Ubani uMichael Jackson?
Context:UMichael Joseph Jackson (August 29, 1958 <unk> June 25, 2009) wayengumculi waseMelika, umbhali wezingoma, umdansi, kanye nomuntu ongumuntu. Ebizwa ngokuthi "iNkosi yePop", ubhekwa njengomunye wabantu abanethonya elikhulu kakhulu kwezamasiko ekhulwini lama-20.
UMichael Joseph Jackson (August 29, 1958 <unk> June 25, 2009) wayengumculi waseMelika, umbhali wezingoma, umdansi, kanye nomuntu ongumuntu. Ebizwa ngokuthi "iNkosi yePop", ubhekwa njengomunye wabantu abanethonya elikhulu kakhulu kwezamasiko ekhulwini lama-20. Eminyakeni engaphezu kwamashumi amane yomsebenzi wakhe, iminikelo yakhe emculweni, emdanso, nasemfashinini, kanye nokuphila kwakhe okuvezwe esidlangalaleni, kwamenza waba umuntu odumile emhlabeni wonke. UJackson wathonya abaculi bezinhlobo eziningi zomculo; ngokusebenzisa ukusebenza kwesiteji nevidiyo, wakwenza kwaduma ukunyakaza komdanso okuyinkimbinkimbi njengokuhamba enyangeni, okwaqanjwa ngegama lakhe, kanye ne-robot. Ingane yesishiyagalombili yomndeni wakwaJackson, uJackson wenza i-debut yakhe yomphakathi ngo-1964 nabafowabo abadala uJackie, Tito, Jermaine, noMarlon njengelungu leJackson 5 (kamuva eyaziwa ngokuthi iJacksons). UJackson waqala umsebenzi wakhe wedwa ngo-1971 ngesikhathi eseMotown Records. Waba yinkanyezi eyedwa nge-albhamu yakhe yango-1979 ethi Off the Wall. Ama-video akhe omculo, kuhlanganise nalawo athi "Beat It", "Billie Jean", nelithi "Thriller" avela ku-albhamu yakhe ka-1982 ethi Thriller, kuthiwa aphule imingcele yobuhlanga futhi aguqula le ndlela yaba uhlobo lobuciko kanye nethuluzi lokukhuthaza. Wasiza ukushayela impumelelo ye-MTV futhi waqhubeka nokwenza izinto ezintsha ngamavidiyo ama-albhamu athi Bad (1987), Dangerous (1991), HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I (1995), kanye ne-Invincible (2001). I-Thriller yaba yi-albhamu ethengiswa kakhulu kunazo zonke ezake zaba khona, kuyilapho i-Bad yaba yi-albhamu yokuqala ukukhiqiza izingoma ezinhlanu ze-US Billboard Hot 100. Kusukela ngasekupheleni kweminyaka yama-1980, uJackson waba ngumuntu ophikisana naye nokuqagela ngenxa yokuguquka kokubukeka kwakhe, ubudlelwano, ukuziphatha, kanye nendlela yakhe yokuphila. Ngo-1993, wasolwa ngokuhlukumeza ngokobulili ingane yomngane womkhaya. Leli cala laxazululwa ngaphandle kwenkantolo yomphakathi; UJackson akazange agwetshwe ngenxa yokuntuleka kobufakazi. Ngo-2005, waquliswa icala futhi waxolelwa ezinye izinsolo zokuhlukunyezwa kwezingane ngokocansi kanye nezinye izinsolo eziningana. I-FBI ayitholanga bufakazi bokuziphatha kobugebengu kukaJackson kunoma yiliphi icala. Ngo-2009, ngenkathi elungiselela uchungechunge lwamakhonsathi okubuya, This Is It, uJackson washona ngenxa yokweqisa kwe-propofol enikezwe udokotela wakhe uqobo, uConrad Murray, owagwetshwa ngo-2011 ngokubulala ngokungadingekile. Ukufa kwakhe kwabangela ukusabela okuphawulekayo emhlabeni wonke, kwabangela ukwanda okungakaze kubonwe kwe-Internet nokwanda kokuthengiswa komculo wakhe. Inkonzo yesikhumbuzo sikaJackson, eyayiseStaples Center eLos Angeles, yabonwa abantu abalinganiselwa ezigidini eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-2,5 emhlabeni wonke. UJackson ungomunye wabaculi bomculo abathengisa kakhulu kunabo bonke, ngokuthengiswa okulinganiselwa kuma-record angaphezu kwezigidi ezingama-400 emhlabeni wonke.  Wayenezingoma eziyishumi nantathu ze-Billboard Hot 100 (eyesithathu ephakeme kunanoma yimuphi umculi enkathini ye-Hot 100) futhi wayengumculi wokuqala ukuba ne-top-ten single ku-Billboard Hot 100 emashumini amahlanu ahlukene eminyaka. Ukuhlonishwa kwakhe kufaka phakathi ama-Grammy Awards ayi-15, ama-Brit Awards ayi-6, iGolden Globe Award, nama-Guinness World Records angama-39, kufaka phakathi "Umculi Ophumelela Kakhulu Kuzo Zonke Izikhathi". Ukufakwa kukaJackson kufaka phakathi iRock and Roll Hall of Fame (kabili), iVocal Group Hall of Fame, iSongwriters Hall of Fame, iDance Hall of Fame (ukuphela komculi oqoshiwe ongeniswa), kanye neRhythm and Blues Music Hall of Fame.