Michael Jackson

Michael Joseph Jackson (born August 29, 1958), often referred to as The King of Pop, is the biggest-selling solo artist of all time since Elvis Presley with over 750,000,000 sales. Jackson is an inductee of the Songwriters Hall of Fame, and double inductee to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. His awards include 8 Guinness World Records, 13 Grammy Awards, and 26 Billboard Awards. Jackson is credited for popularizing many physically complicated dances, such as the robot and the moonwalk, and has influenced and spawned a whole generation of a wide variety of artists, including Justin Timberlake, Buckethead, Mariah Carey, Usher, Insane Clown Posse, neyo and Chris Brown among others.

Jackson began his musical career at the age of five as the lead singer of The Jackson 5 and made his first solo recordings in 1971 while remaining a member of the group. He began a full-fledged solo career in 1979 and formally parted with his siblings in 1984. In his solo career, Jackson recorded and co-p...