Life and Career:
Michael Joseph Jackson was born in Gary, Indiana, 29 August 1958. His mother, Katherine Esther Scruse, was a devout Jehovah's Witness, and his father, Joseph Walter "Joe" Jackson, worked in a factory and sang in a band called The Falcons.
Michael had three sisters, Rebbie, La Toya and Janet, and six brothers: Jackie, Tito, Jermaine, Marlon, Brandon (Marlon's twin who died shortly after birth) and Randy. During his childhood he lived in a house in his native Gary, Indiana with his parents and eight siblings, he grew up in an environment of continuous abuse, 13 because of the abuses suffered by his father, as confirmed by his brother Tito. This assured that on several occasions, the
singer was "crying a lot due to the blows of his father and tried to hide from him," 14 and that, when he could, Joe
Michael laughed. His father committed adultery several times, and one of these had a hija.15 That kind of relationship did the couple did not feel comfortable with their marital relationship, so that since 2005 the couple decided to stop living together and in August 2010 announced their separation after 60 years of marriage.
From an early age showed interest in music when he sang in the Christmas celebrations in kindergarten who attended. In 1964, he and his brother Marlon joined the band Jackson Brothers, formed by his older brothers Jackie, Tito, and Jermaine, where they played some small bongos and tambourines.
Michael said the rest of his brothers for his ability to sing and dance, and became, with his brother Jermaine, in lead
singer, later called The Jackson Five. The band played for years in various clubs chitlin 'circuit to along the eastern states and the U.S. Midwest, began participating in competitions and festivals for amateurs, and became known to act in the Apollo Theater in New York.17 In 1967, they released the single "Big Boy" with the Steeltown label. The following year, recommended by Gladys Knight and Bobby Taylor producer, did an audition for Motown Records, where Berry Gordy, owner and head of the label, decided to hire them after watching a videotape in which
Michael made versions James Brown issues with his brothers.
Later, in 1969 released the single "I Want You Back", a
song that reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100. Similar success took their next three singles, "ABC," "The Love You Save" and "I'll Be There", which also reached the top of the charts. In 1972, fourteen years old , launched his solo career with albums Got to Be There and Ben, while compatibilizaba his work as lead
singer who was with his brothers. They reached the top of the Billboard Hot 100
Songs "Got to Be There" (fourth place), "Ben" (first place), the central theme of the film of the same name, and "Rockin 'Robin" (second .) Despite the success they had achieved the issues that the
singer had recorded solo albums sales of The Jackson Five began to decline, while the group wanted to self-produce and write their own
songs, which Gordy did not accept, for what the brothers left Motown Records in 1975. Tabloids, Bad, health problems and films (1986-1987).
In 1986, he was diagnosed with vitiligo, so their skin was missing pigmentación.44 This condition meant I had to avoid exposure to sunlight. To give a more homogeneous skin, turned to maquillaje.45 The structure of his face also changed: many surgeons have speculated that it had a nose, lips and cheekbones,
Michael admitted to having a nose job, but denied everything else. In early 1980, has started a strict vegetarian diet because they wanted a "
dancer's body," as noted in his autobiography. Sources close to the artist claimed that he suffered from dizziness, sometimes because of their low weight and also suffered from anorexia nervosa. In that decade, several newspapers published a photo of the artist was lying in an oxygen tent and sleeping according to them there to prevent aging, that rumor was denied by then he mismo.49 50 Also in those years there were other rumors which were denied by him, as for example that he intended to buy the bones of so-called Elephant Man. later starred in the short film Captain EO 3D, directed by Francis Ford Coppola. This film had a large budget and was distributed exclusively at Disney theme parks. After released Bad (1987), his first studio album in five años.53 This production was a huge commercial success, though less than the sales achieved by his previous album, Thriller.
