Micheal Joseph Jackson was called the king of pope because all through his music career, Michael did change the style of the music and drafted the way for the modern pop music. His version of the music helped break down racial barriers and when first shown on MTV , it placed a relatively new channel on the map.
In addition Michael Jackson was a best-selling American singer, songwriter and dancer. As a child, Jackson became the lead singer of his family’s popular Motown group, the Jackson 5. He went on to a solo career of astonishing worldwide success, delivering No. 1 hits from the albums Off the Wall, Thriller and Bad.
In 1984 while on his much anticipated worldwide tour Micheal met with super-producer Quincy Jones, who led the GRAMMY-winning music for the cult classic. Where they together they crafted three legendary albums (Off the Wall, Thriller and Bad) that broke records, won multiple GRAMMYs and earned Jackson King of Pop status.
This peculiar title was given to him by legendary actress Elizabeth Taylor . She first called him King of Pop during her speech before presenting Michael , Sammy Davis jr. Award in 1989 soul train awards. His fans and media liked it and later the started referring him as King Of Pop
