In the week after his death, he became the first artist to sell more than 1 million digital tracks in one week. When Nielsen SoundScan released its final sales tallies for , Jackson had four of the year's top 20 albums, a record for the SoundScan era. He also had seven of the year's top albums and nine of the year's top digital songs. Jackson had Top 10 hits in each of the last five decades, which is remarkable for someone who was only 50 when he died.
It's extraordinary how young Jackson was when he hit it big. Before his 12th birthday in August , he had sung lead on three No. Most of the chart records Jackson set were tied to the trio of albums he recorded with legendary producer Quincy Jones from — Off The Wall , Thriller and Bad sold tens of millions of copies and generated a combined total of 17 Top 10 hits.
Thriller , released when Jackson was 24, logged 37 weeks at No. That constituted the second-longest run in the top spot since the chart became a weekly feature in Only the West Side Story soundtrack had more weeks on top. In Carlos Santana equaled the feat. He remains one of only three artists to win in all three fields over the course of a career. The others are B. King and Tina Turner. Fittingly, they recognized the wide range of his talents.
Four of the awards were for vocal performances, three for music videos, two for songwriting, and one for producing. But a close second was March 2, But he still came away a winner.
Go ahead, laugh. But that's just how devastatingly talented Michael was. From the time he assumed the world stage 41 years ago to his tragic death last year at age 50, Michael consistently demonstrated that magical, mystical quality called "mojo. Permit me to backtrack…. After what seems like an eternity, the group is introduced and they launch into their debut Motown single, "I Want You Back.
At that point, it was just the three eldest children -- Tito , Jackie , and Jermaine -- but Michael joined them in and soon dominated the group. Stealing moves from James Brown and Jackie Wilson , Michael became the epicenter of the Jackson 5 as they earned accolades at local talent shows and went on to play soul clubs throughout the Midwest, working their way toward the east coast in where they won an amateur contest at the Apollo Theater. Impressed, Taylor brought them to the attention of Berry Gordy, Jr.
All three of these sequels went to number one and, striking while the iron was hot, Motown spun Michael off into a solo act. His first solo single, "Got to Be There," arrived at the end of , reaching number four on the Billboard Hot , and then a cover of Bobby Day 's chestnut "Rockin' Robin" peaked at two in early Later that year, "Ben," the title theme ballad to an exploitation movie about a killer rat, earned Jackson his first Oscar nomination for Best Original Song he would lose.
Not long afterward, the careers of both Michael and the Jackson 5 slowed, victims of shifting tastes, adolescence, and creative battles with their label.
One last hit for Motown arrived in -- "Dancing Machine," a single that brought the group in line with the disco explosion -- before the group departed Motown for Epic in With the new label came a new name, along with a slight lineup change: Jermaine stayed at Motown to pursue a solo career and younger brother Randy took his place. By that point, Michael had already made a considerable solo impression by starring as the Scarecrow in The Wiz, Sidney Lumet's musical adaptation of The Wizard of Oz.
Working on the soundtrack -- a record highlighted by his duet with Diana Ross on "Ease on Down the Road" -- he met producer Quincy Jones , a titan of jazz and pop in the '50s and '60s who had yet to score a smash in the '70s.
The pair hit it off and decided to work on Jackson's next solo endeavor, but first the Jackson 5 released Destiny, which raised the profile of both the band and Michael himself. All this was preamble to Off the Wall, the album that definitively established Michael Jackson as a force of his own. Collaborating with producer Jones and songwriter Rod Temperton , Jackson consciously attempted to appeal to multiple audiences with Off the Wall, turning the album into a dazzling showcase of all his different sounds and skills.
Anchored by a pair of number one hits -- the incandescent "Don't Stop 'til You Get Enough" and "Rock with You" -- the record turned into a smash, peaking at four on the Billboard , selling millions of copies as it raked in awards, but losing the grand prize of Album of the Year at the Grammys, leaving Jackson with the lingering impression that he needed to cross over into the pop mainstream with greater force. Before he could do that, he had to complete one more Jackson 5 album: 's Triumph, a record with three hit singles "Lovely One," "This Place Hotel," "Can You Feel It" whose title seemed to allude to Michael's solo success and certainly benefitted from his heightened stardom.
