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Michael Joseph Jackson (August 29, 1958 – June 25, 2009) was an American singer, songwriter, dancer, and philanthropist. Dubbed the "King of Pop", he is regarded as one of the most significant cultural figures of the 20th century.
In 1999, Michael Jackson was voted the greatest artist of the Millennium in a CNN survey, beating out Pablo Picasso, Leonardo da Vinci, Vincent Van Gogh and Ludwig van Beethoven. [172] In 2002 Michael Jackson was presented with the 30th Anniversary Award by its designer, Nijel, who also designed the Top Selling Artist Of The Decade Award in 1990.
Michael Jackson sold 35 million albums within the year following his death, which is the most in the soundscan era. [ 67 ] On March 16, 2010, Sony Music Entertainment signed a record-breaking $250 million deal with Jackson's estate to retain distribution rights to his recordings until 2017 and release seven posthumous albums—some of which ...
On June 25, 2009, the American singer Michael Jackson died of acute propofol intoxication in Los Angeles, California, at the age of 50. His personal physician, Conrad Murray, said that he found Jackson in his bedroom at his North Carolwood Drive home in the Holmby Hills area of the city not breathing and with a weak pulse; he administered cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) to no avail, and ...
Michael Jackson and Lisa Marie Presley at Radio City Music Hall in 1994 "Because my mother was Elvis Presley’s daughter, she was constantly talked about, argued over and dissected,” Riley, 35 ...
Forty years ago, Michael Jackson took the stage and made an indelible impact on pop culture with his solo performance on Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever, a televised celebration of the famous ...
Michael Jackson (1958–2009) was an American singer, songwriter, dancer and entertainer known as the "King of Pop". Michael, Mike, or Mick Jackson may also refer to:
Prince Jackson Rare Interview Michael welcomed Prince and Paris with ex-wife Debbie Rowe , whom he was married to from 1996 to 1999. Son Bibi arrived via surrogate in 2002.