Blog 14 Michael Jackson

Michael Jackson has been a global success nearly his whole life, starting from 1971 when he was in the Jackson 5 to his last appearance in his 'This Is It' Tour before he died in 2010. He was known as 'The King of Pop' in the heights of his career.

The first hit that featured Michael Jackson was 'Rockin' Robin' with his 4 other brothers in the Jackson 5.This hit was the first major pop music video that has many characteristics within the video.For example, the frequent dance routines throughout the music video whilst the members of the band are singing. Jackson's career did nothing but skyrocket to success from his video.

Jackson's first major hit as a pop star was in this video (Rockin' Robin), although at the time he wasn't know as the star he is today. At this point in time Micheal was only known from being in the Jackson 5. It was the first major pop music video ever made that had most of the characteristics within the video that would be seen in modern videos. For example, there are a variety of dance sequences in this.

The next hit that Michael had was the ever popular Billie Jean. This video was seen as Michaels first major hit as a solo artist without him being part of the Jackson 5.This was the first video that had a real storyline to it instead of just close up shots and endless dance routines.

'Beat it' was the next big hit that Michael brought out. The video he created for this video was one of the first ever to have so much group choreography thoughout one scene of a video. This shows Goodwins pop video features for the frequent chroeographed scenes.Its also popular as the video realtes to problems faced at the time it was made such as gang violence in streets.

This is the most famous of all videos, selling almost 9 million tapes in the form of VHS's. This gave it a Guineas world record for the highest grossing pop video. It was the first pop video of its kind to invole so much detail in dance routines and story line. The original video that was recorded lasted for 14 minutes, however, MTV would shorten down the video. This was a good selling point for fans to see the original video if they brought the VCR.The music video cost around half a million dollars to make, which made it one of the most expensive pop videos of all time. However, this pay out was worth it as 'Thriller' is one of the most popular videos, even today and since Jacksons death it is referred to in research and known by everyone.

'Bad' was one of the last videos Jackson made before getting plastic surgery and bleaching his skin making him white. This video shows as a symbol of his past that he left behind as he went white. His fans didnt react well to his changes, and this is why Bad was popular, as his last video bring black.This video was aired on BBC at midnight on the day of its release, this shows how popular Jackson was at this point.