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Michael Jackson is the greatest performer, a genius of his time, truly the king of pop music. It is unfortunate that such people leave us too early, leaving behind a feeling of deep loss and unsaidness. Who knows, perhaps one of his three heirs will be able to adequately continue his father’s work. Today's story will be about Michael Jackson's children.

As mentioned earlier, there are three of them in total: a daughter and two sons.

1. Michael Jackson's eldest son, Prince Michael Joseph Jackson, was born in Los Angeles on February 13, 1997. He, like his sister Paris, are the children of the singer and his wife, Debbie Rose. Prince I received his education together with his sister in one of the private California schools.

From an early age, the boy liked journalism and everything connected with it. The child himself said more than once that he never knew how to sing and dance like his father. That's why I started training. From an early age, the boy began attending journalism courses. After some time, this attraction bore fruit.

Prince's debut as a correspondent was a story filmed in 2013 on the Entertainment Tonight channel.

Today, the eldest of Jackson's children continues to develop in the field of journalism, and also has experience as a television presenter. In the near future, as the Prince himself states, he would like to try his hand at directing or writing a script for a film.

2.Paris - Michael Katherine Jackson. Only daughter Michaela, born April 3, 1998. Early years The girl spent her life with her father.

Paris began her education, together with her older brother Prince, at Buckley School.

Since 2011, the young girl has been actively working on her career in Hollywood. The first significant victory was approval for the main role in the adventure novel “Landon Bridge and the Three Keys.” A special feature of this adaptation is the special idea of combining animation and cinema. It is noteworthy that our heroine became the only “living” actress - all the other participants in the film were drawn.

Another significant achievement of Paris is being included in the list of “The Most beautiful people world", published in People magazine in 2012. In 2013, the girl gave up science, thereby completely devoting herself to her acting career.

At the beginning of June 2013, the world was shocked by the news of the suicide attempt of Michael Jackson's daughter. Paris swallowed pills and also cut her wrist kitchen knife. Fortunately, she was saved.

In 2015, she married football player Chester Castello. Today, the girl is actively involved in acting and modeling, and often appears at social events.

3. The third, and accordingly, the youngest heir of the King of Pop, is Prince Michael Jackson II, born from a surrogate mother on February 21, 2002.

As people close to the family, as well as teachers, note, the youngest of the Jacksons has a completely different character than his older brother and sister. Close relatives claim that Prince II is “a very sweet and calm boy, always ready to help.”

It is impossible not to note the boy’s amazing resemblance to his father. More recently, the youngest of the Jacksons decided to change his name, as he considers there to be increased interest in his person. Now the guy goes by the name Bigi Jackson.

Unlike his brother and sister, the boy leads a more homely lifestyle and devotes a lot of time to his studies. Perhaps very soon Prince II will achieve even greater heights than his father, but in the scientific field.

During his lifetime, the King of Pop carefully protected his children from intrusive public attention. If the musician's family was caught by paparazzi, the faces of Jackson's heirs were always covered. But everything changed after tragic death Michael. The faces of his children were revealed to the world at the memorial ceremony, and afterward everyone wanted to know more about them than ever before.

Historical background

The fact that the legendary singer has three children has been known for a long time, but details were clearly lacking. Their birth was not secret and was covered in the press. Michael Jackson's first son was born on February 13, 1997. His mother was the King of Pop's longtime girlfriend, Debbie Rowe, whom he nevertheless married at the insistence of his pious mother Catherine. The boy was given the name Prince Michael. Literally a year later (April 3, 1998), his sister Paris Michael Katherine Jackson was born. And a year later, the couple Michael and Debbie officially filed for divorce.

The singer's fans, and the entire world community, were very surprised when at the beginning of 2002 he announced the birth of his third child. Youngest son Michael Jackson was born from whose name still remains a mystery. The King of Pop claimed that he didn’t even know her, and the insemination was artificial. Prince Michael II was named Blanket by his father (which means “Blanket”). From the performer's point of view, such a name meant love and care.

The children grew up with their father at his Neverland ranch; the biological mother of Prince and Paris did not take any part in their lives and did not lay any claim on them, but they had as many as 6 nannies, and Michael himself devoted all his time to them. Actually, this is practically all that was known about the younger Jacksons before the death of their parent, but secrets are always surrounded by gossip.

Most of all, the media discussed the color of the children's skin and ranted with all their might on the topic that Michael was not their real father. That the eldest son of Michael Jackson, the youngest, and even more so the light-eyed Paris were white-skinned, this was considered strange for the children of an African-American. At the same time, many similar children from other mixed marriages did not bother journalists.

