Michael Jackson’s achievements

Today my sis­ter asked me why Michael Jack­son is so famous and why so many peo­ple is mourn­ing over his passing…

Yes­ter­day i had a com­ment on whether I was going to blog about Michael Jackson’s death…

No! Too many peo­ple dis­cussing his death…

Instead.. I want to list his achieve­ments through­out his life to answer anyone’s doubt on why he is the “KING OF POP” !

The world acknowl­edges… His Music, His Voice, His Moves…

“From allmichaeljackson.com”:

Michael Jack­son has set many records through­out his career and won many awards. From the early days of the Jack­son 5 to the cur­rent day. Michael Jack­son has been in a league of his own with his best com­pe­ti­tion being him­self and try­ing to improve on what he has already achieved.
He are a just a few of the record break­ing achievements.

Biggest Sell­ing Album Of All Time — Gui­ness Book Of World Records
Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” Album is the biggest sell­ing album of all time, with over 50 mil­lion copies sold world­wide. Thriller is also the biggest sell­ing U.S album with sales of 25 mil­lion copies.

Most No1 Hits in 1980’s
By The End of the 1980’s MIchael Jack­son had more #1 hits than any other artist for the decade.

Great­est Audi­ence — Gui­ness Book Of World Records
The highest-ever view­er­ship was 133.4 mil­lion view­ers watch­ing the NBC trans­mis­sion of Super Bowl XXVII on June 31, 1993. Michael was spot­lighted dur­ing the half-time peformance.

Bad Tour — Gui­ness Book Of World Records
Michael Jackson’s world tour brought in a record gross rev­enue of over $124 mil­lion dur­ing Sep­tem­ber 1987-December 1988.

100 Mil­lion Records
Michael has sold over 100 mil­lion sin­gles and albums out­side of the U.S.

Bill­board Charts
Michael Jack­son is the first per­son in the 37 year his­tory of the Bill­board chart to enter straight in at No1, with his sin­gle “You Are Not Alone”. The pre­vi­ous record “Earth Song” which had debuted at No5 and also Michael Jacksons.

Biggest Sell­ing Video
Michael Jackson’s “The Mak­ing Of Thriller” is the biggest sell­ing video to be released by an artist.

Bill­board “Hot 100″ Sin­gles Chart
Most No1 Hits by Male Artist (13)

No1 Debuts
Michael Jack­sons “Bad”, “Dan­ger­ous”, and “HIS­tory” albums all debuted in at No1.

Awards
Michael has won more awards than any other artist.

No1 On Charts
In 1983 Michael became the first artist to simul­ta­ne­ously hold the num­ber one spots on Billboard’s rock albums and rock sin­gles charts, as well as the R&B albums and sin­gles charts.

Con­sec­u­tive No1 Sin­gles
Jack­son 5 were the first group to ever have four con­sec­u­tive No1 singles.

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Jeeezzz… He’s been win­ning awards and was listed on the walk of fame even before I was born…

Music Awards

2000
World Music Awards
Best Sell­ing Pop Male Artist of the Mil­len­nium

1999
Ebony Mag­a­zine
One of the 100 most impor­tant black peo­ple of the 20th century

Enter­tain­ment Weekly
Eighth Great­est Enter­tainer of the Past 50 years

The Record­ing Indus­try Asso­ci­a­tion of Amer­ica (RIAA)
Michael’s album “HIS­tory” (released in 1995) has been cer­ti­fied Plat­inum 7 times in the USA

Enter­tain­ment Weekly Poll
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)

Life­time Achieve­ment Award
Pre­sented to Michael in South Africa by Namib­ian Pre­mier Hage Geingob.

