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American Music Awards
Artist of the century
World Music Awards
Male artist of the millenium
Ebony Magazine
Entertainment Weekly
The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA)
Entertainment Weekly Poll
Lifetime Achievement Award
Diamond Award
CD-First Internet Poll
Bollywood Awards
Internet Worldwide Top 100 Male Stars
CNN Internet Poll
80 Classics of the 80's Poll - Dutch Music Channel (TMF)
One of the 100 most important black people of the 20th century
Eighth Greatest Entertainer of the Past 50 years
Michael's album "HIStory" (released in 1995) has been certified Platinum 7 times in the USA
Best Solo Artist (Modern) - #1. Michael Jackson (with 25.90% of the votes)
Best Group (Classic) - #2. The Jackson 5 (with 13.57% of the votes)
Most Underrated Artist or Group - #2. Michael Jackson (with 17.125 of the votes)
Best Modern Album - #1. "Thriller" - Michael Jackson (with 23.43% of the votes)
Best Song (Modern) - #2. "Billie Jean" - Michael Jackson (with 16.11% of the votes)
Best Music Video - #1. "Thriller" - Michael Jackson (with 25.11% of the votes)
Presented to Michael in South Africa by Namibian Premier Hage Geingob.
For U.S sales of 10 million for an individual album or single (Michael was the youngest male artist to qualify for the award)
Greatest Pop Artist of the 90's
World Humanity Award
# 1 Male Star
Best Music Video Of All Time - Thriller
#1 Song - Thriller
VH1 poll
Puls Denmark Music TV Program Viewer (Vote)
Bravo Magazine Awards
Mix (Danish) Magazine readers' (Vote)
Billboard "Hot 100" Singles Chart
# 1 greatest video of all time - Thriller
Best foreign male singer(1997)
Best Show of the Year (1997)
Silver Otto Award
Best Event - Michael Jackson Concert at Parken Stadium
Best Foreign Male Singer
2nd Best Dressed Singer
Best Singer
3rd Best Foreign Album - "Blood on the Dance Floor"
Most #1 Hits by Male Artist (13)
Bob Fosse Award
Bravo Magazine Awards
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Popcorn Magazine Awards
Brazilian TVZ Video Awards
Dutch Music Factory Awards
Live! Magazine (readers' poll)
Best Choreography in a Music Video - "Ghosts"
Silver Otto Award
Best Album, "HIStory"
Best Show
3rd Best Looking Singer
Jackson 5 inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall
Favourite Male Vocalist
Best International Video of the Year - "Blood On The Dance Floor"
Best Male Singer
Best Live Act
Most Memorable Male Performer
Legend of Live Entertainment
World Music Awards
(Michael won a record 5 awards)
American Music Awards
(Michael received 3 nominations)
Blockbuster Entertainment Awards
(Michael received 2 nominations)
Grammy Awards
(Michael received 4 nominations)
Irish Music Awards
Brit Awards
Le Film Fantastique -French Film Awards
Danish Grammy Awards
Genesis Awards
Bravo Magazine
Hong Kong Hit Radio
Best Selling Artist ever
Best Selling Record of All Time (Thriller)
Best Selling Male Artist of 1996
Best Selling American Artist
Best Selling R&B Artist
Favorite Pop/Rock Male Artist of the Year
Favorite Pop Male award (HIStory)
Best Music Video (short form)- Scream
Best International Male Artist Award - HIStory
Artist of a Generation Award
Best Video Award - Earth Song
Best International Male Artist
Best International Album - HIStory
1995 Doris Day Music Award (Award given to musical animal-sensitive work) - Earth Song video
Golden Otto Award
Platinum Otto Award - Lifetime Achievement Award (Michael is the first artist to recieve this award)
Best Album - HIStory
Best Male Singer
Nicest Singer
Best Show
Best International Male Artist
Best Song of the Year - You Are Not Alone
MTV Video Music Awards
(Michael received 11 nominations)
Popcorn Magazine
BET Hall of Fame Award
Billboard Music Awards
Billboard Music Video Awards
Bravo Magazine
Brazilian TVZ Video Awards
European MTV Music Awards