After the tragedy

When the masks were finally dropped after the singer's death, gossip about paternity died down a little. If the same-age firstborns still raised questions, Michael Jackson's youngest son Blanket turned out to be practically a copy of his father, except perhaps in a lighter version. From that moment on, the children came under the scrutiny of the lenses of ubiquitous reporters. Gossip, rumors, and legal proceedings attracted public attention to the Jackson family for a long time. Their grandmother Katherine became the guardian of the heirs of the King of Pop, and it was also revealed that back in the early 2000s, Debbie Rowe was deprived of any rights to her biological children.

The family tried to hide, besides, they could not recover from grief, but they failed to attract attention. The children suffered the death of their beloved father very painfully. This was especially true for Paris, who experienced severe depression and several suicide attempts, which, of course, ended up in the press.

Continuers of family traditions

As the years passed, the hype around the orphaned offspring of the idol of millions faded away. Although the same Paris has appeared on the pages of popular publications more than once, but now thanks to her successes. She played in the series, took up music and modeling career, becoming the face of the Calvin Klein brand. But Michael Jackson's son Prince for the time being remained in the shadow of his older sister. Only recently did he open up to the press, giving a long, heartfelt interview in which he warmly recalled his father, his instructions and boundless love, and the difficult times when his father was slandered with accusations of pedophilia (which were completely refuted after the musician’s death).

Michael's first-born does not want to promote himself at the expense of the fame of the King of Pop, but also decided to go into the world of show business. He was always interested in creating videos, producing and directing. At the age of 20, Michael Jackson's son created his own company, King's Son Production, does what he loves, shot several videos, completed courses in television journalism and is trying himself in this field, appearing more and more often on TV. I recently got a tattoo in honor of my father (like Paris, by the way). He hopes to live up to the legacy of his famous parent.

The youngest has the hardest time

Prince Michael II is still in school, by the way, recently, as he was previously homeschooled. Relatives believe that he suffered the most from the tragedy, matured early and became withdrawn. The paparazzi began to catch him more often, noticing also that this son of Michael Jackson was becoming almost a copy of his star dad. According to relatives, not only in appearance, but also in character.

He wears his hair long because his father wanted it. Teachers praise the young man, but his peers are not very fond of him. Due to ridicule and bullying, Blanket changed his name to Bigi and asked his family and everyone else to call him that only. By the way, music career he is not very interested in it yet, but he is interested in martial arts.

friend, protégé?

It is interesting that journalists and other gossips are actively identifying new kings of pop music. The most famous among them is the Norwegian dancer Guy, 25; according to those interested, he was born 9 months after the singer’s tour in Norway. Fueling the rumors is the fact that Michael Jackson's potential son (photo above) was sitting in the front row at memorial service among other relatives, he is part of the family, and his resemblance to the late musician is simply striking. The Jackson family does not comment on the rumors, and the dancer’s mother pointedly stated that Michael was more to them than the King of Pop.

Michael Jackson is the King of Pop.

He was a controversial personality, with his own oddities and fears, but his influence on the entire show business simply cannot be denied.

It was he who brought pop music to the standards that are still used today, it was he who first began to gather audiences of thousands and organize shows, and not just concerts, it was his albums that sold the largest copies.

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In format interesting facts, you will learn about Michael Jackson.

The first few facts are quite standard, well-known and even boring, but then...

Biography of Michael Jackson

Michael Joseph Jackson was born on August 29, 1958 in large family Joseph and Katherine Jackson in Gary (Indiana, USA).

In addition to Michael, there were 9 more children in the family, and all of them suffered from abuse from their father. Joseph was a cruel person and had rather unusual views on raising children, so Michael got a lot of trouble from his father, as did his brothers and sisters.

Having already become popular, Michael repeatedly spoke about abuse from his father, about his childhood fears due to bullying and nightmares at night. The father himself later admitted to journalists that he was cruel to his children.

2. King

Jackson received the title of "King of Pop" with light hand his friend, actress Elizabeth Taylor. She first called him “the king of pop” in 1989 at the Soul Train Music Award, and since then the title has stuck with him.

In 1992, during his visit to Africa, Michael was also crowned "King of Sani".

3. Pre-show ritual

4. Achievements

Jackson's career was full of ups and downs, and he himself was a controversial personality. But few would argue that he not only influenced the world of show business, he made it completely different.

He became the most successful pop music performer, received 15 Grammys, more than 100 other awards, and was included in the Guinness Book of Records 25 times.

In total, more than 1 billion artist albums have been sold worldwide.

