Mónica Vásquez Giraldo

Course 14

Final Project

Michael Jackson was born on august 29th in 1958 in Los Angeles California and he died on June 25th in 2009.

He was “The king of Pop”. People admire him for his music and the way he used to dance.

Michael Jackson was a very successful person. He has been the most awarded artist in the history of music, some achievements are: multiple Guinness World Records, 13 Grammy Awards, 26 American Music Award. He was also included in the dance hall of fame as the first and only pop and rock music dancer.

He sold of over 400 million records worldwide. Jackson won hundreds of awards, making him the most awarded recording artist in the history of popular music.

He became the most downloaded artist of all time. He traveled the world attending events honoring his humanitarianism, but not everything was good about him, because his changing appearance, behavior, personal relationships among other things, generated controversy.

He was also accused of sexual child abuse, these accusations made people despise him and this situation was the cause of lowering his sales during the last years.

Michael Jackson, after more than 10 years since his last concert, announced his comeback concert, but 20 days before the start of the tour, he died.