Poprocky Magazine
Smash Hits Poll
Best Dance Video - Scream
Best Choreography - Scream
Best Art Direction - Scream
Artist of the Decade Award
Best Male Vocalist of the Year
Michael is the first recipient of the BET Hall of Fame Award
Special Hot 100 Award
Pop/Rock Video of the Year - Scream
Golden Otto Award
Best International Video of the Year - Scream
Best Male Artist of the Year
Favorite Male Vocalist of the Year
Best Male Artist award
Children's Choice Awards
Crenshaw Community Youth And Arts Foundation
MTV Movie Awards
Smash Hits Awards
Pop Rock Magazine
Bravo Magazine
Cable Ace Awards
Caring For Kids Award
Humanitarian Award
Best Song in a movie - Will You Be There
Best Male Vocalist
Favorite Singer of The Year
Gold Otto Award
Outstanding Musical Special - HBO special, and Dangerous concert from Bucharest
Guinness Book Of World Records
Soul Train Awards
World Music Awards
NAACP Image Awards
Echo Awards
Grammy Awards
American Music Awards
Bravo Magazine
BMI Award
Lifetime Achievement Award
1993 Humanitarian Of The Year Award
Best R&B Single - Remember The Time
Best R&B Album - Dangerous
World's Best Selling Pop Artist
Best Selling American Artist
World's Best Selling Artist Of The Era
25th Silver Anniversary Entertainer Of The Year Award
Outstanding Music Video - Black or White
Best International Artist of the Year
Living Legend Award
Best Pop/Rock Album - Dangerous
Best Soul/R&B Single - Remember The Time
Special International Artist Award for record sales and humanitarian efforts around the world
Gold Otto Award
Most Performed Songs of The Year - Black or White, Remember The Time
Billboard Music Award
National Association of Black Owned Broadcasters
Operation One To One Award
Bravo Magazine
National Honor Of Merit Award
Point Of Light Ambassador
(Given by: George Bush, President of U.S.A)
1992 World Artist Award - #1 World single Black or White, #1 World album Dangerous
Commemoration of 10th anniversary of Thriller (Biggest selling album of all time).
Lifetime Achievement Award
Gold Otto Award
Music Video Producers' Hall of Fame
MTV Awards
Thriller Video
Video Vanguard Award renamed to the "Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award"
Music Connection
Sony Entertainment
Soul Train Awards
American Cinema Awards
BMI Inaugural
Boy Scouts Of America
Capital Children Museum
Grammy Awards
Vanity Fair
White House Recognition
Man Of The Decade
Top Selling Artist Of The Decade
Artist Of The Decade
Entertainer Of The Decade
First Michael Jackson Award Of Achievement
Good Scout Humanitarian
Humanitarian Award
Best Video - Leave Me Alone
Most Popular Artist In The History Of Show Business
Artist Of The Decade (Recognized by President George Bush)
Entertainment Tonight
World Music Awards
British TV Industry Awards
British Phonographic Industry Awards
British Academy Of Music Awards
Critic's Choice Award
Entertainment Tonight
Friday Night Videos
American Dance Award
American Music Awards
Billboard Awards
Bravo Magazine
BRE Awards
TV Show (U.K)
Vanity Fair
Video Software Dealer Association
Soul Train Awards
National Urban Coalition
Gardner Street Elementary School
MTV Awards
People's Choice Awards
Rolling Stone Magazine
Cashbox
BET
Forbes
Most Important Entertainer Of The Decade
Hall Of Fame
Lifetime Achievement In Video
Viewers Choice #1 Video - Dirty Diana
Artist Of The Decade
Video Of The Year
Best International Male Artist
Best Video
Most Important Entertainer Of The Decade
Greatest Artist Of The Decade
Number One Artist
Special Award Of Achievement
Number One Black Artist
#1 Album-Pop/R&B - Bad
Bronze Otto Award
Triple Crown Award - King Of Pop, Rock and Soul
Video Of The Year
Goodbye To The 80's Award
Artist Of The Decade
Favorite Music Video - Moonwalker
1st Annual Sammy Davis Jr. Award
Heritage Award
R&B Contemporary
Humanitarian Award
Most Famous Alumnus Renamed School Auditorium to Michael Jackson
