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Born on August 29, 1958, Michael Joseph Jackson was the 8th of the 10 children in his family. His father was a worker in a steel mill and they lived in Garry, Indiana. His father Joseph Walter Jackson also performed with a band called Falcons. During childhood he has been abused both verbally and physically by his father according to statements made by Michael Jackson later. By 1964 his three elder brothers Jackie, Toto and Jermaine have been performing in their own group.
The start of the musical career of Michael Jackson was when he along with another brother Marlon joined the band in 1964. Though he was given the opportunity as a backup musician, he soon started sharing the lead singer role along with his brother Jermaine. The name of the group also changed to Jackson 5. In 1968 the magazine "Rolling Stones" described him as a young prodigy with vast talents. After a short while, young Jackson became the lead singer of the group.
In 1978 Michael Jackson appeared in the musical "The Wiz" and the film failed as a box office but he was able to meet Quincy Jones who gave consent to produce a solo album for Jackson while shooting. It was named "Off the Wall". In the mean time, Jackson broke his nose and plastic surgery was performed to correct it. In 1979 "Off the Wall" was released. It was such a success that it was the first solo album to have had 4 singles in the US top 10.
In the year 1980 Jackson won many awards and became the one who was getting the highest royalty rate in the US music industry. It was 37% of the profit of an album. In 1982 he recorded "Someone in the Dark" and it earned him the award for the best recording for children in 1984. He also won five more awards that year. In 1982 he made "Thriller" Which created the record for highest sales worldwide as well as in the US. 110 million copies of it have been sold so far.
Michael Jackson was given an invitation to the White House on May 14, 1984 and he received an award from President Ronald Reagan for his charity work. In 1993 he was accused in a child sexual abuse case. In the same year he married Elvis Priestley's daughter. His second marriage took place in 1996 and his bride was Deborah Jeanne Rowe. On June 25, 2009 Michael Jackson was found dead on his bed in a rented mansion in Los Angelis.
Michael Jackson was such a talented singer that he played in his brothers' band when he was six years old. Later he became America's most famous singer. However, the latter part of his life had a lot of turbulence. Michael Jackson's kids.
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