Michael Jackson's album Off the Wall marked a historic turning point. Recorded when the artist was only 20 years old, this album revealed Michael Jackson's extraordinary emancipation, as he became a musical force unto himself, a creator and a visionary. It shattered the sales record for a black artist and marked the beginning of an incredible new era: radio stations began playing different styles, from R&B to pop; the charts, marketing, and modern pop sales were turned upside down. According to Rolling Stone magazine, Off The Wall is the album that "marked the birth of modern pop as we know it." A true revelation, Michael Jackson greatly inspired the African American artists of his time. Facts: "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough" was Michael's 1st Grammy Award and the 1st single to be No.1 in the U.S. and internationally as a solo artist. With the singles "Rock With You," "Off the Wall" and "She's Out of My Life," Jackson became the 1st artist in music history to have 4 singles from the same album in the Billboard Hot 100 top 10. THE DOCUMENTARY: Produced by Spike Lee, John Branca and John McClain. For Michael Jackson's Journey from Motown to Off the Wall, an instructive chronicle of the star's early and meteoric rise following the release of this landmark album, director Spike Lee assembled numerous archives: documents from Michael Jackson's personal archives, interviews with current artists and family members, statements and photographs of Michael Jackson... Dedicated to a little-known chapter of his career, Michael Jackson's Journey from Motown to Off the Wall allows the public to travel with Michael Jackson from his beginnings at Motown through his adventure with CBS Records, to the relationship he forged with legendary producer Quincy Jones. The result is a luminous portrait of the metamorphosis of a serious, passionate and hardworking boy into the "king of pop."
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