Jackson's musical career began in 1967 as lead singer of The Jackson 5, when the group made their first recording with a local label before signing up with Motown Records in 1968. He made his first solo recordings in 1971 while still a member of the group. But it was Off the Wall (1979) which marked the start of his full-fledged solo career, and he formally parted with his siblings in 1984. In his solo career, Jackson recorded and co-produced the best-selling album of all time, Thriller (with worldwide sales over 100 million), received thirteen Grammy awards and charted thirteen #1 singles in the U.S. Throughout his four-decade career, Michael Jackson has been awarded numerous honors, including the World Music Awards Best-selling Pop Male Artist of the Millennium. He is also a double-inductee into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, as a member of The Jackson 5 in 1997, and in 2002 as a solo artist. He is also a member of the Songwriters Hall of Fame. In the mid-1980s, TIME magazine described Jackson as "the hottest single phenomenon since Elvis Presley". He has had a notable impact on music and culture throughout the world while also tearing down racial barriers and paving the way for modern pop music.
From 1988 to 2005, Jackson lived on his Neverland Ranch property, on which he built an amusement park and private zoo for the enjoyment of economically disadvantaged and terminally ill children. In 1993 and 2003, separate accusations of child molestation that allegedly occurred in Neverland were made against Jackson, which drew intensely negative media coverage. While he was never charged for the first case, Jackson was tried and vindicated in 2005 of the latter allegation, but moved out of the US shortly thereafter. He later returned to Las Vegas in early 2007.
In the years following his acquittal, (2005-2009) Jackson made numerous public appearances including MTV Japan's VMA awards where he accepted the legends award; the World Music Awards where he accepted the Diamond Award for selling over 100 million records; James Brown's funeral where he paid tribute and delivered a sermon; and a fan appreciation event in Tokyo, Japan, where he greeted troops at US Army base Camp Zama. In early 2008, Jackson issued Thriller 25th Anniversary, a critical and commercial success that was the second-biggest selling album of 2008 with over 2.1 million copies sold worldwide.
On June 25, 2009, Jackson collapsed at a rented home in Holmby Hills in Los Angeles, California. The cause of death is currently believed to be cardiac arrest. At the time of his death, Jackson was scheduled to perform 50 sold-out concerts to over one million people, at London's O2 arena, from July 13, 2009, to March 6, 2010. During a press conference, Jackson made suggestions of possible retirement.
In the hours following Jackson's death, his record sales increased dramatically. His seminal album Thriller climbed to number one on the American iTunes music chart, while another eight made it into the top 40. In the UK, where Jackson would have performed less than three weeks after his death, fifteen of his albums occupied the top 15 spots on the Amazon music chart. Social music network website Last.fm also saw a dramatic increase in Michael Jackson plays per hour after the announcement of his death.
On December 10, 2010, a compilation album of previously unreleased material, simply entitled Michael, was released posthumously. Featuring guest performances by Akon, 50 Cent and Lenny Kravitz, the album was certified Platinum in 18 countries but received mixed reviews from most critics. This was followed in November 2011 by Immortal, a remix album; in September 2012 by Bad 25, a 25th anniversary reissue of Jackson's 1987 hit album Bad; and by Xscape, a second compilation album released in May 2014.