From this album came off seven hit singles, including five of them ("I Just Can not Stop Loving You," "Bad," "The Way You Make Me Feel", "Man in the Mirror" and "Dirty Diana "reached the top the Billboard Hot 100.54 Since its publication, and until 2008, Bad sold over thirty million copies worldwide. On September 11, 1987 Bad World Tour began, tour culminated on 14 January 1989.56 Jackson entered the Guinness Book of Records when completely filled seven times Wembley Stadium, attracting more than half a million spectators. The tour consisted of 123 concerts and earned a revenue of 125 million, part of which donated to hospitals, orphanages and charities. Autobiography, change of appearance and Neverland (1988-1990) In 1988, he published his first autobiography, Moonwalk, which sold two hundred thousand copies and became a bestseller of that year according to The New York Times. It acknowledged having had a rhinoplasty and chin surgery, and denied the rumors that had made any other facial surgeries. Also that year, was presented the film Moonwalker, which contains music videos that accompanied the release of their singles "Bad", "Smooth Criminal", "Speed Demon" and "Leave Me Alone." This VHS arrived at the top of the Billboard Top Music Video Cassette, which grouped the videos sold, remaining there for twenty consecutive weeks.
In March 1988, he bought a farm in Santa Ynez, California, for seventeen million dollars to build there his Neverland Ranch. This property was to be built an amusement park, zoo and a cinema. also hired to forty people to occupy the place of safety. Neverland in 2003 was valued at one hundred million dollars. In 1989, thanks to sales of their albums and concerts, made a profit estimated at 125 million dollars, making it one of the highest paid artists in the world. Thanks to the enormous popularity it achieved was nicknamed "The King of Pop" 64 65 66 The nickname was popularized by his friend Elizabeth Taylor when an awards ceremony in the introduced as "the true king of pop, rock and soul." Then-President George HW Bush named him "Artist of the Decade '.68 Later, performed the
song" You Were There "in celebration of the sixtieth birthday Comedian and
singer Sammy Davis, Jr., a performance which earned him an Emmy nomination. First accusation of abuse and first marriage (1993-1994) In February 1993, the musician agreed to be interviewed by Oprah Winfrey, in which was his first interview since 1979. He talked about his childhood, adolescence, relationships with parents and siblings and their career. He also denied rumors that he wanted to buy the bones of the Elephant Man, who slept in a chamber oxygen and performed a skin whitening treatment, as first recognized to have vitiligo, which causes changes in your skin. This interview had a global impact and the United States was followed live by 90 million viewers, making it one of the special programs most watched television history of this country. Dangerous re-entered the U.S. charts reaching the top ten, two years after its publication. Aerial view of the Neverland ranch where Chandler as the events occurred.
In the summer of 1993, the
singer was accused of sexually molesting Jordan Chandler, one of the many children who used to host at his Neverland ranch, by the child and his father, Evan Chandler. Jordan, who was then thirteen years old, accused him of having kissed, masturbated and being subjected to oral sex, the ensuing scandal had a serious effect on morale and public image of the
singer, and therefore in his career. At the request of justice, his Neverland Ranch was searched and several children and families accused the
singer of being a pedophile. Her older sister, La Toya, also called a pedophile, but later retracted her earlier statement. In his mansion,
Michael Jackson had to undergo a medical descriptions to corroborate the fact that Jordan had the genitals of artista.79 Although some similarities were found in the descriptions made by the accuser, this was not enough for Jackson was declared culpable.79 For all the impact media of the case, Jackson continued to maintain his innocence. Lisa Marie Presley was the first wife of Jackson. In recent years, some newspapers and magazines began making harsh criticism of the recent charges.
