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Michael Jackson - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Michael Jackson. Jackson performing in 1. Born. Michael Joseph Jackson(1. August 2. 9, 1. 95.

Gary, Indiana, U. S. Died. June 2. 5, 2. Los Angeles, California, U. S. Cause of death. Cardiac arrest induced by propofol and benzodiazepine intoxication.

Resting place. Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale. Residence. Los Olivos, California, U. S. Occupation. Singer- songwriter, record producer, arranger, dancer, choreographer, actor. Years active. 19. Spouse(s)Parent(s)Relatives. See Jackson family. Musical career. Genres.

Instruments. Vocals, Guitar, Piano. Labels. Associated acts. Website. Michael. Jackson. com. Michael Jackson's short biography explained in a simpleshow way.

Michael Joseph Jackson (August 2. June 2. 5, 2. 00. American singer, songwriter, record producer, dancer and actor who was one of the most famous and successful musicians of all time. He was referred to as "The King of Pop", and was one of the most influential entertainers in the history of Pop music. Jackson started performing with his brothers in The Jackson 5 in 1. In 1. 97. 1, he started a solo career while also being a member of The Jackson 5.

He released the best- selling album of all time, Thriller, in 1. The video for "Thriller" showed him dancing like a zombie and other dancers around him were zombies as well. Thriller'', which includes famous songs like "Beat It" and "Billie Jean," has sold 1. Jackson wrote other well- known songs such as "Bad", "Black or White", "Heal the World" and "Earth Song". His other albums, including Off the Wall (1. Bad (1. 98. 7), Dangerous (1.

HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I (1. He released his last studio album Invincible (2. He is known for popularizing dance moves such as the robot and the moonwalk. He won a lot of awards and broke many records. Guinness World Records says he is the most successful entertainer of all time. Aspects of Jackson's personal life, including his changing appearance, personal relationships, and behavior, generated controversy.

He was accused of child sexual abuse in 1. In 2. 00. 3, Jackson was charged with child sexual abuse by Garvin Arvizo. In 2. 00. 5 Jackson was found not guilty of all charges. While preparing for his comeback concert series, This Is It, Jackson died of an overdose of propofol on June 2. Jackson's doctor, Conrad Murray, was convicted of involuntary manslaughter. On July 7, there was a memorial service for Jackson.

Life and career 1958-1975: Early life and The Jackson 5. Michael Jackson was born on August 29, 1958, in Gary, Indiana to a family of Jehovah's Witnesses.

It was on television and 2. This made it the most watched funeral ever.[2]1. Early life and The Jackson 5[change change source]Michael Jackson was born on August 2. Gary, Indiana to a family of Jehovah's Witnesses. He was the eighth of Katherine and Joe Jackson's ten children. Jackson's father Joseph was a steel mill worker.

On January 1 1. 96. Jackson and his brother Marlon joined their older brothers Jackie, Tito, and Jermaine's band, The Jackson Brothers, in the band's first public performance. Jackson was six years old.[3]When Jackson was 8 he started being the band's main singer with Jermaine. The group's name then changed to The Jackson 5. The group won an important talent show in 1.

In 1. 96. 8 they were signed to a famous record label called Motown Records. Their first Motown single "I Want You Back" was No. US. In 1. 97. 1 Jackson released his first song singing on his own, "Got to Be There" from his album "Got to Be There". It reached No. 4 in the Billboard 1. Three more singles were released from the album. On August 4, 1. 97. Ben was released.

The single "Ben" was his first solo No. In 1. 97. 4 Jackson hosted the first American Music Awards with Donny Osmond, Rodney Allen Rippy, and Ricky Segall. In 1. 97. 5 The Jackson 5 left Motown. They were signed to CBS Records in June 1. On CBS Records they changed their name to The Jacksons.

Move to Epic and Off the Wall[change change source]In 1. The Jacksons got their own TV show on CBS. The show was cancelled in March 1. On October 2. 4, 1.

The Wiz was released. The movie was a remake of The Wizard of Oz with all black actors. Jackson acted as Scarecrow. On December 1. 7 1. The Jacksons' twelfth album was released.

It was the first album they had produced. Jackson wrote the album's second single "Shake Your Body (Down to the Ground)" with Randy Jackson. It reached No. 7 in the US Hot 1. In December 1. 97. Jackson started making his first solo album on Epic Records, Off the Wall with Quincy Jones.

It was released on August 1. The album got good reviews and a Grammy Award for Best Male R& B Vocal Performance. The Jacksons' thirteenth album Triumph was released 1.

Thriller, the best- selling album of all time[change change source]In 1. Jackson sung "Somewhere in the Dark" for the E. T. soundtrack. It won a Grammy for Best Recording for Children in 1.

That year Jackson won seven other Grammys for his album Thriller. On October 1. 8 1. Thriller, "The Girl Is Mine", was released. It was sung with Paul Mc. Cartney. Some people thought that the album wasn't going to be very good because of the song. Jackson's sixth solo album Thriller was released on November 3. Jackson didn't do a tour for the album.

