Michael Jackson was a huge success, but he was also a very troubled man. Michael Jackson's next album, "Bad," produced five number one hits, including "The Way You Make Me Feel." The project raised millions of dollars with this best selling song. The aim of the record was to raise money for starving people in Africa. In nineteen eighty-five, Michael Jackson helped write the song "We Are the World." He recorded it with many other famous performers. He worked hard to make exciting videos with complex stories and dances. Michael Jackson understood the power of these videos in bringing attention to his music and to his image. The video for the song "Thriller" was important in the history of the music industry. And it helped establish the popularity of a new form of entertainment, music videos. It also won eight Grammy Awards and seven American Music Awards. Three years later, Jackson released "Thriller." The album was not just the best selling album of all time. (MUSIC: " Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough") His first album performing alone was "Off the Wall," released in nineteen seventy-nine. They continued to perform together, although Michael Jackson started to record music on his own as well. In the nineteen seventies, the group changed record companies and shortened their name to the Jacksons. The group made youthful and fun music that was very popular with both African-Americans and white listeners. His extraordinary skill and presence on stage was remarkable, especially for someone so young. He was the lead singer and danced with great energy. Their first four songs were "I Want You Back," "ABC," "The Love You Save" and "I'll Be There." They all reached the number one position in pop music record sales in nineteen seventy. The Jackson 5 became an immediate success. Michael was eleven years old when they released their first album a year later. In nineteen sixty-eight the group signed a recording deal from Motown Records. He was five years old when he began singing with his brothers in a group called the Jackson 5. Michael Jackson was born in Gary, Indiana in nineteen fifty-eight. While doing his famous "moonwalk" step, he seemed to be walking backwards on air. He could be as hard as a robot, or as smooth as liquid. He created dance movements that were electrifying. Michael Jackson brought attention to his body's movements by wearing a shiny white glove, shortened black pants and white socks. The album "Thriller" was as much about moves as it was about music. Other famous songs on the album include "Thriller," "Beat It" and "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'."
"Billie Jean" first came out on the nineteen eighty-two hit album "Thriller." The Guinness World Records lists that record as the best-selling album of all time. That was a song that hardly needs an introduction. He was a complex individual with an often troubled private life. Michael Jackson redefined popular culture with his energetic music, dance moves and revolutionary music videos.īut Jackson's huge success as a performer was not always easy. Known as the "King of Pop," Jackson sold more than seven hundred fifty million albums over his career. Today we tell about one of the most famous performers in the world, Michael Jackson. Michael Jackson, 1958-2009: He Amazed the World With His Music and Dancingĭownload MP3 (Right-click or option-click the link.)Īnd I'm Bob Doughty with PEOPLE IN AMERICA in VOA Special English.
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