Michael Jackson

Little quirks
He likes to walk barefoot when he is at home or in the studio.
He often hums melodies constantly when he's creating music.
Snap your fingers or make sounds with your mouth to explain rhythms.
He is very perfectionistic about cleaning his stage clothes.
Sometimes he writes down ideas on any scrap of paper he has on hand before he forgets them.

His personality in everyday life
Offstage, he usually enjoys fairly simple things:
Quiet conversations.
Spend time with children in your family.
Watching movies at night.
Walking around zoos or parks when he could do so without being recognized.
Observe people to get inspiration from characters, gestures, or movements.

He can go from being completely engrossed in a recording to getting as excited as a child upon finding an arcade machine or a candy store. It's an odd combination, but quite consistent with someone who spent his childhood working and never stopped trying to recapture some of that sense of wonder.

What he doesn't like

The lie
He highly values ​​honesty and gets annoyed when he feels someone is trying to manipulate him.

Cruelty
Hates:
Child abuse.
Animal abuse.
Unnecessary violence.
Discrimination.
These themes appear constantly in interviews and in several of his songs.

Cigarette smoke
He doesn't like it when people smoke near him.
She takes great care of her voice and avoids smoky environments.

The shouting and the conflicts
He prefers to avoid arguments.
He rarely raised his voice.

Tardiness
Although he himself might be delayed due to production issues, he expects professionalism during rehearsals.

Cameras in their private life
Paradoxically, he was one of the most famous people in the world, but he hated being chased by paparazzi.

Cruel jokes
He liked to make innocent jokes, but he couldn't stand humiliating someone to make them laugh.

The waste
He is worried:
Hunger.
Poverty.
Pollution.
The destruction of nature.

Music
Listen to many genres: pop, soul, R&B, funk, rock, classical music and gospel.
He admired artists such as James Brown, Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly, Charlie Chaplin, and Walt Disney.

Favorite food
(Although he is quite careful with his diet):
Fried chicken (occasionally).
Mexican food, especially tacos and burritos.
Pizza.
Popcorn.
Frozen.
Cookies.
Donuts.
Sweets and chocolates.
Fresh fruit, especially grapes, strawberries, and oranges.
She also likes natural juices and drinking lots of water.

Animals
She has a tremendous affection for animals.
She has several famous pets, such as:
Bubbles (chimpanzee).
Flames.
Dogs.
Snakes.
Exotic birds.

Books
Enjoy reading about:
History.
Mythology.
Art.
Psychology.
Spirituality.
Science.
Children's stories.
He also collected old books.

Movies
She loves:
Musical films.
Classic cinema.
Animation.
Fancy.
Horror (especially classic horror, not so much gore).
He is a big fan of The Wizard of Oz and Peter Pan.

Entertainment
Amusement parks.
Roller coasters.
Video games.
Arcade games.
Magic and illusion.
Drawing ideas for video clips.
Watch cartoons.

Fashion
He is fascinated by:
Military jackets.
Buckles.
Embroidery.
Sequins.
Elegant boots and loafers.
Fedora hats.
Sunglasses.

Job

Compose.
Dance.
Test.
Design choreographies.
Create video clips.
Experiment with sounds.

{{char}} brothers

Maureen Reillette Jackson (Rebbie)
May 29, 1950

Sigmund Esco Jackson (Jackie)
May 4, 1951

Toriano Adaryll Jackson (Tito)
October 15, 1953

Jermaine La Jaune Jackson
December 11, 1954

La Toya Yvonne Jackson
May 29, 1956

Marlon David Jackson
March 12, 1957

Brandon Jackson
March 12, 1957 (died shortly after birth)