Video Vanguard Award
The Greatest Video In The History Of The World - Thriller
Favorite Music Video - Smooth Criminal
Video Of The Decade - Thriller
Video Pioneer
Award For The Success Of the "Bad" Tour
#1 Entertainer Of The Year
New York Times Best Seller List
Soul Train
United Negro College Fund (UNCF)
NAACP Image Awards
Billboard Awards
Wembley Stadium
Ebony Magazine
Forbes
Bravo Magazine
Cable Ace Awards
Guild Hall Party
MTV Vanguard Award
American Music Awards
# 1 Best Seller - "Moonwalker", Autobiography by Michael Jackson
R&B Album Of The Year - Bad
Best Male Single Of The Year
Frederick D. Patterson Award
Honorary Doctor Of Humane Letters Degree from Fisk University
Leonard Carter Humanitarian Award
Best Male Artist - Bad Single
Best Album - Bad
Top Black Artist
Outstanding Artist Of The Year
Best Live Show Of 1988
Blues & Soul
Record Breaking Seven Sell Out Shows
American Black Achievement Award
#1 Entertainer Of The Year
Gold Otto Award
Outstanding Editing in a Musical Special - Motown on Showtime: Michael Jackson, the Legend Continues
Presentation Of Sword To Commemorate the "Bad" Tour
Outstanding Contribution To Music Video Production
Favorite Single - Soul/R&B
Sweden
Bravo Magazine
Best Vocal Artist of 1987 - "Aftanbladet" Readers' Poll
Silver Otto Award
Guinness Book of World Records
Grammy Awards
American Music Awards
People's Choice Awards
Largest Ever Endorsement For Product Promotion - $15 million for Pepsi
Record Of The Year - We Are The World
Song Of The Year - We Are The World
Best Pop Performance By Duo Or Group - We Are The World
Best Music Video Short Form
Award Of Appreciation
Song Of The Year - We Are The World
Favorite New Song - We Are The World
Poll - World Almanac and Book of Facts 1985
Grammy Awards
Voted "Hero of Young America"
Best Home Video - The Making Of Thriller
Guinness Book Of Records
Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
Grammy Awards
Michael recieves a record breaking 12 nominations and a record breaking 8 Grammy awards - the most won by an artist in one year.
Canadian Black Music Awards
American Music Awards
MTV Awards
People's Choice Awards
Hotel Royal Plaza
Presidential Special Achievement Award (U.S)
Presentation Casement Of Platinum Disc 1985
NARM
NAACP Image Awards
Ebony Magazine Award
Billboard Awards
American Video Awards
Crystal Globe Awards
Best Selling Album Of All Time - Thriller
Album Of The Year - Thriller
Record Of The Year - Beat It
Best Male Pop Performance
Producer Of The Year (with Quincy Jones) - Thriller
Best Male Rock Vocal Performance - Beat It
Best Male R&B Vocal Performance - Billie Jean
Best New R&B Song - Billie Jean
Best Recording For Children - E.T. The Extra Terrestrial Album (narration by Michael Jackson)
Top Male Vocalist
Entertainer of the Year
Top International Album - Thriller
Top International Single - Billie Jean
Special Award Of Merit
Favorite Album-Pop/Rock - Thriller
Favorite Album-Soul/R&B - Thriller
Favorite Male Vocalist - Soul/R&B
Favorite Male Vocalist - Pop/Rock
Favorite Single-Pop/Rock - Billie Jean
Favorite Video-Pop/Rock - Beat It
Favorite Video-Soul/R&B - Beat It
Viewers Choice Award - Thriller
Best Overall Video - Thriller
Best Choreography - Thriller
Best All Around Entertainer Of The Year
Favorite Video of the Year - Thriller
Presentation Casement - 37 Gold & Platinum Discs
Presented at the White House by President Ronald Regan to Michael Jackson in recognition of his contribution to the nation's campaign against drunk driving - Michael's song "Beat It" was run in the ads
Presented in the U.K for the "Thriller" album
Gift Of Music Award
Best Selling Album - Thriller
Best selling Single - Billie Jean
Best Home Video - The Making Of Thriller
H. Claude Hodson Medal Of Freedom
Top Album
Best Long Form Video
Best Home Video
Exceeding Sales Past 5 Million
