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...some of the special effects and dazzling theatrics the shows' creators had planned. More than 25 years after his "Thriller" video changed MTV and music videos, Jackson and his crew were ready to blaze new trails in live performance, using...

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...he has never deliberately tried to "imitate" the late 'Thriller' singer. He told MTV news: "You don't imitate it, but you know when you have something that he had. You could tell he was just excited about the music he was doing. That's the...

In this article: Justin Timberlake, Michael Jackson, Trademark, Kinetic energy, Thriller, Bad, and Tennessee

...it to the costumes to the choreography, it was a great 13-minute movie. " In 1999, TV Guide and MTV designated "Thriller" as the greatest music video of all time. Now's probably not the time to be questioning MTV's credibility or musical...

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...their videos show on the network, which previously did not support hip-hop, pop and R&B. It's ironic that MTV doesn't even show music videos anymore but at least they'll help keep The King of Pop's legacy alive by airing his final...

In this article: Michael Jackson, R&B, VH1, Palladia, The King, and Thriller

...Fawcett, who died earlier. MTV, the channel that had so much to do with Jackson's incredible rise to fame, played Jackson's iconic music videos Beat It and Thriller, and continued with a Jackson marathon. On Twitter, the dialogue took...

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...singer to gain mass crossover appeal. The premiere of videos for songs likeBeat It, Billie Jean, Thriller, Bad andSmooth Criminalwere major events and he helped popularize the then-fledgling MTV. It, in turn, brought him into millions of...

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...who died of Propofol intoxication in June. "This is the most fun - from my mouth to God''s ears - the most fun I have ever had working on a project for TV, Contactmusic quoted her as telling MTV. "It''s a lot of hard work. But I always...

In this article: Janet Jackson, MTV Video Music Awards, God, Propofol, Thriller, and Washington

Though MTV dragged its feet at first in showing the music videos of black artists, the network's meteoric rise in the 1980s came in tandem with Jackson's, whose music videos such as Thriller and "Bad" set the standard for the form. The...

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...the popular mainstream after its launch in 1981. His 1982 hit Thriller , still the second best-selling U.S. album of all time, spawned a John Landis-directed music video that MTV played hourly. Cautionary tale of privilege, tragedy Y ou are...

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