Michael Jackson Biography

Fast Facts

• Scored four No
• 1 hits ("I Want You Back," "ABC," "The Love You Save" and "I'll Be There") with the Jackson 5 in 1970 when he was 12
• His first solo No
• 1 single was "Ben," from the movie of the same name, in 1972
• His Thriller is the best-selling album in history
• From its debut in 1982 through 1995, it sold more than a million copies a year
• Premiered his most famous dance move, the moonwalk, in 1983 on NBC's Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever
• In 1985, paid $40 million for the rights of much of the Beatles' song catalogue
• A 1993 appearance on Oprah Winfrey drew 62 million viewers
• Was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, along with his brothers, in 1997; was inducted again, as a solo artist, in 2001