He has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, as a solo artist and as a member of The Jackson 5.

5. Oscar

In 1999, he bought David Selznick's Oscar for $1.5 million, which he won for best picture for Gone with the Wind.

6. Egyptian sculpture

Michael Jackson's career

7. The Jackson 5

The Jackson family was famous for its talents even before Michael began performing. The Jacksons, which included three older brothers - Jackie, Tito and Jermaine, were already known in certain circles, and in 1964 they were joined by Michael and his other brother, Marlon. The group was renamed The Jackson 5, and Michael, originally hired to play congas, first moved to backing vocals and then became the main vocalist.

Already an accomplished performer, Michael said that his voice from the time of The Jackson 5 was too much like the voice of Mini Mouse.

The Jackson 5 group experienced both ups and downs, and Michael began a parallel solo career.

8. The role of the Scarecrow in the film " The Wiz»

The young boy was invited to play the role of a scarecrow in the film adaptation of the Broadway musical “The Wiz”. Diana Ross and Richard Pryor also took part in the filming. It was on the set that Michael met music director Quincy Jones, his future producer.

9. Beginning solo career

While still performing in a family band, he recorded songs such as “Got to Be There,” “Rockin’ Robin” and “Ben.” The last song took first place in the charts in 1972, from that moment the singer was noticed.

After recording several solo songs, the artist met producer Quincy Jones, this event became significant in Michael’s career. It was with Johnson’s help that the first famous album “Off the Wall” was recorded (released August 10, 1979) with such hits as “Don’t Stop ’til You Get Enough” and “Rock With You.”

10. Record-breaking “Thriller”

The album “Thriller” (release date November 30, 1982) can rightfully be considered the best music album not only of that time, but in the entire history of music. This is Michael Jackson's sixth studio album with many hits:

11. "The Girl Is Mine"

The composition was recorded together with Paul McCartney. Critics called it too sweet and not deep enough, which did not prevent the composition from taking second place on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and topping the Hot Black Singles chart.

The song talks about two men arguing over one girl.

It is noteworthy that they tried to sue Jackson twice for plagiarism because of this song. First, Fred Standford in 1984 accused the artist of copying his song "Please Love Me Now", and then in 1993, Robert Smith, Reynolds Jones and Clifford Rubin accused Michael of copying their songs "Don't Let The Sunshine Catch You Crying" and "Happy Go Lucky Girl" In both trials Jackson won.

12. "Billie Jean"

One of the most famous and recognizable compositions in the whole world. It's enough to hear the first couple of drum beats and you already know what the song is going to be.

The composition is dedicated to groupies - girls who constantly accompany famous groups and performers during tours. Jackson had been familiar with the groupies since the days of “The Jackson 5”; the girls repeatedly accused his older brothers of being the fathers of their children, constantly harassed the musicians and threatened them.

The performer admitted that Billie Jean is a collective image of a groupie, and he did not want to offend anyone with the composition. By the way, the song could have been called “Not My Lover” so as not to be associated with the then famous tennis player Billie Jean King.

The video for this song revolutionized the US music world. Firstly, this was one of the first videos with a clear plot, and not just a performance of a song with a lot of special effects. Secondly, this video became the first in MTV rotation with a black performer.

A little more about this...

In the early 80s, the MTV channel was just beginning to gain popularity, but the channel’s managers had a small “fad” - they did not accept clips of black performers into rotation. Then the president of CBS Records, Walter Yetnikoff, threatened MTV not to bring them any more videos, and also to tell the whole world about discrimination against the black population. On March 2, 1983, the video was put into rotation on MTV.

It was from the video for the song “Billie Jean” that the tradition began that every single release should be accompanied by a high-budget video. By the way, Jackson's video was recorded for $75,000.

13. "Beat It"

Another composition that has become known throughout the world. The song was taken into rotation on MTV without any controversy, and it also became the first song by an African-American to appear regularly on American radio stations.

The song was received positively by critics, and it received numerous awards, including two Grammys and two American Music Awards.

The combination of elements of rhythm and blues and rock was unusual for that time, and the words were directed against violence and gangsterism. It is noteworthy that Eddie Van Halen, leader of the rock band Van Halen, was invited to perform the guitar solo. He recorded the musical part completely free of charge.

Another remarkable fact about the guitar solo...

While Eddie Van Halen was recording his 30-second part, a technician knocked on the door, unaware that he was recording. Jackson insisted that this random knocking recording be used in the final version.

$150,000 has already been allocated to record a music video for the song “Beat It”; the plot is quite simple - Michael, in his own style, stops a showdown between two warring gangster groups.

