:Jermaine Jackson

{{Short description|American singer and member of the Jackson 5 (born 1954)}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Jermaine Jackson

| image = JermaineJackson2007(cropped).jpg

| caption = Jackson in 2007

| birth_name = Jermaine LaJuane Jackson

| alias =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1954|12|11}}

| birth_place = Gary, Indiana, U.S.

| death_date =

| death_place =

| occupation = {{hlist|Singer|songwriter|musician}}

| education = Birmingham High School

| years_active = 1964–2022{{cite web|author=Charlie Burton|url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/jacksons-legacy-jackson-5|title=Inside the Jackson machine|date=February 7, 2018|access-date=October 24, 2019|archive-date=October 7, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221007005527/https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/jacksons-legacy-jackson-5|url-status=live}}

| spouse = {{plainlist|

{{marriage|Hazel Gordy
|1973|1988|reason=div.}}
{{marriage|Alejandra Loaiza
|1995|2003|reason=div.}}
{{marriage|Halima Rashid
|2004|2016|reason=div.}}

}}

| children = 7, including Jaafar

| parents = {{plainlist|

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| family = Jackson

| module = {{Infobox musical artist|embed=yes

| background = solo_singer

| instrument = {{hlist|Vocals|bass}}

| genre = {{flatlist|

}}

| label = {{hlist|Steeltown|Motown|Arista|LaFace}}

| past_member_of = {{Hlist|Jackson 5|The Jacksons}}

}}

| website = {{URL|jermainejacksonentertainment.com}}

}}

Jermaine LaJuane Jacksun{{cite web |url=https://news.sky.com/story/jermaine-jackson-changes-surname-to-jacksun-10453727 |title=Jermaine Jackson Changes Surname To Jacksun |website=Sky News |date=February 23, 2013 |access-date=December 23, 2024 }} (né Jackson; born December 11, 1954) is an American singer, songwriter and bassist. He is known for being a member of the Jackson family. From 1964 to 1975, Jermaine was second vocalist after his brother Michael of the Jackson 5, and played bass guitar. In 1983, he rejoined the group, which had been renamed the Jacksons; he then consistently played in the group's performances and recordings until he left the group again in 2020.

While Jermaine did not usually sing the lead vocal on the Jackson Five's biggest hits, he is featured on "I'll Be There" and "I Want You Back", among others. When four of the brothers left Motown Records for Epic Records in 1976 (having to rename the family act The Jacksons in the process), Jermaine, who had just married Motown founder Berry Gordy's daughter Hazel, stayed at Motown. He was replaced in The Jacksons by his youngest brother, Randy. Jermaine had a solo career concurrent with his brother Michael's, including some top-30 hits, until the 1980s. He produced and recorded duets with Whitney Houston on her debut album in 1985, and was a producer for the band Switch. After seven years outside the group he rejoined the Jacksons, and remained until 2020 through various breakups and reunions.

Early life

Jermaine was born December 11, 1954, at St Mary's Mercy Hospital in Gary, Indiana,{{cite web |url=https://sometimes-interesting.com/2013/06/30/abandoned-st-marys-mercy-hospital/ |title=Abandoned: St. Mary's Mercy Hospital |website=Sometimes-interesting.com |date=June 30, 2013 |access-date=July 8, 2021 |archive-date=June 20, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210620063444/https://sometimes-interesting.com/2013/06/30/abandoned-st-marys-mercy-hospital/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=http://www.lifetimetv.co.uk/biography/biography-Jermaine-Jackson |title=Biography: Jermaine Jackson Lifetime |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160130022613/http://www.lifetimetv.co.uk/biography/biography-Jermaine-Jackson |archive-date=January 30, 2016}} He is the fourth child born to Joseph and Katherine Jackson. His siblings are Rebbie, Jackie, Tito, La Toya, Marlon, Brandon (Marlon's twin who died shortly after birth in 1957), Michael, Randy, and Janet.{{cite book |title=My Family, the Jackson's |last=Jackson |first=Katherine |publisher=St. Martin's Paperbacks |year=1990 |isbn=0-312-92350-3 |author2=Rich Wiseman}} Jackson's father Joe had musical aspirations, playing guitar with his brother Luther in an R&B band, the Falcons, and his mother Katherine, a devout Jehovah's Witness, was a passionate pianist and singer. Their large family and limited means made them refocus, with Katherine becoming a housewife, and Joe a steel mill worker at nearby Inland Steel Company in East Chicago, Indiana, where they lived before moving to Gary in 1950.

