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August 29, 1958

Michael Joseph Jackson

Dated Brooke Shields

Debbie Rowe (14 November 1996 - 8 October 1999) (divorced) 2 children

Lisa Marie Presley (26 May 1994 - 18 January 1996) (divorced)

1972: Got to Be There

1972: Ben

1973: Music & Me

1975: Forever, Michael

1979: Off the Wall

1982: Thriller

1987: Bad

1991: Dangerous

1995: HIStory: Past, Present and Future - Book I

1997: Blood on the Dance Floor: HIStory in the Mix

2001: Invincible

Actor

Miss Cast Away (2004)

Men In Black II (2002)

Ghosts (1997)

The Simpsons (1 episode, 1991)

Bad (1987)

Captain EO (1986)

Captain EO Promo & Pre-show (1986)

Thriller (1983) (TV)

The Wiz (1978)

Wiz on Down the Road (1978)

Producer

Michael Jackson: The One (2004) (TV) (executive producer)

Michael Jackson: Number Ones (2003) (executive producer) (segment "Bad") (producer) (segment "Thriller")

Michael Jackson: HIStory on Film - Volume II (1997) (executive producer) (producer) (segment "Thriller")

Michael Jackson: One Night Only (1995) (TV) (executive producer)

Michael Jackson: Video Greatest Hits - HIStory (1995) (executive producer) (producer) (segment "Thriller")

Moonwalker (1988) (executive producer)

Michael Jackson: The Legend Continues (1988) (executive producer)

Thriller (1983) (TV) (producer)

Writer

Ghosts (1997) (story)

Michael Jackson: HIStory on Film - Volume II (1997) (treatment) (segments "Thriller" and "Smooth Criminal")

Michael Jackson: Video Greatest Hits - HIStory (1995) (treatment) (segment "Thriller")

Moonwalker (1988) (story) (segment "Smooth Criminal")

Thriller (1983) (TV) (written by)

Director

Michael Jackson: Number Ones (2003) (video "Blood on the Dance Floor")

Michael Jackson: HIStory on Film - Volume II (1997) (video "Blood on the Dancefloor")

Dangerous: The Short Films (1993) (video "Jam")

As Himself

Life on the Road with Mr. and Mrs. Brown (2009)

Michael Jackson's 'This Is It': Staging the Return - Beyond the Show (2010)

NRJ 12 Grammys Awards 2010 (2010) (TV)

Michael Jackson's 'This Is It': Staging the Return - The Adventure Begins (2010)

Michael Jackson's 'This Is It': Memories of Michael (2010)

Michael Jackson's 'This Is It': The Gloved One (2010)

All Access: Making Michael Jackson's This Is It (2010) (TV)

Michael Jackson: Devotion (2009)

"Nyhetsmorgon" (3 episodes, 2003-2009)

This Is It (2009)

"Fantástico" (2 episodes, 2009)

My Friend Michael Jackson: Uri's Story (2009) (TV)

Michael Jackson: The Trial and Triumph of the King of Pop (2009)

Michael Jackson Unmasked (2009) (TV)

Entertainment Tonight (3 episodes, 2003-2009)

"Sky News: Live at Five" (1 episode, 2009)

"Cutting Edge" (1 episode, 2008)

Micchaku Michael Jackson in Japan: Shirarezaru nanoka kan (2007) (TV)

"Bl!tz" (1 episode, 2007)

The 2006 World Music Awards (2006) (TV)

"Smap×Smap" (1 episode, 2006)

"At Large with Geraldo Rivera" (2003) TV series (unknown episodes, 2005)

The Work of Director Mark Romanek (2005) (segment "Scream")

Camp Michael Jackson (2005) (TV)

Wacko About Jacko (2005) (TV)

Behind the Scenes at the Michael Jackson Trial (2005)

"BBC World News" (4 episodes, 2003-2004)

"The Robert MacNeil Report" (1 episode, 2004)

"NBC Nightly News" (1 episode, 2004)

Michael Jackson: The One (2004) (TV)

"60 Minutes" (1 episode, 2003)

2003 Radio Music Awards (2003) (TV)

Jay-Kid & Michael Jackson (2003) (TV)

3rd Annual BET Awards (2003) (TV)

Michael Jackson's Private Home Movies (2003) (TV)

A Director's Journey: The Making of 'Red Dragon' (2003)

The Michael Jackson Interview: The Footage You Were Never Meant to See (2003) (TV)

Living with Michael Jackson: A Tonight Special (2003) (TV)

2002 World Awards (2002) (TV)

A Night at the Apollo (2002) (TV)

MTV Video Music Awards 2002 (2002) (TV)

"VH-1 Where Are They Now?" (2 episodes, 2000-2002)

"E! True Hollywood Story" (1 episode, 2002)

American Bandstand's 50th Anniversary Celebration (2002) (TV)

The 29th Annual American Music Awards (2002) (TV)

Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Celebration (2001) (TV)

Total Request Live (1 episode, 2001)

MTV Video Music Awards 2001 (2001) (TV)

MTV Icon: Janet Jackson (2001) (TV)

"FanClub" (1 episode, 2001)

Elizabeth Taylor: A Musical Celebration (2000) (TV)

MTV Uncensored (1999) (TV)

Michael Jackson and Friends: A Concert for Kosovo's Children (1999) (TV)

Michael Jackson & Friends (1999) (TV)

Swing Vote (1999) (TV)

"Famous Families" (1 episode, 1998)

Dennis Pennis R.I.P. (1997)

Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life (1997) (TV) (uncredited)

Michael Jackson: HIStory on Film - Volume II (1997)

Brit Awards 1996 (1996) (TV)

Michael Jackson: One Night Only (1995) (TV)

Soul Train's 25th Anniversary (1995) (TV)

MTV Video Music Awards 1995 (1995) (TV)

Michael Jackson: Video Greatest Hits - HIStory (1995)

Michael & Janet Jackson: Scream - HIStory in the Making (1995) (TV)

Primetime Live (1 episode, 1995)

Barbra: The Concert (1995) (TV) (uncredited)

The History of Rock 'N' Roll, Vol. 10 (1995) (TV)

