Michael Jackson's Biography

Michael Jackson was a famous pop singer who was usually called by his nickname “the king of pop”. He was well-knows all around the world and he was also outstanding for his dance moves such as the “Moonwalk”, for creating stories in the music videos of his songs and for bleaching his skin and modifying his face structure.

Jackson was born in Gary, Indiana on 19^th August, 1958. He grew up in a large fairly poor family with 5 brothers and 3 sisters. Both of Michael’s parents loved music; his father played the guitar in an R & B band and his mother sang and played the piano, so when Michael was 8, his parents realized that he was a gifted singer and dancer. Three of his older brothers formed a band, then, Michael and another sibling joined them and ended up naming the band “Jackson 5” which won several talent shows, and their album had a lot of success.

Later on, when Michael was the lead singer of the band, he had become very famous and couldn’t go to school because of the fans mobbing him. While all of this happened, he also released a number of solo albums with several hit songs which made him become one of the biggest stars in music. However, his biggest goal was releasing the “Thriller” album in 1982.

His private life was kind of strange; he lived in a large complex named Neverland Ranch which had a part of house and part of amusement park. He was married twice and had 2 children and another one with an unknown mother. An interesting fact about him is that he purchased the rights to the Beetles catalogue in 1985 for $47 million. Michael Jackson died of a heart attack likely caused by drugs he took to help him sleep on June 25, 2009 when he was fifty years old.