Michael Joseph Jackson (born August 29 1958 in Gary, Indiana) - American musician, a performer whose career and controversial personal life became part of pop culture past four decades. He has three children: Michael Joseph Jackson Junior (known as "Prince"), Paris Michael Katherine Jackson and Prince Michael Joseph Jackson II (known as "Blanket").

Michael Jackson is known as one of the best performers stage and one of the most popular musicians in history. popularized complicated dance movements, robot and moonwalk, which hitherto affected the dominant trend in the performance of dance and concerts. During its greatest popularity characterized him as a "blind, destructive force, which has all the tools to dominate the charts list at any time: distinctive voice, amazing dance movements, musical versatility and layers of normal strength, which holds the real star of". His achievements in the music industry, in addition to many others: a revolutionary change in the approach to music videos (initiated by the video for the song "Thriller" from 1983, often called the best of all time music video, which helped plate of the same title achieved a very high effort and the sale, setting a new trend for music publishers, achieving significant gains from now through music videos); market dominated popular music in the 80s, and the status of the first black artist, who gathered strong support in the MTV television, helping the young channel sound outputs to a wider audience. In addition, Michael Jackson appeared in many musical styles, and worked with several other stars of the music scene, sometimes appear on a CD or other well-known performer. His distinct style, the way of movement and voice inspired and influenced generations of performers hip-hop, pop and R & B, including the Mary Carey, Usher, Britney Spears, Justin Timberlake and Chris Brown, as well as many others. In 1990, Vanity Fair magazine called Michael Jacksons "most artist in the history of show business".

Jackson began his musical career at age seven years as a band vocalist and family The Jackson 5 and made the first solo album Got to Be There in 1971, still remaining a member of the group. The full solo career began in 1979 and officially parted with the team in 1984. During solo career, Jackson recorded Thriller album, whose global sales exceeded 104 million copies [15]. After Thriller Jackson appeared next to a plate high on the list: Bad (1987), Dangerous (1991), HIStory (1995) and Invincible (2001), the last album of completely new material. Michael Jackson has received thirteen Grammy awards and wrote thirteen singles on the charts list the first places in the United States (more than any male performer in the history of quotations Billboard). In November 2006, Raymone Bain, Jacksons spokeswoman, announced that Michael Jackson has sold more than 750 million copies of CDs in the world. This makes it one of the best-selling artists of all time. From 1988 to 2005, Jackson lived on his estate in California, known as Neverland Ranch, where he built an amusement park and private zoo, frequently visited by the disabled and sick children. Gossip about the incident adoptions involving children, when revealed that children often slept over in his bed or bedroom. The first case came to light in 1993 when the artist was accused of sexual abuse of minors. The conversation Michael Jacksons relationship with the children appeared again when the 2003 document emerged “Living with Michael Jackson”.