Elvis: The Tribute (1994) (TV)

Grammy's Greatest Moments Volume I (1994) (Performer)

The Jackson Family Honors (1994) (TV)

26th NAACP Image Awards (1994) (TV)

MTV Video Music Awards 1994 (1994) (TV)

Michael Jackson Live in Mexico: The Dangerous Tour (1993) (TV)

The 1993 World Music Awards (1993) (TV)

The American Film Institute Salute to Elizabeth Taylor (1993) (TV)

The 7th Annual Soul Train Music Awards (1993) (TV)

Super Bowl XXVII Halftime Show (1993) (TV)

Michael Jackson Talks to... Oprah Live (1993) (TV)

Super Bowl XXVII (1993) (TV)

25th NAACP Image Awards (1993) (TV)

Dangerous: The Short Films (1993)

The 1992 Billboard Music Awards (1992) (TV)

"Def II" (1 episode, 1992)

MTV Video Music Awards 1992 (1992) (TV)

Michael Jackson Live in Bucharest: The Dangerous Tour (1992) (TV)

Black or White (1991)

MTV's 10th Anniversary Special (1991) (TV)

The 63rd Annual Academy Awards 1991 (TV)

Listen Up: The Lives of Quincy Jones (1990) (voice)

Sammy Davis, Jr. 60th Anniversary Celebration (1990) (TV)

7th Annual American Cinema Awards (1990) (TV)

"The Arsenio Hall Show" (1 episode, 1989)

The 3rd Annual Soul Train Music Awards (1989) (TV)

The 16th Annual American Music Awards (1989) (TV)

Brit Awards 1989 (1989) (TV) (recorded message)

"America's Top 10" (1 episode, 1989)

Moonwalker (1988)

"Wired" (1 episode, 1988)

"ABC Afterschool Specials" (1 episode, 1988)

The 30th Annual Grammy Awards 1988 (TV)

Michael Jackson: The Legend Continues (1988)

"Ebony/Jet Showcase" (2 episodes, 1983-1987)

Michael Jackson - Mega Star (1987) (TV)

The 13th Annual American Music Awards (1986) (TV)

The Making of 'Captain Eo' (1986) (TV)

The Other Lover (1985) (TV)

We Are the World (1985) (TV)

The 6th Annual Black Achievement Awards (1985) (TV)

"Telethon" (1 episode, 1985)

The 26th Annual Grammy Awards 1984 (TV)

The 11th Annual American Music Awards (1984) (TV)

Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever (1983) (TV)

Michael Jackson: Making Michael Jackson's 'Thriller' (1983)

Diana (1981) (TV)

The 8th Annual American Music Awards (1981) (TV)

Kraft Salutes Disneyland's 25th Anniversary (1980) (TV)

The Wolfman Jack Radio Show (1980) (TV)

"The Midnight Special" (3 episodes, 1977-1979)

American Bandstand (3 episodes, 1970-1979)

"Soul Train" (5 episodes, 1972-1979)

A Special Sesame Street Christmas (1978) (TV)

"20/20" (1978) TV series

"Musikladen" (1 episode, 1977)

The 4th Annual American Music Awards (1977) (TV)

"Dinah!" (1 episode, 1976)

"The Sonny and Cher Show" (1 episode, 1976)

"The Jacksons" (1976) TV series

"The Carol Burnett Show" (3 episodes, 1974-1976)

"The Sonny Comedy Revue" (1 episode, 1974)

Free to Be... You & Me (1974) (TV)

"The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour" (2 episodes, 1972-1974)

"The Bob Hope Show" (1 episode, 1973)

Save the Children (1973)

The 45th Annual Academy Awards 1973 (TV)

Top of the Pops (1 episode, 1972)

The Dating Game (1 episode, 1972)

"Flip" (2 episodes, 1971-1972)

Goin' Back to Indiana (1971) (TV)

Diana (1971) (TV)

"The Jim Nabors Hour" (1 episode, 1970)

"The Ed Sullivan Show" (2 episodes, 1969-1970)

"The Hollywood Palace" (1 episode, 1969)

AASA Awards

2004 Humanitarian endeavors Golden Elephant Award Won


American Cinema Awards

1990 Entertainer of the Decade Won


American Music Awards

1980 Favorite Male Artist (Soul/R&B) Won

1980 Off the Wall Favourite Album (Soul/R&B) Won

1980 "Don't Stop 'til You Get Enough" Favorite Single (Soul/R&B) Won

1981 Favorite Male Artist (Soul/R&B) Won

1981 Off the Wall Favorite Album (Soul/R&B) Won

1984 Award of Merit Won

1984 Favorite Male Artist (Pop/Rock) Won

1984 Favorite Male Artist (Soul/R&B) Won

1984 Thriller Favorite Album (Pop/Rock) Won

1984 Thriller Favorite Album (Soul/R&B) Won

1984 "Beat It" Favorite Single (Pop/Rock) Won

1984 "Beat It" Favorite Video (Pop/Rock) Won

1984 "Beat It" Favorite Video (Soul/R&B) Won

1986 Award of Appreciation Won

1986 "We Are the World" (with Lionel Richie) Song of the Year Won

1988 "Bad" Favorite Single (Soul/R&B) Won

1989 Award of Achievement Won

1993 International Artist Award Won

1993 Dangerous Favorite Album (Pop/Rock) Won

1993 "Remember the Time" Favourite Single (Soul/R&B) Won

1996 Favorite Male Artist (Pop/Rock) Won

2002 Artist of the Century Won

2009 Favorite Pop/Rock Male Artist Won

2009 Favorite Soul/R&B Male Artist Won

2009 Number Ones Favorite Pop/Rock Album Won

2009 Number Ones Favorite Soul/R&B Album Won


American Video Awards

1984 "Thriller" Best Long Form Video Won Best Home Video Won


Barbados Music Awards

2010 International Lifetime Achievement Award Won


Bambi Awards

2002 Pop Artist of the Millennium Won


BET Awards

1989 Bad World Tour BET Award Won


Hall of Fame

1995 Michael Jackson Hall of Fame Won


Billboard Music Awards

1972 Top Singles Artist of the Year Won, Top Male Singles Artist of the Year Won

1983 Pop Artist of the Year Won, Black Artist of the Year Won, Pop Album Artist Won, Pop Male Album Artist Won, Pop Male Singles Artist Won, Black Album Artist Won, Black Singles Artist Won, Pop Singles Artist Won, Dance/Disco Artist Won, Thriller Pop Album of the Year Won, Thriller Black Album Won, "Beat It" Dance/Disco 12" LP Won, "Billie Jean" Dance/Disco 12" LP Won

