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Michael Jackson The King of Pop

Michael Jackson The King of Pop. 1958-2009. What do you already know about Michael Jackson? Take 5 minutes with a phone and a partner and find out 3 interesting FACTS about Michael Jackson. No assumptions or rumours. Fact Finding:. Some Facts:.

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Michael Jackson The King of Pop

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  1. Michael JacksonThe King of Pop 1958-2009

  2. What do you already know about Michael Jackson? Take 5 minutes with a phone and a partner and find out 3 interesting FACTS about Michael Jackson. No assumptions or rumours Fact Finding:

  3. Some Facts: • Child star with the Jackson 5 who became the King of Pop. He was an enormously talented singer, songwriter, and dancer. • First solo album was in 1979 and sold over 7 million copies! • Was to the 1980s what Elvis Presley was to the 1950s. • Brilliant businessman! (Signed a big deal with Pepsi (5 million) in 1984 and was worth over 200 million 1992)

  4. Facts Continued • Supported numerous charities, especially those related to children. • Had difficulties with scandal, allegations of inappropriate relations with children (not ever proved) which led to his withdraw from view.

  5. Because of Jackson’s huge popularity, MTV had to start playing his music (and the music of other black artists).Thus, he was instrumental in breaking down MTV racial barriers. MTV

  6. Released in 1982 Had 7 top ten hits Was number 1 on the charts for 37 weeks (more than ½ a year) Won 8 Grammy awards Sold more than 45 million copies worldwide. Thriller!

  7. The Jackson 5 • The Jackson 5 was an American popular music family group from Indiana. • They formed in 1964 under the name the Jackson Brothers. • The founding members were Jackie, Tito and Jermaine. • Marlon and Michael would later join, and the band's name would be changed to The Jackson 5. • After participating in talent shows they entered the professional music scene

  8. In 1964, Joe Jackson (their father) caught son Tito playing with his guitar after a string broke. Upon fixing the string, threatening punishment, Tito's father had him play and was impressed enough to buy the boy his own guitar. Tito, Jermaine and Jackie showed an interest in singing and formed their own group with their father naming them "The Jackson Brothers.” IN YOUR OWN WORDS Early Years

  9. First Family Home

  10. In 1966, the group won a talent show at their High School. After several more talent show wins, Joe Jackson booked his sons to perform at several respected music venues including Chicago's Regal Theatre and Harlem's Apollo Theatre, winning the talent competitions on both shows in 1967. Their performances eventually caught the eye of Motown Records and they were signed to a professional record contract in early 1969.

  11. Starting in August, the Jackson Five performed as the opening act for The Supremes, whose lead singer Diana Ross was planning to leave for a solo career at the end of the year. Soon after the group recorded their first single, "I Want You Back.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3Q80mk7bxE

  12. In December, the brothers made their first appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ho7796-au8U Afterwards, their debut album, Diana Ross Presents the Jackson 5, was released that same month.

  13. Jacksonmania • In January 1970, "I Want You Back" topped the Billboard Hot 100 • The Jackson 5 then released two more number-one singles, "ABC" and "The Love You Save". A fourth single, "I'll Be There.” • They were the first recording act to have their first four singles reach the top of the Hot 100. All four singles were almost as popular in other countries as they were in the United States. • After releasing four albums in one year, the Jackson 5 replaced The Supremes as Motown's best-selling group.

  14. As the Jackson Five became Motown's main marketing focus, the label capitalized on the group's youth appeal, licensing dozens of products, including the J5 heart logo located on Johnny Jackson's drum set, the group's album covers, stickers, posters and coloring books, as well as a board game and a Saturday morning cartoon series. • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1JH0_1m5OU • In order to continue increasing sales, Motown launched Michael Jackson's and Jermaine’s solo careers in 1971.

  15. Decline and Exit • By 1972, despite Michael and Jermaine's solo successes, the Jackson 5's own records began plummeting on the charts. • Focusing their attention on the emerging disco scene, the brothers recorded the charted song, "Get It Together", followed immediately afterwards by their hit, "Dancing Machine", their first to crack the top ten in nearly three years! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KeTVjf85gzs • By 1975, most of the Jacksons decided not to record any more music for Motown. They wanted more creative control and royalties.

  16. They signed with Epic records in 1975.(all but Jermaine) • Absent from the deal was Jermaine Jackson, who decided to stay in Motown, followed by his marriage to the daughter of its president. • After initially suing them for leaving, Motown allowed the group to record for Epic, as long as they changed their name, since the name The Jackson 5 was owned by Motown. The brothers renamed themselves, simply, The Jacksons.

