Question

寻找MICHAEL JACKSON的英文介绍

快要考雅思了，我希望用自己偶像的事迹作为素材考口语，毕竟发自内心的才是可以表达好的，大家帮我找下他的英文介绍，慈善事业，音乐事业，家庭等等
1.他的慈善事业等等，资助的慈善机构
2.他的原创音乐，舞蹈等等
3.他为世界环境保护等等写歌的背景
4.他的专访（哪个频道，什么主题等等）
5。他的庄园Neverland的介绍
暂时就这些，找到哪个都行，这对我太重要了，万分感谢！！！！！
汗，大家帮我找我那5个问题就好了，我不要那些新闻报道。。。。谢谢

Answer 1

Michael Joseph Jackson (born August 29, 1958), also known as the "King of Pop" and "Wacko Jacko", is an American musician whose successful music career and controversial personal life have been at the forefront of pop culture for the last quarter-century. Michael Jackson has been regarded as the most successful pop singer of all time with estimated accumulative record sales of over 300 million.[1]

Michael Jackson began his musical career at the age of five as lead singer of The Jackson 5 and made his first solo recordings in 1971 as part of the Jackson 5 franchise.[2] He began a full-fledged solo career in 1979 and formally parted with his siblings in 1984.[3] Since then Jackson has recorded and co-produced the best-selling album of all-time[4] (Thriller with approximate worldwide sales of 60 million[5]), received thirteen Grammy awards[6] and charted thirteen number-one singles in the US. Michael Jackson has been awarded numerous honors, including the World Music Award for "Biggest Selling Artist Of The Millennium".[7] Michael Jackson is a double-inductee into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, as a member of The Jackson 5 in 1997 and in 2001 as a solo artist.[8]

Michael Jackson has been married twice and has three children. His first wife was Lisa Marie Presley, daughter of pop icon Elvis Presley, whom he married in 1994 and divorced less than two years later.[9] His second wife was Deborah Rowe, with whom he has two children, Prince Michael I (born February 13, 1997)[10] and Paris (born April 3, 1998).[11] Jackson divorced Rowe in 1999 and she gave up her parental rights in 2001. In early 2002 he had a third child, Prince Michael II (better known as "Blanket") who was born through surrogacy.

From 1988 to 2005, Michael Jackson lived in a 2,600 acre (11 km²) property called Neverland Ranch located in Santa Ynez, California. Jackson, a huge Disney fan, named his ranch after the magical kingdom of Neverland from the children's story "Peter Pan". He has built an amusement park and private zoo on the ranch, and frequently welcomes sick and poor children there to visit and sponsors charity drives for children. He states that he likes to be surrounded by children because of their sense of innocence, which he feels he lost too soon. Jackson's relationships with children, both his own and others, have been controversial. His sleepover parties at Neverland have received widespread critical media coverage, especially after he revealed that he sometimes slept in the same bed with several unrelated children.[12] In 1993 and again in 2003, Michael Jackson was accused of child sexual abuse, though was eventually tried and acquitted of the latter allegations in 2005.

Answer 2

Michael Joseph Jackson (born August 29, 1958) is an American recording artist, entertainer, and businessman. The seventh child of the Jackson family, he debuted on the professional music scene at the age of 11 as a member of The Jackson 5 and began a solo career in 1971 while still a member of the group. Referred to as the "King of Pop" in subsequent years, five of his solo studio albums have become some of the world's best-selling records: Off the Wall (1979), Thriller (1982), Bad (1987), Dangerous (1991) and HIStory (1995).

In the early 1980s, he became a dominant figure in popular music and the first African-American entertainer to amass a strong crossover following on MTV. The popularity of his music videos airing on MTV, such as "Beat It", "Billie Jean" and Thriller—credited for transforming the music video into an art form and a promotional tool—helped bring the relatively new channel to fame. Videos such as "Black or White" and "Scream" made Jackson an enduring staple on MTV in the 1990s. With stage performances and music videos, Jackson popularized a number of physically complicated dance techniques, such as the robot and the moonwalk. His distinctive musical sound and vocal style influenced hip hop, pop and contemporary R&B artists.