1984 Thriller Top Album Won

1988 Top Black Artist Won, Blues & Soul Won, Outstanding Artist of the Year Won, Best Live Show of 1988 Won

1989 Bad #1 Album (Pop/R&B) Won

1992 World Artist Award Won, Commemoration for the 10th Anniversary of Thriller Won, Hot 100 Singles Artist (Male) Won, Hot R&B Singles Artist Won, Hot Dance Music Club Play Artist Won, Hot Dance Music Maxi-Single Sales Artist Won, 1995 Special Hot 100 Award Won, "Scream" Video of the Year (Pop/Rock) Won


Billboard Music of the 80's Poll

1990 Michael Jackson Black Artist of the Decade Won, "Billie Jean" Black Single of the Decade Won, Thriller Black Album of the Decade Won, Thriller Pop Album of the Decade Won


Billboard Music of the 00's Poll

2010 Invincible Pop Album of the Decade Won


Billboard Year in Music Survey

1980 Top Black Artist Won, Off the Wall Top Black Album Won


Billboard Video Awards

1983 Best Performance by a Male Artist Won, "Beat It" Best Overall Video Won, "Beat It" Best Choreography Won, "Beat It" Best Use Of Video To Enhance Artist's Song Won, "Beat It" Best Use Of Video To Enhance Artist's Image Won


Black Gold Awards

1983 Top Male Vocalist Won, Thriller Best Album Won, "Billie Jean" Best Single of the Year Won, "Beat It" Best Video Performance Won


Blockbuster Entertainment Awards

1996 Favorite Pop Male Won


BMI Urban Awards

1990 1st Michael Jackson Award of Achievement Won

1993 "Black or White" & "Remember the Time" Two of the Most Performed Songs of the Year Won

2003 "Butterflies" BMI Urban Award Won

2008 The Jacksons BMI Icon Award Won


Bob Fosse Awards

1997 Ghosts Best Choreography in a Music Video Won


Boy Scouts of America

1990 Humanitarian endeavors Good Scout Humanitarian Award Won


Bravo Magazine

1988 Gold Otto Award Won

1989 Bronze Otto Award Won

1992 Gold Otto Award Won

1993 Gold Otto Award Won

1994 Gold Otto Award Won

1995 Gold Otto Award Won

1996 Gold Otto Award Won, Platinum Otto/Lifetime Achievement Award Won, Best Male Singer Won, Best Show Won, Nicest Singer Won, HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I Best Album Won

1997 Silver Otto Award Won, Best Show Won, 3rd Best Looking Singer Won, HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I Best Album Won

1998 Silver Otto Award Won


Brazillian TVZ Video Awards

1995 "Scream" Best International Video of the Year Won

1997 "Blood on the Dance Floor" Best International Video of the Year Won


BRE Awards

1989 Triple Crown Award - King of Pop, Rock & Soul Won, "Smooth Criminal" Video of the Year Won


BRIT Awards

1984 Best International Solo Artist Won, Thriller Best International Album Won

1988 Best International Solo Artist Won

1989 Best International Artist (Male) Won, "Smooth Criminal" Best Music Video Won

1996 Artist of a Generation Award Won


British Phonographic Industry Awards

1981 Off the Wall BPI Award Won

1989 "Smooth Criminal" Video of the Year Won


British TV Industry Awards

1989 Artist of the Decade Won


Bollywood Awards

1999 Humanitarian endeavors Outstanding Humanitarian Award Won


Cable Ace Awards

1988 Outstanding Editing in a Musical Special Won

1994 Outstanding Musical Special Won


Canadian Black Music Awards

1984 Top Male Vocalist Won, Entertainer of the Year Won, Thriller Top International Album Won, "Billie Jean" Top International Single Won


Capitol Children Museum

1990 Humanitarian endeavors Humanitarian Award Won


Cashbox Awards

1980 Off the Wall Soul Album of the Year Won

1981 Soul Album of the Year Won

1983 Number One Male Artist Won, Top Black Male Artist Won, Top Male Singles Artist Won, Top Black Male Singles Artist Won, Thriller Top Pop Album Won, Thriller Top Black Album Won, "Billie Jean" Top Pop Single Won, "Billie Jean" Top Black Single Won

1989 Video Pioneer Won


Celebrate the Magic Foundation

2002 Humanitarian endeavors Magic Life Award Won


Children's Choice Awards

1994 Caring for Kids Award Won


Children Uniting Nations Oscar Celebration

2010 Angel Award Won


Crenshaw Community Youth & Arts Foundation

1994 Humanitarian Award Won


Critic's Choice Awards

1989 "Smooth Criminal" Best Video Won


Crystal Globe Awards

1984 Crystal Globe Award Won


Danish Grammy Awards

1996 Best International Male Artist Won, HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I Best International Album Won


Dutch Music Factory Awards

1997 Won Best Live Show


Ebony Magazine

1988 American Black Achievement Award Won


ECHO Awards

1993 Won Best International Artist of the Year


Entertainment Tonight

1989 Won Most Important Entertainer of the Decade


Forbes Magazine

1988 Won #1 Entertainer of the Year

1989 Won #1 Entertainer of the Year


Friday Night Videos

1989 Greatest Artist of the Decade Won, Number One Artist Won


Genesis Awards

1996 "Earth Song" 1995 Doris Day Music Award Won


Golden Globe Awards

1972 "Ben" Best Original Song Won


Grammy Awards

1980 "Don't Stop 'til You Get Enough" Best Male R&B Vocal Performance Won

1984 Thriller Album of the Year Won, "Beat It" Record of the Year Won, Thriller (with Quincy Jones) Producer of the Year Won, "Billie Jean" Best R&B Song Won, "Someone in the Dark" Best Recording for Children (Narration) Won, "Thriller" Best Male Vocal Performance (Pop) Won, "Billie Jean" Best Male Vocal Performance (R&B) Won, "Beat It" Best Male Vocal Performance (Rock) Won

