Michael Jackson videography

Michael Jackson in 1984

Michael Jackson was an American recording artist and entertainer. He debuted on the professional music scene at age 11 as a member of The Jackson 5 and began a solo career in 1971 while still part of the group.^[1] Referred to as the "King of Pop" in subsequent years,^[2] Jackson had seven of his solo albums promoted with music videos. In the early 1980s, Jackson became a dominant figure in popular culture and the first African American entertainer to have a strong crossover fanbase on Music Television (MTV).^[3][4] The popularity of his music videos that aired on MTV, such as "Beat It", "Billie Jean" and "Thriller"—credited for transforming the music video from a promotional tool and into an art form—helped bring the relatively new channel to fame.^[5][6] Videos such as "Black or White" and "Scream" made Jackson an enduring staple on MTV into the 1990s.^[6] Some of his short films drew criticism for their violent and sexual elements; others were lauded by critics and awarded Guinness World Records for their length, success and expense.^[7][8][9]

The pop singer's earliest and most notable film role was as Scarecrow in the 1978 American musical The Wiz. He went on to appear in productions such as Men in Black II (2002) as well as lesser known productions, Miss Cast Away (2004) and his own feature-length movie, Moonwalker (1988) in which he starred alongside Joe Pesci. The singer also appeared in an episode of American cartoon The Simpsons. Several of Jackson's other films are notable for their runtime. Captain EO (1986), a 17-minute film that cost $30 million to create, was the most expensive video to produce (in dollars per minute) at the time of its release.^[10] Michael Jackson's Ghosts (1997), in which Jackson played four characters, has been credited as the longest music video ever.^[8] Several of Jackson's feature films have been released onto home video, and have been certified by trading bodies such as the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA).

Music videos

Steve Barron, director of "Billie Jean"

John Landis, director of Thriller and "Black or White"

Martin Scorsese, director of "Bad"

Spike Lee, director of "They Don't Care About Us"

