Michael Jackson
Moonwalk next to the King of Pop!
With 750 million record sales behind him, Jackson was one of the most creative artists pop music has ever seen. Making the crossover from child prodigy to adult superstar, his album, Thriller, is the biggest selling record of all time. Never far from controversy, Jackson is justifiably one of the most recognisable faces worldwide
1958: Born in Gary, Indiana, USA
1966: Joins The Jackson 5, aged 8
1968: Rolling Stone magazine describes him as a prodigy
1969: I Want You Back reaches #1 on the Billboard Hot 100
1979: Off The Wall becomes the first album to have 4 top 10 hits
1982: Thriller remains in the top ten of the US album charts for over a year
1983: Debuts the moonwalk at the Motown 25th Anniversary
1984: Leaves the Jacksons
1987: Releases Bad
1991: Releases Dangerous
1993: Marries Lisa Marie Presley – they divorce in 1995
2002: Dangles his son, Prince Michael II over a balcony in Berlin
2005: Found not guilty in the People versus Jackson child molestation trial and
2005: Bought and moved to his own island paradise in Bahrain
2009: Dies at age 50 in Los Angeles
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