1985 The Making of Thriller Best Long Form Video Won

1986 "We Are the World" Song of the Year Won

1990 Bad Best Engineered Recording - Non Classical Won, "Leave Me Alone" Best Short Form Music Video Won

1993 Dangerous Best Engineered - Non Classical Won, Living Legend Award Won

1996 "Scream" Best Short Form Music Video Won

2010 Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award Won


Grammy Hall of Fame

1999 "I Want You Back" (with The Jackson 5) Grammy Hall of Fame Inducted

2008 Thriller Grammy Hall of Fame Inducted

2008 Off the Wall Grammy Hall of Fame Inducted


Guinness Book of World Records

1984 Thriller The Best Selling Album of All Time Won

1993 Lifetime Achievement Award Won

2002 Ghosts Longest Music Video Won, The Making of Thriller Best Selling Music Video Won, The Jackson family Most Successful Pop Family Won

2006 Most Successful Entertainer of All Time Won, Youngest Vocalist to Top the US Singles Chart Won, Highest Paid Entertainer of all Time Won, First Entertainer to Earn More Than 100 million Dollars in a Year Won, First Entertainer to Sell More Than 100 Million Albums outside the US Won, Most Weeks at the Top of the US Album Charts Won, Thriller Most Successful Music Video Won, "You Are Not Alone" First Vocalist to Enter the US Single Chart at Number One Won


Harry Chapin Memorial

1995 Humanitarian Award Won


Hit Parade Hall of Fame

2009 Hit Parade Hall of Fame Inducted


Hollywood Walk of Fame

1980 The Jacksons Hollywood Walk of Fame Star Won

1984 Michael Jackson Hollywood Walk of Fame Star Won


MTV European Music Awards

1995 Best Male Artist of the Year Won, Best Male Performer Won


MTV Japan Awards

2006 Legend Award Won


MTV Movie Awards

1994 "Will You Be There" Best Song in a Movie Won


MTV Video Music Awards

1984 Thriller Best Overall Performance Video Won, Thriller Best Choreography Won, Thriller Viewer's Choice Award Won

1989 "Leave Me Alone" Best Special Effects Won

1995 "Scream" Best Choreography Won, "Scream" Best Art Direction Won, "Scream" Best Dance Video Won


MTV Video Vanguard Awards

1988 Video Vanguard Award Won

1989 Thriller The Greatest Video in the History of the World Won


MOBO Music Awards

2009 Lifetime Achievement Award Won


Music Connection

1990 Man of the Decade Won


Music Video Producers' Hall of Fame

1991 Thriller Hall of Fame Inducted


NAACP Image Awards

1970 The Jackson 5 Best Singing Group of the Year Won

1971 Best Singing Group of the Year Won

1972 Best Singing Group of the Year Won

1980 The Jacksons Best Singing Group of the Year Won

1981 Best Singing Group of the Year Won

1984 H. Claude Hodson Medal of Freedom Won

1988 Best Male Artist Won, Bad Best Album Won, Humanitarian endeavors Leonard Carter Humanitarian Award Won

1993 25th Anniversary Entertainer of the Year Award Won, "Black or White" Outstanding Music Video Won

2002 "You Rock My World" Outstanding Music Video Won, Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Special Outstanding Performance Variety Series/Special Won, Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Special Outstanding Performance in a Variety Series/Special Won


NARM Gift of Music Awards

1984 Thriller Best Selling Album Won, "Billie Jean" Best Selling Single Won, The Making of Thriller Best Home Video Won


National Association of Black Owned Broadcasters

1992 Lifetime Achievement Award Won


National Urban Coalition Awards

1989 Humanitarian endeavors Humanitarian Award Won


NRJ Awards

2002 Best International Male Singer Won

2008 Lifetime Achievement Award Won


Oneness Awards

2003 Contributions to racial harmony Power of Oneness Award Won


Operation One to One Awards

1992 Operation One to One Award Won


People's Choice Awards

1984 Best All Round Entertainer of the Year Won, Thriller Favorite Video of the Year Won

1989 "Smooth Criminal" Favorite Music Video Won


Popcorn Magazine

1995 Artist of the Decade Won, Best Male Vocalist of the Year Won

1997 Favorite Male Vocalist Won


Presidential Awards

1984 Humanitarian endeavors Presidential Humanitarian Award Won

1990 Artist of the Decade Won

1992 Point of Light Ambassador Won


Puls Music TV

1998 Best Foreign Male Singer Won, Best Show of the Year - 1997 Won


Radio Music Awards

2003 Humanitarian endeavors Humanitarian Award Won


RIAA Awards

1979 Off the Wall Gold & Platinum Certification Won, "Don't Stop 'til You Get Enough" Gold Certification Won

1980 "Rock with You" Gold Certification Won

1983 Thriller Gold & Platinum Certification Won, "Beat It" Gold Certification Won, "Billie Jean" Gold Certification Won, "The Girl Is Mine" Gold Certification Won, "Say Say Say" Gold Certification Won

1984 Thriller Platinum 20x Certification Won

1987 Bad Gold, Platinum & Platinum 3x Certification Won, Bad Platinum 4x Certification Won, "I Just Can't Stop Loving You" Gold Certification Won

1988 Bad Platinum 5x Certification Won, Bad Platinum 6x Certification Won

1989 "She's Out of My Life" Gold Certification Won, "Don't Stop 'til You Get Enough" Platinum Certification Won, "Rock with You" Platinum Certification Won, "Beat It" Platinum Certification Won, "Billie Jean" Platinum Certification Won, "Thriller" Gold & Platinum Certification Won, "Moonwalker" Gold & Platinum Certification Won, "Moonwalker" Platinum 8x Certification Won

