Michael Jackson's Impact On R & B And Pop Music

When I sit down and reflect on the music that I listened to growing up, I can think of different songs and it will remind of certain things in my life. My favorite artist, Michael Jackson, has not only been my favorite from the moment I first heard him, but he still has the label for me to this day. Unfortunately, Michael Jackson lived a much shorter life than what I would have hoped for but my appreciation for him grew even more after his passing in 2009 at the age of fifty years old. Michael Jackson had an incredible music career and his impact on R&B and pop music will last for a lifetime. It is very upsetting thinking about all of the music he will never have the chance to make due to his ill-timed death. Whenever I think of his name, I instantly think of a musical genius. He was able to produce songs that appealed to all audiences worldwide, while also

Michael Jackson is one of those artists in which you cannot place his music under one umbrella. If I were to place Jackson under a few genres, they would be pop, R&B, soul and/or funk. When Michael Jackson made his debut in the music world in 1964 as a member of a group with his older brothers, called the Jackson 5. The Jackson 5 were apart of Motown. The music that they performed was mostly under the soul genre. Michael Jackson was able to top the chars as a solo artist and with the Jackson 5. At the age of 13 years old, Michael Jackson launched his solo career. The media commonly refers to Jackson as being the “King of Pop” because during his career he paved the way for modern pop music. In order to be a pop star it involves singing, dancing, and songwriting while it also includes how you do it. Michael Jackson was unique in that he was able to incorporate that and add creativity in to the persona of a pop star. In my opinion, he was every definition of a