Year	Music video	Director(s)	Ref
1979	"Don't Stop 'til You Get Enough"	Saxton, NickNick Saxton	[11]
1979	"Rock with You"	Gowers, BruceBruce Gowers	[12]
1980	"She's Out of My Life"	Gowers, BruceBruce Gowers	[13]
1983	"Billie Jean"	Barron, SteveSteve Barron	[14]
1983	"Beat It"	Giraldi, BobBob Giraldi	[15]
1983	"Say Say Say" (Paul McCartney featuring Michael Jackson)	Giraldi, BobBob Giraldi	[16]
1983	"Thriller"	Landis, JohnJohn Landis	[17]
1987	"Bad"	Scorsese, MartinMartin Scorsese	[18]
1987	"The Way You Make Me Feel"	Pytka, JoeJoe Pytka	[19]
1988	"Man in the Mirror"	Wilson, DonaldDonald Wilson	[20]
1988	"Dirty Diana"	Pytka, JoeJoe Pytka	[21]
1988	"Smooth Criminal"	Chilvers, ColinColin Chilvers	[10]
1988	"Another Part of Me"	Kelly, PatrickPatrick Kelly	[22]
1988	"Speed Demon"	Kramer, JerryJerry Kramer and Vinton, WillWill Vinton	[23]
1988	"Come Together"	Kramer, JerryJerry Kramer and Chilvers, ColinColin Chilvers	[24]
1989	"Leave Me Alone"	Blashfield, JimJim Blashfield	[25]
1989	"Liberian Girl"	Yukich, JimJim Yukich	[26]
1991	"Black or White"	Landis, JohnJohn Landis	[27]
1992	"Remember the Time"	Singleton, JohnJohn Singleton	[28]
1992	"In the Closet"	Ritts, HerbHerb Ritts	[29]
1992	"Jam" (featuring Heavy D)	Kellogg, DavidDavid Kellogg	[30]
1992	"Heal the World"	Pytka, JoeJoe Pytka	[31]
1993	"Give In to Me"	Moharan, AndyAndy Moharan	[32]
1993	"Who Is It"	Fincher, DavidDavid Fincher	[33]
1993	"Will You Be There"	Paterson, VincentVincent Paterson	[34]
1993	"Whatzupwitu" (Eddie Murphy featuring Michael Jackson)	Isham, WayneWayne Isham
1993	"Gone Too Soon"	DiCicco, BillBill DiCicco	[35]
1995	"HIStory Teaser"	Wainwright, RupertRupert Wainwright	[36]
1995	"Scream" (featuring Janet Jackson)	Romanek, MarkMark Romanek	[37]
1995	"Childhood"	Brandt, NicholasNicholas Brandt	[38]
1995	"You Are Not Alone"	Isham, WayneWayne Isham	[39]
1995	"Earth Song"	Brandt, NicholasNicholas Brandt	[40]
1996	"Why" (3T featuring Michael Jackson)	Ziman, RalphRalph Ziman
1996	"They Don't Care About Us" (Brazil version)	Lee, SpikeSpike Lee	[41]
1996	"They Don't Care About Us" (Prison version)	Lee, SpikeSpike Lee	[41]
1996	"Stranger in Moscow"	Brandt, NicholasNicholas Brandt	[42]
1997	"Blood on the Dance Floor"	Jackson, MichaelMichael Jackson and Paterson, VincentVincent Paterson	[43]
1997	"Ghosts"	Winston, StanStan Winston	[44]
1997	"HIStory"	Gable, JimJim Gable
2001	"You Rock My World"	Hunter, PaulPaul Hunter	[45]
2001	"Cry"	Brandt, NicholasNicholas Brandt	[46]
2003	"One More Chance"	Jackson, MichaelMichael Jackson
2009	"This Is It" (featuring The Jacksons)	Lee, SpikeSpike Lee
2010	"Hold My Hand" (featuring Akon)	Pellington, MarkMark Pellington
2011	"Hollywood Tonight"	Isham, WayneWayne Isham
2011	"Behind the Mask"	Dennis Liu

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Director	Ref
1978	The Wiz	Scarecrow	Lumet, SidneySidney Lumet	[47]
1986	Captain EO	Captain EO	Coppola, Francis FordFrancis Ford Coppola	[48]
1988	Moonwalker	Himself	Kramer, JerryJerry Kramer	[49]
1997	Michael Jackson's Ghosts	Maestro/Mayor/Ghoul/Skeleton	Winston, StanStan Winston	[50]
2002	Men in Black II	Agent M (cameo)	Sonnenfeld, BarryBarry Sonnenfeld	[51]
2004	Miss Cast Away and the Island Girls	Agent MJ (cameo)	Stoller, Bryan MichaelBryan Michael Stoller	[52]
2009	Michael Jackson's This Is It	Himself	Kenny Ortega and Sony	[53]

Television roles

See also: Production of Stark Raving Dad

"Stark Raving Dad" was the first episode in the third season of The Simpsons. Jackson performed the speaking voice of Leon Kompowsky under the pseudonym John Jay Smith.^[54] The producers of the show were legally prevented from confirming that Jackson guest-starred at the time, although many media sources assumed it was really him.^{[55][56][57][58]}

