It’s a very rare thing to have one achievement that no one else will ever match. Michael Jackson has a few, with the most concrete being the highest-selling album in U.S. history. ‘Thriller’ is the only album to sell over 29 million copies.
But those aware of Jackson’s legacy know that it goes beyond numbers. The youngest of the Jackson 5 grew to be a bona fide star in the ’80s with Prince being his only rival as a pop artist.
The run he and producer Quincy Jones had starting with 1979′s ‘Off the Wall’ to 1987′s ‘Bad’ has been written about and praised hundreds of times and will likely continue dozens of more times into the future.
The singer’s fame and place in pop culture is so big that — even though he was a human being like the rest of us — it seemed he would somehow live forever. That’s partly why nearly everyone was shocked at his 2009 passing and still are, years after his prime.
But his music and his history are still here. There are also the stories behind some of his career heights. Check out 25 Facts You Probably Didn’t Know About Michael Jackson below.
1.The first song MJ created as a solo artist that hit the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart was 'Ben' in 1972.
2.His favorite animated character is Pinocchio
3.Janet Jackson was on an early version of 'Billie Jean.'
4.'Home Alone' star Macauley Culkin is the godfather of two of Jackson's children.
5.The original title for the 'Thriller' song was 'Starlight.'
6.Martin Scorcese ('Taxi Driver,' 'Raging Bull,' 'The Wolf of Wall Street') directed the 'Bad' video.
7.The charitable superstar often wore a black armband to remind people of the suffering of children around the world
8.Jackson's 'Thriller' video co-star is Ola Ray, a former Playboy model. She only starred in one other music video: George Benson's 'Give Me the Night.'
9.Like many others, CeeLo Green was scared of the 'Thriller' video: "If he could be possessed, then I damn sure could be possessed, because Michael was so much stronger than I was
10.Horror movie legend Vincent Prince had an extra rap verse that got cut from the final version of 'Thriller.'
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