Michael Jackson - The King of Pop and the Musical Genius

Michael Jackson stormed the world of music and tasted international worldwide fame with the album-Off The Wall. On July 28, 1979, the first single 'Don't stop till you get enough" was released. It peaked atop the Billboard Hot 100 and achieved number 3 status in the UK. The other three numbers "She's out of My Life", "Rock with You" and "Off the Wall" also reached Billboard Hot 100 charts, and Off the Album was the first album by a solo artist to attain 4 US top 10 hits.
In 1980, Jackson won three awards at the American Music Awards for his solo efforts: Favorite Soul/R&B Album, Favorite Male Soul/R&B Artist and Favorite Soul/R&B Single for "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough". In the same year, he also won Billboard Music Awards for Top Black Artist and Top Black Album and a Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance (for his hit single 'Don't Stop Till You Get Enough")
Thriller: Michael Jackson became household name after the release of Thriller (November 30,1982). Thriller exceeded the expectations set by Off The Wall. The first single "The Girl is Mine" made people think that Thriller was not going to really rule the roost, but "Billie Jean" had the worst of critics eating a humble pie. The video had Michael Jackson 'moonwalking' to fame. Thriller was one of the first music albums to incorporate videos as promotional material. Thriller, Billie Jean and Beat It are to date, the most watched videos in the world. In the span of a year, Thriller won eight Grammy Awards at the 1984 Grammys, including awards in three different genres-pop, R&B and rock. It currently remains the best selling album of all time. Not many people know that the album 'Thriller' was first called 'Midnight Man' but they finally decided to keep the album name 'Thriller' for marketing reasons. Thriller went on to win Michael Jackson, seven Grammy awards in 1984, including Album of the Year. He also won 8 American Music Awards, Three MTV video music award and the Special Award of Merit.