17 Things You Didn't Know About Michael Jackson
MICHAEL JACKSON HAD A LONG CAREER SPANNING 45 OUT OF HIS 50 YEARS FROM HIS UP AND DOWNS, THE WORLD WAS CONSTANTLY WATCHING HIM!
1. BILLIE JEAN : THE SONG "BILLIE JEAN" FROM MICHAEL JACKSON'S "THRILLER" ALBUM HAS WRITTEN AND PRODUCED BY JACKSON HIMSELF.
JACKSON EVEN NAILED THE VOCALS IN JUST ONE TAKE.
THE SONG MADE MUSIC AND TELEVISION HISTORY, WHEN IT BECAME THE FIRST MUSIC VIDEO.
BY A BLACK ARTIST TO AIR ON MTV IN 1981.
2. SPIDERMAN : IN THE 1990'S JACKSON WAS PLANNING ON BUYING MARVEL JOINTLY WITH STAN LEE, BUT THE DEAL FELL THROUGH.
LATER, STAN LEE CAME OUT TO SAY THAT JACKSON HAD PLANNED ON PRODUCING A SPIDERMAN FILM, AND HE BELIEVED MICHAEL WANTED TO STAR AS SPIDERMAN.
3. VITILIGO : FOR YEARS MICHAEL JACKSON CLAIMED THAT HE HAD SUFFERED FROM A SKIN DISORDER KNOWN AS VITILIGO.
VITILIGO CAUSES SKIN TO LOSE ITS MELANIN AND GIVES IT A BLEACH LOOKING EFFECT.
MANY PEOPLE BELIEVED THAT JACKSON WAS BLEACHING HIS SKIN, AND MAKING UP THE STORY.
WHEN HE DIED, AND AUTOPSY REVEALED THAT THE LATE SINGER DID IN FACT SUFFER FROM VITILIGO AND HE MAY HAVE BLEACHED HIS SKIN TO COVER THE DICOLORATION.
4. MOST EXPENSIVE MUSIC VIDEO : IT'S NO SURPRISE THAT MICHAEL JACKSON WOULD HAVE THE MOST EXPENSIVE MUSIC VIDEO OF ALL TIME. HE WAS AN ELABORATE SHOWMAN, AND THE VIDEO FOR "SCREAM" STARRING HIM AND HIS SISTER PROVED JUST THAT.
THE VIDEO WAS BUDGETED TO BE A $7 MILLION DOLLAR VIDEO, BUT HE ENDED UP DISHING OUT OVER $10 MILLION DOLLARS WHEN IT WAS COMPLETED.
5. HE WAS ROYALTY : EVERYONE KNOWS MICHAEL JACKSON IS THE KING OF POP, BUT DID YOU KNOW HE WAS ACTUALLY ROYALTY?
IN 1992, WHILE IN THE IVORY COAST IN AFRICA, JACKSON WAS CROWN KING OF SANI BY THE AFRICAN AGNI TRIBE.
THEY ALSO HELD A SEPARATE FUNERAL FOR HIM WHEN HE DIED IN 2009.
6. GRAMMY'S : MICHAEL JACKSON IS ONE OF THE MOST AWARDED MUSICIANS OF ALL TIME.
IN 1984 HE BROKE GRAMMY RECORDS WHEN HE BECAME THE FIRST SOLO ARTIST TO WIN 8 GRAMMYS IN ONE NIGHT.
HE STILL HOLDS THE RECORD FOR MOST GRAMMYS WON BY ONE PERSON IN ONE NIGHT.
7. FIRST PERFORMANCE : JACKSON WAS A PERFORMER FROM THE START. HE STARTED SINGING AT THE AGE OF 4, AND BY THE AGE OF 5 HE MADE HIS FIRST APPEARANCE IN FRONT OF AN AUDIENCE.
HE THEN MADE HIS TELEVISION DEBUT SINGING, "ITS YOUR THING" AT THE AGE OF 10 AS LEAD SINGER OF THE JACKSON 5.
8. MARTIN SCORSESE DIRECTED "BAD" : THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER, JACKSON TEAMED UP WITH SOME PRETTY AMAZING DIRECTORS FOR HIS MUSIC VIDEOS.
WHAT MOST PEOPLE DO'T KNOW IS THERE ARE 2 VERSIONS OF THE "BAD" MUSIC VIDEO.
THE LONG VERSION PLAYS MORE LIKE A SHORT FILM AND WAS DIRECTED BY LEGENDARY DIRECTOR MARTIN SCORSESE.
9. EATING HABITS : MICHAEL JACKSON WAS KNOWN TO BE A PICKY EATER.
HE WAS A VEGETARIAN WHO DIDN'T REALLY LIKE VEGETABLES.
