Awards and Records
Michael Jackson holds the record as the most awarded artist ever. Here you can find a list of these awards and all his records.
Awards
- Artist of the decade 1980-1989
- Album of the decade 2000-2009 (Invincible)
- Bravo Otto: 2x bronze, 3x silver, 5x gold, 1x platinum (Lifetime Award)
- Golden Elephant Award 2004 (for his humanitarian work)
- Michael Jackson's This Is It: Special Award of AAFCA 2009
- Four times Music Award of the American Black Achievement Awards: 1980, 1984, 1988; and 1986 for We Are The World
- American Choreography Awards 1997 (Ghosts)
- Dancer of the decade 1980-1989
- American Music Awards: 3x 1980, 2x 1981, 9x 1984, 1x 1988, 1x 1989, 3x 1993, 1x 1996, 4x 2009
- Artist of the Millenium 1900-1999 (American Music Awards)
- American Video Awards: 2x 1984 (Beat It), 2x 1985 (Thriller)
- Apollo Legend Award 2010
- Barbados Music Awards 2010 (life's work)
- Pop artist of the millenium (Bambi 2002)
- Star on BET Walk of Fame (1995) (not to be confused with Hollywood Walk of Fame)
- Billboard Music Awards: 3x 1992, 1x 1995, 1x 2002
- Billboard Spotlight Award 1988 for Bad (First artist with this award)
- Billboard Video Awards: 5x 1983, 2x 1984
- Blockbuster Entertainment Award 1996
- 4x Black Gold Awards 1984
- Black Radio Exclusive Awards: 1x 1983, 2x 1989
- BMI Urban Awards: 1983, 1990
- Bollywood Award 1999 (for his humanitarian work)
- Good Scout Humanitarian Award 1990 (Boy Scouts of America)
- BRIT-Awards: 2x 1984, 1x 1988, 2x 1989, 1x 1996 (Artist of a generation)
- Michael Jackson Burn Center Badge 1984 (Brotman Medical Center)
- CableACE Award 1994
- 4x Canadian Black Music Awards 1984
- Cannes Lion Awards 1989 (Video of Leave me alone)
- 1990 Humanitarian Award of Capitol Children Museum
- Cashbox Award 1989
- Magic Life Award 2002 (Magic Foundation for humanitarian service)
- Children's Choice Awards 1994, for humanitarian service
- Angel Award 2010 (from Children Uniting Nations for humanitarian service)
- Clio Awards 1996
- Countdown Award 1984
- 1989 as Co-Executive Producer for Motown On Showtime - Michael Jackson: The legend continues from CEBA
- 1994 Humanitarian Award from Crenshaw Community Youth & Arts Foundation
- 2x Danish Music Awars 1996
- ECHO Awards: 1993 and 2010 (Hall of Fame)
- 2000 Humanitarian Award from Angel Ball der G & P Foundation (for contribution to the fight against cancer)
- Genesis Award 1988 and 1996
- Grammy Awards: 1x 1980, 8x 1984 (Record), 1x 1985, 1x 1986 (with Lionel Richie for We Are The World), 1x 1990, 1x 1996
- Grammy Legend Award 1993
- Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award 2010
- Grammy Hall of Fame: 2x 1999 (with Jackson 5), 2x 2008, 1x 2017 (with Jackson 5)
- Hollywood Walk of Fame 1984 (and 1980 with The Jacksons)
- International Music Awards 1992
- Japan Gold Disc Awards 1998 und 2010
- Juno Awards 1984
- Key to the city: Gary, IN 1971 (with Jackson 5); New York City, NY 1972 (with Jackson 5); Pontiac, MI 1984; Perth, Australia 1985; Osaka, Japan 1987; Chicago, IL 1988; Libreville, Gabon 1992; Warsaw, Poland 1997; Gary, IN 2003; Las Vegas, NV 2003
- Great Seal of the State of Florida 1984
- Medal of the city of Paris 1988
- Kora Lifetime Achievement Award 1999
- Los Angeles Governor's Resolution 1989 and 1993
- Michigan Legislature Resolution 1984
- MTV European Music Awards 1995
- MTV Japan Awards 2006
- MTV Movie & TV Awards 1994 (for Will you be there in Free Willy)
- MTV Video Music Awards: 3x 1984, 1x 1988, 1x 1995
- MOBO Lifetime Achievement Award 2009
- Man of the decade 1980-1989 (Music Connection)
- Muz-TV Awards 2010 (handed to LaToya Jackson)
- NAACP Image Awards: 1x 1980, 1x 1983, 3x 1988, 2x 1993, 3x 2002
- NARM Gift of Music Awards: 3x 1984, 1x 1993, 1x 1995
- 1992 Lifetime Achievement Award of National Association of Black Owned Broadcasters
- 2010 Dance Hall of Fame
- 1989 Humanitarian Award of National Urban Coalition
- 1987 Key for the Nissan Motors
- 1983 NME Awards
- NRJ Music Awards 2002 und 2008
- 2003 Power of Oneness Award for his contributions to racial harmony
- 1992 Operation One to One Award
- People's Choice Award: 2x 1984, 1x 1986, 1x 1989
- 2009 Humanitarian Award of Pocono Film Festivals
- 1984 US Presidential Humanitarian Award (Ronald Reagen)
- Named Artist of the Decade 1980-1989 by U.S. President George HW Bush 1990
- Appointed Point of Light Ambassador by US President George HW Bush in 1992 (for inviting poor and sick children to Neverland).
