Michael Jackson
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Michael Joseph Jackson (Agusta 29, 1958 - Yuni 25, 2009) mawaki ne na Amurka, marubuci, mai rawa, kuma mai taimakon jama'a. An yi masa lakabi da " Sarkin Pop ", ana ɗaukarsa a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin fitattun mutane a al'ada a ƙarni na 20. Nasarorin da ya samu a fannin wakokinsa sun karya shingen launin fata na Amurka kuma sun sanya shi ya zama fitaccen mutum a duniya . Ta hanyar waƙoƙinsa, bidiyon kiɗansa, kade-kade, da salon zamani, ya sauya yanayin wasan kwaikwayo a cikin waƙoƙin da aka fi sani, yana ƙara shahara a cikin rawar titi kamar su wasan moonwalk, robot, da kuma rawar da ba ta da nauyi . Ana ɗaukar Jackson a matsayin mafi kyawun mai nishadantarwa a kowane lokaci. [nb 1]
Jackson, wanda shi ne mutum na takwas cikin yara goma a cikin dangin Jackson, ya fara bayyana a bainar jama'a yana da shekaru shida a matsayin babban mawaƙin Jackson 5 . Ya fara fitowa a matsayin fitaccen mawaki a fim ɗin Off the Wall (1979) kuma ya sami nasarar da ba a taɓa gani ba a duniya tare da Thriller (1982), wanda ya zama kundin waƙoƙi mafi sayarwa a tarihi. Bidiyon kiɗan " Thriller ", " Beat It ", da " Billie Jean " sun sake fasalta hanyar. Bad (1987) shine kundin farko da ya samar da waƙoƙi guda biyar na Amurka <i id="mwOg">na Billboard</i> Hot 100 masu lamba ɗaya: " I Just Can't Stop Loving You ", " Bad ", " The Way You Make Me Feeling ", " Man in the Mirror ", da " Dirty Diana ". Dangerous (1991) da HIStory (1995) suma sun yi nasara. Kundin wakokin Jackson na ƙarshe, <i id="mwRQ">Invincible</i> (2001), shine mafi tsada da aka taɓa yi .
Daga tsakiyar shekarun 1980, Jackson ya zo karkashin binciken jama'a saboda dangantakarsa, salon rayuwa, da canza bayyanar. an zarge shi da cin zarafin yaro a 1993 kuma ya zauna a waje da kotu a 1994. A shekara ta 2005, an yi masa shari'a kuma an wanke shi a kan wasu tuhume-tuhumen cin zarafin yara. Yayinda yake shirya don This Is It, jerin kide-kide na dawowa, ya mutu a shekara ta 2009 daga wuce gona da iri na propofol wanda likitansa, Conrad Murray ya gudanar. Mutuwarsa ta haifar da hauhawar da ba a taɓa gani ba a cikin zirga-zirgar intanet da kuma hauhawar tallace-tallace na kiɗa. Sakamakon Jackson bayan mutuwarsa sun hada da shirin Michael Jackson's This Is It (2009) da kuma kundin Michael (2010) da Xscape (2014). Shirin fim din Leaving Neverland na 2019 ya ba da cikakken bayani game da zargin cin zarafin yara a kan Jackson.
Jackson yana daya daga cikin masu fasahar kiɗa mafi kyawun kowane lokaci, tare da kimanin tallace-tallace na fiye da miliyan 500 a duk duniya a matsayin mai zane-zane.[nb 2] Har ila yau, yana ɗaya daga cikin mawaƙa uku, tare da Paul McCartney da Phil Collins, waɗanda suka sayar da fiye da miliyan 100 a matsayin mai zane-zane da kuma babban memba na ƙungiyar. Ya zira kwallaye 13 a kan Billboard Hot 100 kuma shine kawai mai zane da ke da saman goma na Amurka a cikin shekaru sittin. Kyaututtuka sun hada da Grammy Awards 13, Grammy Legend Award, Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, 26 American Music Awards, 12 World Music Awards, 8 MTV Video Music Awards, 6 Brit Awards, da 3 US shugabancin girmamawa. An shigar da shi cikin Rock da Roll Hall of Fame sau biyu, da kuma Songwriters Hall of Fame da Dance Hall of Fame. Bayan ya ba da gudummawar kimanin dala miliyan 500, an yaba wa Jackson da saita ma'auni don aikin agaji na shahararrun mutane. Fim din Michael na 2026 shine Fim din tarihin rayuwa mafi girma a kowane lokaci, yayin da kundin kiɗa na Jackson ya kasance mafi kyawun siyarwa ga kowane mawaƙi.
