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==Personal life==
Michael Jackson's personal life, like any other celebrities', has been under the spotlight for decades. His marriages and children, his physical appearance, his humanitarian efforts, and accusations of child molestation have all witnessed a variety of media coverage all over the world.


===Marriages and children===
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Jackson married ], the daughter of ], in 1994. Presley maintained during their marriage that they shared a married couple's life and were sexually active.<ref>{{cite interview |last=Jackson |first=Michael |subjectlink= |last2=Presley |first2=Lisa Marie |subjectlink2=Lisa Marie Presley |interviewer=] |title= |callsign = |city= |date=] ] |program=] |url=http://www.allmichaeljackson.com/interviews/primetimeliveinterview.html }}</ref> They divorced less than two years later, although still remain friends.<ref name=MJfanclub>{{cite web |url=http://www.mjfanclub.net/history/interviews/debbie_interview_1997_II.html|title= Debbie Rowe speaks about Michael and Lisa Marie's friendship|accessdate=2006-11-11 |format= |work=|date=] ] }}</ref> Jackson's second wife ] spoke about the couple's post-marriage friendship amidst "stories about Michael having an affair with his ex-wife Lisa Marie Presley",<ref name="MJfanclub" /> saying that: "They have a relationship, and what people don't understand is his relationship with her is separate from his relationship with me. They're friends, they're very good friends... I am glad that they have a relationship together. I am glad to see them together; they have a lot in common."<ref name="MJfanclub" />

On ], ], during the ]n leg of the ], Jackson married his dermatologist's nurse ], with whom he fathered a son, Michael Joseph Jackson, Jr. (also known as "Prince"), and a daughter, Paris Katherine Jackson. Jackson and Rowe divorced in 1999. Jackson later said that Rowe wanted him to have the children as a "gift".<ref>{{cite interview |last=Jackson |first=Michael |subjectlink= |interviewer=] |title= |callsign = |city= |date=] ] |program=] |url=http://www.mjshouse.com/stories/living_with_mj_transcript.html }}</ref> The ] of Michael Jackson's children has been heavily debated by the public. Both Jackson and Rowe have always maintained that his first two children were conceived naturally.

In November 2002, Jackson traveled to ] to accept an award for his humanitarian efforts. He was surrounded by fans outside his room at the ] who were chanting in approval of the singer. According to the pop star, they also called out to see his baby. In response, Jackson brought his son onto the balcony, holding him in his right arm with a cloth loosely draped over the baby's face in order to protect his identity from the media. Jackson briefly extended the baby over the railing of the balcony. This raised concern as some perceived his actions as ], although Jackson has vehemently denied these tabloid rumors, saying that he was holding the baby tightly. Jackson said that the media was wrong in their comments about him being irresponsible with his children, "I love my children," he explained. "I was holding my son tight. Why would I throw a baby off the balcony? That's the dumbest, stupidest story I ever heard."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mjshouse.com/stories/living_with_mj_transcript.html |title=Living with Michael Jackson |accessdate=2007-05-29 |format= |work=mjshouse.com }}</ref>

The controversial documentary '']'' aired in February 2003 in the UK (on the 3rd) and in the US (on the 6th). The documentary included interviews with Jackson which included information on his private life.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0352524/ |title=Living with Michael Jackson: A Tonight Special |accessdate=2006-11-11 |format= |work=IMDb }}</ref> British journalist ] and his film crew filmed Jackson for 18 months, also capturing his controversial behavior in ]. One particular part of the documentary, which stirred controversy and raised a significant level of concern, showed Jackson holding hands with a then 13-year-old ] victim Gavin Arviso, and admitting to sharing his bedroom with him (but not in the same bed) as well as sharing his bed (non-sexually) with other children.

Jackson felt betrayed by Bashir and complained that the film gives a distorted picture.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://edition.cnn.com/2003/SHOWBIZ/Music/02/06/jackson.bashir.statement/index.html |title=Michael Jackson's statement |accessdate=2006-11-11 |format= |work=] |date=] ] }}</ref> In response to the media scrutiny, two specials were aired: ''Michael Jackson: The Footage You Were Never Meant to See'' and ''Michael Jackson's Private Home Movies''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1471179/20030410/jackson_michael.jhtml?headlines=true |title=Michael Jackson's 'Private Home Movies' To Air On Fox |accessdate=2006-11-19 |format= |work=MTV News |date=] ] }}</ref> ''Michael Jackson: The Footage You Were Never Meant to See'' which aired later in February showed uncut footage of the ''Living with Michael Jackson'' documentary. The ''Michael Jackson's Private Home Movies'' aired in April was a 2-hour special with footage of Michael Jackson's home videos and included commentary by Jackson.

