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Michael Jackson，the “King of Pop”，died on June 25，2009．People all over the world were shocked at the news. He was considered as one of the most popular recording artists of all time. He had sold more than 750 million records worldwide and had received 13 Grammy Awards.

Jackson was born in America on August 29,1958. He displayed a talent for music and dance from an extremely young age. When he was 6, he and his four elder brothers—Jackie, Tito, Jermaine and Marlon—first performed together at a talent show. They got the first prize and went on to become a best-selling band , The Jackson Five.

Jackson made his first solo album（独唱唱片） in 1972. In 1982, he released（发行） his best-selling album Thriller, which had seven top-10 songs on the Billboard Hot 100,including Billie Jean, Beat it and Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'. The next year, he performed his signature dance move-the moonwalk while singing Billie Jean during an NBC special. 

Thriller remains the world's best-selling album of all time and four of his other solo studio albums are among the world's best-selling records: Off the Wall (1979) Bad (1987), Dangerous (1991) and History (1995). 

Michael Jackson was an artist who influenced many hip hop, pop music and R&B artists across several generations.

58．What was Jackson famous for when he was young?

A．Music and dance．    B．Pop song．    C．Handsome． D．Solo album．

59．When Jackson was     he began to perform on the stage．

A．4    B．6    C．13    D．14

60．The names of solo albums which belong to Jackson are       ．

A．Thriller；Beat It；The Jackson Five；Off the Wall    ’

B．Thriller；Off the Wall；Bad；Dangerous

C．Thriller；Hip Hop；History；Dangerous

D．Thriller；Marion；Billie Jean；Off the Wall