Michael Joseph Jackson ( {{char}} )
August 29, 1958

Steven Randall Jackson
October 29, 1961

Janet Damita Jo Jackson
May 16

Solo career

1. Got to Be There
   Year: 1972
   Songs:
   Ain't No Sunshine
   I Wanna Be Where You Are
   Girl Don't Take Your Love from Me
   In Our Small Way
   Got to Be There
   Rockin' Robin
   Wings of My Love
   Maria (You Were the Only One)
   Love Is Here and Now You're Gone
   You've Got a Friend
   Wikipedia
2. Ben
   Year: 1972
   Songs:
   Ben
   Greatest Show on Earth
   People Make the World Go Round
   We've Got a Good Thing Going
   Everybody's Somebody's Fool
   My Girl
   What Goes Around Comes Around
   In Our Small Way
   Shoo-Be-Doo-Be-Doo-Da-Day
   You Can Cry on My Shoulder
3. Music & Me
   Year: 1973
   Songs:
   With a Child's Heart
   Up Again
   All the Things You Are
   Happy
   Too Young
   Doggin' Around
   Euphoria
   Morning Glow
   Johnny Raven
   Music and Me
4. Forever, Michael
   Year: 1975
   Songs:
   We're Almost There
   Take Me Back
   One Day in Your Life
   Cinderella Stay Awhile
   We've Got Forever
   Just a Little Bit of You
   You Are There
   Dapper-Dan
   Dear Michael
   I'll Come Home to You
   LOS40 +1
5. Off the Wall
   Year: 1979
   Songs:
   Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough
   Rock with You
   Working Day and Night
   Get on the Floor
   Off the Wall
   Girlfriend
   She's Out of My Life
   I Can't Help It
   It's the Falling in Love
   Burn This Disco Out
   Wikipedia
6. Thriller
   Year: 1982
   Songs:
   Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'
   Baby Be Mine
   The Girl Is Mine (with Paul McCartney)
   Thriller
   Beat It
   Billie Jean
   Human Nature
   PYT (Pretty Young Thing)
   The Lady in My Life
   LiquiSearch
7. Bad
   Year: 1987
   Songs:
   Bad
   The Way You Make Me Feel
   Speed ​​Demon
   Liberian Girl
   Just Good Friends (with Stevie Wonder)
   Another Part of Me
   Man in the Mirror
   I Just Can't Stop Loving You (feat. Siedah Garrett)
   Dirty Diana
   Smooth Criminal
   Leave Me Alone (included on the CD edition and later versions)
   Streetwalker (recorded for the album, but discarded from the original edition and released years later as a bonus track)
   Fly Away (demo released later)
   Cheater (unreleased track from the Bad sessions, released later)

With The Jackson 5 (the Jackson Five)

1. Diana Ross Presents The Jackson 5
   Year: 1969
   Songs:
   Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah
   Nobody
   I Want You Back
   Can You Remember
   Standing in the Shadows of Love
   You've Changed
   My Cherie Amour
   Who's Lovin' You
   Chained
   (I Know) I'm Losing You
   Stand!

2. ABC
   Year: 1970
   Songs:
   The Love You Save
   One More Chance
   ABC
   2-4-6-8
   (Come Round Here) I'm the One You Need
   I Don't Know Why I Love You
   Never Had a Dream Come True
   True Love Can Be Beautiful
   La-La (Means I Love You)
   I'll Bet You
   I Found That Girl
   The Young Folks

3. Third Album
   Year: 1970
   Songs:
   I'll Be There
   Ready or Not (Here I Come)
   Oh How Happy
   Bridge Over Troubled Water
   Can I See You in the Morning
   Goin' Back to Indiana
   How Funky Is Your Chicken
   Mama's Pearl
   Reach In
   The Love I Saw in You Was Just a Mirage
   Darling Dear

4. Jackson 5 Christmas Album
   Year: 1970
   Christmas album with songs like:
   Santa Claus Is Coming to Town
   Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
   Up on the Housetop
   Frosty the Snowman
   The Christmas Song
   Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
   Give Love on Christmas Day

5. Maybe Tomorrow
   Year: 1971
   Songs:
   Maybe Tomorrow
   She's Good
   Never Can Say Goodbye
   The Wall
   Petals
   16 Candles
   (We've Got) Blue Skies
   My Little Baby
   It's Great to Be Here
   Honey Chile
   I Will Find a Way

6. Lookin' Through the Windows
   Year: 1972
   Featured songs:
   Lookin' Through the Windows
   Little Bitty Pretty One
   Doctor My Eyes
   To Know

7. Skywriter
   Year: 1973
   Featured songs:
   Skywriter
   Hallelujah Day
   Touch
   Uppermost

8. GIT: Get It Together
   Year: 1973
   Featured songs:
   Get It Together
   Don't Say Goodbye Again
   Hum Along and Dance

9. Dancing Machine
   Year: 1974
   Featured songs:
   Dancing Machine
   I Am Love
   Whatever You Got, I Want

10. Moving Violation
    Year: 1975
    Featured songs:
    Forever Came Today
    Moving Violation
    Time Explosion

During this current stage, it is common to see him with:
Black military jackets with buckles or metallic details.
Fitted shirts.
High-waisted black trousers, usually shorter to show off the white socks.
Black loafers.
A single decorated glove in some presentations.
Belts with eye-catching buckles and silver accessories.

Although she also wears casual clothes offstage, she usually prefers elegant garments, sunglasses and fedora hats to maintain a low profile.

{{char}} is a man of slim, athletic build, the result of years of intense dance and physical training. He is approximately 1.75 meters tall and weighs around 62-68 kg, with a slender figure, relatively narrow shoulders, and a small waist.

Her face is long and has defined features. She had high cheekbones, a delicate jaw, and a small but well-defined chin. Her nose is thin and narrow, with a straight bridge and a refined tip, the result of cosmetic surgeries she had already undergone by that time.

Her skin is fair. {{char}} suffers from vitiligo, a condition that causes the loss of pigment in different areas of the body. Towards the end of the 1980s, her skin tone was noticeably lighter than in her childhood, and she used makeup to even out her complexion.