1990 Thriller Platinum 21x Certification Won

1992 Dangerous Gold, Platinum & Platinum 4x Certification Won, "Black or White" Gold & Platinum Certification Won, "Remember the Time" Gold Certification Won, "In the Closet" Gold Certification Won, "Say Say Say" Platinum Certification Won

1993 Dangerous Platinum 5x Certification Won, Thriller Platinum 22x Certification Won, Bad Platinum 7x Certification Won, "Will You Be There" Gold Certification Won

1994 Thriller Platinum 24x Certification Won, Bad Platinum 8x Certification Won, Dangerous Platinum 6x Certification Won

1995 HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I Gold, Platinum & Platinum 5x Certification Won, "Scream" Gold & Platinum Certification Won, "You Are Not Alone" Gold & Platinum Certification Won

1996 HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I Platinum 6x Certification Won

1997 Thriller Platinum 25x Certification Won, Blood on the Dance Floor: HIStory in the Mix Gold Certification Won

1999 HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I Platinum 7x Certification Won

2000 Thriller Platinum 26x Certification Won, Dangerous Platinum 7x Certification Won, Blood on the Dance Floor: HIStory in the Mix Platinum Certification Won

2001 Invincible Gold & Platinum Certification Won

2002 Invincible Platinum 2x Certification Won

2003 Number Ones Gold Certification Won, HIStory on Film, Volume II Gold Certification Won, HIStory on Film, Volume II Platinum Certification Won, HIStory on Film, Volume II Platinum 3x Certification Won, Video Greatest Hits - HIStory Platinum 5x Certification Won

2004 Number Ones Gold Certification Won, Number Ones Platinum Certification Won, The One Gold Certification Won

2005 Thriller Platinum 27x Certification Won, Number Ones Platinum 4x Certification Won, Number Ones Platinum Certification Won, "Billie Jean" Digital Gold Certification Won, "Don't Stop 'til You Get Enough Digital Gold Certification Won, "Thriller" Digital Gold Certification Won, Video Greatest Hits - HIStory Gold Certification Won, Live in Bucharest: The Dangerous Tour Gold Certification Won

2009 Thriller Platinum 28x Certification Won, Thriller Platinum 29x Certification Won, Number Ones Platinum 3x Certification Won, Number Ones Platinum 13x Certification Won, The Essential Michael Jackson Gold & Platinum Certification Won, The Essential Michael Jackson Platinum 2x Certification Won, Off The Wall Platinum 8x Certification Won, Dangerous – The Short Films Platinum 3x Certification Won, HIStory on Film, Volume II Platinum 6x Certification Won, Video Greatest Hits - HIStory Platinum 9x Certification Won, Live in Bucharest: The Dangerous Tour Platinum 6x Certification Won, "Thriller" Digital Gold Certification Won, Beat It Digital Gold Certification Won, Billie Jean Digital Gold Certification Won, '"This Is It" Platinum 2x Certification Won


Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

1997 The Jackson 5 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inducted

2001 Michael Jackson Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inducted


Rolling Stone Awards

1989 Thriller Video of the Decade Won


Smash Hits Awards

1994 Best Male Vocalist Won


Smash Hits Poll

1995 Best Male Artist Won


Songwriter's Hall of Fame

2002 Michael Jackson Songwriter's Hall of Fame Inducted


Soul Train Awards

1988 Michael Jackson Best Male Single of the Year Won, Bad R&B Album of the Year Won

1989 Michael Jackson 1st Annual Sammy Davis Jr./Heritage Award Won

1990 Michael Jackson Silver Award for 1980's Artist of the Decade Won

1993 Humanitarian endeavors Humanitarian of the Year Award Won, Dangerous Best R&B Album Won, "Remember the Time" Best Single (Male) Won

2009 Michael Jackson Entertainer of the Year Won


Hall of Fame

1995 Michael Jackson Hall of Fame ((won))


United Negro College Fund

1988 Frederick Patterson Award Won


United States Congress

1972 Special Commendation for Positive Role Models Won


Vanity Fair

1989 Artist of the Decade Won

1990 Most Popular Artist in the History of Show Business Won


Video Software Dealer Association Awards

1989 Moonwalker Favourite Music Video Won


World Awards

2002 World Arts Award 2002 Won


World Music Awards

1989 Lifetime Achievement in Video Won

1993 Best Selling U.S. Artist of the Year Won, World's Best Selling Pop Artist Won, World's Best Selling Artist of the Era Won

1996 Best Selling Male Artist of 1996 Won, Best Selling American Artist Won, Best Selling Artist Ever Won, Best Selling R&B Artist Won, Thriller Best Selling Record of All Time Won

2000 Best Selling Male Artist of the Millennium Won

2006 Diamond Award Won


Hall of Fame

1989 Michael Jackson World Music Award Hall of Fame Inducted

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In the years since Michael Jackson made his first national television appearance with his brothers at the age of 11, he has evolved from a singing and dancing soul music prodigy to the self-proclaimed but widely acknowledged "King of Pop." As a musician, he has ranged from Motown's snappy dance fare and lush ballads to techno-edged New Jack Swing to work that incorporates both funk rhythms and hard-rock guitar. At his early-'80s zenith, riding the crest of his best-selling album, Thriller, spotlit in his red zippered jacket and single white sequined glove, he was ubiquitous. A superb businessman, Jackson has exerted unparalleled control over his career and has, in effect, managed himself since he and his brothers (sans Jermaine) left Motown for Epic Records in 1975. As a singer, dancer, and writer, Jackson's talent is unassailable.

With the passage of time, however, and especially since 1993, it is Jackson's personality that has dominated headlines formerly dedicated to his prodigious artistic accomplishments and humanitarian efforts. His charity work was enormous and focused always on his highly publicized identification with children. Infatuated with Peter Pan and E.T., Jackson seemed a kind of childlike extraterrestrial : benign (if in an eerie way), either sexless or sexually ambiguous, neither black nor white. Secluded by his celebrity, he appeared to touch down to earth only on stage or videotape; fanatically private, he generated endless gossip. In 1993, with Jackson facing allegations of child molestation, his career was rocked with scandal as gargantuan as his fame. Not since Shirley Temple has a child star so entranced the American public and the massive public soul-searching the allegations against Jackson inspired were but one indication of the almost inestimable role he has played in shaping pop culture. Jackson returned to the tabloids in 1994 with the shocking announcement that he had wed Lisa Marie Presley, an act that led to even more speculation about his motives but which undeniably made him, until his divorce two years later, the son-in-law of the late Elvis Presley.

