By Bhavya Mehta In this video that has gone viral, this young man is seen following the footsteps of Michael Jackson on the beats of Prabhu Deva's Muqabala-Muqabla and transcends into Tumse Milke Dil Ka Hai Jo Haal on what appears to be his roof. In fact Hritik Roshan, one of the actors with the most swift and killer moves gave this talented desi MJ a shoutout … [Read more...] about The Internet Is Loving TikTok’s Desi Michael Jackson Who’s Going Viral For His Perfect Moonwalk
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Men in the mirror: the bassists of Michael Jackson
By Chris Jisi How Alex Al and his predecessors pumped up The King Of Pop There's a revealing exchange about five minutes into This Is It, the documentary about the late Michael Jackson’s planned world tour, in which the Gloved One is encouraging his keyboardist to play the answer riff to the penetrating bass line of “Wanna Be Startin’ Something” funkier. “It’s … [Read more...] about Men in the mirror: the bassists of Michael Jackson
Year End Thriller: Michael Jackson Sales Up Year-to-Year Roughly 50%, Streaming Booms, Fans Can’t Stop Til They Get Enough
By Roger Friedman I wrote about this in July, and then again in October. But here’s how Michael Jackson’s catalog fared in sales, year to year with 2018, according to numbers from Buzz Angle. Believe it or not, fans could not stop to get enough of Jackson’s music. His total album project number for 2019 was 953,414. Compare to that to 646,195 in 2018. That’s all … [Read more...] about Year End Thriller: Michael Jackson Sales Up Year-to-Year Roughly 50%, Streaming Booms, Fans Can’t Stop Til They Get Enough
Broadway’s Michael Jackson: ‘Ain’t Too Proud’ Star Ephraim Sykes
The Tony-nominated performer will lead the cast of “MJ the Musical,” which is scheduled to open next summer. By Michael Paulson The Michael Jackson musical has found its King of Pop. Ephraim Sykes, a limber-legged, scene-stealing, Tony-nominated performer in “Ain’t Too Proud,” will jump from one jukebox musical to another when he stars in “MJ the Musical,” which … [Read more...] about Broadway’s Michael Jackson: ‘Ain’t Too Proud’ Star Ephraim Sykes
Halloween Songs Scare Up Chart Gains, Led by Michael Jackson’s ‘Thriller’
By Kevin Rutherford The song returns to the Hot 100 at No. 44. Halloween yet again sparked sales and streaming gains for several spooky tunes, led by Michael Jackson's "Thriller," which returns to the Billboard Hot 100 dated Nov. 9 at No. 44. The song originally reached No. 4 on the Hot 100 in March 1984. It's the second straight year that "Thriller" has … [Read more...] about Halloween Songs Scare Up Chart Gains, Led by Michael Jackson’s ‘Thriller’