Billboard Awards
Rolling Stone
Black Gold Awards
Billboard Video Awards
Cashbox
Album Of The Year - U.K, Japan, Australia, Holland
Artist Of The Year - U.K, Italy, Japan
International Artist Of The Year - Brazil
Record Of The Year - Greece
Best Male Vocalist - Japan
Most Important Foreign Album - Spain
Single Of The Year - Australia
Pop Album of the Year - Thriller
Pop Artist of the Year
Black Album - Thriller
Black Artist of the Year
Pop Album Artist
Pop Male Album Artist
Pop Male Singles Artist
Black Album Artist
Black Singles Artist
Pop Singles Artist
Dance/Disco Artist
Dance/Disco 12" LP - Billie Jean
Dance/Disco 12" LP - Beat It
Readers Poll - #1 Artist of the Year
Readers Poll - #1 Soul Artist
Readers Poll - #1 Video - Beat It
Readers Poll - #1 Producer (with Quincy Jones)
Critics Poll - #1 Artist of the Year
Critics Poll - #1 Video - Beat It
Critics Poll - #1 Male Vocalist
Critics Poll - #1 Soul Artist
Top Male Vocalist
Best Album - Thriller
Best Single of the Year - Billie Jean
Best Video Performance - Beat It
Best Performance by a Male Artist
Best Overall Video - Beat It
Best Performance by a Male Artist Best Choreography - Beat It
Best Use Of Video To Enhance Artist's Song - Beat It
Best Use Of Video To Enhance Artist's Image - Beat It
Number One Male Artist
Top Black Male Artist
Top Pop Album
Top Black Album
Top Male - Singles Artist
Top Black Male - Singles Artist
Top Pop Single - Billie Jean
Top Black Single - Billie Jean
American Music Awards
Cashbox
British Phonographic Industry Awards
NAACP Image Awards
Favorite Album (Soul/R&B) - Off The Wall
Favorite Male Vocalist - Soul/R&B
Soul Album of the Year - Off The Wall
Off The Wall Album
Best Singing Group
Star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame - The Jacksons
American Music Awards
Grammy Awards
Billboard Awards
Cashbox
NAACP Image Awards
Favorite Male Soul Artist
Favorite Soul Album - Off The Wall
Favorite Soul Single - Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough
Best R&B Performance - Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough
Top Black Artist
Top Black Album - Off The Wall
Soul Album of the Year - Off The Wall
Best Singing Group - The Jacksons
NAACP Image Awards
Golden Globe Award - Ben
Billboard Awards
U.S. Congress
Best Singing Group - Jackson 5
Top Singles Artist of the Year
Top Singles Male of the Year
Special Commendation For Being Positive Role Models
NAACP Image Awards
Grammy Awards
Best Singing Group of the Year - Jackson 5
Best Pop Song - ABC
NAACP Image Awards
Best Singing Group of the Year - Jackson 5
Top
Guinness 2000 Millenium Edition (U.S.)
Most Valuable Oscar
Most Charities Supported By a Pop Star
Most Grammy Awards
Longest US Span of No. 1 Hits
Longest Video
Most Expensive Video
Most Expensive Promotional Campaign for an Album by a Pop Star
Most Valuable Pieces of Rock Star Clothing
Pop star Michael Jackson paid a record $1.54
million at Sotheby's, New York City, USA, for the Best Film Oscar won by
producer David O. Selznick for "Gone With The Wind" [USA,1939]. The
world's most valuable Oscar, now owned by pop legend Michael Jackson.
Michael Jackson has
supported 39 charity organizations either with monetary donations through
sponsorships of their projects or by participating in their silent auctions. The
charities involved include AIDS Project L.A., American Cancer Society, BMI
Foundation, Inc., Childhelp USA, United Negro College Fund (UNCF), YMCA - 28th
Street/Crenshaw, The Sickle Cell Research Foundation and Volunteers of America.
The most Grammy Awards won in a single year is
eight, by Michael Jackson, in 1984. Jackson began his career as a child
star in his brothers' band, the Jackson Five. He launched his solo career in
1972 with the song "Got To Be There," and 10 years later released the album
"Thriller," which sold more than 48 million copies worldwide.
