Michael Joseph Jackson (born August 29, 1958) is an American recording artist, entertainer, and businessman. The seventh child of the Jackson family, he debuted on the professional music scene at the age of 11 as a member of The Jackson 5 and began a solo career in 1971 while still a member of the group. Referred to as the “King of Pop” in subsequent years, five of his solo studio albums have become some of the world’s best-selling records: Off the Wall (1979), Thriller (1982), Bad (1987), Dangerous (1991) and HIStory (1995).
In the early 1980s, he became a dominant figure in popular music and the first African-American entertainer to amass a strong crossover following on MTV. The popularity of his music videos airing on MTV, such as “Beat It“, “Billie Jean” and Thrillercredited for transforming the music video into an art form and a promotional toolhelped bring the relatively new channel to fame. Videos such as “Black or White” and “Scream” kept Jackson as a staple on MTV into the 1990s. With stage performances and music videos, Jackson popularized a number of physically complicated dance techniques, such as the robot and the moonwalk. His distinctive musical sound and vocal style influenced numerous hip hop, pop and contemporary R&B artists….
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Majkl Dozef Dekson je ro?en u Geriju, Indijana (industrijsko predgra?e u ?ikago, Ilionis) u radni?koj porodici 29. avgusta 1958. godine.
Majkl Dekson (engl. Michael Joseph Jackson) je ameri?ki muzi?ar i izvo?a?. Kao sedmo dete porodice Dekson, debitovao je na profesionalnoj muzi?koj sceni sa jedanaest godina kao ?lan grupe Dekson 5. Dekson je zapo?eo solo karijeru 1971. dok je jo bio ?lan grupe. Po?etkom osamdesetih postao je dominantna figura u pop muzici kao prvi Afro-Amerikanac, izvo?a? koji je imao snaan publicitet na tada mladoj televiziji MTV. Proglaen je za Kralja popa, a pet njegovih studijskih albuma su jedni od najprodavanijih materijala u muzi?koj industriji: Off the wall (1979), Thriller (1982), Bad (1987), Dangerous (1991) i HIStory (1995).
Popularnost njegovih spotova na MTV-u se ogledaju u pesmama poput: “Beat It”, “Billie Jean” i “Thriller”prepoznatljivi po transformaciji videova do umetni?kih dela i promotivnih alatki pomogli su doprinoenju mlade televizije slavi. Spotovi kao to su “Black or White” i “Scream” su postavili Deksona na vrhu MTV-a i tokom devedesetih. Sa scenskim nastupima i spotovima, Dekson je popularizovao fizi?ki komplikovane igra?ke tehnike, kao to je robot i “moonwalk”. Njegov prepoznatljivi muzi?ki zvuk i vokalni stil je uticajan na mnoge hip hop, pop i R&B izvo?a?e.
