TheBioHistoryofMichaelJosephJacksonbeganwhenhewasbornonthe29thofAugust1958inGary,Indiana.Hewasthe7thofninechildren.(brothers:Sigmund"Jackie",Toriano"Tito",Jermaine,Marlon,Steven"Randy",andsistersRebbie,JanetandLa-ToyaJackson 　　Michaelbeganhismusicalcareerattheageof5astheleadsingeroftheJackson5whoformedin1964.IntheseearlyyearstheJackson5,Jackie,Jermaine,Tito,MarlonandleadsingerMichaelplayedlocalclubsandbarsinGaryIndianaandmovingfurtherafieldastheretalentsgrewandtheycouldcompeteinbiggercompetitions.FromtheseearlydaysMichaelwouldbeatthesameclubsasbigtalentedstarsoftheredays,suchasJackieWilsonandwouldbelearningfromthemevenbackthen.In1968theBobbyTaylorandTheVancouversdiscoveredtheJacksonfiveandfromtheretheygotanauditionforBerryGordyofMotownRecords.TheJackson5signedforMotownandmovedtoCalifornia.Theirfirst4singles,"IWantYouBack","ABC","TheLoveYouSave",and"I'llBeThere"allmadeUSNo1hits.TheJackson5recorded14albumsandMichaelrecorded4soloalbumswithMotown. 　　TheJackson5stayedwithMotownuntil1976,wantingmoreartisticfreedomtheyfelttheyhadtomoveonandsignedupwithEpic.ThegroupnameJackson5hadtobechangedasitwasownedbyMotown,sotheyrevertedtoTheJacksonsastheyhadbeknownintheearlydays.BrotherJermainemarriedBerryGordy'sdaughterandstayedwithMotown.YoungestbrotherRandyjoinedinhisplace.TheJacksonshadanumberofhitrecordsandintotalmade6albumsbetweentheyearsof1976and1984. 　　In1977Michaelmadehisfirstfilmdebutwhenhestarredinthemusical'TheWiz'playingScarecrowwithDianaRossintheleadroleofDorothy.ItwasatthistimeMichaelmetQuincyJoneswhowasdoingthescoreforthefilm. 　　MichaelteamedupwithQuinceyJonesashisproducerforhisfirstsoloalbumwithEpicRecords.Thealbumtitled"OffTheWall"wasabigsuccessaroundtheworldandthefirsteveralbumtoreleasearecordbreaking4No1singlesintheUS. 　　In1982MichaelJacksonreleasedtheworld'slargestsellingalbumofalltime,'Thriller'.Thisalbumproduced7hitsingles,breakingyetagainmorerecords,andwentontosellover50millioncopiesworldwide.Michaelwaskeentousemusicvideoorshortfilmsashecalledthemtopromotehissinglesfromthealbum.Heworkedwiththebestdirectorsandproducers,usingthelatesttechnologyandspecialeffects.forthehitsong'BillieJean'Theshortfilm'Thriller'usedthelatestmake-upartiststechnolgycombinedwithfantasticdancingandcherography,toproducea14minutevideo,withastart,amiddleandanending.Sosuccessfulwasthisvideothat'TheMakingOfMichaelJackson'sThriller'becametheworld'slargestsellinghomevideocombinedwithsoaringalbumsales.In1983Michaelperformedthenowlegendarymoonwalkforthefirsttimeonthe'Motown25years'anniversaryshow.ThisperformancealonesetMichaelundoubtableintotherealmofasuperstar. 　　In1984Michaelwonarecordbreaking8Grammyawardsinonenight.Theawardswereforhisworkonthe'Thriller'albumandhisworkonthenarrativeforthe'ETStorybook'. 　　OnDecember9th1984atthelastconcertoftheJackson'sVictoryTour,Michaelannouncedhewassplittingfromthegroupandgoingsolo. 　　In1987Michaelreleasedhismuchawaitedthirdsoloalbum,titled'Bad',andlauchedhisrecordbreakingfirstsol