the first case and in the second to be acquitted at trial for lack of evidence. These events had a global impact and affect the last years of his life and career artística.Casi a decade later, was published Invincible (2001), whose launch was recognized as a total failure, since sales were lower than the expenditure and the artist was involved in a dispute with his label. After more than ten years since her 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, 25 June 2009 The singer died of a cardiac arrest . The Department Forensic Los Angeles County said his death was a homicide, and his personal physician said he was "not guilty" to charges of manslaughter in court and paid a deposit for not entering prison, their trial was postponed to January 2011. Artist's sudden death led to a flood of grief, and to a 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 distribution rights to their records and publish seven posthumous albums until 2017.
Su contribución a la música, al baile y a la moda, además de su publicitada vida personal le convirtieron en una figura de la cultura popular .
Comenzó su carrera artística con sus 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 works published, as Off the Wall (1979), Bad (1987), Dangerous (1991) or HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I (1995), are among the album more vendidos de todos los tiempos, lo que le sirvió para entrar en el Rock and Roll Hall of Fame . Por otra parte, trece de los 98 sencillos de Jackson alcanzaron el primer lugar de la lista Billboard 100 y vendió entre 300 y 350 millones e incluso se consideran las ventas de más de 750 millones de discos.
Fue reconocido durante su carrera con el apodo del «Rey del Pop», siendo la superestrella de la música pop más exitosa a nivel mundial, sin embargo también su música incluyó una amplia acepción de subgéneros como el rhythm & blues ( soul y funk ), disco y dance . Also during his life served as a musical influence for dozens of artists. Michael Jackson throughout his career he has garnered numerous awards, has been listed twice in the Hall of Fame Rock has broken many records in Guinness World Records and received twenty-six American Music Awards and fifteen Grammy awards , two of which are posthumous. Holds the record for most awarded artist in music history, with 386 awards. It has also been recognized for their acts of philanthropy , holds the record at the artist who has donated money to charities, with hundreds of millions of dollars donated to 39 institutions of this type.
Subsequently, 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 a trial in the first case and in the second to be acquitted at trial for lack of evidence. These events had a global impact and affect the last years of his life and career artística.Casi a decade later, was published Invincible (2001), whose launch was recognized as a total failure, since sales were lower than the expenditure and the artist was involved in a dispute with his label. After more than ten years since her 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, 25 June 2009 The singer died of a cardiac arrest . The Department Forensic Los Angeles County said his death was a homicide, and his personal physician said he was "not guilty" to charges of manslaughter in court and paid a deposit for not entering prison, their trial was postponed to January 2011. Artist's sudden death led to a flood of grief, and to a 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 distribution rights to their records and publish seven posthumous albums until 2017.
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