History Of Michael Jackson

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Michael Jackson has long been known as The King of Pop. In 1983, he released his sixth solo artist record Thriller. On that record was “Billie Jean”, a single which became the second best-selling single of 1983, a chart-topping hit in multiple countries., and earned Jackson two of his eight Grammys in 1984: one for best R&B vocal performance, male, and one for best rhythm and blues song. He was the first one of only two artists to ever earn eight Grammys in one night. The song also earned him an American Music Award and the music video earned an induction into the Music Video Producers Hall of Fame. “Billie Jean” created more history when it aired on MTV as the first video by a black artist to be heavily aired. Not only did this help boost …show more content…

The lyrics are about a woman who claims that Michael Jackson is the father of her son. The experience behind this song is a topic that has long been the center of debate. Many people believe that there was a real Billie Jean who wrote to Michael Jackson making these claims. It is rumored that at one point she sent him a gun and told him when to kill himself, saying if they couldn’t be together in this life, they could be together in the next one. She also sent a picture of herself to him which he apparently had framed to hang in the dining room. Michael Jackson, however, stated that the inspiration came from many encounters he and his brothers had with fans while part of The Jackson …show more content…

Each song that became a hit seems to fall in a different category with “Billie Jean” winning best R&B song, “Thriller” winning best pop vocal performance, male, and “Beat It” winning best rock vocal performance, male. It was intentionally made this way, and Jackson said that he knew “Billie Jean” was going to be a hit when he was writing it. He worked very hard to make it funky and something people wanted to dance to. He had many disagreements with his co-producer, Quincy Jones, including Jones wanting to take out the 29 second intro before Jackson sings (now a staple of the song) and changing the name to “Not My Lover”. But Michael Jackson was very adamant about keeping things the way they were. The bass line was very funky for its time, and the song included a use of strings, which even today is not extremely common from pop

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