Official Website: http://www.michaeljackson.com
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Michael Jackson Lyrics
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All The World
Must Come Together
Face The Problems
That We See
Then Maybe Somehow We Can Work It Out
I Asked My Neighbor
For A Favor
What Has Come Of
All The People
Have We Lost Love
Of What It's About
I Have To Find My Peace 'cause
No One Seems To Let Me Be
False Prophets Cry Of Doom
What Are The Possibilities
I Told My Brother
There'll Be Problems,
Times And Tears For Fears,
We Must Live Each Day
Like It's The Last
Go With It
Go With It
Jam
It Ain't Too Much Stuff
It Ain't Too Much
It Ain't Too Much For Me To
Jam
It Ain't
It Ain't Too Much Stuff
It Ain't
Don't You
It Ain't Too Much For Me To
The World Keeps Changing
Rearranging Minds
And Thoughts
Predictions Fly Of Doom
The Baby Boom
Has Come Of Age
We'll Work It Out
I Told My Brothers
Don't You Ask Me
For No Favors
I'm Conditioned By
The System
Don't You Talk To Me
Don't Scream And Shout
She Pray To God, To Buddha
Then She Sings A
Talmud Song
Confusions Contradict
The Self
Do We Know Right
From Wrong
I Just Want You To
Recognize Me
In The Temple
You Can't Hurt Me
I Found Peace
Within Myself
Go With It
Go With It
Jam
It Ain't
It Ain't Too Much Stuff
It Ain't Too Much
It Ain't Too Much For Me To
Jam
It Ain't
It Ain't Too Much Stuff
It Ain't
Don't You
It Ain't Too Much For Me To
Jam
It Ain't Too Much Stuff
It Ain't Too Much
It Ain't Too Much For Me To
Jam
It Ain't
It Ain't Too Much Stuff
It Ain't
Don't You
It Ain't Too Much For Me To
(Rap Performed By
Heavy D)
Jam Jam
Here Comes The Man
Hot Damn
The Big Boy Stands
Movin' Up A Hand
Makin' Funky Tracks
With My Man
Michael Jackson
Smooth Criminal
That's The Man
Mike's So Relaxed
Mingle Mingle Jingle
In The Jungle
Bum Rushed The Door
3 And 4's In A Bundle
Execute The Plan
First I Cooled Like A Fan
Got With Janet
Then With Guy
Now With Michael
Cause It Ain't Hard To...
(Michael)
Jam
It Ain't
It Ain't Too Much Stuff
It Ain't Too Much
It Ain't Too Much For Me To
Jam
Get On It
It Ain't Too Much Stuff
It Ain't
Don't Stop
It Ain't Too Much For Me To
Jam
It Ain't
It Ain't Too Much Stuff
It Ain't
Don't You
It Ain't Too Much For Me To
Jam
It Ain't
It Ain't Too Much Stuff
It Ain't
Don't You
It Ain't Too Much For Me To
It Ain't Too Hard For Me
To Jam [Repeat: x 9]
Get On It
Jam
It Ain't
It Ain't Too Much Stuff
It Ain't
Don't You
It Ain't Too Much For Me To
Jam
It Ain't Too Much Stuff
It Ain't Too Much
It Ain't Too Much For Me To
Jam
It Ain't Too Much Stuff
It Ain't Too Much
It Ain't Too Much For Me To
Jam
Too Much
It Ain't Too Much Stuff
It Ain't
Don't You
It Ain't Too Much For Me To
Get On It
Get On It
Give It Baby
Give It To Me
Come On
You Really Give It Too Me
Got To Give It
You Just Want To Give It
"Jam" is a song by Michael Jackson that promotes unity among people from different nations in order to work together to solve problems. The lyrics encourage individuals to recognize the importance of getting along and working collectively towards a common goal of peace and unity. The song highlights the need for people to set aside their differences and embrace love, understanding, and cooperation.
Jackson asserts that everyone must face the challenges that come with living in the world and that doing this together will help us find solutions. He also emphasizes that false prophets have been proclaiming doom, and we must ignore their predictions and hope for better days. The rapper Heavy D also features in the song delivering a verse that urges everyone to come together and work towards a common goal.
The "Jam" music video features NBA superstar Michael Jordan and depicts a street basketball game between Jordan and Jackson. The video showcases dancing, basketball tricks, and humor as well as celebrity cameos from the likes of Quincy Jones, MC Hammer, and Kriss Kross.