Rayuwa da aiki
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]Rayuwa ta farko da Jackson 5 (1958-1975)
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An haifi Michael Joseph Jackson a ranar 29 ga watan Agusta, 1958, a Gary, Indiana. [9][10] Shi ne na takwas cikin yara goma a cikin Iyalin Jackson, dangin ma'aikata na Afirka da ke zaune a cikin Gida mai dakuna biyu a kan titin Jackson.[11][12]Mahaifiyarsa, Katherine Jackson (née Scruse), Mashawarcin Jehovah, ta buga clarinet, cello, da piano; ta yi burin zama mai wasan kwaikwayo na ƙasa da yamma, kuma ta yi aiki na ɗan lokaci a Sears.[12]Mahaifinsa, Joe Jackson, tsohon ɗan dambe ne kuma mai aiki a US Steel, wanda kuma ya buga guitar ga ƙungiyar rhythm da blues ta Falcons.[12]Ta hanyar mahaifinsa, Michael yana da asalin asalin Amurka (Choctaw); kakansa, Isra'ila Nero Jackson, ya yi amfani da kuma sayar da maganin gargajiya na asali, aikin da ya wuce daga mahaifinsa, Yuli "Jack" Gale, ɗan leƙen asirin Sojojin Amurka wanda ya auri Baƙar fata mai suna Gina kafin Yaƙin basasa. Michael yana da 'yan'uwa mata uku - Rebbie, La Toya, da Janet - da' yan'uwa maza biyar Jackie, Tito, Jermaine, Marlon, da Randy.[13] Ɗan'uwa na shida, Brandon, tagwayen Marlon, ya mutu jim kadan bayan haihuwa.
Michael da Marlon sun shiga Jackson Brothers a shekarar 1964, ƙungiyar da mahaifinsu suka kafa wacce ta riga ta hada da Jackie, Tito, da Jermaine. Da farko sun yi aiki a matsayin masu kiɗa na madadin, suna wasa congas da tambarin. Michael daga baya ya ce mahaifinsa ya wulakanta shi a jiki da motsin rai, yana tunawa da cewa a lokacin maimaitawa Joe sau da yawa yana zaune tare da bel a hannunsa, a shirye ya hukunta kurakurai.[14]Joe ya yarda cewa yana yi masa bulala a kai a kai. Jackie, Tito, Jermaine, da Marlon sun musanta cewa mahaifinsu yana da zalunci, suna cewa bulala - Michael ya ji da yawa saboda shi ƙarami ne - ya ci gaba da horar da kungiyar.[15] Michael ya bayyana matashiyarsa a matsayin mai kaɗaici.[12]
A ƙarshen 1965, Michael ya fara raba murya tare da Jermaine, kuma an canza sunan kungiyar zuwa Jackson 5. Sun lashe wasan kwaikwayo na baiwa a wannan shekarar inda Michael ya yi rawa ga "Barefootin'" na Robert Parker kuma ya raira "My Girl".[16]Daga 1966 zuwa 1968, Jackson 5 ya zagaya a ko'ina cikin Midwest, yana yin akai-akai a kan Chitlin' Circuit a matsayin aikin buɗewa ga masu fasaha kamar Sam & Dave, O'Jays, Gladys Knight, da Etta James. Sun kuma yi wasan kwaikwayo a cikin kulob da wuraren shakatawa waɗanda ke nuna wasan kwaikwayo, da kuma a cikin ɗakunan taro na gida da kuma raye-raye na makarantar sakandare.[12]A watan Agustan 1967, yayin da suke yawon shakatawa a Gabashin Gabas, sun lashe gasar dare ta mako-mako a Gidan wasan kwaikwayo na Apollo a Harlem.[12]
Jackson 5 sun rubuta waƙoƙi da yawa don lakabin Gary na Steeltown Records, sun saki waƙoƙin su na farko, "Big Boy", a cikin 1968.[12]Bobby Taylor na Bobby Taylor & the Vancouvers ya kawo kungiyar zuwa Motown bayan sun buɗe masa a gidan wasan kwaikwayo na Regal na Chicago a wannan shekarar. Taylor ta samar da wasu daga cikin rikodin Motown na farko, gami da sigar "Who's Lovin' You". Bayan sanya hannu tare da Motown, iyalin Jackson sun koma Los Angeles.[16]A shekara ta 1969, shugabannin Motown sun yanke shawarar cewa Diana Ross za ta gabatar da Jackson 5 ga jama'a - wani bangare don tallafawa aikinta na talabijin - ƙaddamar da abin da aka ɗauka samfurin Motown na ƙarshe na "layin samarwa". [17] Kungiyar ta fara fitowa a talabijin a wannan shekarar a gasar Miss Black America, inda ta rufe "It's Your Thing". Rolling Stone daga baya ya bayyana saurayi Michael a matsayin "mai ban mamaki" tare da "kyautar kiɗa mai yawa" wanda da sauri ya zama babban jan hankali na ƙungiyar kuma jagorar mawaƙa.