This album went on to become the best- selling album of all time. In 1. 98. 3 Jackson made three songs with Freddie Mercury.[4]1. Pepsi, "We Are the World", and business career[change change source]"Somebody's Watching Me", a single by Rockwell with Jackson singing on the chorus, was released January 1.

It reached number one in Spain and France.[5]On January 2. Michael and other members of the Jacksons filmed a Pepsi Cola commercial. Michael's hair caught on fire and he was rushed to hospital.[6] Pepsi gave Jackson $1. He gave it to the Brotman Medical Center in Culver City, California. In May 1. 98. 4 "Farewell My Summer Love", a song that Jackson made it 1. It reached number seven in the UK Singles Chart. The Jacksons' album Victory was released on July 2, 1.

Between July and December 1. Jackson toured with his brothers. He won eight awards at the 1. American Music Awards, the most anyone has ever won at once. He also won Best International Solo Artist and Best International Album at the BRIT Awards. Jermaine Jackson released his tenth album, Jermaine Jackson.

Michael sang on a song from the album, "Tell Me I'm Not Dreamin' (Too Good to Be True)". It was nominated for Best R& B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals at the 1. Grammy Awards. In August 1. Jackson bought music publisher. ATV Music for $4. They owned the rights to The Beatles.

Jackson wrote "We Are the World" with Lionel Richie in 1. The song was recorded by USA for Africa. It was released as a single around the world to make money to give to starving people in Africa.

It sold over 2. 0 million copies. It also won four Grammy Awards. Bad, films and autobiography[change change source]In August 1.

Bad was released. Jackson wanted it to sell 1. It has sold over 3. Five of the album's seven singles were No. US. They were "I Just Can't Stop Loving You", "Bad", "The Way You Make Me Feel", "Man in the Mirror" and "Dirty Diana". Until Katy Perry's success with her 2.

Teenage Dream, Jackson was the only musician to ever have had that many singles from one album be No. From September 1.

January 1. 98. 9, Jackson did the Bad World Tour. This was the first tour that he did on his own. In 1. 98. 8 Moonwalk, a book that Jackson wrote about his life, was published. It took Jackson four years to write. The book sold 2. 00,0. Jackson then released Moonwalker, a movie he made. In 1. 98. 9 some video games about the movie were released by U.

S. Gold. In 1. 98. Disneyland and ETCOT started showing a short film called Captain EO that had Jackson in it. Jackson sang "You Were There" at Sammy Davis Jr.'s 6. He was nominated for an Emmy Award for it.

The Jacksons released their last album 2. Jackson Street in 1. Michael sung on the album's second single 2.

Jackson Street with his brothers and two of their sisters, Janet and Rebbie. Michael was also in the music video for the song.

Dwayne Johnson - Wikipedia. This article is about the American actor and professional wrestler known as The Rock. For other uses, see The Rock (disambiguation). Dwayne Douglas Johnson (born May 2, 1.

The Rock, is an American actor, producer and professional wrestler. Johnson was a college football player for the University of Miami, where he won a national championship on the 1.

Miami Hurricanes team. After being cut from the Calgary Stampeders of CFL two months into the 1. Johnson began training for a career in professional wrestling, following in the footsteps of various family members, including his grandfather and his father, Rocky Johnson, from whom he inherited Canadian citizenship in 2. Widely regarded as one of the greatest professional wrestlers of all time,[8][9][1. Johnson gained mainstream fame in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) from 1. He returned to WWE part- time from 2. In wrestling, Johnson's accomplishments including being an eight time.

WWF/WWE Champion, two time. WCW/World Champion, two time.

WWF Intercontinental Champion and a five time. WWF Tag Team Champion. He is the sixth Triple Crown Champion in WWE and won the 2. Royal Rumble. Johnson's autobiography The Rock Says.. No. 1 on The New York Times Best Seller list in 2.

Johnson's first leading film role was in The Scorpion King in 2. For this, he was paid US$5. One of his more prominent roles is Luke Hobbs in The Fast and the Furious franchise.

Johnson hosted and produced The Hero, a reality competition series and has since continued to produce TV shows and films through his production company Seven Bucks Productions. In 2. 01. 3, Forbes listed Johnson No. Top 1. 00 Most Powerful Celebrities and has been in the top twenty every year since.[1. He was the world's highest- paid actor of 2. Time named him one of the 1. In 2. 01. 5, Muscle & Fitness named Johnson their "Man of the Century".[1. Early life and football career.

Dwayne Douglas Johnson was born on May 2, 1. Hayward, California, the son of Ata Johnson (née Maivia) and professional wrestler Rocky Johnson (born Wayde Douglas Bowles).

His maternal grandfather, "High Chief" Peter Maivia, was also a wrestler, and his maternal grandmother, Lia Maivia, was one of wrestling's few female promoters, taking over Polynesian Pacific Pro Wrestling after her husband's death in 1. Johnson's father is Canadian, a Black Nova Scotian, while his mother is of Samoan descent.[2. His father was part of the first black tag team to win the World Tag Team Championship in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF).[2. Through his mother, he is considered a non- blood relative of the Anoa'i wrestling family.[2. His cousin, Savelina Fanene, is also a wrestler currently working for WWE.[3.