The Jackson 5's lead singer and focal point, Michael became more popular than the group as the '80s began. He had a string of solo hits in the early '70s ("Got to Be There" [#4, 1971], "Rockin' Robin" [#2, 1972]; "Ben" [#1, 1972]) and played the Scarecrow in the film version of The Wiz in 1978. But it was with veteran producer Quincy Jones, whom he met while filming The Wiz, that Jackson began his amazing rise. In 1979 the team's Off the Wall made him the first solo artist to release four Top 10 hits from a single album, "Don't Stop Till You Get Enough" (#1, 1979), "Rock With You" (#1, 1979), "Off the Wall" (#10, 1980), and "She's Out of My Life" (#10, 1980) presented him as a mature artist whose funk rhythms and pop melodies appealed equally to blacks and whites. In the album's wake, the Jacksons' Triumph sold a million copies and prompted a $5.5 million-grossing tour. Even at this early stage, Jackson and his brothers were exploring video, and the short film that accompanied this album's title track was an imaginative, technically advanced effort.

In 1982 Jackson and Jones collaborated on a storytelling record of Steven Spielberg's E.T. The album, which was hastily withdrawn from the market due to a legal dispute, is now a prime Jackson collectable. That year, Diana Ross, one of Jackson's mentors, scored a #10 hit with Michael's "Muscles." Jackson had also begun an alliance with Paul McCartney, who had written "Girlfriend" for Off the Wall. The two reconvened to co-write the duet "The Girl Is Mine" (#2, 1982).

It was 1983 that marked Jackson's complete ascension. With Quincy Jones again producing, Thriller yielded, in addition to "The Girl Is Mine," two ten hit singles by early 1983 - "Billie Jean" (#1, 1983) and "Beat It" (#1, 1983) (with a guitar solo delivered by Eddie Van Halen) - and went on to become the best-selling album in history, with over 45 million copies sold worldwide. Charting at #1 in every Western country, it spent a record 37 weeks at U.S. #1. The first album ever to simultaneously head the singles and albums charts for both R&B and pop, it eventually generated an unprecendented seven Top 10 singles, including "P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)" (#10, 1983), "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'" (#5, 1983), "Human Nature" (#7, 1983), and "Thriller" (#4, 1983). Of its record 12 Grammy nominations, it won eight in 1983, a historical sweep.

Thriller also broke through MTV's de facto color line, where videos by black artists had rarely been shown, Michael's self-choreographed "Beat It," costing $160,000, received extensive play. The "Thriller" video, with a voice-over by horror movie stalwart Vincent Price and state-of-the-art special effects, was directed by John Landis, establishing Jackson's practice of working with notable filmmakers. In May, performing solo and with his brothers on NBC's 25 Years of Motown special, Michael popularized his distinctive "Moonwalk" dance step, and, in performing "Billie Jean," was the only artist featured on the program whose repertoire included a non-Motown song. Later in 1983, while another duet with McCartney - "Say Say Say" from Paul's Pipes of Peace - topped the charts for six weeks, Jackson announced a $5 million sponsorship deal with Pepsi-Cola.

In 1984, while filming a Pepsi commercial Jackson was seriously injured when a pyrotechnic effect went awry, setting his hair on fire. The singer underwent surgery for scalp burns, he later received facial laser surgery. Rumors about other reconstructive work began shortly before the release of Thriller and would build in coming years. Among the procedures he has been rumored to have undergone are facelifts, a purported six nose surgeries, and the lightening of his skin with chemicals (it was also alleged that he took female hormones to maintain his falsetto).

After receiving a Presidential Award from Ronald Reagan in June 1984, Jackson joined his brothers on a supporting tour for the Jacksons' Victory (from which Michael's duet with Mick Jagger, "State of Shock," reached #3). The highly publicized tour, which Jackson undertook reluctantly, was plagued by mismanagement (boxing promoter Don King was in charge, much to Jackson's displeasure, and his parents were co-producers), internal strife (at one point, several of the Jackson brothers, their parents, and numerous other parties had each retained their own lawyers), and general mismanagement (the method of selling tickets prompted a public outcry). A disillusioned Jackson donated his revenues to children's charities. Nonetheless, the shows were considered spectacular, brimming with high-tech special effects. Jackson ended the year by receiving a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

In 1985 Jackson co-wrote with Lionel Richie "We Are the World," the theme song for USA for Africa. It reached #1 and embellished Michael's reputation as a humanitarian. Jackson's relationship with Paul McCartney soured later that year as, bidding against both McCartney and Yoko Ono, he secured the ATV music publishing catalog for $47.5 million: among ATV's holding, more than 250 Lennon/McCartney songs. (Jackson has long been known inside the industry for his almost encyclopedic command of the details of his business dealings.)

Shortly after signing a second contract with Pepsi in 1986 for $15 million, Jackson released Bad, the biggest-shipping album of all time, in 1987. Its 17-minute title track video was directed by Martin Scorsese. Bad generated five #1s in 1987-88: "Just Can't Stop Loving You," "Bad," "The Way You Make Me Feel," "Man in the Mirror," and "Dirty Diana." The Bad tour - over a year long - became the biggest-grossing tour in history and one of the most expensive (Jackson's entourage included 250 people).

With 1988 came Jackson's long-awaited, heavily illustrated, and brief autobiography, Moonwalk, in which he claimed that his father, Joseph Jackson, had hit him as a child. Generally, however, the book (edited by Jacqueline Onassis) was considered un-revealing. (A second volume of his writing, Dancing the Dream, was published in 1992 to less enthusiastic response.)

