Michael Jackson

Michael Jackson (born 1958), the American singer

Legal name

"Michael Joseph Jackson", "Michael Joe Jackson"

Record label

▶ Motown Records, Sony Records, Epic Records, Sony BMG, Sony Music Entertainment,  …

Legacy Recordings, Sony

Genre

▶ Rhythm and blues, pop music, Dance-pop, Contemporary R&B, funk,  …

new jack swing, disco, rock music, Dance music, soul music, Pop rock

Albums

▶ Off the Wall; Thriller; Bad; Dangerous; HIStory;  …

Blood on the Dance Floor: HIStory in the Mix; Number Ones; Invincible; Michael Jackson: The Ultimate Collection; Got to Be There; Ben; Music and Me; Forever, Michael; One Day in Your Life; Farewell My Summer Love; The Essential Michael Jackson; Visionary: The Video Singles; Anthology; HIStory; Music and Me; Invincible; Dirty Diana; Moonwalker; Off the Wall; King of Pop; Thriller 25; The Collection; The Very Best of Michael Jackson with the Jackson Five; Michael Jackson: The Stripped Mixes; E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial; This Is It; Music & Me; The Original Soul of Michael Jackson; Michael Jackson's This Is It: The Music That Inspired the Movie; Billie Jean; Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough; Stranger in Moscow; HIStory / Ghosts; The Best of Michael Jackson; Heal the World; In the Closet; The 12" Mixes; The Best of Michael Jackson; Remixed Supergold; Heal the World Tour 92; Black or White; Earth Song, Part Two; Not Guilty (Special Fan Edition); Motown's Greatest Hits; Earth Song; Anthology, Volume 2; Smooth Criminal; I Just Can't Stop Loving You; You Rock My World; Black or White (The Clivillés & Cole Remixes); The Michael Jackson Mix; Instrumental Version Collection; Blood on the Dance Floor; Stranger in Moscow - Part 2; Scream / Childhood; They Don't Care About Us; Scream (feat. Janet Jackson); The Essential Michael Jackson; Remember the Time / Black or White; Blood on the Dance Floor (HIStory in the mix); Motown Legends; Anthology (disc 1); Stranger in Moscow (disc 3); The Best of Michael Jackson; The One; Looking Back to Yesterday; Hello World: The Motown Solo Collection; Number Ones; Live in Bucharest: The Dangerous Tour; The Wiz; Michael; Michael; E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial; Michael Jackson's Vision; The Remix Suite; Mind Is The Magic: Anthem For The Las Vegas Show; Dangerous – The Short Films; Michael Jackson; Dangerous; Anthology; Gold; MICHAEL; In Concert; In Concert; In Concert

Singles

▶ Smooth Criminal, Wanna Be Startin' Somethin', Thriller, Scream/Childhood, Bad,  …

Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough, Ben, You Are Not Alone, Earth Song, They Don't Care About Us, Who Is It, Black or White, Rock with You, She's out of My Life, Off the Wall, The Girl Is Mine, One More Chance, One Day in Your Life, I Just Can't Stop Loving You, The Way You Make Me Feel, Man in the Mirror, Dirty Diana, Another Part of Me, Remember the Time, In the Closet, Blood on the Dance Floor, P.Y.T., You Rock My World, Butterflies, Stranger in Moscow, Cry, Human Nature, Heal the World, Will You Be There, Girlfriend, Leave Me Alone, Liberian Girl, Jam, HIStory/Ghosts, Give in to Me, Gone Too Soon, Just a Little Bit of You, Rockin' Robin, Got to Be There, With a Child's Heart, You Can't Win, Billie Jean, Beat It, A Place With No Name, Get It, Say Say Say, What More Can I Give, A Brand New Day, Happy, Somebody's Watching Me, Why, Smile, Is It Scary, This Time Around, Rock with You, I Wanna Be Where You Are, Ease on Down the Road, This Is It, Unbreakable, Speed Demon, Tell Me I'm Not Dreamin', Whatzupwitu, 2300 Jackson Street, Music and Me, We're Almost There, Michael Jackson's Ghosts, Hold My Hand, Cheater, With a Child's Heart, I Need You, Mind Is The Magic, Night Time Lover, Where You Are

Born

▶ 1958; August 1958; August 29th 1958; the United States; North America;  …

Indiana; the world; the Americas; Gary, Indiana; the Northern Hemisphere; Northwest Territory; Lake County, IN; the Indiana 219 telephone code area; Indiana Territory; North America; the Midwest; the G8; the contiguous United States; the continental United States; the Central Standard Time region; the US dollar zone; the area using the NANP

Died

▶ 2009; June 25th 2009; the United States; California; Los Angeles;  …

North America; the world; the Americas; Los Angeles County, CA; Southern California; the Northern Hemisphere; Greater Los Angeles Area; Southwestern United States; UCLA Medical Center; San Joaquin County, CA; the west coast of the us; the area using the NANP; the US dollar zone; the Pacific Standard Time region; the continental United States; the contiguous United States; the G8; North America; Westwood, California; drug; homicide; Propofol; Cardiac arrest

