Meanwhile, Jackson had created two videos, for "Don't Stop 'Till You Get Enough" and "Billie Jean", which MTV wouldn't play until CBS threatened to yank all their other videos. Well, we don't want to cater to fringe groups." Yep, being black makes you a fringe group. The directors of music programming explained, "MTV is supposed to be a rock channel, and it's hard to find black artists whose work fits that format. note Actually when MTV started, it was all white. He had also been the first African-American artist to receive heavy rotation on the channel. In particular, the one for "Thriller" is probably the most famous music video ever made, inspired a slew of homages and parodies. His unusually elaborate music videos were something of a Killer App for the emerging MTV.
His singing voice and dance moves (especially his Signature Move, the Moonwalk Dance) gained iconic status. Jackson was, perhaps, the definitive celebrity of The '80s. Thriller is still the best-selling album of all time today, and won a total of 8 Grammy Awards. Though songs from his first serious solo effort, Off the Wall (1979), were extremely popular, he reached unprecedented superstardom in 1982 with his album Thriller. His full-fledged solo career took off in the late 1970s. Originally a member of the Motown act The Jackson 5, Michael Joseph Jackson (Aug– June 25, 2009) debuted as a solo artist in 1971 - the year he turned thirteen.
President Ronald Reagan, The White House, May 15, 1984
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