By the end of the '80s, Jackson had moved from the Encino, California, family home to Neverland, an estimated $28 million, 2700-acre California ranch complete with Ferris wheel, an exotic menagerie, a movie theater, and a security staff of 40. There Jackson - famous for clean-living (he never smoked, drank, nor used drugs, and was rarely seen in the company of a woman) - hosted an endless series of parties for children, many of them disabled, critically ill, or under-privileged.

His popularity seemingly unassailable, Jackson signed a $28-million deal with L.A. Gear sportswear to be the spokesperson, but the idea proved a failure and Jackson was dropped after one commercial. At the start of the '90s, however, Jackson's popularity was massive enough to land him the biggest contract ever awarded an entertainer. Jackson signed a $65-million deal with Sony Corporation in 1991 that promised him an unprecedented share of the profits from his next six albums, his own record label, a role in developing video software products, and a chance to star in movies. Reportedly he would receive more than $120 million an album if each could match the sales of Thriller. Sony reported that it expected revenues of $1 billion from the partnership. By 1991, Jackson's celebrity status was unquestioned - he'd hosted Elizabeth Taylor's eighth wedding at Neverland and been publicly praised by such Hollywood establishment figures as Fred Astaire, Jane Fonda, and Katharine Hepburn - and he seemed unstoppable.

In 1991, at a recording cost of $10 million, Dangerous was released. Co-produced by New Jack Swing creator Teddy Riley, the album featured material ("Heal the World," "Who is It") that recalled his work with Quincy Jones, with whom he had parted ways shortly after Bad. Riley, however, toughened and updated Jackson's sound, stripping off some of the smooth studio gloss of his previous works. With the $1.2 million video for the single "Black or White," Jackson demanded that MTV and Black Entertainment Television (BET) announce him as "the King of Pop" (a fact he would later deny in a live televised interview with Oprah Winfrey). Hoping to outdistance Bad's over $20 million in sales, he prepared for a spectacular world tour. Also in 1992, he embarked on a five-nation African tour; there, however, he was widely criticized for his aloof behavior. That same year, with his personal fortune estimated at $200 million, Jackson established the Heal the World Foundation to raise awareness of children-related issues, including abuse.

With 1993 came Jackson's crisis. The year, however, began auspiciously. Appearing in January at the NAACP Image Awards, the American Music Awards, and the pre-Inaugural gala for President Bill Clinton, he also reached 91 million viewers in his half-time performance at Super Bowl XXVII, the most widely viewed, - and many said, boring - entertainment event in TV history. And he announced the start of a $1.25 million program to provide drug prevention and counseling services to L.A. children following that city's riots. In a February TV interview with a less than incisive Oprah Winfrey, he revealed that he suffered from vitiligo, a disease he maintained discolored his skin, and that he was a victim of abuse at the hands of his father, Joseph. He tried to dispel such long-standing tabloid rumors as the one that he once tried to buy the bones of the Elephant Man or had slept in a hyperbaric chamber. He also said that he was dating movie actress Brooke Shields, who had been a companion during the Thriller period. The interview was one of the most-watched television programs in history. In March he formed Michael Jackson Productions Inc., an independent film company that would give a share of its profits to his Heal the World Foundation. In June he debuted his MJJ/Epic record label, releasing the Free Willy soundtrack.

But scandal erupted on August 17 when a Beverly Hills psychiatrist approached the L.A. Police after a 13-year-old patient claimed that Jackson had fondled him. Later, specific charges brought by the boy's father claimed that Jackson had sexually abused the boy at his house earlier in the year. After the father obtained a ruling to deny Jackson contact with the son, the police raided Neverland, seizing videotapes and other possible evidence (nothing incriminating turned up). While traveling to Bangkok for the Dangerous tour, Jackson denied the charges, his security consultant maintaining that the boy's father had attempted to extort $20 million to start a production company (he added that Jackson received at least 25 such extortion threats a year). With Pepsi supporting him and his retinue denying a suicide attempt, Jackson turned 35 at the end of August. Shortly thereafter, Jackson canceled his second Singapore show, claiming migraine headaches.

In September Jackson's sister, La Toya, reported that he used to spend the night with young boys in his room, and two former employees, who maintained that Jackson owed them $500,000 in wages, asserted that they'd witnessed Jackson's sexual involvement with several young boys. Jackson then pulled out of a deal to contribute the title track to the movie Addams Family Values. After Jackson's alleged victim filed a civil suit for seduction and sex abuse, the singer canceled the rest of the Dangerous tour, maintaining that pressure from the charges had left him addicted to painkillers. Pepsi then ended its 10-year partnership with the star. In November five former Neverland guards sued Jackson for firing them, allegedly because they knew about his relationships with minors. Toward the end of the year, business continued, with Sony announcing that Dangerous sales had topped 20 million and Jackson signing a $70-million, five-year deal with EMI Music to administer his ATV catalog. But in December, back in the U.S., Jackson in a four-minute cable TV broadcast confronted his accusers and decried the extensive examination of his body that the police had conducted as part of their investigation.

On January 25, 1994, lawyers for Jackson and the alleged victim announced a private settlement of the boy's case, despite the fact that Jackson resolutely continued to deny wrongdoing. While terms were not disclosed, estimates of Jackson's payment reached as high as $26 million. One day earlier, following a criminal investigation into Jackson's claims that the boy's father was part of an extortion plot against him, the D.A. declined to file charges. The L.S. district attorney also investigated the claims of a second boy that Jackson had shared a bed with him, even while the boy alleged no impropriety on the singer's part. The district attorney, also finding no evidence of wrongdoing, concluded the investigation. In August a statement issued by MJJ Productions verified two months of rumors that Jackson had married 26-year-old Lisa Marie Presley, who had been estranged from her husband, with whom she had two children.

Jackson and his bride appeared on television with Diane Sawyer to discuss the marriage. It would be a short-lived one, as the couple divorced in 1996. Jackson later married Debbie Rowe, a nurse he'd met in the early '80s when undergoing treatment for vitiligo. A boy, Prince, and a girl, Paris, resulted from the union.