While his father, Joe, worked long hours as a crane operator, Jermaine and his brothers, Tito and Jackie, secretly practiced their own songs using Joe's guitar, and they sang harmonies with their mother Katherine. Jermaine became the original lead singer, and also played the bass in the Jackson Brothers, an earlier incarnation of the Jackson 5 until 1966, when younger brother Michael began singing lead.{{cite web |url=https://www.thejacksons.com/history/the-jacksons-5-60-68/ |title=History 60–68 | The Jacksons | The Official Website |website=Thejacksons.com |access-date=October 9, 2019 |archive-date=September 20, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190920143141/https://www.thejacksons.com/history/the-jacksons-5-60-68/ |url-status=live }} Father Joe began rehearsing his sons under a strict regimen when he realized their potential, seeing his sons' talent as a way out of Gary.{{cite news |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/the-jacksons-it-was-michael-s-body-and-he-did-what-he-wanted-to-look-how-he-wanted-to-look-1.4530020 |title=The Jacksons: 'It was Michael's body, and he did what he wanted to look how he wanted to look' |newspaper=The Irish Times |access-date=July 8, 2022 |archive-date=July 5, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220705231846/https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/the-jacksons-it-was-michael-s-body-and-he-did-what-he-wanted-to-look-how-he-wanted-to-look-1.4530020 |url-status=live }} Jermaine would continue to provide some leads over the years. Jermaine graduated from Birmingham High School in Van Nuys, Los Angeles, California, in 1973.{{Cite magazine |title=Jermaine Jackson to wed Hazel Gordy in December |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FVsDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA55 |volume=44 |issue=26 |magazine =Jet |publisher=Johnson Publishing Company |page =55 |date =September 20, 1973}}

Career

=The Jackson 5=

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Jermaine and his brothers first signed as the Jackson 5 with Gordon Keith of Steeltown Records in November 1967, and their first single "Big Boy", was released on January 31, 1968.[http://www.45rpmrecords.com/IN/Steeltown.php Independent Record Labels Of Indiana] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161221103722/http://www.45rpmrecords.com/IN/Steeltown.php |date=December 21, 2016 }}. 45 RPM Records After the group recorded three more songs with the Steeltown label (on two records) they were signed with Berry Gordy of Motown Records in 1969. As the third lead singer of the Jackson 5 after his brothers Jackie and Michael, Jermaine sang notable parts of "I Want You Back", "ABC", "I'll Be There", "The Love You Save", "Dancing Machine" and many other Jackson 5 songs. Jermaine performed as part of the group for six years. Not feeling that they were being paid fair royalties by Motown Records for their success as well as their desire for creative control, the Jackson 5 decided to leave the label and sign with Epic Records in 1975.{{cite web|url=https://www.thejacksons.com/history/the-jackson-5-1975/|title=History 1975 | The Jacksons | The Official Website|website=Thejacksons.com|access-date=October 9, 2019|archive-date=September 20, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190920140428/https://www.thejacksons.com/history/the-jackson-5-1975/|url-status=live}} However, Jermaine decided to stay with Motown Records, citing loyalty to the company as the reason. Others argue that Jermaine's marriage to Motown founder Berry Gordy's daughter Hazel, whom he married in 1973, was a deciding factor.

