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Born: 1958 08 29
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Michael Joseph Jackson was born in Gary,Indiana on august 29th 1958.
With the pop/dance/R&B band The Jackson 5 made out of him from age 5 to 21 and his older brothers,Michael saw success with hit after hit such as 'ABC','I Want You Back' and the band memorable chris |
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Michael Joseph Jackson was born in Gary,Indiana on august 29th 1958.
With the pop/dance/R&B band The Jackson 5 made out of him from age 5 to 21 and his older brothers,Michael saw success with hit after hit such as 'ABC','I Want You Back' and the band memorable christmas melodies 'I saw mommie kissing santa claus','Little drummer boy' and more.
He made a decent solo debut 4 years before making his breakthrough album 'Off the wall',with the soundtrack hit song named after the title movie,'Ben'.
With disco years on the move in 1979,Michael saw his career sky rocket with 'Off the wall' album hits such as 'don't stop 'till you get enough','rock with you' and more.
The album to date has gone 7 times platinum in the US and altogether sold 18 million copies worldwide.
Wowed the critics not knowing of the juggernaut Michael was going to become from his next album 'Thriller' in 1982 produced by music mogul Quincy Jones to the present.
'Thriller' took off in sales after in 1982 50 million plus tv viewers saw in awe in a tv special with Michael how incredible of a dancer he really was, and after introducing his version of the moonwalk, kids and young adults around the world mimiced the superstar as well as buying his album.
To date 'Thriller' went 26 times platinum (1 million sales is certified platinum) and worldwide has a combined sales of 53 million copies, becoming the biggest selling album ever to be made.
The album took home the most grammies ever with 8 pieces.
Plus with this success music television station MTV was forced to play the videos of Michael which it never did before with any other black musicians, opening doors and barriers and standards in the United States.
Unstoppable, Michael then took his brothers for a spin of the success touring with them in 1984 promoting the album 'Victory' by the Jacksons renamed now from the former Jackson 5.
Tragically Michael suffered an on stage accident and had to be hospitalized with third degree burns on top of his head requiring some plastic surgery.
Since the accident Michael's appearance changed not only from the nose job he had done during the 'Thriller' album and the tour accident in 1984.
He returned to the scene in 1985 he and many superstars sang the single he co-wrote with friend Lionel Richie which became a major success raising millions for kids in Africa.
Michael looked different..his skin was significantly lighter almost white and his face didn't look the same although he was still handsome....with the album'Bad' released in 1987 fans and critics were presented with not only a great album which to date sold 25 million copies worldwide but Michael changing physically and starting rumors of massive plastic surgery being performed on him.
He kept silent for years about the rumors and continued on to his next commercial success album in 1991 'Dangerous' firing his producer Quincy Jones and got together with Teddy Riley.
This album sold even more than the previous topping charts worldwide also but closing sales at 28 million copies to date.
As Michael went to finish the album's tour in 1993 allegations surfaced accusing him of the one thing he stood for and fought for when not making music...his involvement with children.
Michael was bombarded with allegedly molesting a 12 year old boy and nearly destroyed his career as investigations and suspicions went through that year until Michael publicly addressed the audience in tv statement claiming his innocence.
He then went a step further settling with the boy's family for around 20 million dollars and then the investigation stopped as the accusers didn't pursue criminal charges.
Most fans stayed loyal to the then self pro claimed'King of Pop',a name Michael had associated himself with during the 'Dangerous' album.
In 1995 Michael resurfaced and proved he still was the juggernaut he was and released the double album 'History'.
This album cleverly contained songs of his defense about the child molestation allegations and a list of hits from his previous albums on the other disc which was sold as either seperate or as a double album.
The album sold 15 million copies of each disc making the combining sale to 30 million copies worldwide,his totall records sales in his solo career since 1975 are now 165 million in albums and singles and 265 million combined with his brothers since 1969!!.
Now not only was Michael ruler of the charts he was also one of the wealtiest estimating his fortune at 750 million dollars in 1996 by Forbes magazine reports.
More than half of that fortune contained an investment he had made back in 1985 buying at an auction a catalog of 300,000 songs which featured valuable Elvis Presley and Beatles songs outbidding Paul McCartney at 45 million dollars alienating the former 2 friends,the catalog is currently worth around 1 billion dollars but Michael gave 50 percent up in to Sony in turn of a large cash loan along with banks he also borrowed from ,securing his dept with Sony as he's borrowing up to the 50 procent of catalog which has almost reached the maximum.
