Michael Joseph Jackson was an American singer, songwriter, and dancer. Dubbed the "King of Pop", he is regarded as one of the most significant cultural figures of the 20th century.

 

 

 

 

 

Bio
Real Name	Michael Joseph Jackson
Nick Name	MJ, King of Pop
Profession	Singer, Songwriter, Dancer, Actor, Record Producer, Businessman and Philanthropist
Famous For	'Thriller', 'Bad', 'Dangerous'
Physical Stats & More
Height	in centimeters- 175 cm in meters- 1.75 m in Feet Inches- 5' 9"
Weight (approx.)	in Kilograms- 60 kg in Pounds- 132 lbs
Body Measurements	- Chest: 38 Inches - Waist: 28 Inches - Biceps: 13 Inches
Eye Colour	Black
Hair Colour	Black
Personal Life
Date of Birth	August 29, 1958
Age (at the time of death)	50 Years
Cause of death	Cardiac arrest due to intoxication with propofol and benzodiazepine.
Birth Place	Gary, Indiana, US.
Zodiac sign/Sun sign	Virgo
Nationality	American
Hometown	Gary, Indiana, USA
School	Home-schooled
College	N/A
Education Qualification	High School
Debut	Album - Got to be there (1972) Film - The Wiz (1978)
Family	Father- Joe Jackson (Ex-boxer, worked in US Steel) Mother- Katherine Jackson (Worked at Sears) Brothers- Jackie, Tito, Jermaine, Marlon and Randy. Sisters- Rebbie, La Toya and Janet.
Religion	Christian
Ethnicity	African-American
Hobbies	Basketball, Reading
Favorite Things
Favorite Food	Mexican (Taco and Burrito), Sushi, pizza, chicken, fish, fresh fruits, popcorn, vanilla ice with cookie pieces, sunflower seeds, glazed doughnuts, frosted flakes with milk, M&Ms
Favorite Color	Red, Black, White and Golden
Favorite Singers	James Brown, Jackie Wilson, Smokey Robinson, Sammy Davis Jr., The Temptations, Diana Ross
Favorite Movies	‘Peter Pan’, ‘E.T.’, ‘Star Wars’
Favorite Songs	‘Tobacco Road’, ‘You Are My Sunshine’, ‘Cloud Nine’ by The Temptation
Favorite Books	‘Peter Pan’ by James Matthew Barrie, ‘Jonathan Livingstone Seagull’ by Richard Bach, ‘The Old Man And The Sea’ by Ernest Hemingway
Favorite TV show	The Three Stooges, Flip Wilson Show, Brady Bunch, Road Runner Show, The Simpsons
Favorite Actresses	Shirley Temple, Elizabeth Taylor, Katherine Hepburn
Favorite Actors	Morgan Freeman, Marlon Brando
Favorite Drink	Almond Milk, Fruit Smoothie, Orange and Carrot Juice
Favorite Artists	Michaelangelo, Leonardo Da Vinci
Favorite Game	Monopoly
Favorite Composer	Claude Debussy (‘Afternoon of the Fawn’), Pjotr Iljitsch Tschaikowsky, Sergei Sergejewitsch Prokofjew
Major Controversies	• Michael Jackson was charged with child sexual abuse in 1993. The case was settled out of court and the settling amount was not disclosed. No charges were pressed against him. • He was accused for the same cause again in 2005, in addition to several other charges. The court pronounced him innocent on all counts. • MJ cancelled a number of concerts and he was sued by his event organizer Marcel Avram for cancelling his Munich concert in 1999. He was also his friend and they both mutually came to an agreement after Michael reciprocated the charges on him. • Michael Jackson made the loop, rags to riches and then back to rags because he had to spend a lot of money in defending himself in the alleged lawsuits. It became hard for him to pay back the $270 million loan that he had taken against his music publications. • MJ's death in itself has invigorated a lot of controversies. His family believes he was murdered. The doctor, Conrad Murray, who prescribed the drugs to Michael, was put in jail and released after two years. Michael's sister LaToya Jackson claims that he was just a scapegoat. His last call with his manager went like: There are conspiracies that the group "Illuminati" was the mastermind behind Dr. Conrad. Also, that there is a group called "Star Whackers", that is involved in such operations. A Federal Agent Robert Connors blew the whistle on the involvement of government with it and stated that the Operation Sedgwick of the project MK ULTRA aimed at brainwashing and controlling the youth and the population through "music" by controlling the subject matter and adding subliminal messages to it. Michael probably broke out of it and broke it to the public that Illuminati and higher powers have an ulterior motive. This fact is also said to be responsible for Michael's financial misery and child molestation accusations. "They want to get rid of me.", Michael said.
Girls, Affairs and More
Marital Status	Divorced (13 years before death)
Affairs/Girlfriends	Whitney Houston Madonna Broke Shields Lisa Marie Presley Debbie Row
Wife/Spouse	Lisa Marie Presley (m. 1994–96; divorced) Debbie Rowe (m. 1996–99; divorced)
Children	Son- Michael Joseph Jackson Jr. Daughter- Paris-Michael Katherine Jackson, Prince Michael Jackson II
Money Factor
Net Worth	$1 billion (Debt - $500 million)
House	Neverland Ranch, Santa Barbara County, California, l (2676 avres) French Chateau Home
Car	Rolls Royce Limousine, Sedan Barret, Ferrari, Super Hot Car, Ford Explorer, GMC Yukon, Cadalac Escalade, Lincoln Town Car, Ford Econoline E 150, Cadillac Fleetwood, GMC V Jimmy, Neolann Coaching Tour, Mercedes Benz, Chevys