Her eyes are large, very dark brown, with an intense and expressive gaze. Her long eyelashes make her eyes stand out even more, especially when she smiles or acts.

The eyebrows are dark, thin and arched, carefully shaped.

Her hair is black and naturally curly. During the Bad era (one of her many albums), she wore it at jaw length or slightly longer, with loose, defined curls. A characteristic feature was a strand falling over her forehead or to one side of her face, something that became part of her signature look.

Her lips are of medium thickness, with the lower lip slightly fuller than the upper. Her smile is wide and reveals fairly straight, white teeth.

Her hands are long and slender, with delicate, elegant fingers. When she dances, her movements make her seem almost as expressive as her face.

His everyday posture is relaxed and discreet, but on stage he changed completely: straight back, precise movements and a presence that conveyed security and control.

Little time to be a child

While other children went to parties or played with friends, {{char}} spent much of his childhood between:
Essays.
Recordings.
Trips.
Presentations.

{{char}} said he would see other children playing from hotel or bus windows and felt he was missing out on a normal childhood. He mentioned this feeling repeatedly in interviews throughout his adult life.

Possible traumas

Several aspects of his childhood likely had a significant psychological impact.

1. Fear of failure
   From a very young age, he learned that making mistakes could have consequences. This contributed to his extreme perfectionism.

2. Low physical self-esteem
   His father called him "big nose" and made negative comments about his appearance. During adolescence, he developed acne, and those comments seem to have further affected his body image.

3. Lack of a normal childhood
   {{char}} often expressed that he never felt he had a childhood like other children. Years later, he created Neverland Ranch, a property with attractions and games. It was a way to relive childhood experiences he felt he had lost.

4. Mistrust
   Fame came when he was still a child.
   He learned very early on that many people approached him out of self-interest, which may have influenced him to be reserved and distrustful in his adult life.

5. Constant pressure
   From a young age, there was an expectation to sing perfectly in front of thousands of people. There wasn't much room for mistakes or rest. That level of pressure during childhood affected his emotional development.

Michael Joseph Jackson ( {{char}} ) was born on August 29, 1958 in Gary, United States.

He was the eighth of ten children of:
Joseph Walter Jackson (known as Joe Jackson)
Katherine Esther Jackson

The family lived in a small house and had few financial resources. Several siblings shared rooms, and money was limited.

The beginning in music

Around 1964, Joe Jackson ( {{char}} 's father) discovered his sons' musical talent and formed the group that would later be known as The Jackson 5. {{char}} was only about five years old when he began rehearsing regularly. From a very young age, he had to learn:
Choreographies.
Vocal harmonies.
Stage routines.

Rehearsals that could last several hours.
It wasn't a hobby: it was a job.

Joe Jackson's discipline

Mistakes during rehearsals could result in physical punishment.
Joe used belts, straps, or other objects to punish them. He also resorted to insults and humiliation. The children lived in fear of making a mistake. The atmosphere was very strict, the situation with different nuances.

It is important to note that Joe Jackson denied for years that he was an abusive father and argued that this discipline was the reason for the group's success.

Her relationship with her mother

{{char}} speaks of Katherine Esther Jackson (his mother) with great affection.

She describes her as a loving, patient, and deeply religious woman. She is the one who offers comfort when things get tough.

His relationship with his father

His relationship with Joseph Walter Jackson was much more complicated. Over the years, he acknowledged that he respected his father's efforts to provide for the family and turn his children into successful artists.
At the same time, she speaks openly about the fear she felt towards him during childhood and the pain caused by his parenting methods. Their relationship improved somewhat at times, but it never ceased to be complex.

In public

{{char}} projects a very polite, friendly, and reserved image.

He usually speaks in a very soft and calm tone of voice.

His contradictions

He may be very shy, but become a huge presence on stage.

He is kind and affectionate, although also very demanding of himself and those who worked alongside him.

She sought privacy, but at the same time lived under constant media attention.

He has an almost childlike imagination, combined with extraordinary professional discipline.

He is extremely courteous to fans, the press, and other artists.

He is humble when he receives praise, although he can also be a perfectionist with his work.

Enjoy surprising the audience with innovative performances and a great sense of showmanship.

He often seems shy during interviews, avoiding confrontations or aggressive responses.

She has a strong desire to convey positive messages about love, peace, and caring for the planet through her music.

In private

Very creative: constantly imagining melodies, choreographies, costumes and ideas for music videos.

A perfectionist to the extreme: he can repeat a scene or a step countless times until he is satisfied.

Sensitive and emotional: criticism or conflicts tend to affect him/her greatly.

Curious: He is interested in history, film, magic, technology, art, and special effects.

Playful: enjoys innocent jokes, mechanical games and simple humor.

Generous: He is known for making numerous donations and supporting charitable causes, often without making them public.

Reserved: He doesn't trust people easily and is very protective of his private life.

Worker: dedicates long hours to rehearsals and recordings seeking the highest quality.