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This is a new section of the site which takes a look at each of the main era's of Michael's career from the Jackson 5 right up to Invincible. First up is the Thriller Era when Michael emerged as a worldwide superstar. So many people went to music shops to buy his album that sales of all music increased dramatically. His music videos changed music promotion and got black artists played on MTV! Plus much more!! Enjoy - the Thriller Era!
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Michael Joseph Jackson (born August 29, 1958) is an American musician and entertainer whose successful music career and controversial personal life have been at the forefront of pop culture for the last quarter-century. Jackson began his musical career at the age of five as the lead singer of The Jackson 5 and made his first solo recordings in 1971 while remaining a member of the group. He began a full-fledged solo career in 1979 and formally parted with his siblings in 1984. In his solo career, Jackson recorded and co-produced the best-selling album of all-time
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While performing for the Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever special on television on May 16, 1983, Jackson publicly performed the moonwalk (later his signature dance move) for the first time, stunning TV audiences. In January 1984 at the American Music Awards, Jackson was nominated for 9 awards and won a record 8 awards (tied by Whitney Houston's The Bodyguard soundtrack in 1994). In February at the Grammy Awards Jackson was nominated for 12 awards and won a record-breaking 8 awards (now equaled by Carlos Santana's 1999 Supernatural) – 7 for Thriller and 1 for his narrative on The E.T. Storybook. In May, Thriller was certified by the Guiness Book of Records as the biggest selling popular music album of all time. In addition in 1984, he was ... awarded the H. Claude Hodson Medal of Freedom at the NAACP Image Awards, feted at the White House by President Ronald Reagan with the Presidential Special Achievement Award and in November was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
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After lurking in the shadows of the music scene for the past five years, Michael Jackson has emerged once again with a brand new album, which clearly proves that the King of Pop is truly Invincible. Released in late October 2001 with the eagerly anticipated first single, "You Rock My World," Invincible is well on its way to becoming one of MJ's finest musical masterpieces since 1982's almighty Thriller.
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Michael Jackson is celebrating the 25th anniversary of his landmark album Thriller by remixing select tracks with today's hottest stars. In addition to this version of Thriller, there's a remix of "Beat It" featuring Fergie of the Black Eyed Peas floating around. The 25th anniversary Thriller albums drop on February 12th.
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In 1977, Jackson landed a starring role alongside Diana Ross in the all-black film musical +The Wiz, a retelling of The Wizard of Oz; here he met producer/composer Quincy Jones for the first time. Encouraged by the success of the Jacksons' self-produced, mostly self-written 1978 album Destiny, Jackson elected to resume his solo career when his management contract with his father expired shortly thereafter. With Jones producing, Jackson recorded his first solo album as an adult, Off the Wall. An immaculately crafted set of funky disco-pop, smooth soul, and lush, sentimental pop ballads, Off the Wall made Jackson a star all over again. It produced four Top Ten singles, including the number one hits "Don't Stop 'til You Get Enough" and "Rock With You," and went platinum (it went on to sell over seven million copies); even so, Jackson remained loyal to his brothers and stayed with the group.
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