Home video releases

Year	Video details	Certifications (sales thresholds)
1984	Making of Michael Jackson's Thriller Released: 1984 Format: VHS
1988	Moonwalker Released: January 1, 1989 Format: VHS and DVD,[59] Blu-ray	US: 8× Multi-Platinum[60] CAN: 4× Platinum[61]
1993	Dangerous – The Short Films Released: November 23, 1993 Format: VHS and DVD[62]	US: 3× Multi-Platinum[60] ARG: Platinum[63] AUS: 2× Platinum[64] GER: Platinum[65] MEX: 3× Platinum[66]
1995	Video Greatest Hits – HIStory Released: June 20, 1995 Format: VHS and DVD[59]	US: 9× Multi-Platinum[60] ARG: Platinum[63] (it has got another Platinum award as Video Greatest Hits) AUS: 5× Platinum[64] AUT: Gold[67] FRA: Diamond[68] GER: 3× Gold[65] MEX: 6× Platinum+Gold[66]
1996	Michael Jackson HIStory Tour Live in Seoul Released: Unknown Format: VHS
1997	HIStory on Film, Volume II Released: May 20, 1997 Format: VHS and DVD[59]	US: 6× Multi-Platinum[60] ARG: Platinum[63] AUS: 7× Platinum[64] BRA: Gold[69] FRA: 3× Platinum[70] GER: Platinum[65] MEX: 5× Platinum+Gold[66]
1997	Michael Jackson's Ghosts Released: July 21, 1997 Format: VHS and Video CD	FRA: 2× Platinum[71]
2001	HIStory on Film I & II Released: November 16, 2001 Format: DVD[59]	AUS: Platinum[64] FRA: Gold[72] NZ: Gold[73]
2003	Number Ones Released: November 18, 2003 Format: DVD[59]	US: 13× Multi-Platinum[60] ARG: Platinum[63] AUS: 21× Platinum[74] FIN: Gold[75] FRA: 2× Platinum[76] NZ: 6× Platinum[73] POL: Gold[77]
2004	The One Released: March 9, 2004 Format: DVD[59]	US: Gold[60] ARG: Platinum[63] AUS: Gold[64]
2005	Live in Bucharest: The Dangerous Tour Released: July 26, 2005 Format: DVD[59]	US: 6× Multi-Platinum[60] ARG: Platinum[63] AUS: 13× Platinum[78] FRA: 3× Platinum[79] NZ: 4× Platinum[73] POL: Platinum[80]
2008	Live in Japan Released: December 12, 2008 Format: DVD[59]	ARG: Platinum[63]
2009	Michael Jackson: L'Archange de la Pop Released: November 26, 2009 Format: DVD	FRA: 2× Platinum[81]
2010	Michael Jackson's This Is It Released: January 26, 2010 Format: DVD, Blu-ray
2010	Michael Jackson's Vision Release date: November 22, 2010 Format: DVD	US: 5× Multi-Platinum[60] AUS: 2× Platinum[74] AUT: Gold[67] FRA: Diamond[82] NZ: Gold[73] POL: Platinum[80]

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Bibliography

• Bronson, Fred (2003). Billboard's Hottest Hot 100 Hits. Watson-Guptill. ISBN 0823077381. 
• Campbell, Lisa (1995). Michael Jackson: The King of Pops Darkest Hour. Branden. ISBN 0828320039. 
• George, Nelson (2004). Michael Jackson: The Ultimate Collection booklet. Sony BMG.
• Guinness World Records (2001). Guinness World Records 2002. Guinness. ISBN 0553583786. 
• Halstead, Craig (2007). Michael Jackson: For the Record. Authors OnLine. ISBN 9780755202676. 
• Jackson, Michael; Catherine Dineen (1993). Michael Jackson: In His Own Words. Omnibus Press. ISBN 0711932166. 
• Jones, Quincy (2002). Q: The Autobiography of Quincy Jones. Broadway Books. ISBN 0767905105. 
• Jones, Jel (2005). Michael Jackson, the King of Pop: The Big Picture : the Music! the Man! the Legend! the Interviews!. Amber Books Publishing. ISBN 097497790X. 
• McGrath, Tim (1996). MTV: The Making of a Revolution. Running PR. ISBN 1561387037. 
• Taraborrelli, J. Randy (2009). Michael Jackson: The Magic, The Madness, The Whole Story, 1958-2009. Terra Alta, WV: Grand Central Publishing, 2009. ISBN 0446564745, 9780446564748. 

External links

• Official website
• Michael Jackson at the Internet Movie Database
• Michael Jackson at Allmovie