Jermaine split from the Jackson Five to start a solo career at Motown, and was replaced by his brother Randy. Unbeknownst to the group, Gordy had trademarked the name Jackson Five and did not allow the group to continue using the name when they left the label. Once signed with Epic, the group became known simply as the Jacksons. In 1983, Gordy asked the group to perform at the Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever television special.{{cite web|url=https://www.thejacksons.com/history/the-jacksons-1980/|title=History 1980 | The Jacksons | The Official Website|website=Thejacksons.com|access-date=October 9, 2019|archive-date=September 20, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190920143740/https://www.thejacksons.com/history/the-jacksons-1980/|url-status=live}} After the success of the broadcast, Jermaine finally rejoined the band to record the album Victory which featured all six brothers on the Jackson's album cover. Jermaine also participated in the band's Victory Tour. He stayed with the group for their final album, 2300 Jackson Street, in 1989. Jermaine performed the song "If You'd Only Believe" on March 15, 1993, with his brothers Jackie, Tito and Randy, on the stage of the Grand Théâtre de Genève for the evening of the Nations.{{Cite journal|date=March 16, 1993|title=Les Jackson cherchent une maison à Genève|journal=Le Matin|publisher=Tamedia}} He also performed this song alone, on January 14, 1990, in Atlanta, in tribute to Martin Luther King Jr., during King Week 90 '.{{Cite journal|date=May 1, 1990|title=Night Beat|journal=The Atlanta Constitution|page=42}} In 1997, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with the Jackson 5. In 2001, he reunited with his brothers to perform for the Michael Jackson 30th Anniversary Special.{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0301614/|title=Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Celebration|date=November 13, 2001|website=IMDb.com|access-date=July 1, 2018|archive-date=August 16, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230816142625/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0301614/|url-status=live}}

=Solo career=

Like Michael, Jermaine began a solo career while still a member of the Jackson 5, and had a hit with the 1972 Shep and the Limelites cover "Daddy's Home". It sold over one million copies by March 1973, and was awarded a gold disc.{{cite book| first= Joseph| last= Murrells| year= 1978| title= The Book of Golden Discs| edition= 2nd| publisher= Barrie and Jenkins Ltd| location= London| page= [https://archive.org/details/bookofgoldendisc00murr/page/314 314]| isbn= 0-214-20512-6| url-access= registration| url= https://archive.org/details/bookofgoldendisc00murr/page/314}} When the Jackson 5 left Motown in 1975, Jermaine left the group and stayed at the label until 1983, when he finally rejoined his brothers for the Motown 25 television special, and their album Victory the following year. Jermaine was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance for his 1980 album Let's Get Serious. He had a number of Billboard top-30 hits throughout the 1970s and 1980s, including "Daddy's Home" (No. 9), "That's How Love Goes", "Let's Be Young Tonight", "Bass Odyssey", "Feel the Fire", "Let Me Tickle Your Fancy" (featuring Devo on backing vocals) (No. 18), "Let's Get Serious" (No. 9, also one of his only two UK hits, peaking at No. 8), "Dynamite" (No. 15), "Do What You Do" (No. 13), and "I Think It's Love" (No. 16). A duet with his brother Michael, "Tell Me I'm Not Dreamin' (Too Good to Be True)", hit number one on the dance chart in 1984. Michael and he also collaborated with Rockwell, both providing guest vocals on his 1984 hit single, "Somebody's Watching Me".

In 1985, his duet with Pia Zadora, "When the Rain Begins to Fall", topped several singles charts in Europe, including Germany and France; in the United States, the duet only reached number 54 on the Billboard charts.{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/22072/jermaine-jackson-and-pia-zadora/|title=JERMAINE JACKSON & PIA ZADORA | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company|website=Officialcharts.com|access-date=October 9, 2019|archive-date=September 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190927113154/https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/22072/jermaine-jackson-and-pia-zadora/|url-status=live}} His final chart success, 1989's "Don't Take It Personal", hit number one on the R&B singles chart. Some of Jermaine's finest moments as a singer can be heard in the soulful "Castles of Sand" and the Earth Wind & Fire-inspired "You Need to Be Loved".{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/greatest-hits-and-rare-classics/1444221435|title=Greatest Hits and Rare Classics by Jermaine Jackson|website=Music.apple.com|date=January 1991|access-date=October 9, 2019|archive-date=October 9, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191009164842/https://music.apple.com/us/album/greatest-hits-and-rare-classics/1444221435|url-status=live}} Jermaine was the executive producer of the Jackson Family Honors concert televised from the MGM Grand on February 22, 1994.{{Cite news |last=Weinraub |first=Bernard |date=1994-02-21 |title=The Jackson Family Reunited, Sort Of |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/02/21/arts/the-jackson-family-reunited-sort-of.html |access-date=2022-10-11 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=June 7, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220607154105/https://www.nytimes.com/1994/02/21/arts/the-jackson-family-reunited-sort-of.html |url-status=live }} On May 19, 2003, he performed "Let's Start Right Now" live on the talk show The View, hosted by Barbara Walters.{{Citation|last=Jermaine Jackson|title=Jermaine Jackson performs "Let's Start Right Now" on The View (2003)|date=March 29, 2016|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atOU9rhBFyE| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211103/atOU9rhBFyE| archive-date=November 3, 2021 | url-status=live|access-date=July 28, 2017}}{{cbignore}}

