Michael Jackson, male, black American.

Michael Joseph Jackson was born on August 29, 1958 in Gary, Indiana. The Jackson family, a working-class African-American family, lived in a three-bedroom house in Gary, an industrial city within the Chicago metropolitan area. In a black family in Gary, a small industrial city in the central United States, the great-grandmother of his father, Joseph Jack Michael, was a descendant of black slaves, and another of his distant ancestors was an Indian.

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Michael is the eighth child of the Jackson family. He and his four brothers Jackie, Tito and Jaime Together with Malone, they formed the Jackson Five, which debuted on the professional music stage in 1964, and then began a solo career in 1971. In the early 1980s, Jackson became a dominant figure in pop music. Music videos for his songs, including "Stay Away," "Billie Jean" and "Thriller," transformed the medium into an art form and promotional tool, and also contributed greatly to breaking down racial barriers.

The popularity of these music videos helped make the then-newly established TV channel Global Music Television famous all over the world. In the 1990s, Jackson recorded a number of music videos including "Black or White" and "Scream". These works marked his continuous innovation ability. The large number of tours during this stage made him equally famous and wealthy abroad. Double harvest.

As a result of Jackson's fame and his stage and film performances, dance techniques named after him such as the "machine step" and the "moonwalk" were popularized. His unique sound and style influenced many artists in hip-hop, late disco, modern R&B, pop and rock music.