Primary Sources
Jones, Quincy. "Remembering Michael Jackson." Los Angeles Times [Los Angeles] 12 7 2009, Sec.11. Print.
This newspaper helped me with my thesis statement because it talked about how Michael Jackson changed the world with his music. It was also amazing to read because it was written by Quincy Jones, who was a very close friend of Michaels and helped him get his career to where it stands today.
Vogel, Joseph. Man In The Music: The Creative Life and Work of Michael Jackson. Toronto: Sterling Publishing, 2011. Print.
This source helped me a lot with all aspects of my project. There was a lot of interesting fun facts that I found here.
Wazir, Burhan, and . "Thriller Voted Best Video In History." Guardian Newspapers [London] 1 1 1999, n. pag. Print.
This newspaper helped me with my thesis a lot because of all the facts it had about the awards Michael had won and how he became legendary.
Pareles, Jon. "Michael Jackson at 25: A Musical Phenomenon." New York Times [New York] 14 1 1984, Pg. 11. Print.
This newspaper article was a lot of help because (like it says in the title) it showed me how Michael became a musical phenomenon.
Robins, Wayne. "A Thriller: Pop Battles Race Barrier." Los Angeles Times 7 8 1983, Pg. R56. Print.
This source was very interesting because it showed me (in specific) how Michael challenged the world with his music while all this conflict was going on between black and white.
Gamboa, Glenn, and . "Michael Jackson's "Thriller" Turns 25." Tribune- Business News [Washington] 12 2 2008, n. pag. Print.
This source was a summary of how Michael changed the world because it was released when "Thriller" turned 25.
Campbell, Lisa. Michael Jackson: King of Pop. Branden Books, 1993. Print.
This book was SO much help. Reading through a couple pages you could find loads and loads of information.
"Michael Jackson." New York Timesn.d., n. pag. Print.
This article was a lot like the other sources I found. Yet reading through it a couple times I found some very interesting facts.
Kirkland, Douglas. Michael Jackson: The Marking of "Thriller". 1st ed. New York City: Library of Congress, 2010. Print.
This was by far my favorite source out of everything that I researched about Michael Jackson. This book was full of quotes that were to Michael Jackson from famous celebrities who idol him. On my website I have a quote page and there are tons and tons of quotes full of amazing things about Michael. Almost all of them were found from this book. It was so inspiring just to look through all the people who will always look up to Michael.
This newspaper helped me with my thesis statement because it talked about how Michael Jackson changed the world with his music. It was also amazing to read because it was written by Quincy Jones, who was a very close friend of Michaels and helped him get his career to where it stands today.
Vogel, Joseph. Man In The Music: The Creative Life and Work of Michael Jackson. Toronto: Sterling Publishing, 2011. Print.
This source helped me a lot with all aspects of my project. There was a lot of interesting fun facts that I found here.
Wazir, Burhan, and . "Thriller Voted Best Video In History." Guardian Newspapers [London] 1 1 1999, n. pag. Print.
This newspaper helped me with my thesis a lot because of all the facts it had about the awards Michael had won and how he became legendary.
Pareles, Jon. "Michael Jackson at 25: A Musical Phenomenon." New York Times [New York] 14 1 1984, Pg. 11. Print.
This newspaper article was a lot of help because (like it says in the title) it showed me how Michael became a musical phenomenon.
Robins, Wayne. "A Thriller: Pop Battles Race Barrier." Los Angeles Times 7 8 1983, Pg. R56. Print.
This source was very interesting because it showed me (in specific) how Michael challenged the world with his music while all this conflict was going on between black and white.
Gamboa, Glenn, and . "Michael Jackson's "Thriller" Turns 25." Tribune- Business News [Washington] 12 2 2008, n. pag. Print.
This source was a summary of how Michael changed the world because it was released when "Thriller" turned 25.
Campbell, Lisa. Michael Jackson: King of Pop. Branden Books, 1993. Print.
This book was SO much help. Reading through a couple pages you could find loads and loads of information.
"Michael Jackson." New York Timesn.d., n. pag. Print.
This article was a lot like the other sources I found. Yet reading through it a couple times I found some very interesting facts.
Kirkland, Douglas. Michael Jackson: The Marking of "Thriller". 1st ed. New York City: Library of Congress, 2010. Print.
This was by far my favorite source out of everything that I researched about Michael Jackson. This book was full of quotes that were to Michael Jackson from famous celebrities who idol him. On my website I have a quote page and there are tons and tons of quotes full of amazing things about Michael. Almost all of them were found from this book. It was so inspiring just to look through all the people who will always look up to Michael.
Secondary Sources
Sclafani, Tony. "Jackson Changed Course of Music, Society." Today: Celebrities. msnbc.com, 26 2009. Web. 22 Oct 2012.
This source may be a secondary source and may not come from a great website but I actually found a lot of greats facts from it. This was one of the first websites I used researching about Michael Jackson and was amazed about how many facts I could get out of it.
"Michael Jackson Biography." Biography.com. N.p.. Web. 30 Oct 2012.