Line by Line Meaning
Nation To Nation
All nations of the world
All The World
The world community
Must Come Together
Must unite
Face The Problems
Look at the challenges
That We See
That are prominent
Then Maybe Somehow We Can Work It Out
Then perhaps we can solve them
I Asked My Neighbor
I requested a favor
For A Favor
Asking for help
She Said Later
She said she would do it later
What Has Come Of
What about
All The People
All of humanity
Have We Lost Love
Have we lost sight of love
Of What It's About
What is truly important
I Have To Find My Peace 'cause
I must find inner peace because
No One Seems To Let Me Be
No one lets me be myself
False Prophets Cry Of Doom
Fake prophets predict destruction
What Are The Possibilities
What can we achieve
I Told My Brother
I warned my sibling
There'll Be Problems,
There will be issues
Times And Tears For Fears,
Difficult moments and anxious thoughts
We Must Live Each Day
We have to live every day
Like It's The Last
Like it's our final day
Go With It
Just keep going
Jam
Play music
It Ain't Too Much Stuff
It's not too complicated
It Ain't Too Much
It's not too difficult
It Ain't Too Much For Me To
I can handle it
The World Keeps Changing
The world changes constantly
Rearranging Minds
Reorganizing thoughts
And Thoughts
And ideas
Predictions Fly Of Doom
Some fear for the future
The Baby Boom
The generation born after WWII
Has Come Of Age
Has reached maturity
We'll Work It Out
We'll figure it out
Don't You Ask Me
Don't request anything from me
I'm Conditioned By
I've been influenced by
The System
The social and political system
Don't You Talk To Me
Don't communicate with me
Don't Scream And Shout
Don't yell at me
She Pray To God, To Buddha
She prays to different deities
Then She Sings A
Then she sings a
Talmud Song
Song from the Jewish scripture, Talmud
Confusions Contradict
Uncertainties clash
The Self
Our personal identity
Do We Know Right
Do we understand what's right
From Wrong
And what's wrong
I Just Want You To
I only ask you to
Recognize Me
Acknowledge my existence
In The Temple
In the spiritual sanctuary
You Can't Hurt Me
I can't be harmed
I Found Peace
I have discovered tranquility
Within Myself
Within me
Here Comes The Man
Here comes the man
Hot Damn
He's hot
The Big Boy Stands
The large man stands
Movin' Up A Hand
Raising his hand
Makin' Funky Tracks
Creating great music
With My Man
With my friend
Michael Jackson
Michael Jackson is the man
Smooth Criminal
He's a smooth operator
That's The Man
He is the man
Mike's So Relaxed
Michael is so calm
Mingle Mingle Jingle
The sound of mixing
In The Jungle
In the wild
Bum Rushed The Door
Forced their way in
3 And 4's In A Bundle
Various amounts grouped together
Execute The Plan
Follow the strategy
First I Cooled Like A Fan
Stayed calm like a fan
Got With Janet
Collaborated with Janet Jackson
Then With Guy
Worked with Guy
Cause It Ain't Hard To...
Because it's not challenging to...
Get On It
Join in
Give It Baby
Put your all into it
You Really Give It Too Me
Giving a lot
Got To Give It
We have to give everything
It Ain't Too Hard For Me
It's not too difficult for me
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner/Chappell Music, Inc., Universal Music Publishing Group, BMG Rights Management
Written by: MICHAEL JACKSON, RENE MOORE, DWIGHT MYERS, TEDDY RILEY, BRUCE SWEDIEN, BRUCE F SWEDIEN
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“In a world filled with hate, we must still dare to hope. In a world filled with anger, we must still dare to comfort. In a world filled with despair, we must still dare to dream. And in a world filled with distrust, we must still dare to believe.”
― Michael Jackson
Frances
Beautiful words from a beautiful man x ❤ x ❤ x ❤ x who gave so much x x x God love him x x x
DJ Money
Thanks for that great quote!
James Monroe
Two HUGE 👍 👍 Thumbs Up for this INCREDIBLE mix!!! Somewhere out there The King of Pop is SMILING!!!
James Monroe
@DJ Money I 2nd that!!! Thank you!!!
DJ Money
Hi James, thanks for that wonderful comment 😀 would be wonderful if he was smiling!
Zaza Tinkerbell
Beautiful 😍😍😍❤️
DJ Money
Thank you Zaza :) :) means a lot!
Tiffany Williams
March 13 2022...I am still rocking this mix... everything is pure fire and gold !!!
DJ Money
Hi Tiffany, that's great to hear 😀