A watan Janairun 1970, "I Want You Back" ya zama na farko na Jackson 5 don isa lamba daya a kan <i id="mwAUA">Billboard</i> Hot 100, ya kasance a saman makonni hudu. Ƙarin waƙoƙi uku na Motown - "ABC", "The Love You Save", da "I'll Be There" - suma sun kai lamba ɗaya. A watan Mayu na shekara ta 1971, dangin Jackson sun koma wani babban gida a kan Hayvenhurst Avenue, wani yanki na 2 acres (0.81 ha) a Encino, California.[16]A wannan lokacin, Michael ya ci gaba daga ɗan wasan kwaikwayo zuwa gunkin matasa.[12]Tsakanin 1972 da 1975, ya fitar da kundin studio guda hudu tare da Motown: Got to Be There (1972), Ben (1972), Music & Me (1973), da Forever, Michael (1975). "Got to Be There" da "Ben", waƙoƙin taken daga waƙoƙinsa na farko guda biyu, an sayar da su da kyau a matsayin mutane, kamar yadda ya rufe Bobby Day na "Rockin' Robin".[16]
Michael ya ci gaba da kasancewa tare da Jackson 5. Daga baya aka bayyana kungiyar a matsayin "a cutting-upper misali na baki crossover artists". Sun yi takaici da ƙin Motown ya ba su ƙwarewar ƙira. Ayyukan Michael na manyan biyar "Dancing Machine" a kan Soul Train ya taimaka wajen fadada rawa na robot.[18][19]
Ka matsa zuwa Epic da Daga Ganuwar (1975-1981)
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Jackson 5 sun bar Motown a 1975, sun sanya hannu tare da Epic Records kuma sun sake suna Jacksons.[20] Yayan su Randy ya shiga ƙungiyar a wannan lokacin, yayin da Jermaine ya kasance tare da Motown don neman aikin solo.[16]Jacksons sun ci gaba da yawon shakatawa a duniya kuma sun saki wasu kundi shida tsakanin 1976 da 1984. Michael, babban marubucin waƙoƙin ƙungiyar a wannan lokacin, ya rubuta waƙoƙi kamar "Shake Your Body (Down to the Ground) " (1978), "This Place Hotel" (1980), da kuma "Can You Feel It" (1980). [21]
A shekara ta 1977, Jackson ya koma Birnin New York don ya fito a matsayin Scarecrow a cikin The Wiz, fim din kiɗa wanda Sidney Lumet ya jagoranta kuma ya ƙunshi Diana Ross, Nipsey Russell, da Ted Ross. [22] Fim din ya gaza a ofishin akwatin.[16]Quincy Jones ne ya shirya sa, wanda daga baya ya samar da kundi uku na solo na Jackson. [23] A lokacin da yake New York, Jackson ya saba zuwa gidan wasan kwaikwayo na Studio 54, inda ya ji hip-hop na farko; wannan ya rinjayi beatboxing dinsa a kan waƙoƙi na baya kamar "Working Day and Night".
Jackson ta biyar solo album kuma na farko a matsayin babba, Off the Wall (1979), ya kafa shi a matsayin solo player kuma ya nuna canjinsa daga bubblegum pop na ƙuruciyarsa zuwa mafi rikitarwa sauti.[12]Kundin ya samar da shigarwa hudu a saman 10 a Amurka: "A waje da Wall", "Ta fita daga Rayuwata", da kuma taswirar taswirar "Kada ku dakatar da 'Har sai kun isa" da "Rock tare da Kai". Off the Wall ya kai lamba ta uku a kan <i id="mwAc8">Billboard</i> 200 kuma ya sayar da fiye da miliyan 20 a duk duniya.[24] Jackson ya lashe kyautar Grammy don Mafi kyawun R & B Vocal Performance na 1979 tare da "Kada ku dakatar da 'Har sai kun isa".[25] A American Music Awards a farkon shekarun 1980, ya lashe kyautar Soul / R & B Single don "Kada ku dakatar da 'Har sai kun isa", kyaututtuka biyu a jere don Soul / R&B Album da aka fi so, da kuma Soul / R/B Male Artist . A shekara ta 1981, ya sake lashe lambar yabo ta Amurka don Kyautar Soul / R & B da Kyautar Soul/R & B Maza Mai Kyau.
Jackson ya ji cewa Off the Wall ya kamata ya sami babban tasiri kuma ya ƙuduri aniyar wuce tsammanin tare da sakin sa na gaba.[16]A shekara ta 1980, ya sami mafi girman kuɗin sarauta a masana'antar kiɗa: kashi 37 cikin dari na ribar kundin.[16]
Thriller, Motown 25: jiya, Yau, Har abada da abin da ya faru na Pepsi (1981-1984)
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]Daga 1981 zuwa 1983, Jackson ya rubuta demos na "State of Shock", "Victory" da "There Must Be More to Life Than This" tare da jagoran Sarauniya Freddie Mercury don shirin kundin duet. Ba a kammala aikin ba; daga baya aka rubuta "State of Shock" tare da Mick Jagger don kundin Jacksons Victory (1984), kuma "There Must Be More to Life Than This" an sake shi bayan mutuwarsa a cikin 2014. A shekara ta 1982, Jackson ya ba da gudummawa ga "Wani a cikin Duhu" ga littafin sauti don fim din ET the Extra-Terrestrial .