Jackson has donated and raised millions of dollars for beneficial causes through his foundation, charity singles and support of 39 charities. Other aspects of his personal life, including his changing appearance and behavior, generated significant controversy, damaging his public image. Though he was accused of child sexual abuse in 1993, the criminal investigation was closed due to lack of evidence and Jackson was not charged. The singer has experienced health concerns since the early 1990s and conflicting reports regarding the state of his finances since the late 1990s. Jackson married twice and fathered three children, all of which caused further controversy. In 2005, Jackson was tried and acquitted of further sexual abuse allegations and several other charges.

One of the few artists to have been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame twice, his other achievements include multiple Guinness World Records—including one for "Most Successful Entertainer of All Time"—13 Grammy Awards, 13 number one singles in his solo career—more than any other male artist in the Hot 100 era—and the sale of over 750 million units worldwide. Cited as one of the world's most famous men, Jackson's highly publicized personal life, coupled with his successful career, has made him a part of popular culture for almost four decades.

Answer 3

题目【World Renowned Singer Michael Jackson Dies at 50】
People around the world are paying their respects to International pop star Michael Jackson. Jackson died suddenly of an apparent heart attack on Thursday at the age of 50 in Los Angeles. An autopsy was planned for Friday June 26, though results are not likely to be final until toxicology tests can be completed. The Los Angeles County Coroner says if a cause can be determined by the autopsy, they will announce the results. Meanwhile, a day after his death people around the work are reacting and paying tribute to the pop icon.

News of Michael Jackson's sudden death spread quickly. In his hometown of Gary, Indiana fans held a candlelight vigil and created a makeshift shrine outside his childhood home.

In other communities around the U.S., people gathered in groups to sing Jackson songs, dance and recount the pop icon's high-profile life. Images of Michael Jackson singing and dancing were broadcast around the world. Newspapers also covered their front pages with headlines of the singer's death.

In Japan, where the pop star was hugely popular, fans were looking forward to being able to see him perform in public again. He had scheduled a series of 50 concerts starting July 13 in London.

"I was going to go to his concert in July and I was ready with a present to give him." said one Japanese fan. "I had been full of excitement to see him again, but now I am never going to see him again."

In France, Jackson supporters, like this man, said his music touched people of all age groups and all cultural origins.

But, in Italy another fan was disappointed Jackson's personal life was often overshadowed a great music career. "He has to accept himself as he was," he said. "Unfortunately he was a great artist, but he didn't leave a positive message to the new generation."

While Jackson ruled the charts and dazzled audiences with electric dance moves like the backwards "moonwalk" in the 1980s, his once-stellar career was overshadowed by his sometimes bizarre behavior, his startling physical transformation and multiple allegations of child abuse.

Despite the controversies, Jackson's music had mass crossover appeal in many cultures. In African nations like Kenya, where his music and videos were popular, there were feelings of loss.

"It's really sad considering that he was black and for a black man to rise like that it's not that easy, so we have lost an icon, you know," said Jackson fan, Caroline Wanjiku.

Radio and television stations around the world devoted a lot of air time to the news of the pop star's death and some allotted entire programs to his music. In the Philippines, one radio station broadcast an entire program to Jackson's songs and his life story. Philippine radio disc jockey, Big Daddy Jake, said his listeners shared many stories about the King of Pop.

"A dad was saying he introduced his son, who was ten years old, to the Michael Jackson music and they listen to him and a whole lot, you know. It's just Michael Jackson songs are timeless," he said.

Other Jackson fans say the massive outpouring of tributes proves the pop singer will go down in history alongside Elvis Presley and the Beatles as one of the biggest pop sensations of all time.

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Answer 4

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