It is noteworthy that real gangster groups - Crips and Bloods - were involved in the filming. 80 bandits and 30 professional dancers took part in the filming.

In 1984, a parody of the video from "Weird Al" Yankovic called "Eat It" was released. The director of the original video, Bob Giraldi, said that he hated the parody because it made fun of everything that was important and dear to him in the video. But Jackson, who had a good sense of humor, allowed the use of music to create a parody. It was this parody that made Yankovic famous.

The red jacket with 27 zippers has become a real cult on for many years. Paired with loafers, white socks and cropped trousers, the jacket created Jackson's most striking look yet.

14. “Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’”

The lyrics of the song are directed against the media and gossip. There was no official video for this song, but in 2012, a concert recording from the Bad World Tour appeared on the singer’s YouTube channel.

The singer was dissatisfied with the final version of the song, which was included in the album.

15. "Thriller"

The track has a 14-minute video based on 1950s horror films. The clip received several MTV Video Music Awards, and in 2009 it was included in the National Film Registry, becoming the first video to be included in the Library of Congress.

$500,000 was allocated to create the video clip, and following the video, which, of course, immediately went on MTV, a short 45-minute documentary was released about the making of the video. MTV bought the rights to the film for $250,000, Showtime paid $300,000 for the screening, and Vestron Video paid another $500,000 for the right to release the documentary on videotape.

The "Thriller" video has its own Lego version.

16. Good year

1984 can be called the peak of Jackson's career - he received 8 Grammys at once; no one has ever received so many awards in one year.

But there are also negative aspects...

17. Facial injuries

In 1984, Michael suffered a second-degree burn to his face while filming a Pepsi commercial. The accident occurred due to the explosion of pyrotechnics near the artist, and as compensation, Pepsi paid Jackson $1.5 million.

How the artist disposed of the money and whether there were any lawsuits against Pepsi, you will find out below...

It was after this incident that the guy began to be more attentive and picky about his own appearance.

At one of the rehearsals, he broke his nose while performing another trick. After this, he began to complain of difficulty breathing and doctors advised him to undergo plastic surgery to correct the deficiency.

In numerous interviews, he admitted only that he had undergone surgery on his nose to restore breathing, although his appearance changed very seriously throughout his career.

18. Diseases and appearance

There is an opinion that Michael was ashamed of his origin and tried all his life to change his image. He did have plastic surgery on his face, but the skin discoloration is mostly due to a rare disease.

Until the mid-80s, the artist’s skin was dark, but later many began to notice that Michael was becoming lighter every year. Naturally, he was immediately accused of using skin bleaching procedures.

In 1986, Jackson was diagnosed with lupus and vitiligo almost simultaneously. Strong remedies were used to combat the first disease, but vitiligo manifests itself in the form of light spots on the skin, which loses pigment. At first there were few light spots and they were easy to mask, but when the spots were covered most of his body, the artist began to mask the dark areas of his face and body.

There is an opinion that the artist’s desire to change his appearance became an addiction that was superimposed on childhood psychological trauma.

19. Moonwalk

Jackson cannot be called the creator of the moonwalk. Something similar had already been performed in live performances and films, but it was Michael who popularized it, making it his most famous dance move.

The artist first demonstrated the unusual movement while performing the song “Billie Jean” on March 25, 1983 at the anniversary show “Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever.” The audience really liked it, and the performance itself was later called one of the most significant on American television.

In 1988, the musical film Moonwalk was released.

20. Autobiography

In 1988, the autobiography “Moonwalk” was also published, in which the artist himself talks about his father’s bullying, plastic surgery on his nose and other personal facts.

21. Collaboration with Pepsi

On January 27, 1984, the artist received burns to his head while filming a Pepsi commercial video. This significantly influenced his attitude towards his own appearance, but revealed him even more as a person. He, along with the company itself, invested the compensation received from Pepsi into a children's burn center in his name.

Until the end of his life, Michael was involved in charity work, including with the help of this burn center.

22. Did he sleep in the pressure chamber?

The artist’s attitude towards his own appearance gave rise to a lot of rumors. To advertise his own burn center, Michael starred in a commercial in which he sleeps in a pressure chamber. Naturally, rumors began to circulate that he constantly slept in it to preserve his youth.

In fact, Michael was in a pressure chamber once in his life - at the time of recording the video.

23. Buying the rights to the Beatles

In 1985, he bought Northern Songs, which owned the rights to most of The Beatles' songs, for $47.5 million. Yoko Ono and Paul McCartney also wanted to buy shares. The singer even quarreled with Paul after purchasing the shares.

