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MichaelJosephJacksonisanAmericanmusician,entertainerandbusinessman.TheseventhchildoftheJacksonfamily,hedebutedontheprofessionalmusicsceneattheageof11asamemberofTheJackson5andbeganasolocareerin1971whilestillamemberofthegroup.ReferredtoastheKingofPopinsubsequentyears,fiveofhissolostudioalbumshavebecomesomeoftheworld'sbest-sellingrecords:OfftheWall(1979),Thriller(1982),Bad(1987),Dangerous(1991)andHIStory(1995).

Intheearly1980s,hebecameadominantfigureinpopularmusicandthefirstAfrican-AmericanentertainertoamassastrongcrossoverfollowingonMTV.ThepopularityofhismusicvideosairingonMTV,suchasBeatIt,BillieJeanandThriller—creditedfortransformingthemusicvideointoanartformandapromotionaltool—helpedbringtherelativelynewchanneltofame.VideossuchasBlackorWhiteandScreamkeptJacksonasastapleonMTVintothe1990s.Withstageperformancesandmusicvideos,Jacksonpopularizedanumberofphysicallycomplicateddancetechniques,suchastherobotandthemoonwalk.Hisdistinctivemusicalsoundandvocalstyleinfluencednumeroushiphop,popandcontemporaryR&Bartists.

JacksonhasdonatedandraisedmillionsofdollarsforbeneficialcausesthroughhisDangerousWorldTour,charitysinglesandsupportof39charities.However,otheraspectsofhispersonallife—includinghischangingappearanceandeccentricbehavior—generatedsignificantcontroversywhichdamagedhispublicimage.Hewasaccusedofchildsexualabusein1993,thecriminalinvestigationwasclosedduetolackofevidenceandJacksonwasnotcharged.Hethenmarriedtwiceandfatheredthreechildren,allofwhichcausedfurthercontroversy.Thesingerhasexperiencedhealthconcernssincetheearly1990sandconflictingreportsregardingthestateofhisfinancessincethelate1990s.In2005,Jacksonwastriedandacquittedoffurthersexualabuseallegationsandseveralothercharges.

OneofthefewartiststohavebeeninductedintotheRockandRollHallofFametwice,hisotherachievementsincludemultipleGuinnessWorldRecords—includingoneforThrillerastheworld'sbest-sellingalbum—13GrammyAwards,13numberonesinglesinhissolocareer—morethananyothermaleartistintheHot100era—andthesaleofover750millionunitsworldwide.Jackson'shighlypublicizedpersonallife,coupledwithhissuccessfulcareer,hasmadehimapartofpopularcultureforalmostfourdecades.Inrecentyearshehasbeencitedasoneoftheworld'smostfamousmen.