Some times, somewhere there are people who mean a lot to the world… Michael Jackson was one of them who was loved and praised by most of the people of the world. His magnetism, fascination and charisma were so intensive that a single glimpse of him would make people go crazy in fact insane. The sudden death of Michael Jackson has brought a deep sorrow and grief to millions of his fans around the world. The pain of Michael’s death is so profound and shocking that for most of us it’s quite hard to accept that he is no more. Michael Jackson who was often called as the King of Pop, MJ and Wacko Jacko gave music industry a new dimension and new meanings. His dramatic moves, distinctive style, outstanding dressing, touching lyrics, spectacular voice and his impressive and innovative ideas were so marvelous for which he had no match. In the history of music he was the only one loved and praised by millions of people who never could be compared to any one and will never be comparable.
Born on August, 29 1958 in Indiana, Michael Joseph Jackson was the seventh child of Afro-American parents Joseph Walter Jackson and Katherine Esther. Michael experienced a very awful child hood mainly because of the cruel nature and violent behavior of his father. In many of his interviews Jackson said that he was physically and emotionally abused by his father. According to Marlon Jackson — Joseph held Michael upside down by one leg and "pummeled him over and over again with his hand, hitting him on his back and buttocks". In an interview Jackson recalled that one night Joseph climbed through his bedroom window, wearing a scary mask and entered the room screaming and shouting loudly. And after this incident Jackson suffered nightmares and he would cry badly. While telling this dreadful event of his childhood Michael could not stop his tears and covered his face while crying. Jackson was a lonely and disturbed child; even as an adult he was a very lonely man which he confessed to his friend.  As said by Michael the strict discipline and harsh attitude of his father helped him to gain courage and invoked in him the feeling to do something and that’s why he credited his father as playing a great role in his successes.
        Starting his career from “Jackson 5” as a lead singer just at the age of 5 shows the spirit and caliber of him to be a star. The “Jackson 5” gave several hits, signed with “Motown Records” including, “Big Boy”, “I Want You Back”, ”ABC”, ”The Love You Save”, ”I’ll Be There”, ”Dancing Machine”, and ”I Am Lover”. In 1978, Jackson launched his solo album “Off the Wall” which came to be a super hit album.
        In 1982 “Thriller” proved to be a massive hit, millions of albums were sold world wide and it started a new era of music and dance in the music industry. “Thriller” remained in top ten for eighty consecutive weeks where seven tracks of the albums were on top, including “Billie Jean”, “Beat It”, “Thriller” and “The Girl Is Mine”. And no doubt, they are still loved by the people and every generation enjoys the outstanding music, lyrics and the terrific dance of Michael Jackson. Thriller came out to be the “most selling album of all times” and certainly MJ won the hearts of millions around the world. “Thriller” was the first album of a black on aired on MTV. MJ successfully transformed the style of music videos by his creative ideas, dance and dramatic stories and brought innovation and revolution in the music industry. “Thriller” came to be a world record, a huge success and very much loved by masses. Millions of people of all ages, around the world get sheer joy and excitement from his music and dance.
        In 1987, five years after “Thriller” Michael launched “Bad” which came to be another hit album. The singles included in this album like “Bad”, ”Speed Demon”, ”Liberian Girl”, ”Smooth Criminal”, and ”The Way You Make Me Feel” became very famous songs of that era and are still liked very much.
        “Dangerous” was released in 1991 which came to be a better album than “Bad” and remained for weeks as number one in the musical charts. The singles in this album included “Jam”, ”Remember the Time”, ”Black or White”, ”Dangerous”, and “Heal the world”. Apart from the music, dance and wonderful videos which are the quality of Jackson’s work the tracks like “Black or White” and “Heal the World” even showed the pain and sympathies for the people of the world and his efforts and passion to work for the betterment of world and rights of human beings. In his song “Black or White” he has expressed his thought about the discrimination in society for different color and races and talks about equality and love. “Heal the World” is an expression of love and concern for all, passion of giving and serving others, peace of world and to make our world a better place for entire human race.
       Year 1995 saw another hit by MJ named “History” which is a double album that included greatest hits along with the new tracks. “History” proved to be one of the best multiple disc albums with millions of records sold globally. The final album of Michael Jackson released in 2001 was “Invincible” which has sold around ten million copies worldwide. The tracks include “Unbreakable”,”Invincible”,”you Rock My World”,”Speechless”, and “You Are My Life”. Currently, he was working on his “This Is It” a series of concerts to be held in London starting from July, 2009. But just a few days earlier of this mega event he was gone.
       Michael has left profound impact over various artists such as Mariah Carey, Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake who are largely influenced by his style. Almost all of the artists as well as Michael’s fans showed their inner feelings of sorrow over the death of the legendary star where most of people were speechless and shocked to hear the news and could hardly believe that Michael is dead. For them, it was terrible joke or a sort of nightmare. 
       Michael lived a very instable, stressed and lonely life since his child hood, which he uttered many times. In an interview when he was asked to give a message to his fans he replied that” I want my fans to listen to my song “Childhood” which is the most honest song I have ever written and the most autobiographical song I have ever written”. This song, according to Michael is the most honest expression of his inner self and his true feelings and tells what actually he is if his fans really want to know about him. He would always thank his fans for their support and love and articulated his love from the core of his heart for his fans. Other than his tense and disturbed life, he has been the victim of various charges and allegations at the peak of his fame. But, despite being accused of these charges the fame and appeal was never declined. His charm and influence proved to be everlasting and nothing could destroy his popularity.
       Michael did a lot for the oppressed people of the world especially for children of the world. He provided his moral support to them through his songs and also the material support through charities and donations. Jackson was mentioned in Guinness Book of World Record for his support of 39 charities which is the largest number of charities by any artist. He ran different foundations and charities, and donated millions for the support and cause of the deprived people. Michael Jackson was named in Guinness Book of World Record several times, including one record for “Most Successful Entertainer of All Time”. There is a long list of achievements of Michael Jackson; he was winner of 13 Grammy Awards, 13 Number One Singles, having his tracks on top ten for several weeks on musical charts as well as the sale of over 750 million records worldwide.
      
Apart from the music dance and the voice, his lyrics show his beautiful thoughts, his kind heart and his love and passion for humanity and for betterment of this world. As he himself claimed that “I will never stop loving and helping people and I believe to always love and continue to love”. Many songs of him, other than giving joy and excitement to its listeners, give a message a deep and thoughtful message and show his concern for the world and for the mankind, like “Heal the World”, “Earth Song”,  “Black or White” etc.
 For me, Michael was not just a pop star; he was much more than an artist. I believe him to be a true human who had love, concern, enthusiasm, sympathy and devotion for every human who ever it was where ever it was. For millions of his fans he will always be in their minds as a sweet memory, his music will remain in their lives and he will be ruling their hearts forever. Rest in peace Michael and thank you for all the beautiful things you did for us!