In 1995, he sold the rights to the Beatles' songs to Sony for $95 million.

24. Album “Bad”

The album was released on August 31, 1987. In total, 65 million copies were sold worldwide, and it became the first album in history to have five songs hit number one on Billboard.

The tour in support of the new album lasted from September 12, 1987 to January 14, 1989, and during this time the concerts were attended by 4.4 million spectators. A total of 123 concerts took place in 15 countries, which brought in $125 million.

During the Bad Tour, a record was set at a concert in London - 504 thousand spectators at one performance.

To the album.

25. "Speed Demon"

The song was written after Jackson himself was fined for speeding. The lyrics of the song tell about a car chase, and the drums and synthesizer, according to the singer's idea, imitate the sound of gear shifting on a motorcycle.

26. "Liberian Girl"

One of the first compositions that simultaneously celebrates the beauty of the African woman and became popular in pop culture.

An unprecedented number of stars of that time were involved in the filming of the video: Whoopi Goldberg, Steven, Olivia Newton-John, Quincy Jones, Virginia Madsen, David Copperfield, Danny Glover and Dan Ackroyd.

27. "I Just Can't Stop Loving You"

Barbra Streisand could have participated in the recording of the song, but she simply did not show up at the scheduled time for the recording. Michael also invited Whitney Houston, but she refused without explanation. As a result, the song was recorded with the participation of Saida Garrett.

It is noteworthy that the song was recorded not only in English, but also in Spanish and French.

28. "Dirty Diana"

Another song about a groupie girl. This time love story unfolds according to the classical scheme love triangle between the star, his girlfriend and the groupie girl.

29. "Smooth Criminal"

A whole series of gangster songs by Michael Jackson can be associated with this song. Back in 1985, he recorded “Chicago 1945,” which prompted the singer to record “Al Capone.” And here's a song about famous gangster eventually transformed into "Smooth Criminal".

The track begins with Jackson's own heartbeat. It was recorded by Dr. Eric Chevlin and processed on the Synclavier.

The video for the song was part of the musical film Moonwalk. Initially, the idea was to make a video in the style of the Wild West, but in the end Jackson chose gangster style 1930s, especially since the history of the song’s creation contributed to this.

It was because of the filming of the video that the organization of Jehovah's Witnesses actually expelled Jackson from its ranks.

30. The story of Michael and Jehovah's Witnesses

His mother raised Michael as a Jehovah's Witness and encouraged him to study the Bible. But things didn’t work out for the artist with religion.

Until 1984, he continued to preach as a Jehovah's Witness, attended various religious meetings, and refused to celebrate Easter, Christmas, and his own birthday. But representatives of this movement were always against Jackson's lifestyle.

In 1987, Michael's sister La Toya Jackson was expelled from the organization and the family was prohibited from communicating with her on spiritual topics. Naturally, Michael himself did not like this.

In the same year, filming took place for the video “Smooth Criminal”, where the plot shows the artist holding a weapon in his hands. Representatives of the organization said that either he chooses faith or a career as an artist. Michael did not abandon the planned plot and left the organization.

31. Movie "Captain EO"

In 1986, Francis Coppola directed a short film called "Captain EO" to be shown in the Disney theme parks. The film's 17 minutes cost $23.7 million, making it the most expensive film per minute. The producer and co-writer of the story was George Lucas.

The film began showing at Disneyland in September 1986 and ran until August 17, 1998.

After the death of Michael Jackson, interest in the film increased again, and it began to be shown in Tokyo and Paris Disneyland.

32. Anti-gravity shoes

In the video for the song “Smooth Criminal,” the artist, along with other dancers, demonstrates an unusual movement - they lean forward at an angle of 45 degrees. Jackson seems to be breaking every law of physics.

For other artists, such a movement would have remained exclusively in the video, and its performance would have been attributed to cunning editing, but not for Michael. He set himself the goal of repeating the movement during the performance, which resulted in the appearance of special shoes, later patented by Jackson themselves under the number US5255452 A.

To the artist for a long time managed to hide the secret of performing a dance movement, until one day, at a performance in Moscow, his heel fell off and he almost collapsed on stage.

There is no special secret, the boots have a special slot into which pins are inserted, which are pulled out of the stage at a certain time. The moment of fastening the boots was always masked by extinguishing the light, and after bending over, the performers deftly removed the boots from the fastenings.

By the way, a broken shoe from a Moscow performance was given to the Moscow branch of the Hard Rock Cafe, and after the artist’s death, a pair of shoes was sold for $600,000.

