Mikaere Iakāson (28 ʻAukake, 1958 – 25 Iune, 2009) o ia na mea hīmeni, mea kākau mele, mea hula, a me ke kanaka kōkua, ua kapa ʻia ʻo ia me ke ʻano "aliʻi o ka pop" no kāna mau mana a me nā lāliʻi i ka nohona mele kūloko a me nā lāliʻi i manaʻo ʻia he mau ʻano kuleana koʻikoʻi a me nā mea ʻike i loko o ke aupuni. I nā makahiki e 4 o kāna hana, ua kūʻai ʻo Jackson i nā makāle o nā mea i loaʻa i ka ʻāina, ʻo ia hoʻi kekahi o nā mea hīmeni i kūʻai ʻia ʻo ia hoʻi ka mea e loaʻa i nā mea e hoʻokomo ʻia i nā manawa a pau. No kāna mau mana, ke kūlana kālepa a me nā lāliʻi mele, ua manaʻo ʻia ʻo Michael Jackson ka mea hoʻokipa ʻoi aku o nā manawa a pau. ʻO kāna pūerto 1982 "Thriller" ka pūerto i kūʻai ʻia ʻo ia hoʻi ka pūerto ʻoi aku i nā manawa a pau me nā helu kūʻai e loaʻa ana mai nā 70 a i 100 miliona mau kopi i nā mokupuni a pau.

Michael Jackson e fa'ata'ita'i i tana mau fa'ata'ita'iga i te Mau Ta'ata'ita'i Bad.