1. Born August 29, 1959 in Gary, Indiana2. Jackson described his voice on early Jackson 5 recordings as "like Minnie Mouse"
3. Billie Jean was the first video by a black artist to air on MTV
4. He first premiered the famous moonwalk during a performance of Billie Jean on the Motown 25 TV special, March 25, 1983
5. Overall he has sold more than 300 million albums
6. His 1982 album Thriller is the best selling album of all time with estimated sales of 110 million worldwide.
7. His 1995 album HIStory is the biggest selling double album of all time
8. His 1997 album Blood on the Dance Floor is the biggest selling remix album of all time
9. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame twice. With the Jackson 5 and solo.
10. In 1994, Jackson wed Lisa-marie Presley in the Dominican Republic. It lasted 19 months.
11. In 1985 he outbid Paul McCartney and paid $47 million for the rights to the Beatles back catalog. He resold PART of it to Sony in 1995 for $95 million.
12. Jackson owned the rights to the South Carolina state anthem "South Carolina on My Mind"
13. Bubbles wasnt his only pet. He also had a Boa constrictor called Muscles, Louis and Lola the llamas, Mr Tibbs the ram and Crusher the python.
14. Those gravity defying dance moves in which Jackson would lean forward at extreme angles were not the result of camera tricks. He actually patented a shoe device that made the dance step possible.
15. Jackson shares the record for most Grammy Awards in one year with 8.
16. He only admitted to having 2 nose jobs but reports list the actual number at anywhere from 20-45
17. Billie Jean and Black & White were both #1 for 7 weeks
18. His 3 biggest albums Thriller, Bad and Dangerous each produced 7 top 40 hits
19. He has 7 letters in his first and last names, born in 1958 (19+58=77) died on the 25th (2+5=7), oh and he is the 7th child in the family!
20. Jackson signed his will on 7/7/02 - exactly 7 years later his funeral was 7/7/09
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