33. “Diamond” glove and attention to hands

While dancing, the artist considered it very important to focus attention on his hands, since with them he performed rather complex movements. On March 25, 1983, at the Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever anniversary show, he not only demonstrated the moonwalk for the first time, but also wore a diamond glove to emphasize his hand movements. The effect was amazing, despite the fact that the glove was decorated with ordinary rhinestones.

The very first glove was made by Michael himself from an ordinary golf glove. After the performance, the glove was presented to the participant music group Commodores, which put it up for auction in 2009 and fetched $350,000.

Another trick to draw attention to your hands is to put adhesive tape on your fingertips. When performing “Smooth Criminal”, it was impossible to use gloves embroidered with rhinestones, as they did not fit the image, but the bright white adhesive plaster attracted the attention of the audience.

There are many other versions about the adhesive plasters on the fingertips, from trying to stop biting your nails to hiding sudden vitiligo.

34. Neverland Ranch

In 1988, the artist purchased the Sycamore Valley Ranch in California and renamed it Neverland, in honor of the land of Peter Pan. The land plot with an area of 10.83 sq. km cost Michael between 16 and 30 million dollars, and subsequently became one of the causes of financial problems.

The fact is that a small amusement park was built on the ranch and a private zoo was opened. All this required additional costs, so the monthly maintenance of the estate cost $120,000. At the peak of his popularity, Michael had no problems with money, but when money stopped flowing to him like a river, the ranch became too expensive for the artist.

In 2006, part of the ranch was closed and several employees were laid off. In 2008, the singer was forced to transfer the estate to Colony Capital LLC, a company owned by the Jacksons' close friend Thomas Barrack.

After the artist’s death, his relatives admitted that after all the litigation, Jackson hated the Neverland estate and did not want to appear there anymore.

35. Album “Dangerous”

In 1991, a new album called “Dangerous” was released with such hits as “Black or White”, “Jam”, “Who Is It”, “Remember the Time”.

Jackson's friend Macaulay Culkin starred in the video for "Black or White."

"Dangerous" became Jackson's best-selling album since "Thriller" and also won a Grammy.

Scandals

36. Jordan Chandler child molestation scandal

Children were frequent guests at the Neverland Ranch, so it is not surprising that Michael eventually received charges of child molestation.

In 1993, the parents of 13-year-old Jordan Chandler sued the singer. The singer was accused of forcing the boy to touch his genitals. The case ended with a settlement in which Jackson paid $22 million to his parents.

It is not known for certain why the artist went to war, but many years later Jordan Chandler himself admitted that he had slandered Jackson under pressure from his father.

37. The Oprah Winfrey Show

In 1993, a big show with Oprah Winfrey about Michael Jackson was released. The artist shows his house, talks about different topics and talks about his life and problems.

With this show, the artist is trying to justify himself to the tabloids, who have begun to speculate too much on the topic of eccentricity in his life.

38. Gavin Arvizo child molestation scandal

It all started with the film “Living with Michael Jackson” by journalist Martin Bashir, he gained confidence in the artist and took a very frank interview, in which Jackson admitted to sleeping with little boys. But, emphasizing that there was nothing sexual about it, they just slept together. The journalist was surprised by this, but in the end the film was released without any cuts and the whole world learned that Jackson considers it normal to sleep in the same bed as children.

After the film was released in 2003, a 13-year-old boy, Gavin Arvizo, along with his parents, accused Michael of pedophilia. The boy was indeed a frequent visitor to the ranch, the artist helped him overcome cancer, but the artist was not going to make concessions again.

The trial lasted two years, Jackson spent almost $100 million on lawyers, but in the end he proved his innocence.

It was the litigation and Gavin's betrayal that undermined the psychological and financial condition Jackson.

39. Strange things in the house

During the second scandal with accusations of pedophilia, a search was carried out at the Neverland ranch and it shocked the police a little.

Inside the house were many realistic child mannequins, some of them skimpily dressed and in unusual poses.

It was also discovered large collections superhero figurines and a cardboard cutout of little Shirley Temple.

The evidence became the basis for the arrest of the celebrity in 2003.

40. Friendship with Macaulay Culkin

One of Michael's frequent guests was little Macaulay Culkin, who became famous after the release of the film Home Alone. The celebrities had met before, but after the film was released, Jackson called Culkin and invited him to visit him.

They became friends, spent a lot of time together, and later Macaulay became godfather Michael's children.

Neither during Michael’s life nor after his death, Macaulay never accused the singer of molestation. He said that Jackson remained a child at heart, who loved helping children, playing with them, going on rides and taking care of them.

