MI CH A E L

J A C K S ON
 Michael Joseph Jackson. He was born on
August 29th, 1958 in The United States.
 Considered as one of the greatest pop
musicians of all time.

 His contributions to the entertainment

industry made him the “KING OF POP”
or the “EMPEROR OF POP”

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 King of
Pop
• Michael Jackson was a best-selling
American singer, songwriter and
dancer.

• As a child, Jackson became the lead

singer of his family's popular Motown
group, the ”Jackson 5”.

• Jackson's career in music began at the

age of 5.

• Jackson's mother, Katherine Jackson,

was a homemaker and His father,
Joseph Jackson, was a guitarist.
Emperor of Pop
• 1984 Jackson was renowned worldwide
as the “King of Pop.
• JACKSON 5 became so popular that
they even had their own self-titled • His reputation was seriously damaged
cartoon show, which ran from 1971 to in 1993 when he was accused of child
1972. At the same molestation by a 13-year-old boy he
time, Jackson launched his solo career.  had befriended; a civil suit was settled
out of court.
• Jackson’s first solo effort for Epic, Off
the Wall (1979), exceeded all • 2005, Jackson suffered a financial
expectations and was the best-selling collapse that resulted in the sale of
album of the year. many of his considerable assets.

• Thriller captured a slew of awards, • He was preparing for a series of high-profile

including a record-setting eight concerts he hoped would spark a comeback
Grammys when he died suddenly of cardiac arrest on
June 25, 2009.