Michael Jackson Story Unmasked, The

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Over a ten month period,

the quintet from Garry Indiana

created pop history,

with an incredible four consecutive

number one hits,

I Want You Back, ABC,

The Love You Save and I'll Be There

With the release of the horror movie,

Willard in 1971,

Michahael Jakson's career took

on a whole new dimension,

the title song, Ben became a world wide smash,

giving Michael his first of solo success.

By 1975, after 13 albums

and countless top ten hits,

Motown and the Jackson five were to part company.

With a fresh start and Epic

records and renamed simply,

The Jacksons, the Journey was far from over.

The hits just kept on coming.

In 1977 Michael Jackson

started in the feature film,

The Wizz, a remake of the Wizzard of Ozz,

featuring an all black cast.

Michael Played the scarecrow and his leading lady,

Diana Ross played Dorothy.

The Movie flopped.

Michael was introduced to Quincy Jones on the set,

which led to Jackson's first

electrifying solo album,

Off The Wall.

The album went platinum,

selling over 7 million copies

and catapulted Michael Jackson's solo career

into orbit around the globe.

Quincy Jones worked with Michael

to produce hi second solo album,

the 1982 masterpiece, Thriller.

It became a his of colossal proportions,

reaching number one in the United States

and the United Kingdom simultaneously.

It remained in the top ten in the

US billboard chart for an entire year.

Thriller put black music on US radio

for the first time in years

With an astonishing 65 Million

Copies sold world wide,

the Album cemented Michael Jackson's career

as an American Icon and universal superstar.

An incredible seven of the nine songs

on the album

went on to be top ten singles.

Today, Thriller retains its title as the

biggest selling album of all time.

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