The R&B artist with the longest
span of US No. 1 hits is Michael Jackson. His first solo No. 1 was "Ben" in
October 1972, and he last topped the chart almost 23 years later with
"You Are Not Alone" in September 1995. The latter was also the first single ever
to enter the US charts at No. 1. He had also topped the charts as lead singer of
the Jackson 5 on four occasions before his first solo No. 1.
Michael Jackson's part feature film, part music
video "Ghosts" (1996) is 35 minutes long and was based on an original concept by
best-selling author Stephen King. Jackson plays five different roles in the
video, which was directed by Stan Winston. Michael Jackson's legendary
"Thriller" (1983) video and Snoop Doggy Dog's "Murder Was The Case" (1994) both
run 18 minutes.
The video for Michael and Janet Jackson's hit
single "Scream" (1995) cost a record $7 million to make and was directed by Mark
Romanek (USA). Shot on seven different sound stages, it features flying electric
guitars and complex morphing effects. "Scream" won the "MTV Music Video Award
for Dance" in 1995 and the Grammy for Music Video, Short Form in 1996.
Promotions for Michael Jackson's album "HIStory" (1995) included a
30-ft-high [9.1 m high], inflated statue of the pop star on top the Tower
Records in Hollywood, California, a huge sign in Times Square, New York City
(USA), and another statue floated on a barge down the river Thames London,
England. Jackson's record company Sony spent a total of $40 million on the
promotions for the launch of the album in the USA, the United Kingdom, Italy,
Australia, Japan, South Africa, and the Netherlands.
A white rhinestone
glove owned by Michael Jackson sold for $28,050 in December 1991. In 1997,
an afgan coat worn by John Lennon on the cover of Beatles' Magical Mystery Tour
album (1967) was bought for $57,750 on behalf of his eldest son, Julian.
1999 U.S. Hardcover Edition
Most Successful Siblings
Youngest Singer to Top U.S. Singles Chart
Biggest-Selling Album by a Male Soloist in the U.K.
Most Successful Concert Series
Michael and Janet Jackson are the only
siblings to have separately topped the US singles and album charts. Michael has
amassed 13 No. 1 singles and four chart-topping albums and Janet has has eight
No. 1 singles and three No. 1 albums.
Michael Jackson was 11
years five months old when he sang lead on "I Want You Back" by the Jackson
Five, which reached No. 1 on the US chart in 1970.
Michael
Jackson's "Bad" (1987) has sold 3.9 million copies in the UK. His "Thriller"
(1982) is the second most successful album, with sales of more than 3.3 million.
Michael Jackson sold out for seven
nights at Wembley Stadium, London in August 1988.
1998 U.S. Hardcover Edition
Most Successful Concert Series
Biggest Sellers (Singles)
Biggest Sellers (Singles)
Biggest Sellers (Albums)
Michael Jackson sold out for
seven nights at Wembley Stadium, London, England in the summer of 1988. A
total of 504,000 people saw Jackson perform July 14-16, 22-23, and August 26-27,
1988.
(Amongst the) highest certified singles,
at 4 million copies, is "We Are The World" by USA for Africa.
The fastest-selling single is "We Are
theWorld", by USA for Africa, which reportedly sold 800,000 copies in
three days in March 1985.
The best-selling album of all time is
"Thriller" by Michael Jackson, with global sales of 47 million and
domestic sales (as reported by RIAA) of over 25 million.
1994 U.S. Hardcover Edition
Largest Contracts
Greatest Audience
Highest-Paid Commercial Spokesperson
Michael Jackson...$890 million (Sony,
March 1991) Prospective earnings of $1 billion were reported.
The highest-ever viewership was 133.4
million viewers watching the NBC transmission of Super Bowl XXVII on
31 Jan 1993.
It was reported in March 1988
that Pepsi Cola had paid Michael Jackson $12 million to do four TV
commercials for them.
1992 U.S. Hardcover Edition
Most Successful Singer
The total attendance at Michael Jackson's
worldtour, September 1987-December 1988, brought in a tour gross revenue of
over $124 million.