===Humanitarian efforts===

Jackson began his charity work in 1981 with his brothers following the Triumph tour where they raised $100,000 for the Atlanta Children’s Foundation.<ref></ref> In 1984, following his burning accident with Pepsi the drinks manufacture gave Jackson a $1.5 million out of court settlement which he donated to the Michael Jackson Burn Centre set up in his Honour.<ref name="magicmadness">{{cite book |last=Taraborrelli |first=J. Randy |authorlink=J. Randy Taraborrelli |coauthors= |title=The Magic and the Madness |year=1991 |publisher=Headline |location= |id=ISBN 1-55972-064-6 }}</ref> In July 1984 he donated his $5million share from the Victory tour to charity.<ref name="magicmadness"/> In 1985 Jackson co-wrote with ] the hit song "]", and sung a featured solo on the charity ]. The record helped to raise money and awareness for the ] in ] and was one of the first instances where Jackson was seen as a ]. All profits from his 1988 hit single "]" went to charity.<ref></ref>

From 1985–1990 Jackson had donated $500,000 to the United Negro College.<ref></ref>
In 1992, Jackson founded the "Heal the World Foundation" (named after his humanitarian ] "]"). The charity organization brought underprivileged children to Jackson's ], located outside ], ], to go on theme park rides which Jackson had built on the property after he purchased it in 1988. All profits from the ] went to his foundation raising many millions of dollars in relief. Jacksons 1995 international #1 hit ] showed a shift in his concerns to environmental issues and ends with a disclaimer asking for donations for his "Heal the World Foundation". In 1998 Jackson was nominated for a ].<ref name="CBS10102003" />

In late 2002, Jackson's Heal the World Foundation had net assets of just ]3,542 and reported $2,585 in expenses, mostly for management fees. The foundation was suspended in California since April 2002 for supposedly failing to file annual statements required of tax-exempt organizations, according to John Barrett, spokesman for the state Franchise Tax Board. The "Heal the World Foundation spread millions of dollars around the globe to help children threatened by war and disease," thanks to the efforts of Michael Jackson, but the forced closure of the Foundation leaves many of these children without aid.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4601265 |title=Jackson's foundation now virtually defunct |accessdate=2006-11-11 |format= |work=] |date=] ] }}</ref> At the ] in 2006 ] announced that Jackson had given $300 million to charity<ref></ref> and that Jackson has been actively involved with 39 charity organizations around the world.<ref></ref>

===Physical appearance===
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Jackson's skin was a medium-brown color for the entire duration of his youth, but starting in 1982 his skin gradually became paler. This change became so noticeable that it gained widespread media coverage, with some tabloids claiming that he was bleaching his skin. The structure of his face has changed as well, and several surgeons have speculated that Jackson has undergone multiple nasal surgeries as well as a forehead lift, thinned lips and cheekbone surgery.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://abcnews.go.com/Health/Cosmetic/story?id=131910&page=1 |title=Surgeon: Michael Jackson A 'Nasal Cripple' |accessdate=2006-11-11 |format= |work=] |date=] ] }}</ref>

Appearing on '']'' in 1993, Jackson struck back against the rumors, claiming that the change in his skin color was due to the disease ].<ref name=Oprah1>{{cite interview |last=Jackson |first=Michael |subjectlink= |interviewer=] |title= |callsign = |city= |date=] ] |program=] |url=http://www.allmichaeljackson.com/interviews/oprahinterview.html}}</ref> In the interview, Jackson became quite emotional, saying that: "I'm a black American, I am proud of my race. I am proud of who I am. I have a lot of pride and dignity... I have a skin disorder that destroys the pigmentation of my skin, it's something that I cannot help, OK? But when people make up stories that I don't want to be what I am it hurts me... It's a problem for me that I can't control."<ref name="Oprah1" /> Jackson also responded to tabloid rumors about the amount of ] he had had done, insisting that he's had "Very, very little. I mean you can count on my two fingers," and furthermore said that "I've never had my cheekbones done, never had my eyes done, never had my lips done and all this stuff, they just go too far."<ref name="Oprah1" /> These assertions echoed what Jackson wrote in his 1988 autobiography ''Moon Walk'': that he only had two ] and the surgical creation of a cleft in his chin. In the book, he attributed the noticeable change in the structure of his face to puberty and diet.<ref>{{cite book |last=Jackson |first=Michael |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Moonwalk |year= 1988|publisher=Doubleday |location= |id=ISBN 0-434-37042-8 }}</ref> Despite Jackson's protests some news sources, particularly tabloid newspapers, have pointedly continued to express skepticism about his claims.<ref>"Daddy Jacko Looks Like Mummy Wacko," New York Daily News, December 18, 2007</ref>

===Child molestation charges===
{{main|People v. Jackson}}

{{quotation|"If a man could say nothing against a character but what he can prove, history could not be written."<ref>http://en.wikiquote.org/Michael_Jackson#Statements</ref>
|This quotation from the British author Samuel Johnson was cited in a statement by Michael Jackson released by ], 1988}}

], ] in 2004.]]

