1982–1985: Thriller, Motown 25, We Are the World and business career
In 1982, Jackson contributed the song "Someone In the Dark" to the storybook for the film E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial; the record won a Grammy for Best Album for Children. That year Jackson issued his second Epic album, Thriller. The New York Times called him a "musical phenomenon", saying that "in the world of pop music, there is Michael Jackson and there is everybody else". The album remained in the top 10 of the Billboard 200 for 80 consecutive weeks there and 37 of those weeks at the peak position. It was the first album to have seven Billboard Hot 100 top 10 singles, including "Billie Jean", "Beat It" and Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'. Thriller was certified for 27 million shipments by the RIAA, giving it Double Diamond status in the US. It is often cited as the best-selling album of all time, with worldwide sales between 47 million and 104 million copies.
Jackson changed the way the industry functioned; as an artistic entity and a financia
More about Michael Jackson (From Wikipedia)
1958–1975: Early Life And The Jackson 5
Michael Joseph Jackson was born in Gary, Indiana (an industrial suburb of Chicago, Illinois) to a working-class family on August 29, 1958. The son of Joseph "Joe" Walter and Katherine read more...
1976–1981: Move To Epic And Off The Wall
The Jackson 5 signed a new contract with CBS Records in June 1975, joining first the Philadelphia International Records division and then Epic Records. As a result of legal proceedings, read more...
1982–1985: Thriller, Motown 25, We Are The World And Business Career
In 1982, Jackson contributed the song "Someone In the Dark" to the storybook for the film E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial; the record won a Grammy for Best Album for Children. That year read more...
1986–1990: Tabloids, Appearance, Bad, Autobiography And Films
In 1986, the tabloid press ran a story claiming that Jackson slept in a hyperbaric oxygen chamber to slow the aging process; he was pictured lying down in a glass box. Although the read more...
1991–1992: Dangerous And Super Bowl
In 1991, Jackson renewed his contract with Sony for $65 million; a record breaking deal at the time. Jackson released his eighth album Dangerous in 1991. The Dangerous album read more...
1993–1994: Sexual Abuse Accusations And Marriage
Jackson gave a 90-minute interview with Oprah Winfrey in February 1993, his first television interview since 1979. He grimaced when speaking of his childhood abuse at the hands of read more...
1995–1999: HIStory, Second Marriage And Fatherhood
In 1995, Jackson merged his Northern Songs catalog with Sony's publishing division a decade after he originally purchased it. He retained half-ownership and earning $95 million read more...
2000–2002: Label Dispute, Invincible And Third Child
In 2000, Jackson was waiting for the licenses to the masters of his albums to revert back to him; this allowed him to promote his old material how he liked and prevented Sony from read more...
2003–2007: Documentary, Trial And Business Ventures
In 2003, Sony put out a compilation of Jackson's number-one hits on CD and DVD, titled Number Ones, which sold over six million copies worldwide. In the US it peaked at number 13 read more...
2008–present: Thriller 25 And King Of Pop
Jackson issued the double-disc album Thriller 25, a 25th anniversary edition of Thriller. The set contained the original nine tracks from Thriller, re-mixes and a new song called read more...