Jackson is proficient on the electric guitar and is a talented bass guitar player. At an early age, he performed the parts of legendary bass player James Jamerson and others when the Five performed live. His main instrument was a Gibson EB-3.{{cite web|last=Hall|first=Russell|title=10 Champions of the Gibson EB Bass|url=http://aws2.gibson.com/News-Lifestyle/Gear-Tech/en-us/10-Champions-of-the-Gibson-EB-Bass.aspx|publisher=Gibson|date=February 3, 2017|access-date=October 6, 2019|archive-date=October 5, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191005230448/http://aws2.gibson.com/News-Lifestyle/Gear-Tech/en-us/10-Champions-of-the-Gibson-EB-Bass.aspx|url-status=dead}} Jermaine also composed and produced for other artists, such as Switch and he produced and sang duets on Whitney Houston's debut album for Arista Records. Jackson is featured on the Switch track "Tahiti Hut" released in 2019, recorded during the Reaching for Tomorrow sessions.

=Reality television=

Jackson was the first housemate to enter the Celebrity Big Brother 5 house in 2007, which he placed 2nd. After leaving Big Brother, Jackson did several interviews on UK television explaining why and how he took his peaceful and mediating stance in the Big Brother house. He also spoke about the Jackson Five reuniting for a performance.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lPLZrwbbg4&t=5m10s | archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211103/2lPLZrwbbg4| archive-date=November 3, 2021 | url-status=live|title=Jermaine Eviction :CBB5 Celebrity Big Brother 5 | website=YouTube|date=May 7, 2007 |access-date=April 5, 2014}}{{cbignore}} Jackson was part of the second season of the CMT reality show Gone Country.{{cite web |url=http://www.cmt.com/shows/series/gone_country_2/cast.jhtml |title=Gone Country 2 : Cast : John Rich Hosts : Celebrities Compete For New Country Music |publisher=CMT |access-date=April 10, 2014 |archive-date=December 27, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141227003134/http://www.cmt.com/shows/series/gone_country_2/cast.jhtml |url-status=dead }} On the premiere episode of season three of the ABC reality show Celebrity Wife Swap{{cite web |url=http://abc.go.com/shows/celebrity-wife-swap |title=Watch Celebrity Wife Swap TV Show - ABC.com |publisher=Abc.go.com |access-date=April 10, 2014 |archive-date=January 8, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120108080052/http://abc.go.com/shows/celebrity-wife-swap/ |url-status=live }} on April 15, 2014, Jackson and his wife Halima swapped places with Daniel Baldwin and his on-again, off-again girlfriend Isabella Hofmann.{{cite web|url=http://jackson-source.com/news/1525-jermaine-and-halima-on-celebrity-wife-swap-season-3 |title=Jermaine and Halima on "Celebrity Wife Swap" Season 3|publisher=Jackson-source.com|date=March 29, 2014 |access-date=April 5, 2014}}

=Later work=

file:Jermaine Jackson Cannes 2017.jpg

In April 2007, Jackson returned to the UK to take part in a one-off special of ITV's Challenge Anneka. On the same trip, he appeared in Glasgow with British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, speaking in support of Searchlight magazine's anti racism campaign, the Daily Mirror "Hope Not Hate Bus".{{Cite news|url=http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2003&res_dat=xri:pqil:res_ver=0.2&res_id=xri:newsuk&rft_id=xri:newsuk:newsart:1253574261|title=MAGIC BUS ; Last stop against racism|work=Daily Mirror via ProQuest News UK|date=April 7, 2007|author=Wynne-Jones, Ros|page=14|access-date=July 4, 2008|archive-date=August 16, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230816142608/https://www.proquest.com/openurl/handler/$4f$70$65$6e$4d$51$4c$53$6f$75$72$63$65$3a$44$4f$43$3a$46$54$41$4e$59$28$59$45$53$29|url-status=live}}