An saki kundi na shida na Jackson, Thriller, a ranar 29 ga Nuwamba, 1982. Ya kasance kundin da aka fi sayarwa a duk duniya a 1983 [26] kuma daga ƙarshe ya zama kundin da akafi sayarwa a kowane lokaci a Amurka da kuma duniya baki daya, tare da kimanin miliyan 70 da aka sayar. [27][28] Ya hau kan Billboard 200 na makonni 37 kuma ya kasance a saman ginshiƙi 10 na makonni 80 a jere. Thriller ya zama kundi na farko don samar da manyan mutane goma guda bakwai a kan Billboard Hot 100, gami da lambar daya "Billie Jean" da "Beat It".[14]
A ranar 25 ga Maris, 1983, Jackson ya sake haɗuwa da 'yan uwansa don Motown 25: jiya, Yau, Har abada, wani talabijin na NBC na musamman wanda aka watsa a ranar 16 ga Mayu ga kimanin masu sauraro miliyan 47. Ayyukan Jackson na solo na "Billie Jean" ya ba shi lambar yabo ta Emmy ta farko. Yana sanye da safofin hannu mai cike da rhinestone, ya fara tafiya a wata - wanda Jeffrey Daniel ya koya masa shekaru uku da suka gabata - wanda ya zama sa hannu na rawa. Jackson da farko ya ki gayyatar, yana gaskata cewa yana yin talabijin da yawa, amma ya amince da yin aiki a buƙatar wanda ya kafa Motown Berry Gordy don musayar wuri ɗaya.[16]Ayyukansa sun sami yabo sosai: Mikal Gilmore na Rolling Stone ya kira shi "mai ban mamaki", kuma mai sukar The New York Times Anna Kisselgoff ya yaba da lokacin da dabarar rawa, yayin da Gordy ya ce an "masu banƙyama".[12][29]
A 26th Annual Grammy Awards, Jackson ya sami gabatarwa 12 - mafi yawa a cikin dare ɗaya a lokacin (daga baya an ɗaure shi da Babyface) - kuma ya lashe kyaututtuka takwas, ya karya rikodin don mafi yawan nasarori a cikin dare guda (daga baya Santana ya ɗaure shi). [25] Thriller ya sami gabatarwa 13, mafi yawa ga kowane kundi, kuma ya lashe kyaututtuka takwas, gami da Best Engineered Recording (Ba na gargajiya ba) don aikin Bruce Swedien. Jackson ya lashe kyaututtuka bakwai da suka danganci kundin, gami da Album of the Year for Thriller da Record of the Year don "Beat It", kuma ya lashe lambar yabo ga ET the Extra-Terrestrial storybook . [25] A 11th Annual American Music Awards, Jackson ya lashe wasu kyaututtuka takwas kuma ya zama ɗan wasan kwaikwayo mafi ƙanƙanta da ya karɓi Kyautar Kyauta. Ya kuma lashe kyautar Maza Mai Farin Ciki, Mai Farin R & B Mai Farin Diki, da Mai Farin Pop / Rock Mai Farin. "Beat It" ya lashe kyautar Soul / R & B Video, Pop / Rock Video, da Pop / Rock Single. Kundin ya lashe kyautar Soul / R & B Album da Pop / Rock Album.[30] Tallace-tallace na Thriller sun ninka sau biyu bayan fitowar bidiyon kiɗa mai tsawo don waƙarsa ta taken, wanda ke nuna Jackson yana rawa tare da ƙungiyar zombies.
Nasarar ta canza Jackson zuwa babban karfi a cikin al'adun gargajiya na duniya, kuma kundin "ya ci nasara a rabuwa da launin fata". Yana da mafi girman darajar sarauta a masana'antar kiɗa a wannan lokacin, yana samun kusan $ 2 ga kowane kundin da aka sayar (daidai da $ 6 ), kuma yana samun riba mai ban mamaki. A cikin wannan shekarar, The Making of Michael Jackson's Thriller, wani shirin fim game da bidiyon kiɗa, ya lashe Grammy don Mafi Kyawun Bidiyo na Kiɗa (Longform). [25] Lokaci ya bayyana tasirin Jackson a lokacin a matsayin "tauraron rikodin, rediyo, bidiyon dutse. Kungiyar ceto ta mutum ɗaya don kasuwancin kiɗa. Marubucin waƙa wanda ya saita bugun na shekaru goma. Mai rawa tare da ƙafafu mafi kyau a kan titi. Mawakin da ke yanke duk iyakokin dandano da salon da launi ma.[31]The New York Times ya rubuta, "a cikin duniyar kiɗa, akwai Michael Jackson kuma akwai kowa da kowa".
Jackson da 'yan uwansa sun yi haɗin gwiwa tare da PepsiCo a watan Nuwamba na shekara ta 1983 don yarjejeniyar tallace-tallace ta dala miliyan 5, inda suka kafa sabon rikodin don amincewar shahararrun mutane (daidai da dala miliyan 16.2 a shekarar 2025). Kamfen na farko na Pepsi, wanda ya gudana a Amurka daga 1983 zuwa 1984 kuma ya ƙaddamar da taken "Sabon Zamani" na kamfanin, ya haɗa da tallafawa yawon shakatawa, abubuwan da suka faru na hulɗa da jama'a, da nune-nunen cikin shagon. Jackson ya taimaka wajen kirkirar talla kuma ya ba da shawarar amfani da waƙarsa "Billie Jean", tare da sake fasalin kalmomin, a matsayin jingle.
A ranar 27 ga watan Janairun shekara ta 1984, Michael da sauran mambobin Jacksons sun yi fim din tallace-tallace na Pepsi a Shrine Auditorium a Los Angeles, wanda Phil Dusenberry ke kula da shi, babban jami'in tallace-kallace na BBDO, da Alan Pottasch, Darakta na Pepsi na Duniya. A lokacin wasan kwaikwayo na kwaikwayon a gaban cikakken masu sauraro, pyrotechnics ba zato ba tsammani ya sa gashin Jackson a wuta, wanda ya haifar da ƙonewa na biyu ga gashin kansa. Ya sami magani don ɓoye alamun kuma ya sami rhinoplasty na uku jim kadan bayan haka. Pepsi ya zauna a waje da kotu, kuma Jackson ya ba da gudummawar dala miliyan 1.5 (daidai da dala miliyan 4.6 a 2025) ga Cibiyar Kiwon Lafiya ta Brotman a Culver City, California; Cibiyar Michael Jackson Burn da aka rufe yanzu an sanya masa suna don girmama shi.[16] Jackson ya sanya hannu kan yarjejeniya ta biyu tare da Pepsi a ƙarshen shekarun 1980 don dala miliyan 10 (daidai da dala miliyan 28.3 a cikin 2025). Yaƙin neman zaɓe na biyu ya rufe ƙasashe 20 kuma ya ba da tallafin kuɗi ga Jackson's Bad album da yawon shakatawa na duniya na 1987-1988. Jackson kuma yana da amincewa da yarjejeniyar talla tare da kamfanoni kamar LA Gear, Suzuki, da Sony, amma babu wanda ya kasance mai mahimmanci kamar yarjejeniyarsa da Pepsi.
