Michael Jackson -known as the king of pop music, is the most influential figure in western pop music after Elvis Presley, whose achievements have surpassed Elvis. He, Elvis Presley, and The Beatles are known as the three iconic figures influencing Western pop music! His concerts have caused a huge sensation all over the world, and there is a flow of people wherever they go. The total sales of his records are hundreds of millions, and they are included in the Guinness Book of World.
And this was once the spiritual totem and youth symbol of a whole generation of young people. This legendary figure living outside the world, but in 2003, the career, money, reputation and family appearance collapsed like a ruin, and its speed ranged Wide and surprising. The brilliant arrival of
In 1982, a record with the largest sales volume in the history of popular music was born . That was the album "Terrorist" produced by Jackson and Quincy Jones. The arrangement and soundtrack are carefully crafted. The rhythms of dance music and rock and roll are greatly enhanced. The music branches are full of inspiration and popular. Jackson invited former Beatles Paul McCartney to sing
7 songs in the album entered the TOP10 music charts, among which the champion song "Bill Jean> occupied the first throne for 37 weeks. It also occupies the top positions in other countries. Another important factor that made this album's lasting success was the pioneering MTV that put a lot of manpower and resources into this album. The global cumulative sales of the album that year reached 38 million copies, and the pop musicians behind him dare not look behind him. His original space dance steps and the mini soundtracks shot for his album made a sensation.
In 1987, the new album
Michael Jackson conquered thousands of young people in the world with vigorous and violent singing and dancing. His total record sales amounted to hundreds of millions, and it was included in the Guinness Book of World. As a black singer, Michael Jackson became famous in the 1970s. In the next two decades, the situation that white singers occupied the radio and MTV charts completely shattered the racial barriers in the American pop music industry. His series of albums have achieved jaw-dropping success. Michael Jackson's songs therefore became an important part of American culture in the 1980s.
He used his own strength to create myths and miracles. Whether in singing or writing songs, Michael Jackson is a genius, he is also a genius dancer, and the space dance steps he created have become a symbol of the 70s and 80s. One. A top hat, a strand of curly hair, an open gown, and the flexible joints twisted in tremor music are all Michael Jackson's unique stage signs! Jackson is also good at using the media, especially good at managing his own music videos. His MTV is well-known for its excellent production, ingenious conception, movie-like storyline, and astronomical production funds, and it is amazing to this day.
In 1982, the "Thriller" album sold 200,000 copies in a week in the United States alone, and the world has achieved super sales that can only be described as absurd. The album "Thriller" has sold 120 million copies so far. "Thriller" won more than 150 gold and platinum record awards, 8 Grammy Awards, 7 American Music Awards, and the subsequent albums "BAD", "Dangerous Journey" and "His History" were also quite successful ! Among them, the disaster relief song "WE ARE THE WORLD>, composed in 1984, brought together the most famous singers in the United States at the time, covering a variety of genres. The number of singers reached 45. This single alone was a collection of African victims. Forty-five million dollars in donations. Solved the problem of those politicians and chaebols chattering at the negotiating table! Since Michael Jackson stepped into the music scene, he has won more than 120 awards, both large and small, including the 1993 Grammy Contemporary Legend Award and the 1984 Guinness World Record Best Artist of the Year, and the 1993 Guinness World Record Lifetime The prize is the most eye-catching! It is not comparable to any artist. He is in a fashion magazineThe soul figure is a winning general at the National Music Awards and Grammy Awards. From 1980 to 1993, these two music events never removed the spotlight from him. The British Music Awards and the World Music Awards have truly elevated him to the throne of the king of pop music in the world. And his still possessing innocence and attention to humanitarian causes won him the Humanitarian Award at the "Radio Music Awards" in Las Vegas, USA in October 2003. He has donated large and small charities throughout his life. There are 36 institutions with a total donation of more than 100 million US dollars.
In 1991, Jackson was in full swing and signed with SONY Records. The powerful new owner tailored him a 76-minute brand new album "Dangerous Journey" with 14 songs and in this year, Jackson was revealed to be in the same bed with the 11-year-old boy Macaulay Culkin. Pillow, this incident affected the release of the new album. Although the album has a good sales performance, this time Jackson did not continue to write his legend on the throne of pop music as he wished. In 1992, a wave of non-mainstream music swept the world. With the album "Nevermind>, a little-known band named Nirvana pulled Jackson from the throne he had sat on for more than ten years overnight. Since then, he has never returned to this position. Since then, no one can sit in this position for as long as him.