On November 23, 2007, Jackson appeared on Katie & Peter: Unleashed and again talked of a reunion with his brothers on a tour the following year. In 2008, Jackson flew to Australia to be a guest judge and mentor for the top-five Michael Jackson night on Australian Idol. In March 2008, Jackson was the guest of honor at the Muslim Writers Awards in Birmingham. In 2009, following his brother Michael's passing, Jermaine appeared on the A&E television series The Jacksons: A Family Dynasty, documenting what was supposed to be a 40th-anniversary reunion between Jermaine and his brothers.{{cite web|url=http://www.tv.com/shows/the-jacksons-a-family-dynasty/|title=The Jacksons: A Family Dynasty|last=TV.com|access-date=January 24, 2016|archive-date=February 8, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160208053627/http://www.tv.com/shows/the-jacksons-a-family-dynasty/|url-status=dead}} The series lasted one season and Jermaine, along with his three brothers, was listed as an executive producer. In October 2010, Jermaine played a concert at the Planet Hollywood hotel and casino in Las Vegas, naming it "40 Years of Jackson Music" and dedicating the concert to Michael.{{cite web|url=http://www.jermainelajaunejackson.com/performer/celebrating-40-years-of-jackson-family-music-2010/10-performer|title=Let's Get Serious (1980) – Jermaine Jackson – #1 source for anything JJ!|last=Janneke|access-date=January 24, 2016|archive-date=March 15, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200315015059/http://www.jermainelajaunejackson.com/performer/celebrating-40-years-of-jackson-family-music-2010/10-performer|url-status=usurped}} He wrote the memoir You Are Not Alone: Michael Through a Brother's Eyes (2011).{{cite book|title=You Are Not Alone (9780007435678): Jermaine Jackson: Books |isbn = 978-0007435678|last1 = Jackson|first1 = Jermaine|year = 2011| publisher=HarperCollins }}

In a 2012 interview with Luka Neskovic, for The Huffington Post, Jackson said that his brother planned a reunion with him: "... the plan was to do some shows with the brothers, as well, after he finished his commitment with the This Is It [concert], and we probably gonna do some songs with him on the This Is It tour".{{cite web|url=https://www.huffpost.com/archive/ca/entry/jermaine-jackson_b_1607042|author=Luka Neskovic|title=Jermaine Jackson on His Brother Michael and First Tour in 30 Years|date=June 19, 2012|publisher=HuffPost Canada|access-date=November 15, 2021|archive-date=November 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211115214418/https://www.huffpost.com/archive/ca/entry/jermaine-jackson_b_1607042|url-status=live}} In October 2012, Jackson released I Wish You Love, his first solo album in 21 years, consisting mostly of jazz covers.{{cite web|url=http://jermainejacksonentertainment.com/news/i-wish-you-love-jermaines-new-album |title=I Wish You Love : Jermaine's new album ! |publisher=Jermaine Jackson Entertainment |access-date=April 10, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150107080952/http://jermainejacksonentertainment.com/news/i-wish-you-love-jermaines-new-album |archive-date=January 7, 2015 }} The album was arranged and produced by French opera singer David Serero, who recorded a duet on "Autumn Leaves" with Jermaine, and was released by David Serero Productions.{{cite web|url=https://store.cdbaby.com/cd/jermainejackson2|title=♫ I Wish You Love (feat. David Serero) – Jermaine Jackson. Listen @cdbaby|website=Store.cdbaby.com|access-date=October 9, 2019|archive-date=October 9, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191009164841/https://store.cdbaby.com/cd/jermainejackson2|url-status=dead}} They both performed You Are Not Alone: The Musical, written, directed and produced by Serero, in France in January 2013. The following year, You Are Not Alone: The Musical Live was released on video and audio.{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B00LSWOPM8/ref=cm_cr_dpvoterdr?ie=UTF8&thanksvoting=cr-vote-R1ZAHP5XZK655G#R1ZAHP5XZK655G.2115.|title=Amazon.com: YOU ARE NOT ALONE, The only JACKSON MUSICAL by JERMAINE JACKSON: Michael Jackson, Jermaine Jackson, David Serero: Amazon Digital Services LLC|website=Amazon.com|access-date=October 6, 2015|archive-date=August 16, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230816142602/https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B00LSWOPM8/ref=cm_cr_dpvoterdr?ie=UTF8&thanksvoting=cr-vote-R1ZAHP5XZK655G#R1ZAHP5XZK655G.2115.|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://store.cdbaby.com/cd/jermainejackson3|title=♫ You Are Not Alone: The Musical – Jermaine Jackson. Listen @cdbaby|website=Store.cdbaby.com|access-date=October 9, 2019|archive-date=October 9, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191009164842/https://store.cdbaby.com/cd/jermainejackson3|url-status=dead}}