Dia­mond Award
For U.S sales of 10 mil­lion for an indi­vid­ual album or sin­gle (Michael was the youngest male artist to qual­ify for the award)

CD-First Inter­net Poll
Great­est Pop Artist of the 90’s

Bol­ly­wood Awards
World Human­ity Award

Inter­net World­wide Top 100 Male Stars
# 1 Male Star

CNN Inter­net Poll
Best Music Video Of All Time — Thriller

80 Clas­sics of the 80’s Poll — Dutch Music Chan­nel (TMF)
#1 Song — Thriller

1998
VH1 poll
# 1 great­est video of all time — Thriller

Puls Den­mark Music TV Pro­gram Viewer (Vote)
Best for­eign male singer(1997)
Best Show of the Year (1997)

Bravo Mag­a­zine Awards
Sil­ver Otto Award

Mix (Dan­ish) Mag­a­zine read­ers’ (Vote)
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”

Bill­board “Hot 100″ Sin­gles Chart
Most #1 Hits by Male Artist (13)

1997
Bob Fosse Award
Best Chore­og­ra­phy in a Music Video — “Ghosts”

Bravo Mag­a­zine Awards
Sil­ver Otto Award
Best Album, “HIS­tory“
Best Show
3rd Best Look­ing Singer

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Jack­son 5 inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall

Pop­corn Mag­a­zine Awards
Favourite Male Vocalist

Brazil­ian TVZ Video Awards
Best Inter­na­tional Video of the Year — “Blood On The Dance Floor”

Dutch Music Fac­tory Awards
Best Male Singer
Best Live Act

Live! Mag­a­zine (read­ers’ poll)
Most Mem­o­rable Male Per­former
Leg­end of Live Enter­tain­ment

1996
World Music Awards
(Michael won a record 5 awards)
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

Amer­i­can Music Awards
(Michael received 3 nom­i­na­tions)
Favorite Pop/Rock Male Artist of the Year

Block­buster Enter­tain­ment Awards
(Michael received 2 nom­i­na­tions)
Favorite Pop Male award (HIStory)

Grammy Awards
(Michael received 4 nom­i­na­tions)
Best Music Video (short form)- Scream

Irish Music Awards
Best Inter­na­tional Male Artist Award — HIStory

Brit Awards
Artist of a Gen­er­a­tion Award

Le Film Fan­tas­tique –French Film Awards
Best Video Award — Earth Song

Dan­ish Grammy Awards
Best Inter­na­tional Male Artist
Best Inter­na­tional Album — HIStory

Gen­e­sis Awards
1995 Doris Day Music Award (Award given to musi­cal animal-sensitive work) — Earth Song video

Bravo Mag­a­zine
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

Hong Kong Hit Radio
Best Inter­na­tional Male Artist
Best Song of the Year — You Are Not Alone

1995
MTV Video Music Awards
(Michael received 11 nom­i­na­tions)
Best Dance Video — Scream
Best Chore­og­ra­phy — Scream
Best Art Direc­tion — Scream

Pop­corn Mag­a­zine
Artist of the Decade Award
Best Male Vocal­ist of the Year

BET Hall of Fame Award
Michael is the first recip­i­ent of the BET Hall of Fame Award

Bill­board Music Awards
Spe­cial Hot 100 Award

Bill­board Music Video Awards
Pop/Rock Video of the Year — Scream

Bravo Mag­a­zine
Golden Otto Award

Brazil­ian TVZ Video Awards
Best Inter­na­tional Video of the Year — Scream

Euro­pean MTV Music Awards
Best Male Artist of the Year

Poprocky Mag­a­zine
Favorite Male Vocal­ist of the Year

Smash Hits Poll
Best Male Artist award

1994
Children’s Choice Awards
Car­ing For Kids Award

Cren­shaw Com­mu­nity Youth And Arts Foun­da­tion
Human­i­tar­ian Award

MTV Movie Awards
Best Song in a movie — Will You Be There

Smash Hits Awards
Best Male Vocalist

Pop Rock Mag­a­zine
Favorite Singer of The Year

Bravo Mag­a­zine
Gold Otto Award

Cable Ace Awards
Out­stand­ing Musi­cal Spe­cial — HBO spe­cial, and Dan­ger­ous con­cert from Bucharest

1993
Guin­ness Book Of World Records
Life­time Achieve­ment Award

Soul Train Awards
1993 Human­i­tar­ian Of The Year Award
Best R&B Sin­gle — Remem­ber The Time
Best R&B Album — Dangerous

World Music Awards
World’s Best Sell­ing Pop Artist
Best Sell­ing Amer­i­can Artist
World’s Best Sell­ing Artist Of The Era

NAACP Image Awards
25th Sil­ver Anniver­sary Enter­tainer Of The Year Award
Out­stand­ing Music Video — Black or White

