Remembering MJ Seven Years After He’s Been Gone!

There are generations and generations of music lovers who are ardent fans of Michael Jackson. The man might not be alive but his music continues to enthral all of us till date. Remembering MJ today on the eve of his death anniversary, Khurki shares few facts about the King of Pop that you would love to know.

He’s the most awarded music artist of this century. He has 23 Guinness Music Awards and 13 Grammy awards.

Billie Jean was the first music video by a black artist to be released on MTV.

So high are his earnings till date, that Guinness had to make a new category for him: highest-earning of a deceased artist. He still rakes in millions.

When he heard his contribution to the band ‘Jackson 5’, he said his voice resembled that of Minnie Mouse.

The moonwalk was inspired by the routine of mime artist Marcel Marceau.

He was a Godfather to Nicole Ritchie and Barry Gibb’s son Michael.

He started giving public performances at the age of 5.

Thriller has sold 42.4 million copies and is still selling.

The costumes in the video Thriller came from the Salvation Army.

The love interest shown in the video of Thriller was a Playboy Playmate.

He loved Mexican food. Given a choice, he would eat a burrito everyday.

He had a middle name Joseph.

His best selling records were Dangerous and Bad.

The Neverland Ranch is a 2700-acre property. The ranch has a movie theater, a theme park and anything you can think of. It was valued at $100million a decade ago. There have been many attempts to sell it, but all have failed.

He has two stars on the Hollywood walk of fame.

He really used to love kids and used to wear a black band on his arm in his support for kids.