Posts Tagged ‘King of Pop’

Thriller First Music Video Dubbed ‘National Treasure’

In Art, fame, History, Janet, MJ, Music, News, R&B on 30 December 2009 tagged CNN, John Landis, King of Pop, Library of Congress, Michael Jackson, MJ, MJJ, music video, National Film Preservation Board, National Film Registry of the Library of Congress, National Treasure, Stephen Leggett, Thriller with 1 comment

Thriller has officially become the first music video to be preserved by the Library of Congress. What better way to end a year where the King of Pop dominated Pop music than to dub the most famous music video in the world a national treasure? As Thriller is admittedly the first music video to be [...]

Lines, Vines, and Trying Times : The Music of 2009

In Art, fame, Hip Hop, History, Janet, MJ, Music, Opinion, R&B, radio on 29 December 2009 tagged 2009, Aeon, Ain’t Nothing Like You (Hoochie Coo), Alicia Keys, Alienated, Already Gone, Amerie, and Bears (Remix), Animal Collective, Annie, Antony and the Johnsons, Armand Van Helden, Ashkin, Auto-Tune, Azadi Square, Basement Jaxx, Bat For Lashes, BBC Radio 1, Beautiful, Berry Gordy, Best I Ever Had, Beyoncé, Bigger Than The World, Black Eyed Peas, Blackroc, Blame It, Blood Bank, Bon Iver, Bonkers, Boombox (LA Riots Remix), Bull Black Nova, Calvin Harris, Chris Cornell, Ciara, Clipse, Crystalised, Damon Dash, Danzig, Delirious, Dizzee Rascal, Drake, Earth Song, Ego, eminem, Empire State of Mind, Estelle, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Felix Buxton, Fergie, Flyte Tyme, Gher, Giorgio Moroder, Halo, Hands 2 Myself, Happy Up Here, Hayley Williams, Heard 'Em All, Heartbreaker, Hole in the Head, Hope There's Someone, I’m Not Alone, Ignorance, Jamie Foxx, Jay-Z, Jazmine Sullivan, Jim Jones, John Legend, Justin TImberlake, K'Naan, Kabul, Kanye West, Karina Pasian, Katy Perry, Keep it Goin’ Louder, Kelci, Kelly Clarkson, Keri Hilson, Keyvan Baharlou, Kid Cudi, Kid Sister, Kinda Like a Big Deal, King of Pop, Kiss Me Thru the Phone, Kylie Minogue, Lady GaGa, Las Vegas, Lions, Lions Tigers and Bears, Little Boots, Live Lounge, Loba, Los Angeles, M.I.A., Major Lazer, Man On The Moon: The End Of Day, Marilyn Manson, Marvin Gaye, Meet Me Halfway, Michael Jackson, Michael Joseph Jackson, MJJ, Mos Def, Mr. Hudson, MSTRKRFT, Muse, My Girls, New in Town, Nina Sky, Number Ones, Off The Wall, Pacific Coast Highway, Paramore, Pearl Jam, Pearl's Dream, Purple Rain, Rain Dance, Raindrops, Röyksopp, Real World/Road Rules Challenge, Ricky Blaze, Right Hand Hi, rihanna, Robin Thicke, Robyn, Rockin’ That Shit, Rollacoasta, Run This Town, Russell Talyor, Ryan Tedder, Sandcastle Disco, Sandcastle Disco (Freemasons Radio Edit), Scream, Sex Therapy, Sexual Healing, Shakira, She Wolf, Solange, Solange Knowles, Songs Remind Me of You, soulja boy, Speakerphone (Steve Anderson Studio Version), Sugababes, Supernova (with String Quartet), Sweet Dreams, Switch, T-Pain, Taylah P., The Black Keys, The Dream, The Fixer, The Saturdays, The Very Best, The XX, Thierry Mugler, Thirteen, Tigers, Timbaland, Touch My Body, Try Sleeping With a Broken Heart, Up Up & Away, Uprising, Vanguards Remix, Victoria Hesketh, Vistoso Bosses, Waking Up in Vegas (Calvin Harris Remix), Wall Street, Wavin’ Flag, We're From America, Wilco, Young Forever with 3 comments

The biggest story in music this year was the death of Michael Joseph Jackson, the Once and Future King of Pop. Moreso than the death of an individual, the King of Pop’s death signified the end of the explosive, border crossing, iconic, truly global megastar. Six months into a year that saw Pop music deep [...]

The Case for Karzai as Most Fascinating Person of 2009

In Afghanistan, fame, History, MJ, Music, News, Opinion, Politics, TV, War on 9 December 2009 tagged #Afghanelection, 2009, ABC, Adam Lambert, Afghan election, Afghanistan, Alahazrat Amanullah Khan Ghazi, Article 132, Barack Hussein Obama, Barbara Walters, between Scylla and Charybdis, Charybdis, Dr. Ashraf Ghani, George W. Bush, Ghazi Amanullah Khan Medal for service to Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai, Kate Gosselin, King Lear, King of Pop, Lady GaGa, Michael Jackson, MJ, MJJ, Sarah Palin, Scylla, Shakespeare, taliban, Troop Surge with no comments

Barbara Walters’ most fascinating people of 2009 list this year is made up of the likes of Lady GaGa, Adam Lambert, Sarah Palin, and the children of the late great Michael Jackson. Walters will apparently reveal the most fascinating person of the year when the special airs on December 09 on ABC. Though interesting and [...]

King of Pop Still Atop Pop Charts With Fifth Best Sales Week in ’09

In fame, Hip Hop, History, MJ, Music, News, R&B on 4 November 2009 tagged Billboard, Billboard 200, Billboard Charts, Blueprint 3, Jay-Z, King of Pop, Michael Jackson, MJ, MJJ, This Is It with no comments

Despite a lack of any substantiative new material, ‘Michael Jackson‘s This Is It‘ soundtrack debuts big on the Billboard album charts, proving that people are still inexplicably clamoring for Michael Jackson’s catalogue of past hits rather than holding out for new/original material. As for Jay-Z, while, other artists saw double digit declines in their sales [...]

‘This Is It’ Pulls In $101 Million World-Wide Opening Tally

In fame, Film, MJ, Music, News on 1 November 2009 tagged AP, China, France, Germany, Halloween, Hollywood, Japan, Kenny Ortega, King of Pop, London, Michael Jackson, Michael Jackson's This Is It, MJ, MJJ, Rory Bruer, Sony, Thanksgiving, This Is It with 1 comment

The film may not have blown up the box office the way Sony was hoping, but