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Birth
He was born the 29th of August of 1958 in Gary, Indiana and he was the eighth child of the Jackson family. His parents were Katherine Esther Scruse and Joseph Walter “Joe” Jackson -
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Jackson 5
When he was only five years he enters in the group formed by his older brothers with his brother Marlon.This group was the one that allowed him to very soon create a name in the music world of that time. During his time there he sang songs such as Blame It on the Boogie or I Want You Back -
Thriller
Thriller was the sixth album that he made, which gave him 7 Grammys and 8 American Music prizes more. He also made a videoclip of this song and since then, Thriller has been the most sold album in history -
We Are The World
He composed this song with Lionel Richie and, with much more artists such as Tina Turner, Cindy Lauper, Bruce Springsteen, Stevie Wonder... they sang it to donate the money they made to Eutopía -
Bad
This was his first solo album in years and became the first album that had 5 US number-one singles which were: I Just Can't Stop Loving You, Bad, The Way You Make Me Feel, Man in the Mirror, and Dirty Diana, another song that was very famous was Smooth Criminal that reached top seven -
Dangerous
This was the next album that he made. In the US, the first single, Black or White, was the album's highest charting song; it was number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for seven weeks and achieved similar chart performances worldwide. -
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Marriages, fatherhood and accusations
He marries two times and has children with his second wife. During these years he has to fight several sexual abuses allegations that, nowadays continue to darken his life. -
Death
He dies the 25th of June of 2009 from a cardiac arrest in Los Angeles California.
