Michael Jackson - Chapter 4: Thriller and the "Moonwalk"

  • The music world was changing

    The music world was changing

    With the start of MTV on Television, fans expected more than just a band performing their songs.
  • The album Thriller

    The album Thriller

    The album thriller was released and it was incredible, It stayed on the US Charts for over two years and it became a best selling. It had many hit songs that Michael wrote himself like "The Girl is Mine", "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin", "Beat it" and "Billie Jean".
  • Motown Records 25 years celebration

    Motown Records 25 years celebration

    Motown Records was 25 years old and Michael agreed to appear in the celebration on TV. In this presentation Michael introduces an amazing dance move called "moonwalk"
  • Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame

    Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame

    Michael was given a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and he was given also a special award by the president of the US, Ronald Reagan in the White House.
  • Michael went on tour

    Michael went on tour

    Michael went on tour with his brothers and Pepsi was paying for it, in exchange of them appearing in two adverts, but Michael had a bad feeling about it. He was right because he ended up being hurt during the filming of one of those adverts,
  • The Pepsi accident

    The Pepsi accident

    Michaels accident made Pepsi look terrible so the business gave Michael $500k, money that Michael gave to the hospital where he stayed.
  • What's next?

    What's next?

    Four years after "Thriller" was released, Michael knew that he had to make a new album. So in 1986 he felt ready for it and tried to answer the question: What can you do to follow the most succesful album of all times?