Echo Awards
Best Inter­na­tional Artist of the Year

Grammy Awards
Liv­ing Leg­end Award

Amer­i­can Music Awards
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

Bravo Mag­a­zine
Gold Otto Award

BMI Award
Most Per­formed Songs of The Year — Black or White, Remem­ber The Time

1992
Bill­board Music Award
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).

National Asso­ci­a­tion of Black Owned Broad­cast­ers
Life­time Achieve­ment Award

Oper­a­tion One To One Award

Bravo Mag­a­zine
Gold Otto Award

National Honor Of Merit Award

Point Of Light Ambas­sador
(Given by: George Bush, Pres­i­dent of U.S.A)

1991
Music Video Pro­duc­ers’ Hall of Fame
Thriller Video

MTV Awards
Video Van­guard Award renamed to the “Michael Jack­son Video Van­guard Award“

1990
Music Con­nec­tion
Man Of The Decade

Sony Enter­tain­ment
Top Sell­ing Artist Of The Decade

Soul Train Awards
Artist Of The Decade

Amer­i­can Cin­ema Awards
Enter­tainer Of The Decade

BMI Inau­gural
First Michael Jack­son Award Of Achievement

Boy Scouts Of Amer­ica
Good Scout Humanitarian

Cap­i­tal Chil­dren Museum
Human­i­tar­ian Award

Grammy Awards
Best Video — Leave Me Alone

Van­ity Fair
Most Pop­u­lar Artist In The His­tory Of Show Business

White House Recog­ni­tion
Artist Of The Decade (Rec­og­nized by Pres­i­dent George Bush)

1989
Enter­tain­ment Tonight
Most Impor­tant Enter­tainer Of The Decade

World Music Awards
Hall Of Fame
Life­time Achieve­ment In Video
View­ers Choice #1 Video — Dirty Diana

British TV Indus­try Awards
Artist Of The Decade

British Phono­graphic Indus­try Awards
Video Of The Year

British Acad­emy Of Music Awards
Best Inter­na­tional Male Artist

Critic’s Choice Award
Best Video

Enter­tain­ment Tonight
Most Impor­tant Enter­tainer Of The Decade

Fri­day Night Videos
Great­est Artist Of The Decade
Num­ber One Artist

Amer­i­can Dance Award

Amer­i­can Music Awards
Spe­cial Award Of Achievement

Bill­board Awards
Num­ber One Black Artist
#1 Album-Pop/R&B — Bad

Bravo Mag­a­zine
Bronze Otto Award

BRE Awards
Triple Crown Award — King Of Pop, Rock and Soul
Video Of The Year

TV Show (U.K)
Good­bye To The 80’s Award

Van­ity Fair
Artist Of The Decade

Video Soft­ware Dealer Asso­ci­a­tion
Favorite Music Video — Moonwalker

Soul Train Awards
1st Annual Sammy Davis Jr. Award
Her­itage Award
R&B Contemporary

National Urban Coali­tion
Human­i­tar­ian Award

Gard­ner Street Ele­men­tary School
Most Famous Alum­nus Renamed School Audi­to­rium to Michael Jackson

MTV Awards
Video Van­guard Award
The Great­est Video In The His­tory Of The World — Thriller

People’s Choice Awards
Favorite Music Video — Smooth Criminal

Rolling Stone Mag­a­zine
Video Of The Decade — Thriller

Cash­box
Video Pioneer

BET
Award For The Suc­cess Of the “Bad” Tour

Forbes
#1 Enter­tainer Of The Year

1988
New York Times Best Seller List
# 1 Best Seller — “Moon­walker”, Auto­bi­og­ra­phy by Michael Jackson

Soul Train
R&B Album Of The Year — Bad
Best Male Sin­gle Of The Year

United Negro Col­lege Fund (UNCF)
Fred­er­ick D. Pat­ter­son Award
Hon­orary Doc­tor Of Humane Let­ters Degree from Fisk University

NAACP Image Awards
Leonard Carter Human­i­tar­ian Award
Best Male Artist — Bad Sin­gle
Best Album — Bad

Bill­board Awards
Top Black Artist
Out­stand­ing Artist Of The Year
Best Live Show Of 1988
Blues & Soul