  17. In March 1983, the Jacksons performed on Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever, the same show where Michael debuted the moonwalk during a solo performance of "Billie Jean".

  18. The Moon Walk • Live Motown 25th Anniversary special • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0EQSDFovfc • How to Moonwalk • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEpyRzyceKU

  19. The End • In 1984 Marlon Jackson announced he was leaving the group to pursue a solo career. In 1989, five years after their last album, the remaining quartet of Jackie, Tito, Jermaine and Randy released 2300 Jackson Street, which performed badly on the charts. After a brief promotional tour, the band shut it down and never recorded another album together.

  20. Years Later • In September 2001, nearly 17 years after their last performance together, all of the Jackson brothers reunited for two performances at Madison Square Garden for a 30th anniversary special commemorating Michael's solo career. • In early 2009, the four elder brothers began filming a reality show to make their attempt on reuniting the band. • During the middle of the project, Michael had announced his concert comeback in London. Michael died that same year bringing everything to a halt.

  21. Jackson 5 Songs • ABC • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ho7796-au8U • Ill be There • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84zsExtaKHY • Blame it on the Boogie • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5S6_vOFTRPs

  22. MJ Going Solo! The King of Pop

  23. A Brief History • The eighth child of the Jackson family, he debuted on the professional music scene in 1964, and began his solo career in 1971. In the early 1980s, Jackson became a dominant figure in popular music. The music videos for his songs, including those of "Beat It", "Billie Jean", and "Thriller" from his 1982 album Thriller, were credited with breaking down racial barriers and with transforming the medium into an art form and promotional tool. • The popularity of these videos helped to bring the then-relatively-new television channel MTV to fame.

  24. A Brief History Continued • His 1987 album Bad had many number 1 hits! Some of the big hits from this album were "I Just Can't Stop Loving You", "Bad", "The Way You Make Me Feel", and "Man in the Mirror." • It was the first album to have five number-one singles on the Billboard Hot 100. • With videos such as "Black or White" and "Scream", he continued to innovate the medium throughout the 1990s, as well as forging a reputation as a touring solo artist.

  25. Thriller is the best-selling album of all time, with estimated sales of 65 million copies worldwide. Jackson is one of the few artists to have been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame twice. He was also inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame and the Dance Hall of Fame as the first and only dancer from pop and rock music. Thrilling Accomplishments

  26. Achievements • His other achievements include multiple Guinness World Records, 13 Grammy Awards, the Grammy Legend Award, the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, 26 American Music Awards—more than any other artist—including the "Artist of the Century" and "Artist of the 1980s", 13 number-one singles in the United States during his solo career and estimated sales of over 400 million records worldwide.

  27. Jackson has won hundreds of awards, making him the most awarded recording artist in the history of popular music. • He became the first artist in history to have a top ten single in the Billboard Hot 100 in five different decades. • in 2000, the Guinness World Records recognized him for supporting 39 charities, more than any other entertainer.

  28. Physical Appearance • Jackson's skin had been a medium-brown color for the duration of his youth, but starting in the mid-1980s it gradually grew paler. • The change gained widespread media coverage, including rumours that he might have been bleaching his skin. • in 1986 Jackson was diagnosed with vitiligo, which may be a consequence of skin bleaching. It was said that Jackson was also diagnosed with lupus.

  29. Both illnesses made his skin sensitive to sunlight. The treatments Jackson used for his condition further lightened his skin tone, and he used a lot of makeup to even out the blotches on his skin. • Jackson claimed he had only two rhinoplasties and no other surgery on his face, although at one point he mentioned having a dimple created in his chin.

  30. He lost weight in the early 1980s because of a change in diet and a desire for "a dancer's body". Witnesses reported that he was often dizzy, and speculated he was suffering from anorexia nervosa. Periods of weight loss would become a recurring problem later in life.

  31. Changing Faces • http://www.today.com/slideshow/today/the-changing-face-of-michael-jackson-31569982 • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qF_PeEfG3l8

  32. Wacko Jacko • Jackson became the subject of increasingly sensational reports. In 1986, the tabloids ran a story claiming that Jackson slept in a hyperbaric oxygen chamber to slow the aging process. • When Jackson bought a chimpanzee called Bubbles from a laboratory, he was reported to be increasingly detached from reality. • It was reported that Jackson had offered to buy the bones of Joseph Merrick (the "Elephant Man") and, although untrue, Jackson did not deny the story.