Johnson briefly lived in the suburb of Grey Lynn in Auckland, New Zealand with his mother's family.[3. He attended Richmond Road Primary School, before returning to the United States with his parents.[3. He spent 1. 0th grade at President William Mc.

Kinley High School in Honolulu, Hawaii. As he entered 1. 1th grade, his father's job required his relocation to Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, where Dwayne began playing football at Freedom High School in the East Penn Conference.[2. He was also a member of the school's track and field and wrestling teams.[2. Johnson was a promising football prospect and received offers from many Division I collegiate programs.

He decided on a full scholarship from the University of Miami, playing defensive tackle. In 1. 99. 1, he was on the Miami Hurricanes's national championshipteam.[3. When an injury sidelined him, he was replaced by future National Football League (NFL) star Warren Sapp.[2. While attending Miami, Johnson met his future wife, Dany Garcia, who graduated from the university in 1. Board of Trustees.[3. She also founded a Miami- based wealth management firm.

In 2. 00. 6, the couple donated $2 million to build a living room at the University's Newman Alumni Center. Johnson graduated from Miami in 1. Bachelor of General Studies degree in criminology and physiology.[3. He joined the Calgary Stampeders of the Canadian Football League in 1. He was on the practice roster as a backup linebacker but was cut two months into the season.[2. On November 1. 0, 2. Johnson returned to the Miami Orange Bowl to participate in the festivities surrounding the University of Miami's last home football game at the stadium.

Professional wrestling career. Training (1. 99. 5–1. Like his father and grandfather, several of Johnson's other (non- blood) relatives are or were professional wrestlers, including his uncles, Afa and Sika Anoaʻi (The Wild Samoans) and his cousins, Rodney (Yokozuna), Solofa (Rikishi), Matt (Rosey) and Eddie (Umaga).[3. When Johnson declared his intent to become a wrestler, his father initially resisted, but then agreed to train him himself, warning that he would not go easy on him.[2. Veteran wrestler Pat Patterson got Johnson several tryout matches with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) in 1. Under his real name, he defeated The Brooklyn Brawler at a house show[3.

Chris Candido and Owen Hart.[3. After wrestling at Jerry Lawler's United States Wrestling Association as Flex Kavana[5] and winning the USWA World Tag Team Championship twice with Bart Sawyer in the summer of 1. Johnson signed a WWF contract. He received additional training from Tom Prichard, alongside Achim Albrecht and Mark Henry.[6]World Wrestling Federation/Entertainment. Intercontinental Champion (1. Johnson made his WWF debut as Rocky Maivia, a combination of his father and grandfather's ring names, although his real name was acknowledged by the announcers.[3. He was initially reluctant to take this ring name but was persuaded by Vince Mc.

Mahon and Jim Ross.[1. He was given the nickname "The Blue Chipper" and his lineage was played to on TV, where he was hyped as the WWF's first third- generation wrestler.[3] Maivia, a clean- cut face character, was pushed heavily from the start despite his wrestling inexperience.

He debuted on Monday Night Raw as a member of Marc Mero's entourage on November 4, 1. Survivor Series on November 1. Crush and Goldust.[4. WWF fans generally rejected him because of his cheesy character.[4. On February 1. 3, 1. Intercontinental Championship from Hunter Hearst Helmsley on Monday Night Raw.[4. Maivia successfully defended the title at In Your House 1.

Final Four against Hunter Hearst Helmsley and at Wrestle. Mania 1. 3 against The Sultan. He defeated Bret Hart by disqualification in a title defense on March 3. Raw is War.[4. 7] On April 2. In Your House 1. 4: Revenge of the 'Taker, he lost to Savio Vega by countout, retaining the title for the final time.

Audiences became increasingly hostile toward Maivia, with chants of "Die, Rocky, die!" and "Rocky sucks!" being heard during his matches.[2][5][1. The Nation of Domination (1. After losing the Intercontinental Championship to Owen Hart on the April 2.

Raw Is War[4. 8] and suffering a legitimate knee injury in a match against Mankind,[2] Maivia returned in August 1. Faarooq, D'Lo Brown and Kama in the stable called the Nation of Domination.[4. During this time, he refused to acknowledge the Rocky Maivia name, instead referring to himself in the third person as The Rock, though he would still be billed as Rocky "The Rock" Maivia until 1. As The Rock, he insulted the audience in his promos as well as WWF television interviewers, once calling Kevin Kelly an "ugly hermaphrodite".[4. At D- Generation X: In Your House, Stone Cold Steve Austin defeated The Rock in under six minutes to retain the Intercontinental Championship.[5. The next night on Raw Is War, Austin was ordered by Mr.

Mc. Mahon to defend the title in a rematch, but forfeited it to The Rock instead, handing him the title belt before hitting him with the Stone Cold Stunner.[5. Watch Season 1 South Park there. The Rock feuded with Austin and Ken Shamrock through the end of 1. On the March 3. 0 episode of Raw is War, The Rock debuted a new Intercontinental Championship belt which was used to represent the title until October 2, 2.