Yawon shakatawa na Nasara na 1984 ya jagoranci Jacksons kuma ya nuna sabon kayan solo na Jackson ga fiye da Amurkawa miliyan biyu. Wannan shi ne yawon shakatawa na karshe da ya yi tare da 'yan uwansa. Bayan jayayya game da sayar da tikitin kide-kide, Jackson ya ba da rabonsa na kuɗin da aka samu - wanda aka kiyasta ya kai dala miliyan 3 zuwa 5 - ga sadaka.[32] A lokacin wasan kwaikwayo na karshe na Victory Tour a Filin wasa na Dodger a Los Angeles, Jackson ya sanar da rabuwa da Jacksons a lokacin "Shake Your Body".
"Mu ne Duniya" da sauran ayyukan kasuwanci (1985)
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Tare da Lionel Richie, Jackson ya rubuta waƙar sadaka "We Are the World" (1985), wanda ya tara kuɗi ga matalauta a Amurka da Afirka.[33][34] Ya sami dala miliyan 63 (daidai da dala miliyan 189 a cikin 2025), kuma ya zama ɗaya daga cikin Mafi kyawun sayarwa na kowane lokaci, tare da sayar da kwafin miliyan 20. [34] Ya lashe Grammy Awards hudu a 1985, ciki har da Song of the Year ga Jackson da Richie . [33] Jackson, Jones, da mai gabatarwa Ken Kragen sun sami kyaututtuka na musamman saboda rawar da suka taka a cikin waƙar. [33] [35][12]
Jackson ya yi aiki tare da Paul McCartney a farkon shekarun 1980 kuma ya koyi cewa McCartney yana samun dala miliyan 40 a shekara daga mallakar haƙƙin waƙoƙin wasu masu fasaha.[34] A shekara ta 1983, Jackson ya fara sayen haƙƙin bugawa ga waƙoƙin wasu, amma ya zaɓi abubuwan da ya samu, yana ba da kuɗi kaɗan daga cikin littattafan da aka ba shi. Jackson ya sayi kundin kiɗa da haƙƙin mallaka na waƙa, kamar tarin Sly Stone, sun haɗa da "Mutanen yau da kullun" (1968), Len Barry's "1-2-3" (1965), da Dion DiMucci's "The Wanderer" (1961) da "Runaround Sue" (1961). A shekara ta 1984, Robert Holmes a Kotun ya sanar da cewa yana sayar da kundin ATV Music Publishing, wanda ya ƙunshi haƙƙin bugawa ga kusan waƙoƙi 4,000, gami da mafi yawan kayan Beatles. A cikin 1981, an ba McCartney kundin don fam miliyan 20 ($ miliyan 40) (daidai da dala miliyan 142 a cikin 2025). [34][36] Jackson ya gabatar da tayin dala miliyan 46 (daidai da dala miliyan 143 a 2025) a ranar 20 ga Nuwamba, 1984.[37] Lokacin da Jackson da McCartney ba su iya yin sayan hadin gwiwa ba, McCartney bai so ya zama mai mallakar waƙoƙin Beatles ba kuma bai bi tayin kansa ba.[16][36]Wakilan Jackson ba su iya cimma yarjejeniya ba, kuma a watan Mayu 1985 sun bar tattaunawar bayan sun kashe fiye da dala miliyan 1 da watanni hudu a kan aikin da ya dace.[37]
A watan Yunin 1985, Jackson da Branca sun koyi cewa Charles Koppelman da Martin Bandier's The Entertainment Company sun yi ƙoƙari su sayi ATV Music na dala miliyan 50. A farkon watan Agusta, Holmes a Kotun ya tuntubi Jackson kuma an ci gaba da tattaunawa. An karɓi karuwar tayin Jackson na dala miliyan 47.5 (daidai da dala miliyan 142 a 2025) saboda zai iya rufe yarjejeniyar da sauri, bayan ya riga ya kammala aikin da ya dace. Jackson ya amince ya ziyarci Holmes à Court a Ostiraliya, inda zai bayyana a Channel Seven Perth Telethon . An kammala sayen ATV Music a ranar 10 ga watan Agusta, 1985. [37][34]
Ƙarin hasashe na tabloid (1986-1987)
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]Fata na Jackson ya kasance matsakaici-launin launin ruwan kasa a lokacin ƙuruciyarsa, amma daga tsakiyar shekarun 1980 ya zama mai laushi a hankali. Canjin ya jawo yaduwar kafofin watsa labarai, gami da hasashe cewa yana wanke fata.[38][39][40]Likitan jikinsa, Arnold Klein, ya ce ya lura a 1983 cewa Jackson yana da vitiligo, yanayin da ke nuna alamar fata da ke rasa launi. Ya kuma gano discoid lupus erythematosus a Jackson. Klein ya gano Jackson da lupus a wannan shekarar [41] da kuma vitiligo a 1986. Babban tasirin Vitiligo akan jiki na iya haifar da damuwa ta hankali. Jackson ya yi amfani da kayan shafa masu launi mai kyau kuma mai yiwuwa cream mai tsabtace fata don rufe tabo da ba daidai ba wanda cutar ta haifar. Creams za su cire tabo, kuma tare da kayan shafa zai iya bayyana sosai.[16]Jackson ya ce bai yi wa fata fata ba kuma bai iya sarrafa vitiligo ba, ya kara da cewa, "Lokacin da mutane suka kirkiro labarun da ba na so in zama wanda ni ne, yana cutar da ni. " Ya zama abokantaka da mataimakin Klein da Klein, Debbie Rowe. Rowe daga baya ta zama matar Jackson ta biyu kuma mahaifiyar 'ya'yansa biyu na farko.