  33. Although he initially saw these stories as opportunities for publicity, he stopped leaking untruths to the press as they became more sensational. • Consequently, the media began making up their own stories. • These reports became embedded in the public consciousness, inspiring the nickname "Wacko Jacko", which Jackson hated!

  34. In March 1988, Jackson purchased land near in California, to build the Neverland Ranch at a cost of $17 million. He installed several carnival rides on the property, including a ferris wheel, a carousel, and a roller coaster, as well as a movie theatre and a zoo. A security staff of 40 patrolled the grounds. In 2003, it was valued at approximately $100 Million.

  35. An Injury On Stage • On January 27, 1984, Michael and other members of the Jacksons filmed a Pepsi Cola commercial. • In front of a full house of fans during a simulated concert, a pyrotechnics accidentally set Jackson's hair on fire, causing second-degree burns to his scalp. • Jackson underwent treatment to hide the scars on his scalp, and had his third rhinoplasty shortly thereafter. • Pepsi settled out of court, and Jackson donated his $1.5 million settlement to the Brotman Medical Center. Jackson signed a second agreement with Pepsi in the late 1980s for a reported $10 million.

  36. Personal relationships of Michael Jackson • In 1974, a 16-year-old Michael Jackson—who would later be dubbed "The King of Pop"—was introduced for the first time to his future wife by her father, "The King of Rock 'n' Roll", Elvis Presley. Lisa Marie was six at the time, and had been brought to the hotel to watch a show by The Jackson 5, of whom she was a big fan. The young girl was particularly fascinated by lead singer Michael Jackson and his talent at dancing.

  37. Years later the two started talking again. Jackson and Presley were married on May 26, 1994. Presley filed for divorce in early 1996, citing "irreconcilable differences" and noting their date of separation as December 10, 1995. Many feel that this marriage was all a publicity stunt to divert attention away from legal troubles that Michael Jackson was having.

  38. Debbie Rowe met Michael Jackson in the mid-1980s, while working as an assistant for the pop star's dermatologist. Rowe supported Jackson, providing answers to the questions Jackson asked about his medical condition. The pair became good friends; the pop star frequently sent autographed merchandise to the woman, who hung it on the walls of her office. Marriage #2

  39. According to Rowe's friend Tanya Boyd, the dermatologist's assistant would obsess over Jackson, gushing over him and his traits. She would say to her friend, "If people knew him like I knew him, they would not think he was strange. • The Jackson-Rowe friendship would last for several years. • Rowe and the musician would both talk to each other about their unhappy marriages; his with Presley and hers with her husband, a teacher at Hollywood High School.

  40. Jackson and Rowe got married on November 13, 1996. • The couple had two children. Their names are Michael Joseph Jackson, Jr. (also known as "Prince Michael"), and Paris. • In 1999 the couple divorced. • There were many rumours about his children including if they actually were his biologically. Rumours began because his son’s appearance was so different from his own.

  41. Michael’s Kids

  42. He also got himself into trouble when he dangled his child over a hotel balcony. He said that he was doing it to show off the child to his adoring fans. He did not feel that he was putting his child in a dangerous situation. Not thinking it through!

  43. Legal Trouble • In the summer of 1993, Jackson was accused of child sexual abuse by a 13-year-old boy and his father. • The accusing family demanded payment from Jackson, and the singer initially refused. • The boy’s mother was, however, adamant at the time that there had been no wrongdoing on Jackson's part. • Jackson later used the recording of the mother’s declaration to argue that he was the victim of a jealous father whose only goal was to extort money from the singer. • On January 1, 1994, Jackson settled with the family out of court for $22 million.

  44. 2003–05: Second child sexual abuse allegations • Beginning in May 2002, Jackson allowed a documentary film crew, led by British TV personality Martin Bashir, to follow him around nearly everywhere he went. • In a particularly controversial scene, Jackson was seen holding hands and discussing sleeping arrangements with a young boy. • As soon as the documentary aired, the Santa Barbara county attorney's office began a criminal investigation.

  45. After the young boy involved in the documentary and his mother had told investigators that Jackson had behaved improperly with the boy, Jackson was arrested in November 2003, and was charged with seven crimes. • Jackson denied the allegations, saying he had had sleepovers with the boy but that they were not sexual in nature. • The trial lasted five months. • On June 13, 2005, Jackson was acquitted on all charges.

  46. At one point Michael showed up late for court wearing his pyjamas! He seems to not fully understand the importance of the event. When the trial was over he danced on the roof of his car in celebration with the thousands of fans who were waiting for him outside of the courthouse. Dancing in the Streets

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