{"slug": "michael-jackson", "label": "Michael Jackson", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Jackson", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2831", "qid": "Q2831", "description": "American singer, songwriter, record producer, and dancer (1958–2009)", "entries": 9, "years": 7, "span": [1958, 2009], "span_label": ["1958 CE", "2009 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 4}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 3}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Economy & Finance", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame", "label": "Rock and Roll Hall of Fame", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1958, "year_label": "1958 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "August 29", "text": "August 29 – Michael Jackson, African-American singer-songwriter and dancer (d. 2009)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371827125#August", "title": "1958", "revid": 1371827125, "section": "Births › August"}}, {"year": 1979, "year_label": "1979 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "August 10", "text": "August 10 – Michael Jackson releases his breakthrough album Off the Wall. It sells 7 million copies in the United States alone, making it a 7× platinum album.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371786119#August", "title": "1979", "revid": 1371786119, "section": "Events › August"}}, {"year": 1982, "year_label": "1982 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "November 29", "text": "November 29 – Michael Jackson releases his sixth studio album, Thriller, in the United States, which will go on to be the best-selling album of all time.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373279023#November", "title": "1982", "revid": 1373279023, "section": "Events › November"}}, {"year": 1983, "year_label": "1983 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "May 16", "text": "May 16 – Michael Jackson performs the Moonwalk for the first time while performing \"Billie Jean\" on the Motown 25 television special.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366392977#May", "title": "1983", "revid": 1366392977, "section": "Events › May"}}, {"year": 1987, "year_label": "1987 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "August 31", "text": "August 31 – Michael Jackson releases Bad, his first studio album since Thriller, the best-selling album of all time. The album would produce five number one singles in the US, a record which has not been broken.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372769014#August", "title": "1987", "revid": 1372769014, "section": "Events › August"}}, {"year": 1991, "year_label": "1991 CE", "section": "Economy & Finance", "date": "November 26", "text": "November 26 – Michael Jackson releases Dangerous, selling 5 million copies in the first week.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371487470#November", "title": "1991", "revid": 1371487470, "section": "Events › November"}}, {"year": 2009, "year_label": "2009 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "March 5", "text": "March 5 - Michael Jackson announces his This Is It concert residency in London, England. However, a fortnight before the concerts were supposed to begin, Jackson died at the age of 50 from acute propofol intoxication.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367728140#March", "title": "2009", "revid": 1367728140, "section": "Events › March"}}, {"year": 2009, "year_label": "2009 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "June 25", "text": "June 25 – The death of American pop star Michael Jackson triggers an outpouring of worldwide grief. Online, reactions to the event cripple several major websites and services, as the abundance of people accessing the web addresses pushes internet traffic to unprecedented and historic levels.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367728140#June", "title": "2009", "revid": 1367728140, "section": "Events › June"}}, {"year": 2009, "year_label": "2009 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "June 25", "text": "June 25 – Michael Jackson, 50, American Hall of Fame singer (\"Thriller\", \"Billie Jean\", \"Smooth Criminal\") and dancer, nine-time Grammy winner, acute propofol intoxication.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368893563", "title": "Deaths in June 2009", "revid": 1368893563, "section": "Deaths › June"}}]}