Jackson was reported to be allowing children to sleepover at his Neverland ranch. This practice came under much media and public scrutiny, in 1993, when child molestation allegations were brought against Jackson by a child who had stayed with him on several occasions. That year, Jordan Chandler, the son of former ] ] Evan Chandler, represented by ] Larry Feldman, accused Jackson of ]. On ], Jackson responded to the allegations via satellite from his Neverland compound and claimed to be "totally innocent of any wrongdoing". On ] ], Jackson settled out of court with the accuser for an undisclosed sum, reported to be ]20 million. The family dropped the charges.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/august/24/newsid_2512000/2512077.stm |title=1993: Michael Jackson accused of child abuse |accessdate=2006-11-11 |format= |work=BBC On This Day: 24th August |date=] ] }}</ref>

On ] ], Jackson was charged with seven counts of child molestation and two counts of ] in order to commit that felony, all regarding the same boy, (]), under 14. The ] ] stated that Jackson had committed seven lewd acts and two acts of administration of an intoxicating agent to enable the former accusations. Jackson denied these allegations, saying that the ]s were in no way sexual in nature. Jackson's friend, ], defended him on ], saying that she had been there when they "were in the bed, watching television. There was nothing abnormal about it. There was no touchy-feely going on. We laughed like children, and we watched a lot of Walt Disney. There was nothing odd about it."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0605/30/lkl.01.html |title=Elizabeth Taylor defends Michael on Larry King Live |accessdate=2006-11-11 |format= |work= |date=}}</ref>

The ] trial began in ], ], on ], ], and lasted until the end of May 2005, with Jackson being acquitted on all counts in June. It was one of the largest and most documented trials in world history. About 2,200 media credentials to over 30 news organizations from around the world were issued to cover the trial, more than what was given for the trials of ] and ] combined.<ref name=USATODAY>{{cite web |url=http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2005-06-11-jackson-media-circus_x.htm |title=Tent city: 2,200 media credentials for Jackson trial |accessdate=2007-03-24 |format= |work=usatoday.com }}</ref> Jackson's popularity outside the United States ensured a distinctly international crowd of reporters.<ref name=USATODAY>{{cite web |url=http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2005-06-11-jackson-media-circus_x.htm |title=Tent city: 2,200 media credentials for Jackson trial |accessdate=2007-03-24 |format= |work=usatoday.com }}</ref> On top of the media, Santa Maria was also flooded with Jackson fans, 1,200 of whom heard and celebrated the ten not guilty verdicts right outside the courthouse.<ref name=MSNBC>{{cite web |url=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8207792/|title=Fans celebrate after Jackson acquittal |accessdate=2007-03-24 |format= |work=msnbc.msn.com }}</ref>

The ] of ] in ], ], has led two efforts against Jackson involving child molestation.<ref name="CBSNews1">{{cite web |url=http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/12/17/earlyshow/leisure/main589094.shtml|title=Who Is Tom Sneddon? |accessdate=2007-05-29 |format= |work=cbsnews.com }}</ref> The first incident, in 1993, resulted in no charges and the second, at the end of 2003, culminated in a trial two years later in which Jackson was acquitted on all counts. These repeated prosecutions have led to suggestions that Sneddon was motivated by a "mission" or "vendetta" against Jackson. Although Sneddon has a good track record, evidence to support Jackson's claim is quite strong, as Sneddon joked about Jackson's greatest hits album being released on the same day as his arrest, called him "Wacko Jacko" and also shouted "we got him, we finally got him" to the world media when he had at the time minimal evidence.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1480542/20031120/jackson_michael.jhtml |title=Why Is The DA In The Michael Jackson Case Smiling? |accessdate=2007-11-07 |format= |work=mtv.com }}</ref><ref></ref><ref name="magic"/>


==Finances== ==Finances==

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For other people named Michael Jackson, see Michael Jackson (disambiguation).
Michael Jackson
SpouseLisa Marie Presley (1994–1996)
Musical artist

Michael Joseph Jackson (born August 29, 1958), commonly known as MJ as well as The King of Pop, is an American musician, entertainer, and pop icon whose career and personal life have been a part of pop culture for almost 40 years.

