Michael Jackson Story Unmasked, The Page #2

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2009
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During the 1980s Michael Jackson's

fame had surpassed

many of the worlds leading political

and religious figures

and by the age of only 25,

the New York Times summed him up

as a musical phenomena, stating that,

in the world of pop music

there is Michael jackson and

then there is everyone else.

Four song on the album were penned by Michael,

Want To Be Starting Something,

The Girl Is Mine with Paul McCartney,

Beat It and Billy Jean.

Unlike many artists,

Michael did not write his songs on paper,

instead he chose to dictate the

words into a tape machine

and when recording he would sing from memory.

rather than read the words.

Aside from his music,

Michael Jackson was to revolutionise music videos,

the unique video for Thriller

was unprecedented for its time,

with duration of over 14 minutes,

a huge cast and massive budge.

Director John Landis of Blues Brothers

in American wealth

and london fame, teamed up with Rick Baker,

whose created prosthetics that

rivalled those of the cinema.

This combined with choreography

as dazzling as Broadway,

resulted in a music video,

which became so popular,

that a documentary

the making of Michael Jackson's Thriller,

became the worlds largest selling home video.

Songs from Thriller,

along with Michael's narrative

for the ET storybook,

earned him a phenomenal eight

Grammy Awards in a single night.

Another pop music industry record.

It was during the televised 25th

anniversary of Mowtown in 1982

that Michael Jackson,

wearing his signature white sequined glove

unveiled the now famous

moonwalk for the first time.

It sent the crowd wild

and received phenomenal worldwide media coverage.

The popular music channel,

MTV who in the past had been reluctant

to give airtime to black artists

were now broadcasting Michael's

videos on heavy rotation.

By 1983 Michael jackson was

the most celebrated

and influential pop star on the planet.

He is one of the few artists

who have been inducted

into the Rock 'n Roll hall of fame twice.

His awards include eight Guinness world records.

including one for thriller as the

worlds best selling album,

and the sale of over 750

million albums world wide.

Michael received further accolade

when he was presented

with the greatest artist of the decade award

by President Bush at the Whitehouse.

On January 27, 1984,

Michael jackson and his four brothers

were performing Billy Jean

for a pepsi cola commercial

when a bizarre firework accident during filming

resulted in Michael suffering

second-degree burns to the head.

Plastic surgery was required

to restore his appearance.

By 1988 Michael was taking a hiatus

between albums and living at

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