Personal life

=Family=

Jackson has been married and divorced three times, and has seven children. His first marriage was to Hazel Gordy, the daughter of Motown founder Berry Gordy.{{cite web|last=Berry |first=William E. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZbEDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA80|title=Jermaine Jackson's wife changes his life |magazine=Jet |volume=45 |issue=13 |page=76-82|date=December 20, 1973|publisher=Johnson Publishing Company|via=Google Books|access-date=October 26, 2020|archive-date=August 16, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230816142603/https://books.google.com/books?id=ZbEDAAAAMBAJ&q=Hazel+Gordy&pg=PA76|url-status=live}} The couple were married from 1973 to 1988.{{cite book|author=The Jacksons, Fred Bronson|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_F8RDgAAQBAJ&pg=PA310|title=The Jacksons: Legacy|date=October 24, 2017|publisher=Running Press|access-date=November 11, 2019|isbn=9780316473743|archive-date=August 16, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230816142604/https://books.google.com/books?id=_F8RDgAAQBAJ&pg=PA310|url-status=live}} They had three children; Jermaine La Jaune "Jay" Jackson Jr. (born 1977), Autumn Joi Jackson (born 1978) and Jaimy Jermaine Jackson (born 1987). Jackson was in a relationship with Margaret Maldonado from 1986 until 1993. They had two sons, Jeremy Maldonado Jackson (born 1986) and Jourdynn Michael Jackson (born 1989). He began a relationship with Alejandra Loaiza, former girlfriend of his brother, Randy, they were married from 1995 to 2003. They had two sons, Jaafar Jeremiah Jackson (born 1996) and Jermajesty Jermaine Jackson (born 2000).

In 2004, Jackson married Halima Rashid in a mosque in Los Angeles.{{cite web |url=http://www.positivelymichael.com/forums/showthread.php?10503-At-home-with-Jermaine-Jackson-and-family-Hello!-Magazine |title=At home with Jermaine Jackson and family- Hello! Magazine |publisher=Positivelymichael.com |access-date=April 10, 2014 |archive-date=April 7, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407104340/http://www.positivelymichael.com/forums/showthread.php?10503-At-home-with-Jermaine-Jackson-and-family-Hello!-Magazine |url-status=live }} Rashid was arrested in 2015 in Los Angeles for alleged domestic violence.{{cite web|url=http://www.tmz.com/2015/12/02/jermaine-jackson-wife-arrested-domestic-violence/|title=Jermaine Jackson's Wife Arrested for Domestic Violence|work=TMZ|date=December 2, 2015|access-date=January 24, 2016|archive-date=January 20, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160120010803/http://www.tmz.com/2015/12/02/jermaine-jackson-wife-arrested-domestic-violence|url-status=live}} She filed a petition for divorce in 2016, citing irreconcilable differences.[http://www.tmz.com/2016/06/23/jermaine-jackson-divorce/ Jermaine Jackson's Wife Files for Divorce] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160623233607/http://www.tmz.com/2016/06/23/jermaine-jackson-divorce/ |date=June 23, 2016 }}. TMZ.com (June 23, 2016). Retrieved on January 5, 2017.