Widely regarded as one of the greatest entertainers and most popular recording artists in history, Jackson displays complicated physical techniques, such as the robot and the moonwalk, that have redefined mainstream dance and entertainment. His achievements in the music industry have included a revolutionary transformation of music videos, establishing high-profile album releases and sales as a new trend for record companies to generate profits, dominating pop music during the 1980s, and becoming the first black entertainer to amass a strong following on MTV while leading the relatively young channel out of obscurity. His distinctive style, moves, and vocals have inspired, influenced, and spawned a whole generation of hip hop, pop, and R&B artists. He has been named the "Most Successful Entertainer of All Time" by Guinness World Records.

Jackson began his musical career at the age of five with the Jackson Family vocal group. He released his first solo recording, Got to Be There, in 1971, while remaining a member of the group. In his solo career, Jackson recorded and co-produced the best-selling album of all time, Thriller, which has worldwide sales exceeding 104 million. After Thriller, Jackson continued to release internationally chart-topping albums like Bad (1987), Dangerous (1991), HIStory (1995), and Invincible (2001), his latest album of fully original material. Michael Jackson has received thirteen Grammy Awards and charted thirteen #1 singles in the United States, more than any other male artist in the Hot 100 era. In November 2006, the World Music Awards announced that Michael Jackson had sold over 750 million units worldwide and given $300 million to charity, making Jackson one of the best-selling music artists and one of the most charitable humanitarians of all time, whose efforts on the latter front have been acknowledged with a Nobel Peace Prize nomination. However Jackson's controversial appearance and actions has damaged his reputation in the eyes of some of the public and album sales has been in decline since the mid 1990`s.

From 1988 to 2005, Jackson lived on his Neverland Ranch property, where he built an amusement park and private zoo that was frequently attended by disadvantaged and terminally ill children. Rumors of sleepover parties received both negative media coverage and public attention after it was revealed that children frequently slept in his bed or bedroom. This first came to light when he was accused of child sexual abuse in 1993. Michael Jackson's relationship with children was brought into the spotlight again in 2003 when the TV documentary Living with Michael Jackson was broadcast. This resulted in Jackson being tried, and later acquitted, of more child molestation allegations and several other charges in 2005. After this, Jackson went on hiatus, travelling to countries such as Bahrain, before starting work on new material in Ireland. He will be releasing a new album on February 112008 called Thriller 25 which will include new material.




Finances

Music catalogs and loans

Michael Jackson purchased ownership in ATV Music Publishing in 1985, which owns the publishing rights to songs written by The Beatles and many other acts. Paul McCartney of The Beatles, who had also recorded with Jackson, was reportedly angered by the 'surprise' purchase, and this led to the two becoming estranged.

In 1995, Jackson and Sony Music Publishing merged their two catalogues to create, Sony-ATV. Jackson's 50% interest in the company (Sony Music Entertainment owns the other half) is estimated to be worth USD $500 million. Jackson also owns his own music catalogue called MiJac Publishing, which contains all of his songs and songs from Sly & the Family Stone.

Over the past 10 years, Jackson has secured two loans for USD $200 million and USD $70 million. The USD $200 million loan was secured by using Jackson's share of the Sony-ATV Catalogue as collateral. He later secured the USD $70 million loan by using his MiJac Catalogue as collateral. However, because of his declining sales, his MiJac Catalogue's value declined to under USD $100 million, therefore he was forced to use his Neverland Ranch and Hayvenhurst as added collateral to keep the loan.

In April 2005, the Bank of America sold the loan to Fortress Investments. Jackson continued to miss payments on the loan, and as of December 20, 2005, Fortress had the right to foreclose on the loan, allowing Sony Music the first right to buy Jackson's share of the loan. However, Fortress extended the loan, allowing Jackson time to get money together.

In a move named by Jackson's advisors as "refinancing," it was announced on April 14, 2006 that Jackson had struck a deal with Sony and Fortress Investments. In the deal Sony may be allowed to take control of half of Jackson's 50% stake in Sony/ATV Music Publishing (worth an estimated $1 billion) which Jackson co-owns. Jackson would be left with 25% of the catalogue, with the rest belonging to Sony.

In exchange, Sony negotiated with a loans company on behalf of Jackson. Jackson's $200m in loans were due in December 2005 and were secured on the catalogue. Jackson failed to pay and the Bank of America sold them to Fortress Investments, a company dealing in distressed loans. However, Jackson has not as yet sold any of the remainder of his stake. The possible purchase by Sony of 25% of Sony/ATV Music Publishing is a conditional option; it is assumed the singer will try to avoid having to sell part of the catalogue of songs including material by other artists such as Bob Dylan and Destiny's Child. As another part of the deal Jackson was given a new $300 million loan, and a lower interest rate on the old loan to match the original Bank of America rate. When the loan was sold to Fortress Investments they increased the interest rate to 20%. None of the details are officially confirmed. An advisor to Jackson, however, did publicly announce he had "restructured his finances with the assistance of Sony."