Jackson ya tattauna a cikin tarihin kansa na 1988 da kuma hira da aka yi da shi a 1993 yana da tiyata biyu kawai da kuma tiyata a gemu. Ya ambaci rasa nauyi a farkon shekarun 1980 saboda canjin abincinsa don cimma jikin mai rawa.[11]Shaidu sun ba da rahoton cewa sau da yawa yana da damuwa kuma ya yi hasashen cewa yana fama da Anorexia nervosa. Lokaci na asarar nauyi ya zama matsala mai maimaitawa daga baya a rayuwarsa.[16]Bayan Jackson ya mutu, mahaifiyarsa ta yi magana game da shi da farko ya juya zuwa hanyoyin kayan shafawa don magance vitiligo kuma ya guje wa kama da "mace mai tabo". Ta ce akwai fiye da tiyata biyu da ya yi iƙirarin, kuma ya yi hasashen cewa ɗanta ya zama mai jaraba da su.
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An ruwaito a cikin shekara ta 1986 cewa Jackson ya kwanta a cikin ɗakin hyperbaric don jinkirta tsufa. Ya musanta labarin, kodayake an yi zargin cewa ya ɓoye hoton kansa yana barci a cikin ɗakin gilashi. Jackson ya ce harbi ne na gabatarwa daga wasan kwaikwayo na sararin samaniya mai zuwa wanda ke nuna shi, Kyaftin EO, zuwa The National Enquirer . An kuma bayar da rahoton cewa ya sha allurar estrogen don kiyaye muryarsa da gashin fuska, ya ba Elizabeth Taylor kuma mai yiwuwa ya ajiye mata wuri mai tsarki, kuma an yi masa tiyata a idanunsa. Kocin Jackson Frank DiLeo ya musanta duk waɗannan da'awar sai dai don samun ɗakin. DiLeo ya kara da cewa, "Ban san ko yana barci a ciki ba. Ba ni da shi. Amma Michael yana tunanin wani abu ne mai yiwuwa yana da lafiya a gare shi. Yana da ɗan tsattsauran ra'ayi na lafiya".
Lokacin da Jackson ya ɗauki ɗanɗansa Bubbles a kan yawon shakatawa a Japan, kafofin watsa labarai sun nuna shi a matsayin mai son wasan kwaikwayo na Disney wanda ya yi abokantaka da dabbobi. An kuma ruwaito cewa Jackson ya ba da shawarar sayen ƙasusuwan Joseph Merrick ("Mutumin Gishiri").[16]A watan Yunin 1987, jaridar Chicago Tribune ta ba da rahoton cewa Jackson ya ba da dala miliyan 1 don kwarangwal daga Kwalejin Kiwon Lafiya ta Asibitin London a madadinsa. Kwalejin ta ci gaba da cewa kwarangwal ba don sayarwa ba ne. DiLeo ya ce Jackson yana da "sha'awar sha'awa" a cikin Merrick, "kawai bisa ga fahimtarsa game da muhimmancin ɗabi'a, kiwon lafiya da tarihi".
Jackson ya yi aiki tare da George Lucas da Francis Ford Coppola a fim din 3D na minti 17, dala miliyan 30, Kyaftin EO, wanda ya gudana daga 1986 a Disneyland da Epcot, sannan daga baya a Tokyo Disneyland da Yuro Disneyland . Bayan an cire shi a ƙarshen shekarun 1990, ya koma wurin shakatawa na shekaru da yawa bayan mutuwar Jackson.[42] A matsayinsa na Shaidar Jehovah, Jackson zai yi bishara daga kofa zuwa kofa yayin da yake sanye da tufafi.[43] A shekara ta 1987, Ebony ya ba da rahoton cewa Jackson ya rabu da kansa daga Shaidun Jehovah.[44] Katherine Jackson ta ce wannan na iya kasancewa ne saboda wasu Shaidu sun yi tsayayya da bidiyon Thriller, wanda Michael ya yi tir da shi a cikin littafin Shaida a shekarar 1984. Duk da yake tsoffin mambobin galibi iyalansu suna guje wa su, mahaifiyar Jackson ta ci gaba da hulɗa da shi. A shekara ta 2001, Jackson ya gaya wa wani mai tambayoyin cewa har yanzu shi Shaidar Jehovah ne.
