Michael Joseph Jackson (August 29, 1958 – June 25, 2009) was an American singer, songwriter, record producer, dancer, and actor. Called the King of Pop, his contributions to music, dance and fashion along with his publicized personal life made him a global figure in popular culture for over four decades.
In the early 1980s, Jackson became a dominant figure in popular music. His music videos, including those of "Beat It", "Billie Jean", and "Thriller" from his 1982 album Thriller, are credited with breaking racial barriers and transforming the medium into an art form and promotional tool. The?popularity?of these videos helped bring the television channel MTV to fame. Jackson's 1987 album Bad spawned the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles "I Just Can't Stop Loving You", "Bad", "The Way You Make Me Feel", "Man in the Mirror", and "Dirty Diana", becoming the first album to have five number-one singles on the Billboard Hot 100.
早在20世紀(jì)80年代,邁克爾·杰克遜就開始成為流行音樂中的頂尖人物。他的MV包括《Beat It》,《Billie Jean》和1982年的專輯《Thriller》中的《Thriller》,都被稱贊,打破了種族隔閡還使其成為一種傳播藝術(shù)和宣傳媒介的方式。正是這些大受歡迎的MV幫助MTV頻道名揚(yáng)四海。邁克爾·杰克遜1987年的專輯《Bad》空降美國(guó)公告牌百強(qiáng)單曲榜第一位,單曲《I Just Can't Stop Loving You》,《Bad》,《The Way You Make Me Feel》,《Man in the Mirror》和《Dirty Diana》是公告牌百強(qiáng)單曲榜上第一張五首歌都成為冠軍單曲的專輯。
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"Beat It" received the Grammy Awards for Record of the Year and Best Male Rock Vocal Performance, as well as two American Music Awards. It was inducted into the Music Video Producers Hall of Fame. The single, along with its music video, propelled Thriller into becoming the best-selling album of all time. The single was certified platinum in the United States in 1989. Rolling Stone placed "Beat It" on the 344th spot of its list of "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time". The song was also ranked number 81 on Rolling Stone's "100 Greatest Guitar Songs of All Time".