Influences+After+Death

=__Influences After Death __= In the late 80's, his "Thriller"and "Bad" albums became best sellers. Thriller was a major hit, when he released it to the world to hear, and still is today.Michael had been set up and most likely forced to play a series of concerts in London's O2 Arena. There turned out to be around 50 concerts he needed to play, but he only wanted to play 10. Nearly a week before Michael died he announced "I'm better off dead. I'm Done". Michael Jackson's [|Death] was announced June 25, 2009. The world went into a Dramatic depression as the 'King of Pop' left life as we know it. With people like Priscilla Presley, Corey Feldman, and Uri Geller reciting quotes on how he was influential to them. Before Michael Died, he was involved in many court cases, which created a certain difficulty between Private and Public matters. On June 25, Michael Jackson was found Dead at, his mansion, in Holmby Hills, California, from a Cardiac Arrest. When people first heard about it, they did not believe he was dead. Some reporters believed he faked his own death but did not know why. As investigations went on and autopsies were carried through, Doctors could not find anything wrong with him during the next few months.

During 2006, Michael Jackson received as many as 8 Guinness World Records. He sold over 75 million records worldwide and is known as the 'best selling male solo pop artist.' Since the 1980's, Jackson has been the biggest thing since Elvis Presley, and the Beetles. Music stations and channels paid tribute to his death the next day after his death. MTV is and example of one channel that aired his music with live news specials about him in between shows and commercials. He influenced many different kinds of singers and songwriters, like John Mayer, Chris Brown, and Miley Cyrus. Miley Cyrus stated "Michael Jackson was my inspiration. Love and blessings" after his death.In relation to Miley Cyrus, John Mayer was even more devastated than her, he stated "I think we'll mourn his loss as well as the loss of ourselves as children listening to Thriller on the record player." and "I truly hope he is memorialized as the '83 moon-walking, MTV owning, mesmerizing, unstoppable, invincible Michael Jackson." He was influential because his music was upbeat, and was about the world. He created dances that we still use today. A dance that he invented was the "[|moonwalk]" Many people have tried this dance, but none could get it to be like his. Singers, like Usher and Beyonce, have improved how they move on stage by following in his footsteps. Their dance moves are related to Michael Jackson's dances moves in his previous music videos. Michael Jackson also influenced the video game world because his videos influenced the music scene to create video games. His music videos were the first to have specific story lines. In 1894, Michael Jackson was honored to have a star on the "Hollywood walk of Fame" in Hollywood,California.

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