Bad, tarihin rayuwa da Neverland (1987-1990)
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Jackson ya fitar da kundi na bakwai da ake tsammani, Bad, a ranar 31 ga watan Agusta, 1987. Bad ya sayar da fiye da miliyan 2.25 a cikin makon farko a Amurka, ya fara a lamba daya a kan Billboard 200, inda ya kasance na makonni shida.[45] Ya zama kundi na farko da ya samar da waƙoƙi guda biyar na Amurka: "Ba zan iya dakatar da ƙaunarka ba", "Bad", "Hanyar da za ku sa ni ji", "Mutum a cikin Mirror", da kuma "Dirty Diana". "Smooth Criminal" ya kai lamba bakwai.
Bad ya lashe Grammy na 1988 don Mafi kyawun Rubuce-rubucen Injiniya - Ba na gargajiya ba da kuma Grammy na 1990 don Mafi kyawun Bidiyo na Kiɗa, gajeren tsari don "Bayar da Ni Ni kaɗai". [25] [46] Jackson ya sami lambar yabo ta Achievement a American Music Awards a shekarar 1989 bayan Bad ya samar da mutane biyar masu lamba daya, ya zama kundi na farko da ya fara saman sigogi a kasashe 25, kuma shine kundin da aka fi sayarwa a duk duniya a shekarar 1987 da 1988. The Bad yawon shakatawa ya gudana daga Satumba 12, 1987, zuwa Janairu 27, 1989.[14]A Japan, yana da sayarwa 14 kuma ya jawo mutane 570,000, kusan sau uku rikodin da ya gabata don yawon shakatawa guda ɗaya. Mutane 504,000 da suka halarci wasanni bakwai da aka sayar a Filin wasa na Wembley sun kafa sabon rikodin duniya na Guinness.[47] Bad cemented Jackson matsayin a matsayin mai rinjaye na kiɗa; kundin ya sayar da fiye da miliyan 35 a duk duniya, ya sanya shi cikin kundin da aka fi sayarwa a kowane lokaci. [48][49]
A watan Maris na shekara ta 1988, Jackson ya sayi kadada ,700 (11 ) na ƙasa kusa da Santa Ynez, California, don gina gida, Neverland Ranch, a farashin dala miliyan 17 (daidai da dala miliyan 46 a shekara ta 2025). Ya shigar da motar Ferris, karosel, gidan wasan kwaikwayo, da gidan zoo.[50] Ma'aikatan tsaro na 40 sun yi sintiri a filin.[51] Ba da daɗewa ba, Jackson ya bayyana a cikin tallan talabijin na Yammacin da aka watsa a Tarayyar Soviet. A wannan lokacin, Jackson ya zama sananne a matsayin "Sarkin Pop", sunan laƙabi da masu tallata shi suka rungumi.[14][52]Lokacin da Elizabeth Taylor ta gabatar da shi da lambar yabo ta Soul Train Heritage a shekarar 1989, ta kira shi "sarkin gaskiya na pop, dutse da rai".[35]Shugaba George H. W. Bush ya sanya shi "Artist of the Decade" na Fadar White House.[53] A lambar yabo ta BMI ta 38 a cikin 1990, Jackson ya zama mutum na farko da aka girmama shi da lambar yabo mai suna bayan mai karɓa. Daga 1985 zuwa 1990, Jackson ya ba da gudummawar $ 455,000 ga Asusun Kwalejin Negro na United, kuma duk ribar da ya samu daga "Man in the Mirror" ya tafi sadaka.[16]Ayyukansa na "You Were There" a bikin ranar haihuwar Sammy Davis Jr.'s 60th ya ba Jackson gabatarwa ta Emmy ta biyu. Jackson shine mai zane-zane mafi kyawun shekarun 1980.
