What is Michael Jackson’s house in California called?

Jackson was born in Gary, Indiana, the seventh of nine children. The five Jackson brothers -- Jackie, Tito, Jermaine, Marlon and Michael -- first performed together at a talent show when Michael was 6. They won the first prize.

Jackson bought the Neverland Valley Ranch in central California in 1988. He installed theme park rides and a zoo and named it after the island home of Peter Pan, the fictional boy who never grew up. He abandoned the ranch after his 2005 trial on child sex abuse charges. The ranch is spread over 2,676 acres.

Bubbles was adopted by Jackson in the late 1980s. The chimp has lived at the Centre for Great Apes in Wauchula, Florida, for the past five years. According to the sanctuary, the annual cost of caring for Bubbles is $15,000 for food, veterinary care, toys, and maintaining his habitat.

The Jackson brothers were signed by Motown Records in the late 1960s. The Jackson 5 were the first act in recording history to have their first four major label singles (‘I Want You Back’, ‘ABC’, ‘The Love You Save’, and ‘I'll Be There’) reach the top of the Billboard Hot 100.

Released in late 1982, Thriller topped the Billboard 200 chart for 37 weeks and was in the top 10 of the 200 for 80 consecutive weeks. It was the first album to have seven Billboard Hot 100 top 10 singles, including 'Billie Jean', ‘Beat It,’ and ‘Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'. In 1985, The Making of Michael Jackson's Thriller won a Grammy for Best Music Video, Longform. The album sold 21 million copies in the United States and at least 27 million worldwide.

The two-part mini-series, which tracked the history of the Jackson family and The Jackson 5, is based on Katherine Jackson's My Family autobiography. The series won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Choreography, and was also nominated for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Hairstyling for a Mini-series or a Special, Outstanding Mini-series, and Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Drama Mini-series or a Special.

Jermaine was the original lead singer of the Jackson Brothers. After 1968, Michael Jackson also joined in the lead vocals. Jermaine remained the co-lead singer with Michael for many years. In 1975, after six years performing with his brothers, Jermaine split from The Jackson 5 to continue his solo career at Motown Records while the other Jackson brothers left to sign with Epic Records. Michael Jackson recorded the song ‘Smile’ for his 1995 double album HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I. It was first used for the 1936 Charlie Chaplin movie Modern Times.

Michael Jackson was scheduled to play 50 dates at the London O2 Arena starting July 2009 and running through to March 2010. But the pop star died three weeks before the concerts were to commence. A promotional single titled ‘This Is It’ was released on October 12, 2009, with a new compilation album of the same name released on October 26, 2009, to be released with Jackson's This Is It documentary film.

Michael Jackson arrived in Mumbai on October 30, 1996. He was welcomed by Hindi film actress Sonali Bendre, who was dressed in the traditional Maharashtrian nine-yard saree. Bendre performed aarti for Jackson. On his visit, Jackson performed at a two-hour concert and also invited children from orphanages to his poolside party at a luxury hotel. The concert was organised by an NGO floated by Shiv Sena leader Bal Thackeray's nephew Raj.

The song ‘Bad’ was the second single from Jackson’s seventh studio album of the same name. Released in September 1987, the song peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot 100, and remained at the top position of the chart for two weeks. The music video features dancers performing dance routines in a subway station. According to the choreographers, the plot of the video drew influence from a scene in the 1961 American musical West Side Story. The video was nominated for the Video Music Awards in 1988.