Jermaine supported his brother, Michael, during his 2005 trial.{{cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/jermaine-jackson-michael-childhood-brothers-death/story?id=14506515|title=Jermaine Jackson: Michael Had Escape Plan|publisher=ABC News|date=September 13, 2011|access-date=June 28, 2020|archive-date=November 27, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201127213455/https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/jermaine-jackson-michael-childhood-brothers-death/story?id=14506515|url-status=live}} He came to Michael's defense on CNN's Larry King Live and appeared with him in court on many occasions.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lurQohbpjCA| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211103/lurQohbpjCA| archive-date=November 3, 2021 | url-status=live|title=Jermaine Jackson @ Larry King Live Part 4|last=myfavoritemrtvshow|date=June 25, 2010|publisher=YouTube}}{{cbignore}} Jermaine announced his brothers's death on 25 June 2009 at a press conference at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center.{{cite news |url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2009/06/michael-jackson-jermaine-jackson.html |title=Michael Jackson's death: Jermaine Jackson speaks |work=Los Angeles Times |date=June 25, 2009 |access-date=April 5, 2014 |archive-date=May 6, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140506085305/http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2009/06/michael-jackson-jermaine-jackson.html |url-status=live }}

Jermaine is a supporter of the English football team Sheffield Wednesday.{{cite web |title=WATCH: Jermaine Jackson's a Sheffield Wednesday fan |url=https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11703/10295648/watch-jermaine-jacksons-a-sheffield-wednesday-fan |website=Sky Sports |language=en |access-date=May 20, 2019 |archive-date=March 2, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200302132433/https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11703/10295648/watch-jermaine-jacksons-a-sheffield-wednesday-fan |url-status=live }}[https://twitter.com/jermjackson5/status/735976821091635200 This Sheff Wed love is no new thing] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220908105138/https://twitter.com/jermjackson5/status/735976821091635200 |date=September 8, 2022 }}

=Michael's memorial=

Jermaine thanked the people that attended Michael Jackson's memorial at the Staples Center, on July 7, 2009. "As you know," he said, "I am lost for words. I had his back. So did the family. But we thank you. That's all I can say. We thank you very much." Jermaine also tossed a rose on Michael's casket, after he sang "Smile" by Charlie Chaplin, which Michael also had covered and released.{{cite web | url=https://www.latimes.com/local/la-me-michael-jackson-memorial8-2009jul08-story.html | title=Michael Jackson hailed during emotional memorial service | website=Los Angeles Times | date=July 7, 2009 | access-date=July 15, 2022 | archive-date=July 15, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220715152349/https://www.latimes.com/local/la-me-michael-jackson-memorial8-2009jul08-story.html | url-status=live }}{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/08/us/08jackson.html | title=At Jackson Memorial, Music and Mourning | newspaper=The New York Times | date=July 7, 2009 | last1=Archibold | first1=Randal C. | access-date=July 15, 2022 | archive-date=July 15, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220715152730/https://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/08/us/08jackson.html | url-status=live }} In honor of Michael, Jermaine and his brothers, Tito, Jackie, Marlon and Randy Jackson served as pallbearers wearing a gold necktie, a single white glove and sunglasses.{{cite web | url=https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/honoring-the-white-glove/2/ | title=Honoring the White Glove | website=CBS News | date=July 7, 2009 | access-date=July 19, 2022 | archive-date=July 14, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220714171831/https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/honoring-the-white-glove/2/ | url-status=live }}

On January 30, 2019, Jermaine spoke out about the allegations against his brother, "Michael was tried by a jury of his peers and he was acquitted." he said. He added: "There was no real evidence, and I will say this—our family are tired. Let this man rest. He did a lot for the world. There is no truth to this. We're living in a time where people can say anything and it's taken as truth." BBC News reported.{{cite news | url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-47056459 | title=Jermaine Jackson: 'No truth' to allegations in Michael documentary | work=BBC News | date=January 30, 2019 | access-date=July 15, 2022 | archive-date=July 15, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220715165229/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-47056459 | url-status=live }}

=Conversion to Islam=

Jackson, like the rest of his family, was raised as a Jehovah's Witness. In 1989, he converted to Islam after a trip to Bahrain, in which he was impressed by the local children's devotion to their religion.{{cite web |title=Top 10 Rockers Who Found God: Jermaine Jackson |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/top-10-rockers-who-found-god-20985/jermaine-jackson-240821/ |publisher=Rolling Stone |date=December 10, 2010 |accessdate=November 15, 2021 |archive-date=November 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211115214418/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/top-10-rockers-who-found-god-20985/jermaine-jackson-240821/ |url-status=live }}