Ayyukan zamantakewa Mai haɗari da na jama'a (1991-1993)
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]A watan Maris na shekara ta 1991, Jackson ya sabunta kwangilarsa tare da Sony don dala miliyan 65 (daidai da dala miliyan 154 a shekara ta 2025), yarjejeniyar da ta karya rikodin a lokacin. Ya fitar da kundi na takwas, Dangerous, a ranar 21 ga Nuwamba, 1991, tare da Teddy Riley. An tabbatar da shi sau takwas platinum a Amurka kuma ya sayar da kwafin miliyan 32 a duk duniya ta 2018.[54] A Amurka, na farko, "Black or White", shi ne waƙar da ta fi dacewa da kundin; ya kasance lamba ɗaya a kan Billboard Hot 100 na makonni bakwai kuma ya sami irin wannan nasarar a duk duniya.[55] Na biyu, "Ka tuna da Lokaci" ya kai lamba ta uku a kan Billboard Hot 100. A ƙarshen shekara ta 1992, Dangerous ita ce kundin da aka fi siyarwa a duniya, kuma "Black or White" ita ce mafi kyawun siyarwa na shekara a duniya a Billboard Music Awards. A shekara ta 1993, ya yi "Ka tuna da Lokaci" a Soul Train Music Awards yayin da yake zaune, yana mai cewa ya karkatar da idonsa yayin karatun rawa. A Burtaniya, "Heal the World" ya kai lamba ta biyu a kan sigogi a shekarar 1992. [56]
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Jackson ya kafa Gidauniyar Heal the World a shekarar 1992. Kungiyar agaji ta kawo yara marasa galihu zuwa ranch na Jackson don amfani da wuraren shakatawa na filin shakatawa kuma ta aika da miliyoyin daloli a duniya don taimakawa yara da ke fuskantar barazanar yaki, talauci, da cututtuka. A wannan watan Yuli, Jackson ya buga littafinsa na biyu, Dancing the Dream, tarin shayari. Don tallafawa Dangerous, Jackson ya fara rangadin duniya na biyu, Dangerous World Tour, don tara kuɗi don Gidauniyar Heal the World . Gidan yawon shakatawa ya gudana daga Yuni 1992 zuwa Nuwamba 1993, inda ya tara dala miliyan 100 (daidai da dala miliyan 220 a 2025) daga kide-kide 69 a wajen Amurka kuma ya jawo hankalin mutane sama da miliyan 3.5.[57] Jackson ya sayar da haƙƙin watsa shirye-shiryen don wasan kwaikwayo na Oktoba 1, 1992, a Bucharest ga HBO don dala miliyan 20 (daidai da dala miliyan 46 a cikin 2025), sannan mafi girman kuɗin da aka taɓa biya don mai wasan kwaikwayo ya bayyana a talabijin. Ya ba da gudummawar wani ɓangare na kuɗin don taimakawa yaran Romania.[58]
Bayan rasuwar mai magana da yawun HIV / AIDS kuma aboki Ryan White, Jackson ya bukaci gwamnatin Clinton a Bikin buɗewa na Bill Clinton da ta kara kudade ga kungiyoyin agaji na HIV / AIDS da bincike, kuma ta yi "Gone Too Soon", waƙar da aka keɓe ga White, da kuma "Heal the World" a bikin. Jackson ya ziyarci Afirka a farkon shekara ta 1992; a tashinsa ta farko a Gabon, mutane sama da 100,000 ne suka gaishe shi, wasu suna ɗauke da alamun da ke cewa "Barka da Gida Michael", kuma an ba shi matsayin Jami'in Dokar Merit ta Kasa daga Shugaba Omar Bongo.[59] A lokacin tafiyarsa zuwa Ivory Coast, Jackson ya jawo taron jama'a fiye da Paparoma John Paul II a ziyararsa ta baya.[60] Wani shugaban kabilanci ne ya naɗa shi "Sarki Sani" a ƙauyen Ivory Coast na Krindjabo, inda ya gode wa manyan mutane a Faransanci da Ingilishi, ya sanya hannu kan takardun da ke tsara mulkinsa, kuma ya zauna a kan kursiyin zinariya yayin da yake jagorantar raye-raye na bikin.[59]
A watan Janairun 1993, Jackson ya yi wasan kwaikwayo a Super Bowl XXVII a Pasadena, California. Kungiyar Kwallon Kafa ta Kasa (NFL) ta nemi babban mai zane don kula da masu kallo a lokacin rabin lokaci biyo bayan raguwar yawan masu sauraro. Tare da masu kallo miliyan 133.4, shi ne Super Bowl na farko wanda wasan kwaikwayon rabin lokaci ya jawo masu sauraro da yawa fiye da wasan da kansa. Jackson ya yi "Jam", "Billie Jean", "Black or White", da kuma "Heal the World". Dangerous ya tashi wurare 90 a kan jadawalin kundin Amurka bayan wasan kwaikwayon.[38]
Jackson ya ba da hira ta minti 90 tare da Oprah Winfrey a ranar 10 ga Fabrairu, 1993. Ya yi magana game da cin zarafin da ya fuskanta a lokacin yaro a hannun mahaifinsa, ya ce ya yi imanin cewa ya rasa yawancin yarantakarsa, kuma ya bayyana cewa sau da yawa yana kuka daga kaɗaici. Ya musanta jita-jita na tabloid cewa ya sayi ƙasusuwan Mutumin Gishiri, ya kwanta a cikin ɗakin iskar oxygen, ko kuma ya wanke fatarsa, kuma ya bayyana a karon farko cewa yana da vitiligo. Bayan hira, Dangerous ya sake shiga cikin jerin kundin Amurka a saman 10, fiye da shekara guda bayan da aka saki shi.[14][38]Tattaunawar ta zama hira ta talabijin da aka fi kallo a tarihin Amurka har zuwa yau, tare da masu kallo sama da miliyan 90.
A watan Janairun 1993, Jackson ya lashe lambar yabo ta Amurka sau uku: Mafi kyawun Pop / Rock Album (Dangerous), Mafi kyawun Soul / R & B Single ("Ka tuna da Lokaci"), kuma ya zama mai karɓar lambar yabo ta farko ta International Artist Award of Excellence . A watan Fabrairu, ya sami lambar yabo ta "Living Legend Award" a 35th Annual Grammy Awards a Los Angeles . [25] Ya halarci bikin tare da Brooke Shields . An zabi Dangerous don Mafi kyawun Ayyukan Murya (don "Black ko White"), Mafi kyawun R & B Vocal Performance ("Jam"), da Mafi Kyawun R & B Song ("Jam), kuma Bruce Swedien da Teddy Riley sun lashe kyautar Grammy don Mafi Kyawun Injiniya - Ba na gargajiya ba.[46] A cikin shekarun da suka gabata, an yaba da Dangerous a matsayin babban nasarar da Jackson ya samu.[61][62]
Manazarta
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