Wem­b­ley Sta­dium
Record Braek­ing Seven Sell Out Shows

Ebony Mag­a­zine
Amer­i­can Black Achieve­ment Award

Forbes
#1 Enter­tainer Of The Year

Bravo Mag­a­zine
Gold Otto Award

Cable Ace Awards
Out­stand­ing Edit­ing in a Musi­cal Spe­cial — Motown on Show­time: Michael Jack­son, the Leg­end Continues

Guild Hall Party
Pre­sen­ta­tion Of Sword To Com­mem­o­rate the “Bad” Tour

MTV Van­guard Award
Out­stand­ing Con­tri­bu­tion To Music Video Production

Amer­i­can Music Awards
Favorite Sin­gle — Soul/R&B

1987
Swe­den
Best Vocal Artist of 1987 — “Aftan­bladet” Read­ers’ Poll

Bravo Mag­a­zine
Sil­ver Otto Award

1986
Guin­ness Book of World Records
Largest Ever Endorse­ment For Prod­uct Pro­mo­tion — $15 mil­lion for Pepsi

Grammy Awards
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

Amer­i­can Music Awards
Award Of Appre­ci­a­tion
Song Of The Year — We Are The World

People’s Choice Awards
Favorite New Song — We Are The World

1985
poll — World Almanac and Book of Facts 1985
Voted “Hero of Young America”

Grammy Awards
Best Home Video — The Mak­ing Of Thriller

1984
Guin­ness Book Of Records
Best Sell­ing Album Of All Time — Thriller

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.
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)

Cana­dian Black Music Awards
Top Male Vocal­ist
Enter­tainer of the Year
Top Inter­na­tional Album — Thriller
Top Inter­na­tional Sin­gle — Bil­lie Jean

Amer­i­can Music Awards
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

MTV Awards
View­ers Choice Award — Thriller
Best Over­all Video — Thriller
Best Chore­og­ra­phy — Thriller

People’s Choice Awards
Best All Around Enter­tainer Of The Year
Favorite Video of the Year — Thriller

Hotel Royal Plaza
Pre­sen­ta­tion Case­ment — 37 Gold & Plat­inum Discs

Pres­i­den­tial Spe­cial Achieve­ment Award (U.S)
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

Pre­sen­ta­tion Case­ment Of Plat­inum Disc 1985
Pre­sented in the U.K for the “Thriller” album

NARM
Gift Of Music Award
Best Sell­ing Album — Thriller
Best sell­ing Sin­gle — Bil­lie Jean
Best Home Video — The Mak­ing Of Thriller

NAACP Image Awards
H. Claude Hod­son Medal Of Freedom

Ebony Mag­a­zine Award

Bill­board Awards
Top Album

Amer­i­can Video Awards
Best Long Form Video
Best Home Video

Crys­tal Globe Awards
Exceed­ing Sales Past 5 Mil­lion

1983
Bill­board Awards
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

Rolling Stone
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

Black Gold Awards
Top Male Vocal­ist
Best Album — Thriller
Best Sin­gle of the Year — Bil­lie Jean
Best Video Per­for­mance — Beat It

Bill­board Video Awards
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

Cash­box
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

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

1981
Amer­i­can Music Awards
Favorite Album (Soul/R&B) — Off The Wall
Favorite Male Vocal­ist — Soul/R&B

Cash­box
Soul Album of the Year — Off The Wall

British Phono­graphic Indus­try Awards
Off The Wall Album

NAACP Image Awards
Best Singing Group

1980
Star on the Hol­ly­wood Walk Of Fame — The Jacksons

Amer­i­can Music Awards
Favorite Male Soul Artist
Favorite Soul Album — Off The Wall
Favorite Soul Sin­gle — Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough

Grammy Awards
Best R&B Per­for­mance — Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough

Bill­board Awards
Top Black Artist
Top Black Album — Off The Wall

Cash­box
Soul Album of the Year — Off The Wall

NAACP Image Awards
Best Singing Group — The Jack­sons

1972
NAACP Image Awards
Best Singing Group — Jack­son 5

Golden Globe Award — Ben

Bill­board Awards
Top Sin­gles Artist of the Year
Top Sin­gles Male of the Year

U.S. Con­gress
Spe­cial Com­men­da­tion For Being Pos­i­tive Role Models

1971
NAACP Image Awards
Best Singing Group of the Year — Jack­son 5

Grammy Awards
Best Pop Song — ABC

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