 

 

Some Lesser Known Facts About Michael Jackson

• Did Michale Jackson smoke?: Yes

• Dis Michael Jackson drink alcohol?: Yes

• Michael Jackson was an average student, was bad with spellings and grammar and was considered creative, shy and best dressed.

• His father was strict and abused Michael Jackson physically (beating) and emotionally. Joe has admitted that he used to whip the children, taunted Michael for having a fat nose and hit them with a belt if they didn’t get it right during practice.

• All the Jackson kids agree that whipping was common at the time and it set them straight and made them capable.

• Although Michael agreed that his father’s strict discipline helped him succeed, he also explained that his insecurities about his looks, insomnia, nightmares, hyper-compliant behavior and his childlike adulthood are due to child maltreatment.

• The costumes used in the video of Thriller were from Salvation Army.

• He loved children, probably because he missed his own and the abuse he suffered as a child. The black band that he wore was a reminder of child abuse.

• Beat it made it to the studio because of the guitar solo by Eddie Van Halen, which Eddie played for free.

• He bought an Oscar! The Oscar that David O. Selznick won for the Best Picture for Gone With the Wind in 1999.

• He won eight Oscars in 1984.

• Scream has been the most expensive video costing $7,000,000.

• He loved pets and had a python (Crusher), 2 llamas (Louis & Lola) and a chimpanzee (Bubbles).

• Michael invented special boots that he used for his ‘leaning forward’ step in ‘Smooth Criminal’. The lean step is patented by MJ.

• He had a meeting in the twin towers the day 9/11 incident took place. He missed it because he overslept.

• Macauley Culkin, the Home Alone star is the godfather of two of his children.

• The director of the video ‘Bad’ was the famous and creative Martin Scorcese.

• Wikipedia, Twitter and AOL’s Instant Messenger crashed the afternoon MJ died.

• He lived in an oxygen tent for long life and beauty.

• He was literally a King! He was given a royal title by the people of Goban, a village in the Ivory Coast.

• Michael Jackson made his debut with his brothers Jackie, Tito, Jermaine, and Marlon, as Jackson 5. Michael initially started singing with his elder brother before he started solo.

• MJ’s Thriller was the first album that had five number one hits on the Billboard Hot 100 list. Thriller is also the highest selling album of all times, selling over 65 million copies.

• Michael Jackson named the dance move Moonwalk that he had borrowed from the street dancers outside his hotel.

