Michael Joseph Jackson
Michael Joseph Jackson
Michael Joseph Jackson
Comenzó su carrera artística a mediados de los años 1960 en la agrupación musical The Jackson 5,
en la cual publicó, junto con algunos de sus hermanos, diez álbumes hasta 1975. En 1971 inició su
carrera como solista. Entre sus canciones más populares encontramos «Beat It», «Billie Jean» y
«Thriller», de su álbum de 1982 Thriller, Thriller es el álbum más vendido de todos los tiempos,
con ventas estimadas en 65 millones de copias en todo el mundo.
Michael Joseph Jackson was born in Gary, Indiana; August 29, 1958 and died in Los Angeles,
California; June 25, 2009) was an American singer, songwriter, record producer, dancer, actor and
philanthropist. Known as the "King of Pop", his contributions and recognition in the history of
music and dance, as well as his publicized personal life, made him an international figure in
popular culture for more than four decades. He is recognized as the most successful pop music
star in the world. However, his music included a wide sense of subgenres such as rhythm and
blues, rock, disco and dance.
He began his artistic career in the mid-1960s in the musical group The Jackson 5, in which he
published, along with some of his brothers, ten albums until 1975. In 1971 he began his solo
career. Among his most popular songs are “Beat It,” “Billie Jean,” and “Thriller,” from his 1982
album Thriller, Thriller is the best-selling album of all time, with estimated sales of 65 million
copies worldwide. .