41. "Super Bowl"

In 1993, he was invited to Super Bowl XXVII with the singles "Jam" (with the beginning of "Why You Wanna Trip On Me"), "Billie Jean" and "Black or White".

The artist received $1 million for the performance, but spent part of the money on charity.

42. Performances in Moscow

With the tour in support of “Dangerous”, the artist visited Russia for the first time and gave a concert in Moscow. On September 15, 1993, he performed at Luzhniki in the pouring rain.

The weather prompted him to write his ballad about loneliness - “Stranger in Moscow”.

It is worth noting that in Moscow the artist not only earned a fee, but also visited an orphanage, talked with children and donated money.

43. Persecution mania

In 1995 he was hospitalized with mental disorder. Amid the legal proceedings, he had an attack of persecution mania.

44. Album “HIStory”

On June 16, 1995, a double album entitled “HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I” was released: the first disc contains a collection of the best hits, the second contains 15 new songs.

It was planned to release two more of these double albums.

45. "Blood on the Dance Floor: HIStory in the Mix"

Another non-standard remix album for Michael was released in 1997 - he wrote several new songs, but the remixes were prepared by other performers.

The album sold 6 million copies and became the best-selling remix album in the world.

In 1996, the 39-minute musical film “Michael Jackson: The Haunting” was released, based on a script by Stephen King. The film features songs from the HIStory album, as well as the then-unreleased Blood on the Dance Floor album.

The film was included in the Guinness Book of Records as the longest music video.

47. "Invincible"

The next full-length album, “Invincible,” was released only on October 30, 2001. It became Jackson's tenth and final lifetime album.

Listeners liked the album, but critics tore it to smithereens. It sold 10 million copies worldwide.

The album was dedicated to 15-year-old Afro-Norwegian boy Benjamin Hermansen, who was killed by neo-Nazis in Oslo on January 26, 2001.

48. 30th anniversary

In 2001, he celebrated the 30th anniversary of his solo career with a grand concert at Madison Square Garden. The concert marked the first time since 1984 that Michael appeared on stage with his brothers.

49. Concert 9/11

Also in 2001, he took part in the performance United We Stand: What More Can I Give, dedicated to the victims of the September 11 terrorist attacks. The main song of the concert is “What More Can I Give” performed by Michael.

50. "Men in Black 2"

In 2002, he appeared as a cameo in the film Men in Black 2. A celebrity asks to join the ranks of a secret organization.

51. Parody of Michael

One of the most succinct parodies of Jackson is in the film Scary Movie 3.

The parody plays on not only his “passion” for boys, but also his ability to dance well and plastic surgery on his nose.

52. Recent years careers

In 2003, a collection of Jackson’s hits “Number Ones” was released, in 2004 “Michael Jackson: The Ultimate Collection”.

In 2008 Sony company launched a global campaign and, after voting by listeners, created its own collection of Michael’s hits for each country.

In 2009, a new album was planned to be released; Will.I.Am, Kanye West and R&B singer Akon took part in the recording.

A series of concerts in England was also planned for 2009, but the tour did not take place due to the death of the performer.

Personal life of Michael Jackson

53. First wife

He first married in 1994 to the daughter of the “King of Rock and Roll” Lisa Marie Presley. Since this happened immediately after the scandal with the molestation of a minor, the media immediately dubbed this marriage a cover-up and a demonstration of Michael’s “normality.”

Jackson claimed that he had true love with Lisa, but two years later the marriage broke up.

It is worth noting that the marriage was registered in Dominican Republic, but it was “semi-fictitious”, since according to the laws of this country a woman cannot get married if she was divorced less than three months before. Lisa had just divorced her ex-husband.

For true love Two facts speak: the newlyweds not only got married, but also held a wedding ceremony, and the very fact of the wedding was hidden for two months.

54. Second wife

In 1996, the singer married Deborah Rowe, who by that time had already given birth to two children from Michael. The children were named Prince Michael Jackson and Paris Michael Katherine Jackson.

After their parents divorced in 1999, both children remained to live with their father.

55. Third child

In 2002, Michael had his third child, Prince Michael Jackson II. He was born from a surrogate mother, and after the singer’s death, his mother Katherine Jackson took custody of the children.

A scandalous situation happened with the third child when he was still very young. The media always followed Jackson and one day he either wanted to show them a child who was being hunted by the media, or the singer lost his nerve. Michael carried the child out onto the hotel balcony and showed the child to the journalists, but it looked like he almost dropped the baby.

Naturally, photos from this incident appeared on the covers of many media outlets.

56. How did he protect his children?

The artist carefully hid his children from the public, so when they were with him, they wore masks.