• Guinness World Records crowned him as the Most Successful Entertainer of All Time.

• MJ has been inducted twice into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. He is the only artist from Rock and Pop genre that has been inducted into the Dance Hall of Fame. He is an inductee of the Songwriter Hall Of Fame too.

• Other than multiple entries in the Guinness World Records, Michael Jackson has 13 Grammys, a Grammy Legend Award and a Grammy Lifetime Award.

• He has the highest number of American Music Awards and number one Billboard Hot 100 (13 top positions). He also received the Artist of the Century Award.

• The King of Pop has sold over 400 million albums.

• He had a top ten entry in the Billboard for five consecutive decades, making him the first person to achieve this milestone in 2014 with his song “Love Never Felt So Good”.

• One considerable Guinness World Record that MJ holds is the record for supporting 39 charities. No one else has shown such humanitarian efforts.

• Michael said that he has had only two plastic surgeries i.e. for his nose and chin. He claims both of them were for health reasons. His nose broke practicing a complex dance move, he explained. It is believed that he had several surgeries.

• When hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans, MJ promised to release a song to raise charity. He worked on the project with other artists but the song never eventuated.

• His bodyguard said that people tell the girls that they have a dog and MJ goes like, “I have a Zoo”. He did have a zoo at his Neverland Ranch in addition to a theme park.

• Michael Jackson was a book worm. He would spend thousands of dollars in just one visit to a book-store.

• Once, he came across a second-hand book shop and bought it for $100,000 and had the books brought over to his home.

• He had two secret affairs with girls from overseas and called them Friend and Flower. Nobody knew about them except his bodyguards.

• MJ did not meet anyone from the family without an appointment except his mother. She would drop by anytime and he would welcome her, and his siblings would have to return even if they managed to clear the security at the gate.

• MJ was always under the radar and would have his bodyguards to check the room he occupied in the hotels. He was bugged by the bugging. It wasn’t paranoia; his private conversation with his sister was recorded without his knowledge and sold to the media.

• He had to make his kids wear masks in the public and also gave them code names to keep their identity hidden and secured.

• Michael Jackson seemed to be really worried about his life as his bodyguards carried guns that could be enough to take down an FBI raid. They were armed with semi-automatic Glock pistols, Teasers (1.2 million volts), MP5 (Fully automatic submachine guns), military style AR15s and 12-gauge automatic shotguns. They had extended magazines and around 3000 rounds of ammunition.

• He was invited to Bahrain by the Sheikh of Bahrain after his child abuse accusation in 2005.

• Michael was a responsible father and had his children home-schooled and had a room dedicated for their schooling. The private tutor would start the classes sharp at 8 AM and the kids had to wear uniforms. He would keep a check with the teacher and help the children with the homework. He would quiz them to check what they have learned.

• The King of Pop did his and kids’ laundry by himself.

• MJ’s mother used to play clarinet and piano and wanted to be a country-western artist.

• Also, his father was not estranged with music and played with The Falcons, a local rhythm and blue band.

• He was the first artist to sell one million downloads and that too after his death.

• Michael Jackson’s voice ascends from high tenor to boy soprano.

• It’s not a surprise that MJ has a star on Hollywood Walk of Fame.

• Billy Jean was the first video by a black guy that was aired on MTV.

• Michael Jackson felt that he sounded like Minnie Mouse when he listened to his older music.

• He was the godfather to Lionel Ritchie’s daughter Nicole and Bee Gees singer Barry Gibb’s son Michael.

• Thriller stayed on the Billboard 200 for 122 weeks!

• Michael Jackson cut off from all the sources from the media. No newspaper, no cable TV and no internet. He only read The Wall Street Journal because it would not have crazy stories about him.

• After the police raided his Neverland Ranch, he could never go back and live there because it never felt like home again and he could not feel safe anymore. MJ and his children lived in hotels and rented homes. He never touched anything after the raid.

• MJ was awarded two honorary degrees. One was Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from United Negro College Fund and another was Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Fisk University.

• Michael Jackson’s funeral was watched by 2.5 billion people worldwide.