In 1995, ushered in with a $30-million marketing campaign, the largest in history, Jackson's HIStory, a double-album of hits and new material, was released. Featuring "Scream," a duet with his sister Janet, the album dropped out of the Top 10 after only a few weeks. The song "They Don't Care About Us" including the lyric "Jew me/sue me" provoked charges of Antisemitism even from such stalwart Jackson supporters as Steven Spielberg. In 1997 a followup, Blood on the Dance Floor: HIStory in the Mix (#24), also fared poorly (by Jackson's admittedly remarkable standards).

In 1997 Jackson was found innocent by Milanese authorities of plagiarism for his song "Will You Be There" (from Dangerous and used in the film Free Willy). Italian singer/songwriter Albano Carrisi had accused Jackson of copying his 1986 song "I Cigni Di Balaka." In 1999, after several appeals courts had continued to rule in Jackson's favor, a criminal court in Rome found Jackson guilty of plagiarism, but the approximately $3,000 fine was suspended. Since then, Jackson's lawyers have appealed the ruling in an attempt to remove the judgment against him. Jackson was slated to star as the famed writer in a film entitled The Nightmares of Edgar Allan Poe, and was reportedly working on a new album. Also, in England, he enjoyed a kind of vicarious revival, with British dance-music artists recording a number of hits featuring Jackson samples.

Six years after his last studio album and after spending much of the late 1990s out of the public eye, Jackson released Invincible in October 2001 to much anticipation. To help promote the album, a special 30th Anniversary celebration at Madison Square Garden occurred in September 2001 to mark the singer's 30th year as a solo artist. Jackson appeared onstage alongside his brothers for the first time since 1984. The show also featured performances by Mýa, Usher, Whitney Houston, 'N Sync, and Slash, among other artists. In the wake of the September 11, 2001 attacks, Jackson helped organize the United We Stand: What More Can I Give benefit concert at RFK Stadium in Washington, D.C. The concert was aired on October 21, 2001, and included performances from dozens of major artists, including Jackson, who performed his song "What More Can I Give" as the finale. Invincible was a commercial success, debuting atop the charts in 13 countries and going on to sell approximately 10 million copies worldwide. It received double-platinum certification in the US. However, the sales for Invincible were notably low compared to his previous releases, due in part to a diminishing pop music industry, the lack of promotion, no supporting world tour and the label dispute. The album spawned three singles, "You Rock My World", "Cry" and "Butterflies", the latter without a music video.

Jackson's third child, Prince Michael Jackson II (also known as Blanket) was born in 2002. The mother's identity was never released by Jackson, but he has said the child was the result of artificial insemination from a surrogate mother and his own sperm cells. In November of that year, Jackson brought his newborn son onto the balcony of his hotel room in Berlin, as fans stood below. Holding him in his right arm, with a cloth loosely draped over the baby's face, Jackson briefly extended the baby over the railing of the balcony, four stories above ground level, causing widespread criticism in the media. Jackson later apologized for the incident, calling it "a terrible mistake".

To celebrate the 25th anniversary of Thriller, Jackson issued Thriller 25, comprising original material from the album, re-mixes, the previously unreleased song "For All Time" and a DVD. Two singles were released to moderate success: "The Girl Is Mine 2008" and "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' 2008". Thriller 25 was a commercial success, having done particularly well as a re-issue, peaking at number one in eight countries and Europe. It reached number three in the UK and top 10 on over 30 national charts. It was ineligible for the Billboard 200 chart as a re-release, but entered atop the Pop Catalog chart, where it stayed for 11 non-consecutive weeks and had the best sales on that chart since December 1996. In 12 weeks Thriller 25 sold over three million copies worldwide. As of November 2008, U.S. sales of Thriller 25 stood at 688,000 copies, making it the best-selling catalog album of 2008. To date, it sold 774,000 copies in the US.

To celebrate Jackson's 50th birthday, Sony BMG released a compilation album called King of Pop in various countries. These albums included tracks from Jackson's group and solo career, all voted for by fans. The albums had different tracklists, according to how the fans of each nation voted. Although it was not released in the US, King of Pop did reach the top 10 in the vast majority of countries where it was issued. It also charted in other countries, albeit lower, from imported sales.

Fortress Investments considered a foreclosure sale of Neverland Ranch to service a loan Jackson owed on the property, but ultimately sold the loan to Colony Capital LLC. In November, Jackson transferred the title of Neverland Ranch to Sycamore Valley Ranch Company LLC. At the time of his death, Jackson still owned an unknown stake in the property; Sycamore Valley Ranch was a joint venture between Jackson and Colony Capital LLC. The loan Jackson owed was cleared, and he acquired $35 million in the venture.

Jackson had been scheduled to perform 50 sold-out concerts to over one million people, at London's O2 arena, from July 13, 2009, to March 6, 2010. Following this residency, Jackson also planned to tour Europe, Asia, Australia and North America. During a publicity press conference, he had made suggestions of possible retirement. Randy Phillips, president and chief executive of AEG Live, had stated that the first 10 dates alone would have earned the singer approximately £50 million. Phillips said that the promotion company had a three-and-a-half year plan to work with Jackson, including a possible world tour, the release of new music and a 3D film based on Thriller.

Jackson made a music video, currently known as "Dome Project", in early June 2009. The video is scheduled to finish post-production in mid-July 2009.

On June 25, 2009, Jackson collapsed at his rented mansion at 100 North Carolwood Drive in the Holmby Hills area of Los Angeles. Attempts at resuscitating him by his personal physician were unsuccessful. Los Angeles Fire Department paramedics received a 911 call at 12:22 p.m. (PDT), arriving three minutes and seventeen seconds later at Jackson's location. He was reportedly not breathing and CPR was performed. Resuscitation efforts continued both en route to the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, and for an hour further after arriving at approximately 1:13 p.m. (20:13 UTC). He was noted to have been in cardiac arrest by the paramedics who attended him at his house. Jackson was pronounced dead at approximately 2:25 p.m. local time (21:25 UTC). Rumors and news of Jackson's death broke web records, triggering a cyberspace traffic jam and creating severe traffic spikes to websites such as Google, Facebook, Twitter and Wikipedia. Vigils were held by members of the general public after the death.

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