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Michael Jackson
said
I have no problem with them imitating [me]. It's a compliment. Everybody has to start out looking up to someone.
— On pop groups like N'Sync, as quoted in interview in TV Guide (1 November 2001)
Michael Jackson
American singer, songwriter, record producer, and dancer (1958–2009)
- Audience38.3M
- Fame99.0
- Momentum5.3
Source-basedLegacy
38.3M youtube followers
- Audience38.3M
- Fame99.0
- Momentum5.3
- Global rank#3
- United States rank#3
- Musicians rank#1
Lived 1958–2009, aged 51United States
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Summary
Updated 2026-07-17
The propulsive global dominance came from making visual spectacle inseparable from pop music itself — the moonwalk, the lean, the videos that turned MTV into a cultural force — and from sales figures that still stand as records decades later.
Biography
About
The eighth child of the Jackson family, he fronted the Jackson 5 at six and went solo with Off the Wall in 1979. Thriller arrived in 1982 and became the best-selling album in history; its videos for "Thriller," "Beat It," and "Billie Jean" redefined the medium and broke racial barriers on television. Bad in 1987 spun five US number-one singles, a first. From the mid-1980s onward, scrutiny over his appearance and personal life intensified; he was accused of child abuse in 1993, which did not lead to charges, and acquitted of further allegations in 2005. He died in June 2009 from a propofol over…
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Michael Jackson
said
Michael Jackson: There's a time for this, and this you should not do. You should not go out and say, 'Oh he's Jacko'. I'm not a "Jacko".
— 7 September 1997 televised interview with Barbara Walters, referring to the media, tabloids, and his reputation
Michael Jackson
said
Do not judge a person, Do not pass a judgement on anyone unless you've talked to them one-on-one. I don't care what the story is...OK, number one.
— 10 February 1993 interview with Oprah Winfrey
Michael Jackson
said
I feel fortunate for being that instrument through which music flows. I'm just the source through which it comes. I can't take credit for it because it's God's work.
— May 1992 Ebony/Jet interview with Robert E. Johnson
Michael Jackson
said
If you enter this world knowing you are loved and you leave this world knowing the same, then everything that happens in between can be dealt with.
— Dancing the Dream (1992), also used in his funeral invitation. Quoted in "Dead stars and classic art will surround Michael Jackson" in
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- 7even2008
- HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I1995
- HIStory LIFEstyle Promo CD1995
- Dangerous1991
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Fame
Stable99.0
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Momentum5.3
Historical54.0
Now attention14.0
Source confidence95.0
Completeness90.0
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