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MICHAEL JACKSON
Michael Joseph Jackson was born on 29th August, 1958. He was an American singer/songwriter, entertainer and businessman. Jackson began career in music at the age of 11 with his brothers in The Jackson 5 and his solo career in 1971.
He is referred to as the "King of Pop" and his 1982 “Thriller” album remains the world’s best selling album. In the 1980’s, Michael Jackson became a huge figure in American pop music and culture due in large part to his videos "Beat It," "Billie Jean" and "Thriller" which were widely credited with transforming the music video from a promotional tool into an art form. Jackson also popularized a number of physically complicated dance techniques, such as ''The Moonwalk'' and his distinctive musical sound and vocal style has influenced many hip hop, pop music and contemporary R&B artists across several generations. Jackson raised millions of dollars for charity, and supported 39 different charities in all.
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He has won 13 Grammy Awards, charted 13 number one singles in his solo career and posted sales of over 750 million records worldwide. Further achievements include winning the award for “Most Successful Entertainer of All Time". In recent years controversy over Michael Jackson’s personal life damaged his career, however, he was due to kick off a series of 50 live performances in 2009. Sadly, after collapsing at his home on 25th June 2009 he was taken to hospital, where he later died aged 50.
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Janet Jackson
Janet Jackson is one of pop music’s most successful artists of all time. Billboard magazine reported that Janet Jackson was the second most successful female artist of all time and the ninth most successful solo artist in Rock and Roll history. It was Janet’s seminal, 1986 album “Control” that allowed her step out of the shadow of the Jackson family and into the light, to stake her claim as a serious recording music artist.
Janet Jackson was the youngest of nine kids and came from the show business family ‘The Jackson’s’ Jackson was born in Gary, Indiana, although most of her childhood was spent in a wealthy neighbourhood in California, as the Jackson 5 (a band that consisted of her older brothers) had become hugely successful. From an early age, Janet Jackson never longed to be an entertainer, although being an entertainer was a prerequisite if you were a member of the Jackson family.
By age 16 Janet had recorded her debut album “Janet Jackson”, the album was a commercial flop and so was her next album “Dream Street”. It wasn’t until 1986 that the world sat up and took notice of Janet Jackson. By this time Janet had become disillusioned with her father Joe Jackson's management and decided to take command of her own career, hence the name of the album “Control”.
"Control" marked the beginning of Janet Jackson’s partnership with now legendary production duo Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis (who were once managed by Prince). The collaboration on "Control" helped skyrocket the career of Janet and the production duo, the album went on to sell 10 million records worldwide and won Grammys, American Music awards and Billboard music awards.
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Janet has since scored 6 multi-platinum albums, selling over 100 million records worldwide and has had 10, Billboard hot 100, number one singles. Janet’s legacy is defined by her ability to constantly push the bar in relation to choreography, music videos and stage shows, for someone that never wanted to go into entertainment Janet Jackson really has become the archetypal all around entertainer. Janet has influenced a whole crop of younger artists such as Destiny’s Child, Ciara and even Britney Spears, some of whom have commented on her influence on them, which all goes to prove that Janet Jackson has set the benchmark for mainstream female performers throughout her career. Janet continues to record and perform and will release her second compilation album "Number 1’s" in November 2009.
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