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Michael Jackson was an American pop, soul and rock musician. He was born on the 29th of August 1958 in Gary, Indiana. His full name was Michael Joseph Jackson. There were nine children in the family, where Michael was the  7th of them. On June 25th Michael died recently this year at the age of 50, which was a big loss for the world.

In 1964 The Jackson 5 was formed, and it was now Michael’s musical career started, at the age of five years. He was the lead singer in this group.

The Jackson five were discovered in 1968 and signed a contract for Motown Records. All their first four singles made US No1 hits. The band recorded 14 albums and Michael recorded four solo albums with Motown. The Jackson 5 signed up with Epic Records in 1976, when they wanted more artistic freedom and felt they had to move on from Motown. The group changed their name to The Jacksons. After a while the group started to fall more and more apart.

After a film debut in 1977, where he met Quincy Jones, he teamed up with him as his producer for his first solo album. The album was a great success around the world, and the album was titled “Off the Wall”.

Michael released the album ‘’Thriller’’ in 1982, which was the world’s largest selling album of all time. It actually went to sell over 50 million copies worldwide. He also made a short film to the song ‘’Thriller’’ on this album. This film became very popular. Michael performed the world known moonwalk for the first time in 1983 on the ‘Motown’s 25 years’ anniversary show.

At the last concert in 1984 on December 9th of the Jackson’s Victory Tour, Michael announced he was going solo and splitting from the group. Michael’s much awaiting third solo album titled ‘’Bad’’, was released in 1987. Michael was named ‘’Artist Of The Decade’’ at the end of the 1980’s for his success of his two famous albums, ‘’Thriller’’ and ‘’Bad’’. The album ‘’Dangerous’’ was released in 1991, and was his fourth solo album. The same year he signed the largest ever recording contract with Sony Music. In 1994 Michael married Elvis Presley’s daughter, Lisa Marie Presley. This marriage was a short one, it only lasted 19 months. Michael married again in 1996, this time to Debbie Rowe which he had met during his treatment of his skin pigment disorder. Debbie and Michael had their first child Michael Joseph Jackson Jr. together born on February 13th in 1997. They also got a daughter, Paris Michael Katherine Jackson, born on April the 3rd 1998. In 1995 was the album ‘’HIStory’’ released, which was his fifth solo album. This was a double album, first half new material and second half was his most famous songs, greatest hits. There came a new album in October 2001. The album was named ‘’Invincible’’ releasing only two singles including the bigmedia type="file" key="Micheal Jackson m lyd.wmv" width="240" height="240" align="right" hit ‘’ You Rock My World’’.

Michael announced a comeback tour in March 2009, which should be held at the O2 arena In London. The concerts was named ‘’this is it’’, and were supposed to start in July 2009. Even though Michael Jackson is dead, he is still one of the world's most popular and famous artists! He still has a great meaning and is a role model for people worldwide. - He even has got two stars at the Hollywood Walk of Fame!
 * Analysis of the song:** [[file:Man in the mirror.doc]]

Top 10 songs by Michael Jackson:

1. Billie Jean 2. Beat It 3. Man in the Mirror 4. They Don’t Care About Us 5. Smooth Criminal 6. Thriller 7. Earth Song 8. Dirty Diana 9. Black or White 10. Wanna Be Startin’ Something  (Sources: [])

Written and edited by: Michael A. Photostory by: Odd Magnus Øvregaard