In 2001 he financed his financed his next album'Invincible'with 30 million dollars anticipating the success in return......didn't happen.
Two years later the album has'only' sold 6 million worldwide causing major losses of Michael and resulting him without a renewal contract of Sony making him the sole financer of future albums with Sony and Epic records.
Sony did so not because of the album's failure since the remix album'Blood on the dance floor'sold around the same when released in 1997, but this time Michael is facing his past again which may result in future losses.
Child molestation allegations are set to be filed against him again as another young boy charged him and this time he has to fight in court where he'll be formerly be charged in december 2003 after his arrest on november 20th 2003.
Michael was released the same day on a 3 million dollar bond,the same day his greatest hits album was released'Number ones'.
Trials will start in January of 2004.
it remains to be seen if his career will survive this time and if he's innocent or guilty of the charges.
Now in real estate and half of the catalog and the major dept he's in right now the star's networth fortune although still massive dropped to 350 million dollars and receiting record sales with his current album'Number ones' and the criminal case isn't helping him to climb out of dept.
To be continued.
Bio written by: mister |
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You can whine and cry, just like Michael himself, but it just cannot change the facts. Michael is a well-known liar. Without getting into name calling, let's not call him a freak just because he is very eccentric - there are many people out there who do strange things with their money, or just live their lives their own way, and that is fine. The reason the plastic surgery issue bugs me has nothing to do with how he looks or how many times he's done it - it's how often he has lied about it. Strike one against truth-telling. The lie about Vitiligo - my uncle has Vitiligo, and Michael's story just makes him cringe. As my uncle says: "If he really has Vitiligo, why won't he use his great kindness and wealth to help shed some light on this little-known disease? He doesn't even have to spend money on it, just be a spokesperson and help people understand what it really is". Vitiligo is usually just patches of paler skin, not whole body bleached! So, if Michael has Vitiligo, he may have bleached himself to make it appear more even. Either way, that makes another lie.
So these may be simply cosmetic lies, but it DOES prove he can and does lie, sometimes very vehemently, to his adoring public. Whenever a very valid question is brought up, he bursts into tears and becomes the victim. This is a classic guilty response. His fans devoutly support him, saying he's very sensitive - that is fine, he is sensitive - no one has any doubts about that. He is still human, just like the rest of us. Sure he is special - just like the rest of us - no one is any more special than another. Despite what many fans seem to believe, Michael is not Jesus. (Jesus would have been confident enough in Himself about how He looked without getting a nose-job - I think He was only concerned with how God saw Him, not how God created the imperfect nose He had to pay to get fixed. Correct me if I'm wrong, since I'm not very religious - just what I heard about the guy).
Michael whines and sobs that whenever he gets a little surgery people come at him, when it's okay for everybody else - sorry to say, Mike, but other celebrities come under fire when they get nose/boob/butt jobs, too. Every single day. Despite what old Mikey believes, he is NOT the only one under fire in that respect.
The evidence against him in the previous molestation charges were ridiculous - just because the man was not convicted does not mean he is innocent. The pictures the child drew of markings on or near Michael's genitalia matched the photographs that (eventually) were taken by the police. This is TRUE. Not just because I say so, you can look this up anywhere. Another FACT is that Michael also hired a man who is known to harrass and frighten the witness into settling (someone help me out here with the name of the guy, he is well known). What about the maid who had caught Michael in a compromising situation with a young boy? She's living VERY well now. Several families with young children who stayed at Neverland were paid off, not just that one - only one had gone so far as to press charges before they were "paid off".
Now Michael is saying the police "manhandled" him recently when he was taken in. He was handcuffed, like normal people are when brought in, and he says they dislocated his shoulder? Oh wow. I have suffered a dislocated shoulder, so I can really feel for him there. IF he were only telling the truth, I would have more sympathy. One who suffers a dislocated shoulder would not have been able to walk out of the station that day and WAVE WITH BOTH ARMS to his fans. The bruises on his arm? What kind of new-fangled handcuffs were these cops using to cause bruises THERE? Bruises or chafing from handcuffs usually occur on the wrists. He also claims to have been locked in a restroom for 45 minutes. Interesting. I know there's this little place, called a holding area, that usually has a toilet and a sink, for sanitary purposes - when you gotta go you gotta go, even while being held. You go to the holding area and you wait - I think the stench Michael was so appaled about was the simple unlovely smell of a public restroom. With the money he's got, I doubt he's been in a genuine, unpleasant public (or government building) restroom - like the rest of us common people deal with every day.