- 2x 1998 Pro-Set Los Angeles Music Awards
- 2x 1998 Puls Music TV Award
- Golden Lion 1993 of Radio Luxembourg
- 2003 Humanitarian Award of Radio Music Awards
- 2 Awards of Rennbahn Express Magazins 1988
- 2014 RnB Music Hall of Fame
- Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: 1997 (The Jackson 5), 2001
- Rockbörnen 1987 und 1992
- Smah Hits Awards: 1987, 1988, 1992, 1993, 1995
- 2002 Songwriter Hall of Fame
- Soul Train Awards: 2x 1988, 4x 1989, 1x 1992, 3x 1993 (of which one for humanitarian services), 1x 2009
- 1995 Hall of Fame
- 2002 Stinkers Bad Movie Awards (for Men in Black II)
- 1983 Telegatto Awards
- TMF Awards: 2x 1996, 2x 1997
- 2004 UK Music Hall of Fame
- Two 1988 United Negro College Fund awards for humanitarian service
- 2009 Inclusion of the Thriller video in the US National Recording Registry
- 1989 Video Software Dealer's Association (For Moonwalker)
- 2010 Virgin Media Music Awards (Legend of the year)
- 1995 VH1 Preis for humanitarian services
- 2012 Webby Award
- 1992 Medal of Honor of the West African Nations
- World Art Award 2002
- World Music Awards: 1x 1989, 3x 1993, 5x 1996
- Best Selling Artist of the Millennium at the World Music Awards 2000
- 2006 Diamond Award of World Music Awards
- 1989 Philips Hall of Fame
- 1984 Hero of Young America election
- Jackson Family: Medal of Friendship at the Olympics 1984
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Records
- Biggest selling album of all time (Thriller (1982) - ca. 110 million records sold)
- First artist to sell more than 100 million records outside the U.S.
- Greatest Entertainer of all time (Guinness World Records, 1989)
- Male solo artist with the most No. 1 singles on the U.S. charts (14)
- Artists with the most albums that entered the U.S. charts at No. 1 (Bad, Dangerous, HIStory and Invincible)
- First singer to enter the U.S. charts at No. 1 with a single (You Are Not Alone, 1995)
- Most successful concert series (Bad World Tour at London's Wembley-Stadion 1988)
- Most No. 1 singles from one album in the USA (5 from Bad)
- Best selling music video in the world (Thriller, 1983)
- Highest-paying record deal of all time ($890 million - 1991 with Sony)
- Highest paid celebrity for commercials ($12 million for four Pepsi commercials)
- Most expensive music video ever (Scream - $7 million)
- Fastest selling out concert series of all time (This Is It - 11 tickets per second - total 750,000 tickets for 50 concerts)
- Jackson Family: Most successful family in the music industry
- Most albums by one artist simultaneously in the Top 10 of the UK charts (8 - 2009)
- First artist with over one million music downloads (2.3 mil. downloads in one week)
- Michael Jackson's This Is It: Most successful concert film of all time
- Most Grammys in one night (8 - 1984) (Meanwhile, two other artists also received this many Grammys, but none more so far)
- Best selling double album of all time (HIStory - Past, Present and Future - Book 1 - 1995)
- Best selling remix album of all time (Blood on the Dancefloor - HIStory in the Mix - 1997)
- Highest production costs for an album (Invincible (2001) - $60 million)
- Longest music video (Bad - 18 minutes)
- First black artist to be received at the White House (by Ronald Reagen in 1984).
- Most awarded artist of all time
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Trivia
- In 1985 stamps with Michael Jackson were printed in the British Virgin Islands
- Oscar nomination (Best Original Song) 1973 for Ben
- Jackson was depicted in 19 Madame Taussauds museums, only Queen Elizabeth II was depicted more often
- A crater on the moon was named "Jackson"
- In 1992 Michael Jackson was crowned king of Sanwi
- In 1997 Michael Jackson was named one of the Princes of Africa