Michael Jackson was born in 1958 into a working-class family of nine children. Very early on, he sang with his older brothers in the group "The Jackson Five". One day, he was spotted by the president of the Motown label, and success quickly followed. Michael began a solo career at the age of 13 with a first album in 1979.
In 1982, all sales records were broken with the album Thriller . The Michael Jackson phenomenon was born with his video clips like short films. A dance step – the Moonwalk – became famous throughout the world. Subsequently, successes followed one after the other with the albums Bad (1987), Dangerous (1991), Invicible (2001). Thus, Michael Jackson entered the Guinness Book of Records, breaking eight records in his career. However, this sanctification was marred by a tumultuous private life. A worrying state of health due to numerous cosmetic surgery operations. In addition, Michael Jackson was accused several times of acts of pedophilia, the complaints having not resulted in any conviction during his lifetime. Finally, on June 25, 2009, after falling into a coma, Michael Jackson died in Los Angeles from a drug overdose.