Michael Jackson owes a $5 million interest payment to Fortress Trust, the publicly traded hedge fund that bought his $272 million loan from Bank of America in April 2005 (the loan has been refinanced to $325 million by Fortress). The payment is due on Oct. 31, 2007.

Neverland Ranch employees

On March 9, 2006, California state labor officials closed the singer's Neverland Ranch and fined him $69,000 for failure to provide employment insurance. The state "stop order" bars Jackson from "using any employee labor" until he secured required workers' compensation insurance. In addition to being fined $1,000 for each of his 69 workers, Jackson is liable for up to 10 days pay for those employees who now are no longer allowed to report to Neverland for work. Thirty Neverland employees have also sued Jackson for $306,000 in unpaid wages.

Soon after this payment, Jackson's spokesperson announced on March 16 2006 that Jackson was closing his house at Neverland and had laid off some of the employees but added that reports of the closing of the entire ranch were inaccurate. There have been many reports of a possible sale of Neverland, but nothing tangible has been reported yet.

F. Marc Schaffel

In 2006, F. Marc Schaffel, a former associate of Jackson, filed a suit for millions of dollars allegedly owed to him after working with Jackson on an unreleased charity record named "What More Can I Give" and documentaries. Florida businessman Alvin Malnik, who had advised Jackson, appeared in court and stated that Jackson appeared to be bewildered by financial matters. Schaffel claimed to have made frequent loans to the singer totaling between $7 million and $10 million. He also claimed to have received an urgent plea from Jackson for $1 million so that Jackson could buy jewelry for Elizabeth Taylor so that she would agree to sign a release for her involvement in a Fox special.

On July 14 2006, the jury awarded Schaffel $900,000 of the original $3.8 million he sued Jackson for, which Schaffel later reduced to $1.6 million, and finally to $1.4 million. The jury also awarded Jackson $2,000 plus interest of the $660,000 that Jackson claimed he was owed by Schaffel. The trial revealed that Schaffel had been dismissed after Jackson learned of his past work as a director of gay pornography. Schaffel claimed that Jackson "once wanted him to go to Brazil to find boys for him to adopt. He later modified that statement to "children" to expand Jackson's family." Jackson's lawyer Thomas Mundell said that he had never heard the allegation during the pre-trial investigation and that "it was an effort to smear Mr Jackson with a remark that could be interpreted to hurt him in light of the case against him last year."

Prescient Acquisition Group

On July 31 2006, a federal judge allowed a $48 million claim against Jackson and one of Jackson's trusts (MJ Publishing Trust) for unpaid fees and breach of contract. Prescient Acquisition Group claimed the singer owed fees for the company's help in refinancing his debts and claiming a larger stake in a library of Beatles songs. All parties were ordered to reappear in court in September.

Lavely & Singer

In 2007 the high-profile L.A. firm Lavely & Singer sued Jackson in August to try and recoup what it says is more than $113,000 in unpaid fees.

Discography

Main articles: Michael Jackson album discography and Michael Jackson singles discography

U.S. number one singles (13)

Number ones in selected countries

Studio albums

Motown releases
Epic releases
Sony BMG releases

Filmography

Main article: Michael Jackson filmography

Notable music videos

Films

Television

Video games

See also

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Further reading

  • Jackson, Michael (1988). Moonwalk. Doubleday. ISBN 0-434-37042-8. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  • Taraborrelli, J. Randy (1991). The Magic and the Madness. Headline. ISBN 1-55972-064-6. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  • Taraborrelli, J. Randy (2004). The Magic and the Madness. Headline. ISBN 0-330-42005-4. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  • Jackson, Michael (1992). Dancing The Dream. Doubleday. ISBN 0-385-40368-2. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  • Grant, Adrian (1994, 1997, 2002 and 2005). Michael Jackson: The Visual Documentary. Omnibus Press. ISBN 1-84449-432-2. {{cite book}}: Check date values in: |year= (help); Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)CS1 maint: year (link)
  • Noonan, Damien (1994). Michael Jackson. Carlton Books. ISBN 1-85797-587-1. {{cite book}}: |format= requires |url= (help); Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  • Jackson, Michael (2006). My World, The Official Photobook, Vol. 1. Triumph International. ISBN 0-9768891-1-0. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)

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