Saturday, March 22, 2014

One of the greatest music videos

Thriller, one of the greatest videos of all times.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOnqjkJTMaA


Top 10 songs by "The King of Pop"

Top 10 songs by Michael Jackson!

1. Billie Jean
2. Beat it
3.Smooth Criminal
4.Thriller
5.Man in the Mirror
6. Earth song
7. They don't care about us
8. Black or White
9.Heal the world
10. Bad


Resources

I obtained the information and resources from Wikipedia and google as well as older other blogs that have been made about Michael Jackson.


Death in 2009

Jackson died of acute propofol and benzodiazepine intoxication on June 25, 2009, after suffering from cardiac arrest. The Los Angeles County Coroner ruled his death a homicide, and his personal physicianConrad Murray was convicted of involuntary manslaughter. Jackson's death triggered a global outpouring of grief and a live broadcast of his public memorial service was viewed around the world.


Child abuse

In the mid-1990s, he was accused of child sexual abuse, but the case was settled out of court for about $25 million and no formal charges were brought. In 2005, he was tried and acquitted of further child sexual abuse allegations and several other charges after the jury found him not guilty on all counts.

Change in appearance



Jackson's skin was a medium-brown color throughout his youth, but, starting in the mid 1980s, his skin gradually grew more pale through what was widely considered to be skin bleaching and changing of his features to appear European. According to Jackson biographer J. Randy Taraborrelli, Jackson began making his nose smaller around the same time his skin became very gradually lighter and that he was using the over-the-counter skin-bleaching cream called Porcelana to achieve the lighter skin. Taraborrelli reported that Jackson's sister La Toya used Porcelana too, and that they had crates of this cream stored at their family home Hayvenhurst, "hoarding it as the most valuable beauty product ever produced."
] Jackson's physical changes gained widespread media coverage, and provoked criticism from the public. African American psychologists argued Jackson was "a lousy role model for black youth". Dr. Dennis Chestnut said Jackson gave "black youth a feeling that they can achieve", but also may encourage some people to think they've got to be esoteric and idiosyncratic to be successful. It was also presumed that Jackson bleached his skin just to boost his career. Dr. Halford Fairchild stated Jackson and other African American celebrities would try "to look more like white people in order to get in films and on television".




According to Taraborrelli, in 1986, Jackson was diagnosed with vitiligo, which Tarraborrelli noted was sometimes considered by doctors to be a consequence of damage done by bleaching chemicals over the years.

Achievements





In 1982 Thriller becomes the best-selling album of all time. His other albums, including Off the Wall (1979), Bad(1987), Dangerous (1991), and HIStory (1995), also rank among the world's best-selling. Jackson is one of the few artists to have been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame twice. He was also inducted into the Dance Hall of Fame as the first and only dancer from pop and rock music.

He has achieved many musical goals that are dreams to other artists. He will always be "The King of Pop" to many even to this day.