Jermaine claimed in an interview that if his brother Michael had converted to Islam, it would have saved his life.{{cite web |author=Willie Moore Jr |url=https://praisehouston.com/1425761/jermaine-jackson-says-islam-would-have-saved-michael/ |title=Jermaine Jackson Says Islam Would Have Saved Michael |publisher=Praise Houston |date=June 24, 2010 |accessdate=February 19, 2022 |archive-date=January 30, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220130185328/https://praisehouston.com/1425761/jermaine-jackson-says-islam-would-have-saved-michael/ |url-status=live }}

=Sexual assault lawsuit=

On December 27, 2023, a lawsuit was filed in Los Angeles Superior Court by a woman who alleged Jackson sexually assaulted her after forcing himself into her home in 1988.{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2023-12-28/jermaine-jackson-sued-sexual-assault-berry-gordy|title=Jermaine Jackson sued for alleged sexual assault|first=August|last=Brown|work=Los Angeles Times|date=December 28, 2023|accessdate=December 29, 2023}} The woman, identified as Rita Barrett, also alleged Motown Records owner Berry Gordy assisted in covering up the abuse.{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2023/12/29/jermaine-jackson-sued-sexual-assault-berry-gordy-rita-barrett/72051547007/|title=New lawsuit claims Jermaine Jackson sexually assaulted woman, Berry Gordy assisted in 'cover-up'|first=Talijuan|last=Moorman|publisher=USA Today|date=December 29, 2023|accessdate=December 29, 2023}}

In popular culture

He was voiced by Joel Cooper on the 1971–72 animated series Jackson 5ive.
He was portrayed by his son, Jermaine Jackson Jr., and Colin Steele in the 1992 miniseries The Jacksons: An American Dream.
He was portrayed by Jason Griffith in the 2004 film Man in the Mirror: The Michael Jackson Story.
He was portrayed by Romeo Balentine in the 2019 TV One movie The Bobby DeBarge Story.
He was portrayed by Jaison Hunter in the 2022 biopic Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody, which showed his affair with singer Whitney Houston in the 1980s.

Discography

{{main|Jermaine Jackson discography|Jermaine Jackson production discography}}

Jermaine (1972)
Come into My Life (1973)
My Name Is Jermaine (1976)
Feel the Fire (1977)
Frontiers (1978)
Let's Get Serious (1980)
Jermaine (1980)
I Like Your Style (1981)
Let Me Tickle Your Fancy (1982)
Dynamite (1984)
Precious Moments (1986)
Don't Take It Personal (1989)
You Said (1991)
I Wish You L.O.V.E (2012)

Filmography

Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" \| Notes
class="wikitable sortable" \|+Film and television
1982	The Facts of Life	Himself	Episode: "Starstruck"
rowspan="2" \| 1984	Voyage of the Rock Aliens	Rain
As the World Turns	Concert Performer
2007	Celebrity Big Brother	Housemate
2008	Gone Country	Himself/contestant	7 episodes (season 2)
2013	You Are Not Alone, the Musical	Singer	Credited as Jermaine Jacksun
2014	Celebrity Wife Swap	Himself	Episode: "Daniel Baldwin/Jermaine Jackson"

Tours

Precious Moments Tour (1986){{cite web|url=https://www.jackson-source.com/onstage/2102-jermaine-jackson-precious-moments-tour-1986|title=Jermaine Jackson Precious Moments Tour (1986)|publisher=Jackson Source|access-date=December 7, 2019|archive-date=December 7, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191207215250/https://www.jackson-source.com/onstage/2102-jermaine-jackson-precious-moments-tour-1986|url-status=live}}
Jermaine Jackson Australian Tour (1987–88){{cite web|url=https://www.jackson-source.com/onstage/2103-jermaine-jackson-australian-tour-1987-1988|title=Jermaine Jackson Australian Tour (1987–1988)|publisher=Jackson Source|access-date=December 7, 2019|archive-date=December 8, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191208075500/https://www.jackson-source.com/onstage/2103-jermaine-jackson-australian-tour-1987-1988|url-status=live}}