Music is a source of entertainment for many but it is a passion and source of earning for few. Michael Joseph Jackson had been a prominent artist that ruled over the music industry with strength and dominancy. Michael Joseph Jackson (August 29, 1958, Gary, Indiana – June 25, 2009, Los Angeles, California) is an African American singer, musician, composer, songwriter and dancer known as the ‘King of Pop’.
He died on June 25, 2009 in Holmby Hills, Los Angeles, California, United States. His father was a guitarist that also contributed to his music career. Michael Jackson has three children. His music has still been appreciated worldwide along with his dance moves. He had been famous as the ‘King of Pop’ because of his entertaining performances. Music of 20th century was all about Michael Jackson and his hits, one after the other. People enjoyed and encouraged him for almost every song and album. His music is still alive in the hearts of people. Youngsters also consider Michael Jackson as the King of Pop as his music give goose pumps and force a person live and enjoy his moment.
In addition, Michael Jackson was a dominating cultural figure of 20th century that never changed since then even with his death. His style and fashion sense were all charming and attractive to people. Followers copied his style and likings. His career started in his childhood with the family’s Motown group. They used to perform in the group but Jackson soon became the lead singer of group. The Jackson 5 was the pop band. He was being appreciated for his voice and it made him start his career on individual level. He was confident, strong, skilled and talented when he started his career. He never gave up on is dreams and he knew how to gather attention of people during concerts and music gathering. When Jackson started his solo career he didn’t leave the Jackson 5. Instead, he continued struggling for both. The success of Jackson5 started in 1970s. Many hit songs were released during that time. “I Want You Back,” “ABC,” “The Love You Save,” and “I’ll Be There” were the top sensation of Jackson 5 in 1970.
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Moreover, there was a time that the pop band ‘The Jackson 5’ and Michael Jackson as solo performer, both were ruling the music industry. The band was releasing hits of dancing tracks and solo performer was releasing his initial albums; Ben and Rockin’ Robin. Though, the whole group was talented and successful but solo performer Michael Jackson was the highest one among all. The first best-selling album of Michael Jackson as solo performer was Off the Wall. It got released in 1979. There were millions of copies being sold around the globe. “Don’t Stop ’til You Get Enough” was one of the many hit singles from this album. Jackson attracted many people towards his super hits from the album. Jackson was energized, thrilling, entertaining and full of life. These were the contributing factors in making him a successful singer at a very young age. Pop music is all about having high energy and liveliness.
Michael Jackson had a natural thing of pop music. His gestures made his songs fun and exciting to listen. Furthermore, Michael Jackson being an attractive face of society and culture made fans and enemies too. He had to face a child molestation case in 1993. For artists, it is not good to get such accusations, it affects the career and reputation. Fortunately, the case got settled and there were no charges being imposed on him. The case reopened in 2005 when few others also accused him of such matters. However, he was set free every time. Michael Jackson had to spend a lot of money in the process of defending himself in lawsuits. He had to take loans from the music publications too and the amount was about $270 million. This is a reason Michael Jackson’s death led to many arguments and disputes. The artist won different awards and was part of many nominations in his lifetime. He won 39 Guinness World Records and many others too.
Further, Michael Jackson wrote and sung many songs. ‘Billie Jean’ from the album Thriller is one of his famous collection of songs. It got released in 1983. Thriller was his sixth studio album and he has already been gaining much love from all over the world. The song was written and sung by Michael Jackson himself. It was produced by Quincy Jones and Michael Jackson. The song was released by Epic records. The length of the album song is 4:54. According to Michael Jackson, this song was based upon the group members and his time spent during ‘The Jackson 5’. It was the beginning of his career and he had so many memories of it connecting him to backstage doors. Girls used to make a resemblance of their kids with Jackson brothers.
Jackson claimed in his thoughts about the song that there was never a girl named Billie Jean but there were many girls out there having same thoughts and opinions about my brothers. Michael Jackson basically collected the love of all girls being shown to his brothers. A woman continued to send Jackson letters telling him about his kids. He knew that he never met the woman and the story about kids was all drama to get attention that she eventually gained.
In addition, the “Billie Jean” music video aired first on MTV. In fact, it aired on the channel on regular basis and it never happened before. The video casts Jackson walking along a street and a photographer trying to catch him. Jackson then reaches Billie Jean’s room and the story continues. Michael Jackson wore a black leather suit with a pink shirt and a red bow tie and it later became the style for every young man in town. His styles were being copied from every video and concert. The song was a hit even without the video. Michael Jackson performed the song on a television program ‘Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever’. Michael Jackson along with his brothers were signed up for a Pepsi commercial. He recomposed the song “Billie Jean” to be used in the commercial. It was named as “Pepsi Generation”. The song was the reason of best-selling album Thriller. The song and album both were successful. Many famous artists like Justin Timberlake, Chris Brown and Usher referred to “Billie Jean”.
Moreover, another song from Michael Jackson’s collection is “Black or White”. It was from his eighth studio album Dangerous. It was released by Epic Records in 1991. It was the first song of the album. The length of the song is 4:16. The radio channels of New York and Los Angeles played the song a lot. The song is unique and one of its own kind. It has the elements of dance, hip hop and hard rock. The song is written, composed and produced by Michael Jackson and Bill Bottrell. The song got aired on MTV, BET, VH1, and Fox. The music video of this song featured other American musicians and actors including Macaulay Culkin, Tess Harper, and George Wendt. The video was directed by the same director who directed music video songs of Thriller. It was done by John Landis. The video started with an 11-year old kid who was dancing to rock music. African Zulu hunters have been shown to be dancing the video and Michael Jackson joins them in their entertainment.
In addition, Michael Jackson knew and understood the pain of racial differences. Such conflicts destroy the mental peace and do not let anybody stay satisfied with his life. Music and dance that are equally entertaining to any class, race or group were also categorized based on such myths. Hence, in the end of music video, people from different races, cultures and nationalities were seen to be dancing altogether. They enjoyed the music and had fun in doing so.
A nice message is being portrayed through it that is to eliminate racial differences from society at least for the arts and entertainment sector that is not at all to be affected by such beliefs. In the end, every artist has his own identity and personality but Michael Jackson had been ruling all other rock stars with his songwriting, music videos, messages in songs and the entertaining nature. He impressed and inspired many young individuals who are now getting fame in the music industry. It is not easy to get such huge fan following but Jackson got it all at a very young age.
