Michael Jackson Accomplishments

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On June 25th 2009, the world lost possibly one of the iconic entertainers alive, Michael Joseph Jackson. He was the most awarded musician of all times, the only dancer from the Dance Hall of Fame in the pop and rock n roll genre, the first musician with five number ones on Billboard Hot 100 from the same consecutive album and has the best selling album of all times, Thriller with over 42 million copies sold worldwide. In a film entitled Michael Jackson: A Remarkable Life people described him as “unbelievable”, “powerful” and “amazing”. One commenter in the film said “he was ahead of the world and moving somewhere very very different.” It appeared that Jackson was ahead of his time and created tends that were unheard of when he began his solo

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