This website was where I got most of my information from to make my biography for my website. There was a lot of facts about Michael from his childhood to the day he passed away.
Markman, Rob. "Michael Jackson Wanted Bad to Outsell Thriller." Mtv News 20 8 2012, n. pag. Web. 22 Oct. 2012.
For this source it was mostly about how Michael wanted his second album "Bad" to outsell "Thriller" which was crazy because "Thriller" was the biggest success in the music industry.
Mitchell, Gail, and Melinda Newman. "How Michael Jackson "Thriller" Changed Music Business." Reuters [United States ] 6 7 2009, n. pag. Print.
Basically this website stated the facts about how MJ changed the Music industry. But what i loved was how it showed all the information about the "Thriller" album and explained every single award MJ and Quincy Jones won at the Grammy's the year they got 8 awards total.
Rosen, Jody. "How Thriller Changed Pop Music." Slate.com. N.p., 30 11 2012. Web. 21 Jan 2013.
Like the other sources this website talked about how "Thriller" changed the world forever.
Greenberg, Steve. "Michael Jackson's Thriller' at 30: How One Album Changed The World."Billboard.com. Billboard, 29 11 2012. Web. 21 Jan 2013.
I really liked this source a lot because it talked more about the Grammy awards Michael won. It also had so great background information.
"30 Years Ago, Michael Jackson's "Thriller" Album Changed Music Forever." abc News Radio. N.p., 30 11 12. Web. 22 Jan 2013.
This source talked about how "Thriller" impacted the music industry and how it saved cbs records forever.
Erlewine, Stephen. "Michael Jackson: Thriller." allmusic.com. Rovi Corp. Web. 3 Feb 2013.
This website talked about "Thriller" itself and how it changed the world plus the music industry forever.
Viera, Bene. "Michael Jackson's "Thriller" Turns 30: How The Video To "Thriller" Changed the Game." vh1.com. vh1, 30 11 2012. Web. 3 Feb 2013.
This source was helpful for my thesis statement and was very written for readers to understand how Michael basically changed the world forever.
Carlsson, Marmi. "Thriller Era." All Michael Jackson.com. allmichaeljackson.com, n.d.Web. 3 Feb 2013.
This website was very explanatory and was very descriptive about Michael's life and "Thriller".
"Biography for Michael Jackson." imbd.com. N.p.Web. 7 Feb 2013.
This website was another biography about Michael. It had fun facts about him that I never knew.
This source may be a secondary source and may not come from a great website but I actually found a lot of greats facts from it. This was one of the first websites I used researching about Michael Jackson and was amazed about how many facts I could get out of it.
"Michael Jackson Biography." Biography.com. N.p.. Web. 30 Oct 2012.
This website was where I got most of my information from to make my biography for my website. There was a lot of facts about Michael from his childhood to the day he passed away.
Markman, Rob. "Michael Jackson Wanted Bad to Outsell Thriller." Mtv News 20 8 2012, n. pag. Web. 22 Oct. 2012.
For this source it was mostly about how Michael wanted his second album "Bad" to outsell "Thriller" which was crazy because "Thriller" was the biggest success in the music industry.
Mitchell, Gail, and Melinda Newman. "How Michael Jackson "Thriller" Changed Music Business." Reuters [United States ] 6 7 2009, n. pag. Print.
Basically this website stated the facts about how MJ changed the Music industry. But what i loved was how it showed all the information about the "Thriller" album and explained every single award MJ and Quincy Jones won at the Grammy's the year they got 8 awards total.
Rosen, Jody. "How Thriller Changed Pop Music." Slate.com. N.p., 30 11 2012. Web. 21 Jan 2013.
Like the other sources this website talked about how "Thriller" changed the world forever.
Greenberg, Steve. "Michael Jackson's Thriller' at 30: How One Album Changed The World."Billboard.com. Billboard, 29 11 2012. Web. 21 Jan 2013.
I really liked this source a lot because it talked more about the Grammy awards Michael won. It also had so great background information.
"30 Years Ago, Michael Jackson's "Thriller" Album Changed Music Forever." abc News Radio. N.p., 30 11 12. Web. 22 Jan 2013.
This source talked about how "Thriller" impacted the music industry and how it saved cbs records forever.
Erlewine, Stephen. "Michael Jackson: Thriller." allmusic.com. Rovi Corp. Web. 3 Feb 2013.
This website talked about "Thriller" itself and how it changed the world plus the music industry forever.
Viera, Bene. "Michael Jackson's "Thriller" Turns 30: How The Video To "Thriller" Changed the Game." vh1.com. vh1, 30 11 2012. Web. 3 Feb 2013.
This source was helpful for my thesis statement and was very written for readers to understand how Michael basically changed the world forever.
Carlsson, Marmi. "Thriller Era." All Michael Jackson.com. allmichaeljackson.com, n.d.Web. 3 Feb 2013.
This website was very explanatory and was very descriptive about Michael's life and "Thriller".
"Biography for Michael Jackson." imbd.com. N.p.Web. 7 Feb 2013.
This website was another biography about Michael. It had fun facts about him that I never knew.