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Dancing Stars - Michael Jackson Mystery Cache

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JoyfulNomad: It’s impossible to maintain the Star because of construction in this area. We’re sad to see it go, but it will open the area for new cache placements.

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Hidden : 5/11/2012
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3 out of 5
Terrain:
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THE FINAL LOCATION IS NOT AT THE POSTED COORDINATES!

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This is the eighth puzzle in the Dancing Stars Series. For more information about Michael Jackson, please check out the related web page above.



From BeJoyful - I have been a Michael Jackson fan for years... particularly his early years We have added some clips just for fun. AS WITH ANY YOUTUBE VIDEO PLEASE WATCH THE CLIP AND DON'T GET CAUGHT UP WITH THE PINHEADS THAT COMMENT BELOW THE CLIPS. Thriller is first. The second clip is showcasing a younger Michael tap dancing. The third shows many of the dancers, some we have featured with our stars and the influence they had on one of the most talented artists of our time.

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There is a lot on Wikipedia about MJ, so we decided to pick the THRILLER section for this puzzle cache.

In 1982, Jackson contributed the song "Someone In the Dark" to the storybook for the film E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial; the record won a Grammy for Best Recording for Children in 1984. In the same year he won another seven Grammys and eight American Music Awards (including the Award of Merit, the youngest artist to win it), making him the most awarded in one night for both award shows.[32][33] These awards were thanks to the Thriller album, released in late 1982, which was 1983's best-selling album worldwide[34[]35] and became the best-selling album of all time in the United States[36], as well as the best-selling album of all time worldwide, selling an estimated 110 million copies so far..[37] The album topped the Billboard 200 chart for 37 weeks and was in the top 10 of the 200 for 80 consecutive weeks. It was the first album to have seven Billboard Hot 100 top 10 singles, including "Billie Jean", "Beat It", and "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'"[38] Thriller was certified for 29 million shipments by the RIAA, giving it Double Diamond status in the United States. The album won also another Grammy for Best Engineered Recording – Non Classical in 1984, awarding Bruce Swedien for his work.[39] Jackson's attorney John Branca noted that Jackson had the highest royalty rate in the music industry at that point: approximately $2 for every album sold. He was also making record-breaking profits from sales of his recordings. The videocassette of the documentary The Making of Michael Jackson's Thriller sold over 350,000 copies in a few months. The era saw the arrival of novelties like dolls modeled after Michael Jackson, which appeared in stores in May 1984 at a price of $12.[40] Biographer J. Randy Taraborrelli writes that, "Thriller stopped selling like a leisure item—like a magazine, a toy, tickets to a hit movie—and started selling like a household staple."[41] In 1985, The Making of Michael Jackson's Thriller won a Grammy for Best Music Video, Longform.[32] In December 2009, the music video for "Thriller" was selected for the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress, "Thriller" is the first music video ever to be inducted.[42][43][44]


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