Jackson tried to change his image. In 1992, he appeared on Oprah Winfrey's talk show. The show shows his savory life in his private back garden. Also talked about his father who dominates everything. However, in 1993, an unexpected thing happened. A young friend of Jackson accused him of sexual harassment, and the media was agitated for a while. He himself was deeply disturbed because of dehydration and cancelled a series of performances. Later, he paid a large sum of compensation and was settled out of court. When Jackson left the United States to hide himself in November 1993, things began to calm down. But since then he admitted that he often relied on painkillers and sought treatment.
After this time, Pepsi-Cola terminated its contract with him. The career of the world's most popular music superstar began to suffer. Scandals ensued one after another and became more and more intense. Although Jackson has achieved certain results during the period, sometimes the stars are still eye-catching, but everything is just the end of the battle. On December 19, 2003, the Santa Barbara District Court in California formally charged Jackson with nine felony counts in the sexual harassment case of Michael Jackson, the king of pop music. If all the above crimes are convicted, Jackson will likely be sentenced to 20 years in prison. Regardless of whether Michael Jackson will be legally proven guilty, it is irrelevant in many respects. The public's perception of Jackson will never be the same as before.
In fact, this is the end of an era—the end of the mythical era of Michael Jackson, the king of pop music. The brilliance of a generation of superstars has passed away, and a myth has come to an end. It's just that people of all kinds have endless conversations and the whole world is crazy.
was once worshipped as a totem idol, why did it collapse in an instant? When we calm down and think carefully about the reasons, our hearts hurt. This is a Peter Pan tragedy. Premature fame, too much exposure and media attention have formed a dazzling halo around Jackson. The real world that should be understood, for him, has been completely isolated from the halo surrounding him by the media. . The media created an environment for him to grow up completely different from ordinary people, but when he finally turned him into a freak, he jumped out and shot a carbine at this former genius. "Neverland" in the fairy tale
is a beautiful paradise in Wendy's dream, but in reality, Jackson's Neverland, under the flash of the media, is more like a horror movie castle. Inside lived Jackson, who looked more and more like a monster. Peter Pan was reluctant to grow up because he missed the beauty of his childhood, but Jackson, who had been a father, had a childhood he had never had before. Childhood not only determined that Jackson would become a musical genius with thousands of favorites, but also determined that he would have all kinds of bizarre behaviors that are not understandable throughout his life. Michael is very rich, and he achieves everything he lacked in his childhood to the maximum!
vaguely remembers the kid in THE JACKSON5 who can sing high notes into the sky, with a flat nose and a curly head. At that time, his singing was incredibly sweet and full of roots. Jackson promoted the huge recording industry, but lost his childhood and the experience of making him an adult. If you were him, when you had the opportunity, would you want to make up for it in other ways? No wonder he is a lot of age but he is getting weird. Poor Jackson, who has never grown up, is already old.
Michael was a god when he was young, and people's cult of him almost reached the extreme. But as he ages and people become more mature, his shortcomings are slowly revealed, and the increasingly rational public has begun to dare to approach this god. Coupled with the help of the media, the public's respect for the god is gradually Become curious, prying and jealous. So God began to humanize, even worse than humans, accusing, smashing the bottom, digging scars, people exhausted all available means, and began to disintegrate this myth that was once so worshipped. So God walked off the altar and was pushed to hell by public opinion! If
says "money is the root of all evil", I believe many people will oppose it. But for Jackson, money is indeed an important factor in deciding where he is today. Because he is too rich, he feels that he can do whatever he wants, can buy everything he likes, and even buy and save his childhood! Because he is too rich, he feels that he is supreme and can settle everything. Even the crime of sexual harassment of children can be dealt with with his huge wealth. Because it's too rich. Crazy squandering has become a habit of life, so that I can't stop being in debt. Because he is so rich, he can shake up a million without hesitation, and let his terrible possessiveness and vanity expand infinitely!
Since then, there is no Jackson in the world! Without his natural voice, pure and innocent. May you find your childhood quietly in heaven, no one will disturb you, and no one will disturb you again! Salute to you, Michael Joseph Jackson!