57. Who were you friends with?

Michael Jackson was friends with many celebrities, even after numerous scandals, most of these people remained loyal to the singer and defended him in the media.

Culkin has already been mentioned, but other friends are also worth mentioning: Whitney Houston, Eddie Murphy, Diana Ross, Elton John, Stevie Wonder, Lionel Richie, Brooke Shields, Elizabeth Taylor, Marlon Brando, Mark Lester, Chris Tucker, Omer Bhatti.

Other facts

58. Animals around the singer

Having his own zoo, the artist always made sure that the animals in captivity felt good. After death, many animals dispersed throughout the world, since there was no one to maintain the zoo on the ranch.

One of Michael's favorite animals was the chimpanzee Bubble. He was with Jackson from 1980 to 2002, accompanied him on tour, and lived on the ranch. During this time, the primate learned to eat with a spoon and fork, went to a special toilet, and, according to Michael himself, helped clean the house.

In 2002, the primate had to be given to special center because he became too aggressive.

Facts about the death of Michael Jackson

59. Place and time

Previously, this mansion belonged to many celebrities, including Sean Connery.

60. Cause of death

Died from an overdose of propofol. Conrad Murray, his attending physician, gave him the injection, and 2 hours later he found the artist dead.

He tried to resuscitate the patient himself and called an ambulance. Doctors tried to save Michael on the way to Medical center University of California and another hour after arrival, but all attempts were unsuccessful.

Murray was subsequently found guilty of manslaughter, sentenced to 4 years in prison and had his medical license revoked.

61. Flurry of messages

Jackson's death became known almost immediately. Several at once social networks and major Internet resources reported an unprecedented increase in traffic: Google, Facebook, Yahoo!, Twitter and Wikipedia.

62. Funeral

On July 7, 2009, a farewell ceremony for the singer took place in Los Angeles, which consisted of two parts. A family farewell was held at Liberty Hall at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in the Hollywood Hills, followed by public farewell at Staples Center.

The public farewell was broadcast on television and the Internet and was watched by more than 1 billion people. However, there was no exact information about the location of the body.

But Michael Jackson's career is not over...

Posthumous albums

Sony has signed a contract with Michael's family for 10 albums; they will include both re-releases of old hits and previously unpublished songs.

63. Album “Michael”

In 2010, the first posthumous and eleventh studio album was released. Most critics, fans and musicians criticized the album, calling it too "raw".

64. Album “Immortal”

In 2011, a more successful remix album, “Immortal,” was released. Received positive reviews from critics, and a compilation of tracks in the form of a soundtrack was used in the Cirque du Soleil show tour called “Michael Jackson: The Immortal World Tour”.

65. Album “Xscape”

The second posthumous album of previously unreleased tracks was released in 2014. Critics noted the quality of the work, but unanimously agreed that it could not be compared with the best works of Jackson's lifetime.

66. Hologram of Michael Jackson

Pulse Evolution gave the world another performance at the 2014 Billboard Music Awards televised ceremony. famous singer. Michael Jackson's memorable performance of "Slave to the Rhythm" shocked the whole world, and many of the guest stars cried when they saw Michael back on stage.

In fact, it was not a hologram, but a 19th century illusion technology. It consists of projecting an image onto glass or transparent plastic, located at an angle of 45 degrees to the floor.

But does that make the performance any less impressive?

On September 13, 1996, the King of Pop and Debbie Rowe got married. And even though the press considered this marriage to be fake, supposedly the singer did not marry his dermatologist’s former assistant for love, but already on February 13, 1997, Michael Jackson had a son, who was named after the celebrity’s grandfather and great-grandfather.

What is the name of Michael Jackson's eldest son?

The singer named his child Michael Joseph Jackson Jr. He is also known as Prince Michael. Unfortunately, this baby’s childhood, just like his father’s, was not completely filled with happy moments.

Immediately after birth, the baby was taken to a ranch in Neverland, where about 6 nannies took care of him, one of whom once let the media know that Debbie does not pay attention to her child, and if she appears near his cradle, she always looks gloomy .

In her interview, Rowe admitted: “My children never called me mom. Moreover, I tried to spend as little time with them as possible just so as not to get used to kids. Besides, it’s difficult for me to call them “my children.” They are Michael's future, but not mine. I understand that society judges me and wonders why I abandoned them. Again, they belong to their father and I gave birth to them because I wanted Michael Jackson to be a dad."

Let us remember that the Rowe-Jackson couple also has a daughter, Paris (born in 1998), named after the capital of France, where she was allegedly conceived.