After Triumph, Jackson reunited with producer Jones and songwriter Temperton to create the sequel to Off the Wall, crafting a record that deliberately hit every mark in the musical mainstream. However, the jury found problems with his testimony, as well as that of his mother. Jackson was found not guilty of all charges on June 14, By the turn of the century, Jackson was increasingly becoming known for his eccentricities, which included wearing a surgical mask in public.
In , he received enormous criticism for dangling his baby son, Blanket, over a balcony while greeting fans in Berlin, Germany. In a later interview, Jackson explained that "We were waiting for thousands of fans down below, and they were chanting they wanted to see my child, so I was kind enough to let them see. I was doing something out of innocence. In the aftermath of his trial for child molestation, Jackson's reputation was effectively destroyed and his finances were in shambles. He soon found refuge in his friendship with Bahrain's Prince Salman Bin Hamad Bin Isa Al-Khalifa, who helped the pop star pay his legal and utility bills, and invited him to his country as a personal guest.
In Bahrain, the prince took care of the singer's expenses and built a recording studio for him. In return, Jackson allegedly promised to collaborate on a new album for Al-Khalifa's record label, write an autobiography and create a stage play. Unable to part with cherished keepsakes, including the crystal gloves he used in performances, Jackson sued to block the auction of some of his personal items from the home the following year.
Around this same time, the largely reclusive Jackson announced that he would be performing a series of concerts as his "final curtain call. Sadly, Jackson would never get to experience the anticipated success of his comeback tour, as he died in June of that same year.
Jackson died two days later at the age of Jackson died on June 25, , at the age of 50 after suffering a cardiac arrest in his Los Angeles home. CPR attempts failed and he was rushed to the hospital, where he died later that morning.
In February , an official coroner's report revealed Jackson's cause of death was acute propofol intoxication, or a lethal overdose on a prescription drug cocktail including the sedatives midazolam, diazepam and lidocaine. Aided by his personal physician, Dr. Conrad Murray , Jackson had been taking sedative drugs to help him sleep at night.
Murray told police that he believed Jackson had developed a particular addiction to propofol, which Jackson referred to as his "milk. A police investigation revealed that Murray was not licensed to prescribe most controlled drugs in the state of California. The steps he had taken to save Jackson also came under scrutiny, as evidence showed that the standard of care for administering propofol had not been met, and the recommended equipment for patient monitoring, precision dosing and resuscitation had not been present.
As a result, Jackson's death was ruled a homicide. Murray was convicted of involuntary manslaughter on November 7, , earning a maximum prison sentence of four years.
While 17, free tickets were issued to fans via lottery, an estimated one billion viewers watched the memorial on TV or online.
Jackson's death resulted in an outpouring of public grief and sympathy. Memorials were erected around the world, including one at the arena where he was set to perform and another at his childhood home in Gary, Indiana. The Jackson family held a private funeral on September 3, , at the Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California, for immediate family members and guests.
Celebrity mourners included Jackson's ex-wife Presley and actress Elizabeth Taylor. In , the Jackson family launched a wrongful death lawsuit against AEG Live, the entertainment company that promoted Jackson's planned comeback series in They believed that the company had failed to effectively protect the singer while he was under Conrad Murray's care.
Since his death, Jackson has been profiled in multiple biographies and inspired the creation of two Cirque du Soleil shows. Additionally, the King of Pop proved to have earning power that lasted well past his final days. A documentary of Jackson's preparations for his final tour, entitled This Is It , was released in October That day, numerous fans took to social media to pay tribute to the King of Pop, with Brooke Shields and Naomi Campbell among the celebrities who remembered their old friend.
The four-hour documentary explores the recollections of two men who describe how the pop star lured them into his orbit as boys, gaining the trust of their parents, before coercing them into sexual activities in hotel rooms and at his Neverland Ranch. The documentary drew harsh criticism from Jackson's supporters, who pointed out that both men had previously testified that no abuse ever happened.
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