Exclusive: Christina Aguilera, Marc Anthony to Pay Tribute to Michael Jackson
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This Friday, June 25, marks the one-year anniversary of Michael Jackson's shocking death at age 50.
CBS News' The Early Show will celebrate the legendary singer and performer with The King of Pop: One Year Later, an hour-long broadcast tribute (during the 8am hour) devoted to Jackson's life and legacy.
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On hand to remember the superstar? Christina Aguilera, Marc Anthony, LL Cool J and Smokey Robinson -- plus British singer James Morrison, set to perform "Man in the Mirror" live.
The stars shared some of their "King of Pop" memories:
Christina Aguilera: "Music wouldn't be what it is without someone like Michael Jackson. I remember going to my high school talent show singing 'The Way You Make Me Feel' and being a huge fan of his album Bad. I know all my dancers wouldn't be behind me dancing if it weren't for that."
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Marc Anthony: "A Michael Jackson comes around literally once in a lifetime. They break the mold and I think there're people who just sacrifice their life, their personal life all for the arts. That's what Michael did; he sacrificed his life for the arts."
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LL Cool J: "I think one of the coolest things he told me was never limit yourself; the fact that if people can whistle your songs then they can understand it all over the world. Because there are language barriers...People speak different languages all over the world. Melody is king and I think Michael really understood that...What we didn't lose is his legacy and that incredible catalogue and body of work...We may have lost the man, but we didn't lose the legacy. The legacy is actually bigger than that one human being. That legacy touched millions."
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18Marc is legend................
ive been in love with christina aguilera, xtina since as far back as eye can remember!!! but not her money eye can live on fresh air witch is better!!!=
If MJ had one person around him that actually cared about him rather than the money that they were making MJ would still be here today.
OH this is for sarah W.. You were there when this happened, there was never any real proof keep ur sheat to urself idiot!!!!
Christina will be amazing, just like she was when she did the James Brown tribute... don't care much for the others... she'll easily outshine them! They should have honoured his anniversary too I think!
Doesn't anyone remember that he raped kids? I guess I'm the only one.
june 25 was my birthday and i didn't even get to celebrate cause i was crying so much! RIP michael and i know that he had issues but still he didn't deserve to be treated like a monster by the media
UGH! Just let the guy RIP already. No need to remember his death anniversary. Don't get me wrong, I grew up with his music, and LOVE his music, but he had serious issues - addiction, mental health, and perhaps sexual dysfunctions - that he is not someone I care to remember now that he is gone. Besides.....haven't we overdone the tributes to him at this point anyhow.....will there be a NATIONAL MJ Day next???? Plenty of other GREAT performers have passed on and we never even gave them a tribute!!! C'mon!
Pls remember Farrah too. RIP
The poster named "Druggie Day June 25TH" is a hater and needs to go suck on a gas can. You can have a temper tantrum all you want but it wont change the fact that Michael Jackson will be celebrated FOREVER as the undisputed Greatest Entertainer of ALL time. Now go f*** yourself, you Mark!
I think this is a good idea. There are better performers who i think would do a tribute better but its nice to remember the one man who started it all and paved the way for these people.
RIP KING. Guiness Book of world records most successful entertainer of all time.
oh great, here we go again just like last year... let the man rest!!!
if u r as famous as xtina n u hav the power n connection to every show in major tv WHY NOT!! If I were her I would be in every major tv show and appearance as much as possible.. jealous much.. maybe u can't have beauty and amazing talent to make the hater keep comparing xtina to the other ugly one if you know what I mean.. HAHA
I guess this will be an every year event like Elvis. When will it ever end? Christina is only doing this to get her CD sales up!
All these celebrities are hypocrites! Now they want to pay tribute to MJ and have come out of of the woodwork since he died to sing him praise for his work. Where were they when he was on trial and could have used some support. I don't believe for a moment he was guilty of those charges. Sure he was different, but he was also naive and taken advantaged of. I don't doubt he had a drug problem, but there are enablers too who helped his demise. He would be here today if someone would have intervened. RIP MJ
That's all very nice to hear!
Yeah and it is also cool to be a drug addict for years.. and die your own death.. style Michael Jackson..who was addicted to proforal an illegal drug in his own home in his own bed... yeah Kiddies everywhere try it and see how great it is that ..Michael ruined his own life...