To avoid going to trial, the
singer reached a settlement Jordan's family, paying twenty-two million dollars for the charges were dropped. On June 30, 2009, five days after his death and sixteen years after the alleged criminal events, Jordan Chandler, the child involved, as an adult - stated publicly that Jackson never touched him and that he had lied forced by his father to escape poverty with the money the insurance company gave the Dangerous tour through the settlement to the child's family to avoid prosecution. In May 1994,
Jackson married
singer-
song writer Lisa Marie Presley, daughter of Elvis Presley. The couple had met in 1975 when
Michael and his family resided at the MGM Grand Hotel and Casino, where the group performed The Jackson Five concerts since early 1993 resumed their relationship. Jackson and Presley were married in the Dominican Republic and kept it secret for two months. Some newspapers and magazines speculated that the marriage of both
singers was just a strategy for divorcing couple ended publicitaria.
Two years later on good terms. Second marriage and parenthood (1996-1999) In November 1996, when his tour HIStory World Tour passed through Australia, Jackson surprised the public again when she married dermatologist nurse his usual: Debbie Rowe , whom he knew from the previous decade. Debbie gave birth to the
singer's first two children,
Michael Joseph Jr. (also known as Prince) and Paris-
Michael Katherine.La couple divorced in 1999 but remained friends and Rowe gave custody of both children to the
singer. In 1997, he released Blood on the Dance Floor: HIStory in the Mix, an album consisting of five new
songs and eight remixes from HIStory disc. Globally sold six million copies and became the album best-selling remix history. The album, like the single of the same name, reached number one on the charts británicas.93 94 In the United States, Blood on the Dance Floor was certified platinum by the RIAA and peaked at the Billboard-At that time, Forbes magazine published an article that estimated revenue for 1996 and 1997 in 35 and 20 million, respectively. In June 1999, Jackson was involved in several charitable events. participated in organized a benefit concert for Luciano Pavarotti in Modena, Italy, whose collection was designed to help refugees from Yugoslavia and needy children of Guatemala. At the end of that month performed two benefit concerts entitled "
Michael Jackson & Friends" in Germany and Korea. Among the artists who participated in these shows are Slash, Scorpions, Boyz II Men, Luther Vandross, Mariah Carey, AR Rahman, Prabhu Deva Sundaram, Shobana Chandrakumar, Andrea Bocelli and Luciano Pavarotti. The collection was donated to the Red Cross and UNESCO. Second allegation of abuse (2003-2005) in 2003, agreed to provide a series of interviews with journalist Martin Bashir, which were then compiled in a documentary titled Living with
Michael Jackson.
In one of these reports, the
singer appeared the hand of a thirteen-year-old Gavin Arvizo, one of many sick children who frequently visited his house, who said he often stayed in the room singing to him without bothering him. This aroused much controversy and later, this young man accused of being drunk and raped him. Jackson denied this, and others joined her, arguing that such attitudes were not part of his nature. The trial began on 31 January 2005 in Santa Maria, California, and ended in May. On 13 June the same year was acquitted of all charges. After the verdict, the artist moved temporarily to the Persian Gulf at the invitation of Sheikh Abdullah. A this actually came out two documentaries: The
Michael Jackson Interview: The Footage You Were Never Meant to See in 2003 and True Crime with Aphrodite Jones in 2010, both for the artist and his declaration of innocence. Last years (2006-2009) In March 2006, U.S. authorities ordered the closure of his Neverland Ranch. was officially due to arrears of wages due to bureaucratic problems already solved, but here too the idea spread that the police were looking for evidence of their relations with minors.