Starred in

▶ Thriller, Moonwalker, The Wiz, The Wiz, Living with Michael Jackson,  …

Armored, Ghosts, The Jacksons, Miss Cast Away, Maniac Magee, American Music Awards of 1974, Miss Cast Away and the Island Girls, This Is It

Spouse

Deborah Jeanne Rowe

Website

http://michaeljackson.com, http://www.michaeljackson.com

Wrote

▶ Billie Jean, Smooth Criminal, Don't Stop the Music, Black or White, Scream/Childhood,  …

Wanna Be Startin' Somethin', Dirty Diana, Bad, You Rock My World, They Don't Care About Us, Earth Song, Remember the Time, Heal the World, Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough, I Just Can't Stop Loving You, Do the Bartman, Leave Me Alone, Blood on the Dance Floor, Stranger in Moscow, Who Is It, Shake Your Body, Give in to Me, Another Part of Me, Moon Walk, D.S., This Place Hotel, Dangerous, Speed Demon, Muscles, Get It, Heaven Can Wait, A Place with No Name, Behind the Mask, Dancing the Dream, Cheater, Another Day, Breaking News, Tabloid Junkie, Another Day, Morphine, Moonwalk, A Place With No Name, In the Closet

Directed

Moonwalker, This Is It

Wrote for Screen

Thriller, Moonwalker, Head of State, Ghosts

Active

1964 - 2009

Full name

"Michael Joe Jackson", "Michael Joseph Jackson"

Origin, Raised

Gary, Indiana

Producer of

▶ Thriller; Bad; Dangerous; Invincible; Smooth Criminal;  …

Beat It; Thriller 25; Moonwalker; Scream/Childhood; Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'; Dirty Diana; Bad; The Way You Make Me Feel; They Don't Care About Us; Blood on the Dance Floor: HIStory in the Mix; I Just Can't Stop Loving You; Do the Bartman; Leave Me Alone; Rock with You; She's out of My Life; Visionary: The Video Singles; HIStory/Ghosts; Smile; The Simpsons Sing the Blues; Centipede; Brotherhood; La Toya Jackson; Why; Yours Faithfully; Silk Electric; Eaten Alive; Centipede; Muscles; Night Time Lover; Freddie Mercury Duets 08; Michael; Keep On, Keepin' On; We Are the World 25 for Haiti; Michael Jackson's This Is It: The Music That Inspired the Movie; This Is It; Sometimes Late at Night; A Place With No Name; Ghosts

Height

1.78 metres (5.84 feet)

Composer on

▶ Moonwalker, Free Willy, Boomerang, Ghosts, The Women of Brewster Place,  …

Michael Jackson's Ghosts, This Is It

Editor of

Bangkok Dangerous

Discoverer

Louis Jolliet

Occupation

▶ songwriter, pianist, financier, keyboardist, Businessperson,  …

Peace activist, opera singer

Wikipedia Page

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Jackson

Plays

▶ guitar, piano, bass guitar, drum kit, drum,  …

keyboard instrument, Bongo drum

Key Employee of

Sony-ATV Music Publishing

Address

4641 Hayvenhurst Ave, Encino

Won

Grammy Award for Best R&B Song, Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance

Gender

male

Nationality

american

Residence

▶ California; Los Angeles; Las Vegas, Nevada; Bahrain; Neverland Ranch;  …

Gary, Indiana; Encino, California

Designer of

Michael Jackson's Moonwalker

Last Name

"Jackson"

First Name

"Michael"

Founded

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Organisations

The Jackson 5, USA for Africa

Parents

Joseph Jackson, Katherine Jackson, Joe Jackson

Employer

Motown Records, CBS Records, The Michael Jackson Company

Main Occupation

actor, singer, artist, record producer

Age at Death

50 years, 9 months and 27 days old

Class

▶ singer-songwriter; composer; musician; soprano; singer;  …

person; actor; film producer; record producer; writer; poet; choreographer; lyricist; Virgo person; dancer; TV personality; person that was nominated for an award, honour or prize; businessman; vegetarian; inventor; band member; screenwriter; person that is the musical composer for a film; computer game designer; award winner; human being, organisation or other legal person; male person; musical act

Websites

http://www.musicpophits.com/MainPages/MaleStars/MichaelJackson.htm

Composer for

Moonwalker, Free Willy, Michael Jackson's Ghosts, This Is It

Siblings

▶ Janet Jackson, Randy Jackson, Jermaine Jackson, La Toya Jackson, Tito Jackson,  …

