Left us on this day (Jun. 25) in 2009: Michael Jackson (found in bed not breathing, possible cardiac arrest, age 50), considered one of the most iconic & influential pop music performers of all time; he first came to prominence as the youngest member of sibbling R&B/soul/pop combo The Jackson 5, who topped the US charts, beginning in 1970, with each of their first four singles (I Want You Back, ABC, The Love You Save & Ill Be There); Michaels 1982 album Thriller shifted the landscape with no fewer than seven singles reaching the US Top 10, several accompanied by groundbreaking music videos; he shocked & amazed nearly 50 million viewers with his moonwalk dance move during the 1983 Motown celebration; he won 13 Grammy Awards (plus the Grammy Legend Award & the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award), 26 American Music Awards, 13 solo US #1 singles & the estimated sale of over 400 million records worldwide; Michael was a double-inductee of the R&R Hall of Fame, with The Jackson 5 (1997) & as a solo artist (2001); in 2014 during the Billboard Music Awards, an illusion of Michael was projected onto the stage for a performance of the song Slave to the Rhythm from the posthumous Xscape album…
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