Michael Jackson with his children in Disneyland Paris, 2006. On 15 November the same year he received the Diamond Award at the World Music Awards in London, where he performed the
song "We Are the World" with a chorus of jóvenes.72 then participated in a tribute and public funeral of James Brown, United States, held on 30 December 2006.113 Later that year, the
singer agreed to share custody of their first two children with ex-wife Debbie Rowe. Then he and Sony established an agreement to buy the right of several
songs from artists like Eminem, Shakira and Beck, among others. To mark the 25th anniversary of the release of Thriller, the biggest selling album in history, 11 February 2008 contained the Thriller
Michael released nine
songs from the original album and six unreleased tracks: "The Girl Is Mine 2008" and "PYT (Pretty Young Thing) 2008" with Will.i.am, "Wanna Be Startin 'Somethin' 2008 "with Akon," Beat It 2008 "with Fergie of Black Eyed Peas," Billie Jean 2008 ", a remix by Kanye West, and a ballad called" For all time, "not published in the original version of the album and mixed again and mastered by him. The bonus DVD included video clips of "Thriller" "Beat It" and "Billie Jean", plus live performances during the special Motown: Yesterday, Today, Forever on NBC in 1983.117 118 119 The new edition sold worldwide over three million copies. To commemorate its 50 th birthday, released the compilation album King of Pop, in countries such as Australia, Austria, Belgium, Germany, Hong Kong, Hungary, Japan, the Netherlands , the Philippines and the United Kingdom, later to be published in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Mexico, Finland, France, Greece, Italy, Poland, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Thailand and Turkey. This production reached the top of the charts success in all countries where it was released. The March 5, 2009, in an auditorium in London, before 20,000 spectators,
Michael Jackson announced his comeback tour with This Is It initially would have ten concerts to be held in that city at the O2 Arena in July. According to what he himself said, these concerts would be the last to give in the English capital. In them, according to tour promoter Randy Phillips, the artist would play new
songs, since he had composed and recorded new
songs, as he said after his death. The expectation increased public demand, so forty presentations were added to those set out in the beginning. Death and memorial in the morning of 25 June 2009, the artist suffered a cardiac arrest at his rented mansion in Holmby Hills. Service members called the emergency phone 911 for help at 12:21 PDT (UTC-7). Paramedics, who arrived nine minutes later, they found no pulse or breathing, so they applied CPR and took him to Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles at 1:14 pm. But despite the efforts of the doctors was pronounced dead at the 2:26 pm.130 The first official report described his death as "caused by the combination of painkillers," in which the main suspect is Conrad Murray, 3 which as a temporary farewell letter to his patients in Las Vegas, by "an opportunity that only comes once in life," let them to accompany
Michael Jackson concert series as medical staff, which was to receive $ 150,000 to conduct an autopsy mes.
Forensic Institute in Los Angeles said that Jackson's death was caused by intoxication of propofol, provided by Murray.135 Finally the official report described his death as "acute intoxication of propofol." Since the death of the b, the Murray doctor accusations have not stopped. The February 8, 2010, the court charged with "involuntary manslaughter" Murray, using as evidence the official report of his death (which was released online the day of judgment) . The defendant, who pleaded "not guilty", posted bail of $ 75,000 to not go to prison. Two days later, the doctor continued with patients, although the restriction was imposed not to perform sedation. The trial ended by looking on 23 August of that year, however was postponed until January 4, 2011, as "there are still outstanding issues such as availability of witnesses and the conclusion of the police investigation to clarify the
singer's death." Meanwhile, his father Joe Jackson accused the doctor two days later (on the anniversary of death of his son) who was drinking alcohol in a strip bar the day Jackson died, and so irresponsible about their health , since it has sources indicating that the artist had symptoms of anemia and loss of memory and appetite. On the other hand, the recent demand by AEG Katherine Jackson, argues that it was the concert production company who require the services of Murray, in early May 2009, to handle the
singer's health, pushing forward unorthodox practices to ensure that the
singer attend rehearsals and concerts. also accused of making threats AEG Jackson if it did not meet concerts at the same time be interested in this breach, and that would benefit by the terms of the contract.
In the city of Bahia Blanca, a July 29, 1977 Emanuel David Ginobili born.Since childhood, the young bahiense loved basketball and his idol, like many boys his age, was Michael Jordan. was almost by decanting then Manu started playing basketball. And his career first began in the Andean club during the season 1995/96. The following year Manu Ginobili was quickly traded to Estudiantes de Bahía Blanca, where he excelled for two seasons. And as usual with the talents, his magic kept going abroad, in Italy.
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