HIS PRIVATE CHEF SAID HE ALSO HAD A SWEET TOOTH, BUT DIDN'T EAT SUGAR AND DISLIKED CHOCLATE.
JACKSON WAS A FAN OF MEXICAN FOOD, AND ALSO LIKED GRILLED TOFU SERVED ON SWEWERS WITH COUSCOUS AND MOROCCAN SAUCE.
10. MUSCLES THE BOA CONSTRICTOR : MANY PEOPLE REMEMBER JACKSON'S BELOVED PET BUBBLES THE CHIMP, BUT THERE IS A LESSER-KNOWN PET.
MICHAEL HAD A LOVING PET BOA CONSTRICTOR NAMED MUSCLES.
MUSCLES WAS KNOWN TO ACCOMPANY JACKSON TO THE RECORDING STUDIO, AND ONCE CAUSED A FRENZY WHEN HE ESCAPED HIS CAGE.
11. THE BLACK ARMBAND : IN 1988 MICHAEL STARTED WEARING A BLACK ARMBAND ON HIS RIGHT ARM.
HE WAS INSPIRED TO WEAR IT BY 1960'S WAR PROTESTERS WHO ALSO WERE BLACK ARMBANDS. HE STATED THAT AS LONG AS THERE ARE UNDERPRIVILEGED CHILDREN IN THE WORLD, HE WOULD CONTINUE TO WEAR THE ARMBAND.
12. MICHAEL JACKSON STAMPS : IN 1986 THE RELEASE OF MICHAEL JACKSON STAMPS WAS HALTED IN THE BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS.
CERTAIN REGULATIONS STATED THAT STAMPS MUST DEPICT A LIVING PERSON FROM THE ROYAL FAMILY, NOT THE JACKSON FAMILY.
THE STAMPS WERE EVENTUALLY RELEASED IN THE CARIBBEAN ISLAND OF ST. VINCENT.
13. HIS PATENT : IN 1993 JACKSON AND 2 CO-INVENTORS WERE GRANTED A U.S. PATENT FOR "ANTI-GRAVITY" SHOES.
THE SHOES WERE USED IN SHOWS TO MAKE IT LOOK LIKE MICHAEL WAS DEFYING GRAVITY BY LEANING FORWARD 45 DEGREES.
THE PATENT DESIGN HAD TO BE REDESIGNED IN 1996. WHEN A FAULTY SHOE SENT MICHAEL TUMBLING DURING A SHOW IN MOSCOW.
14. HIS FIRST CHRISTMAS : HIS MOTHER RAISED MICHAEL AS A JEHOVAH'S WITNESS UNTIL HE DISASSOCIATED HIMSELF FROM THE RELIGION IN 1987.
IN 1993, JACKSON WAS ABLE TO CELEBRATE HIS FIRST CHRISTMAS AS A SURPRISE FOR HIM SET UP BY HIS DEAR FRIEND ELIZABETH TAYLOR, AT HIS NEVERLAND RANCH.
15. "MAN IN THE MIRROR" PROFITS : THE ONLY SONG FROM THE "BAD" ALBUM NOT WRITTEN BY JACKSON WAS THE INSPIRATIONAL SONG "MAN IN THE MIRROR".
IF YOU WANT TO MAKE THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE, THEN YOU HAVE TO DO SOMETHING YOURSELF, IS THE MESSAGE OF THE SONG.
BECAUSE HE BELIEVED IN THE MESSAGE, JACKSON DONATED 100% OF THE PROFITS FROM "MAN IN THE MIRROR" TO CHARITY.
16. HIGHEST EARNING DECEASED ARTIST : MICHAEL JACKSON HAS TRUMPED THE LIKES OF ELVIS PRESLEY AND JOHN LENNON AS THE HIGHEST EARING DECEASED ARTIST.
IN THE FIRST YEAR AFTER HIS DEATH, HIS ESTATE MADE $1 BILLION DOLLARS ALONE.
HE ALSO HAS THE LARGEST RECORDING CONTRACT EVER, WHICH HIS FAMILY SIGNED WITH SONY RECORDS FOR $250 MILLION DOLLARS 9 MONTHS AFTER HIS DEATH.
17. HIS COMEBACK TOUR : AT THE TIME OF HIS DEATH JACKSON WAS PLANNING THE COMEBACK OF THE CENTURY. HE WAS WORKING DAY AND NIGHT IN LONDON TO KICK OFF A TOUR WHERE HE WAS GET TO MAKE $1.5 MILLION A NIGHT. HE HAD 50 SHOWS SCHEDULED IN LONDON ALONE.
SADLY, THE WORLD WILL NEVER GET TO WITNESS JACKSON'S COMEBACK, AS HE PASSED AWAY FROM HEART FAILURE IN 2009.
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