To make these ridiculous accusations, I really think... he must be trying some angle, because he has to know these accusations against the police are ludicrous and untrue. I think his angle is a very immature one, and what is Michael if not the world's oldest child? I think he is making these false accusations against the police so that when they prove they are innocent he will say "Just like the family is making false accusations about me, I am innocent, how does it feel to be in my position?" He might even add a little "nya, nya" for good measure.
None of it adds up to innocence. I will not outright say he is guilty, either - that would not be fair. But the odds are heavily, heavily stacked against him. Being eccentric and sensitive does not make one any better than anyone else. Having a horrible, abusive childhood does not justify the wrongs you commit today or tomorrow. You have to take responsibility for your own behaviour - stop blaming the world, sulking and whining that people owe you something. What burns me the most, is the fact that there could be children out there, being abused by men like Michael, or even BY Michael, but many fans pretend that's okay, since Michael is so great and can do what he wants. Michael says he would slit his wrists before he ever harmed a child. In a pedophile's mind, what they do to children is not harmful at all. Nope, what they do isn't even necessarily called "sex". They call it "love".
What do lovers do when they respect and love each other? They "make love". Like some very sensitive people say: "Sex just sounds so dirty. I don't have sex with my partner - we make love".
And Michael loves the little children. He sees the Face of God in them. I get that, when my husband and I are loving each other I see the face of God too - I see it when I look at him fondly every morning and every night when he comes home. When we have babies, I will see it in them, too. You see it in everything you love. This does not prove Michael is guilty, since it is a common feeling or notion to "see the face of God" in those we love, or some form of the same statement. But be wary, for it certainly does not prove his innocnce.
I would never allow my children to stay at Neverland Ranch. Remember Neverland, from the Peter Pan books? Ahh, yes. The land where little boys never grow up.
Sounds like Michael's dream come true.
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| SHUT UP GOD. YOU SOME STUPED- X THAT.
ANY WAYS YES HE GOT PEOPLE THAT LOVE HIM ONLY BECAUSE YOU GOT NO ONE TO LOVE YOU DOES NOT MEAN YOU GOT TO HATE ON THE LOVED ONE (MJ) WILL I DONT LOVE HIM LIKE HIM. WILL AT LEAST HE GOT SOME ONE TO LIKE HIM, LOVE HIM AND ITS HIS FANS, FRIENDS, AND FAMILY. AND YOU GOT NONE. I FEEL SO SORRY FOR YOU. | nohaterhear | | Ok bitch, first of all your story is too fuckin long and second of all it dont mean shit, alright? Just like ive told a million other people, just shut the fuck up. If you dont like him, thats fine...but us michael fans dont wanna hear that bullshit! | n_cannonsgurl | | Ok #1, u apparently read way too many tabloids, #2 yeah that story is WAY 2 long, #3 A pedophile wouldn't say that he cares about all the children in the world. To other ppl, the child molester seems to care less about kids. And he sure as hell wouldn't going around saying that little kids slept on the bed. And if u ever listened 2 MJ at all, he's said that he always slept on the floor! What proves his innocence is that there is no evidence against him. He wasn't even in California well alone Neverland when the family said the molestation happened. And so what if he lies sometimes? What celeb hasn't lied at one point? They lie most of the time b/c frankly, what their questioned about is no one's business. "Oh he lied about plastic surgery" oh boo hoo it's the end of the world. But I know that he'd never lie about his innocence and that he'd never harm a child. I don't care what anyone says b/c everyone knows that's the truth. Some ppl r just pigheaded and afraid that they'll get teased about the fact that they believe MJ | Dark_Eyez | woah! i got a sore head ba tha time i got 2
uncle. can sum1 tell me wut dat person is
sayin onli in short hand? | jiggyX7 | Basically they are saying Blah...I love to
waste my time...blah blah...blah...I'm a
hater...blah blah...I know nothing of the
white woman...blah blah. | Icy_Whispers | | | |
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