Jackie Jackson, Rebbie Jackson, Marlon Jackson

Composed

We Are the World, Beat It

Theme of

Michael Jackson Tribute Portrait, This Is It

Purchaser of

Happy Birthday

Buried

Forest Lawn Memorial Park

Featured in

▶ Life on the Road with Mr. and Mrs. Brown, Michael Jackson, Conspiracy Files, We Are the World, Michael Jackson,  …

Michael Jackson, Michael Jackson, Jackson 5 in Africa

Worked with

Quincy Jones

Sings

Billie Jean, We've Had Enough

Lyrics

Beat It, This Is It

Character in

Lives and Deaths of the Poets

Went to

London, Rehab

Born During

1950s

Attributes

▶ rock music, african-american, pop music, male, disco,  …

funk, Rhythm and blues, soul music, Contemporary R&B, Motown Records, Dance music, Pop rock, new jack swing, Dance-pop, dead, vegetarian, not in a relationship, alive

Records

This Time Around

Related Websites

▶ http://www.life.com/image/first/in-gallery/29232/michael-jackson-live-best-pics; http://www.hiphoppow.com/michael-jackson-dead-hip-hop-influence-samples.html; http://www.flickr.com/photos/ethanhein/3409364883; http://www.youtube.com/michaeljackson; http://www.ourprattville.com/entertainment/movies-music-tv/michael-jackson-remembering-musics-peter-pan;  …

http://www.lunarrepublic.com/mj; http://www.mjackson.net; http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/michael-jackson-breaks-billboard-charts-1003989310.story]; http://www.allmovie.com/artist/michael-jackson-95684; http://www.healtheworld.us/members/htwf; http://music.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=music.artistalbums&artistid=1592921&albumid=8106596; http://www.lastingtribute.co.uk/tribute/jackson/3103546; http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p003h32m/The_Midday_Show_on_BBC_Essex_26_06_2009; http://www.michaeljackson.com; http://www.discogs.com/artist/Michael+Jackson; http://musicmoz.org/Bands_and_Artists/J/Jackson,_Michael/; http://www.soundboards.ws/soundboard/Michael_Jackson/index.html; http://www.mjfanclub.net/home/index.php; http://www.wikitree.org/index.php?title=Michael_Jackson&tree=tab&action=purge; http://www.songwritershalloffame.org/exhibit_home_page.asp?exhibitID=116; http://rockhall.com/hof/inductee.asp?id=1141; http://wc03.allmovie.com/cg/avg.dll?p=avg&sql=2:95684

Languages Spoken

English

Open Calais URI

http://d.opencalais.com/er/company/ralg-tr1r/5f6ef729-9c53-3ae5-a19e-47f9886e960b

Freebase ID

"/guid/9202a8c04000641f800000000094212e"

Career start

1967

OpenCyc ID

"Mx4rvxrvsZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA"

DBPedia URI

http://dbpedia.org/resource/Michael_Jackson

Daughters

Paris Jackson

Aliases

"michael jackson"

Rare Terms

▶ "jackson", "michael_jackson", "michael", "m.j. jackson", "the jacko",  …

"jacko", "the mickey j", "the micheal jackson", "the michal jackson", "the michael jacksson", "the michael jackson - singer", "the michael jackson entertainer", "the michaeljackson", "the michael j. jackson", "the wacko jacko", "the michael joseph jackson", "the mj", "mj"

Middle-name

"Joe", "Joseph"

Birthday

the 29th of August

Last Words

""This is it... this really is it""

Quotes

▶ "They did it to try and belittle me, to try and to take away my pride. But I went through the whole system with them. And at the end, I - I wanted the public to know that I was okay, even though I was hurting."; "There were times when I had great times with my brothers, pillow fights and things, but I was, used to always cry from loneliness."; "The meaning of life is contained in every single expression of life. It is present in the infinity of forms and phenomena that exist in all of creation."; "The greatest education in the world is watching the masters at work."; "The Bee Gees who are brilliant, I just love great music.";  …

"Please keep an open mind and let me have my day in court."; "Me and Janet really are two different people."; "Let us dream of tomorrow where we can truly love from the soul, and know love as the ultimate truth at the heart of all creation."; "If you enter this world knowing you are loved and you leave this world knowing the same, then everything that happens in between can be dealt with."; "I will say again that I have never, and would never, harm a child. It sickens me that people have written untrue things about me."; "I was a veteran, before I was a teenager."; "I rememeber one time we were getting ready to go to South America and everything was packed up and in the car ready to go and I hid and I was crying because I really did not want to go, I wanted to play. I did not want to go."; "I just wish I could understand my father."; "Everyone who knows me will know the truth, which is that my children come first in my life and that I would never harm any child."; "Children show me in their playful smiles the divine in everyone. This simple goodness shines straight from their hearts and only asks to be lived."; "But I will never stop helping and loving people the way Jesus said to."; "Before I would hurt a child, I would slit my wrists."

Freebase Primary MID

"/m/09889g"

Wife

Lisa Marie Presley, Deborah Jeanne Rowe