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Michael Joseph Jackson was a singer, songwriter, producer, and dancer who was born on August 29, 1958, in Gary, Indiana, United States. -
From an early age Michael showed an interest in music when he sang at the Christmas celebrations in the kindergarten he attended. In 1964, Michael and Marlon joined the Jackson Brothersa band formed by their father, which included brothers Jackie, Tito, and Jermaine as backup musicians playing congas and tambourine. -
In 1965, Michael began sharing lead vocals with his older brother Jermaine, and the group's name changed to the Jackson 5. The following year, the group won a major local talent show with Jackson performing the dance to the hit of Robert Parker's 1965 "Barefootin'". -
The Jackson 5 also performed in nightclubs and party halls, where striptease shows and other adult acts performed, and at local auditoriums and high school dances. -
In 1971, he began his career as a soloist, although he continued to belong to the group. In the early 1980s, Jackson became a dominant figure in popular music. -
The popularity of these helped bring the television network MTV to fame. The album Bad (1987) produced the number one single, making it the first album to have five number one singles on that chart. He continued to innovate with videos like "Black or White" and "Scream" throughout the 1990s and built a reputation as a solo artist on various tours. -
In 1993, he was charged with child molestation. In 2005, he was tried and acquitted on new child molestation charges and various other charges after the jury found him not guilty on all counts. -
He began his artistic career in the mid-1960s in the musical group The Jackson 5, in which he published, together with some of his brothers, ten albums until 1975. -
Jackson had a troubled relationship with his father.3738 In 2003, Joe acknowledged that he regularly spanked him as a child.39 Joe was also said to have verbally abused his son, often saying he had a "fat nose". .40 Jackson stated that as a child he was physically and emotionally abused during incessant rehearsals, though he credited his father's strict discipline as playing a role in his success. -
His father committed adultery several times, and as a result of one of these extramarital affairs he had a daughter.
This type of relationship made the couple not feel comfortable with their nuptial relationship, so since 2005 the couple decided to stop living together and in August 2010 they announced their separation after 60 years of marriage.