Michael Jackson World Records

Michael Jackson holds the record for the most Google hits ever (965,000,000 hits), (“Jesus” has 178,000,000 hits)

At the 17th July 2009 Jackson had 276,000,000 Google hits. At the 18th July 2009 he had 965,000,000 google hits. That is the record for the most Google hits in 2 days.

Jackson has supported more charities than any other pop singer – 39 charitable organizations either with monetary donations through sponsorships of their projects or the participation in their activities.

David O. Selznick’s 1940 Best Film Oscar for Gone with the Wind (USA, 1939) was bought by Jackson for $1,542,000 on June 12, 1999, at Sotheby’s, New York City.

Jackson holds the record for most expensive music video (“Scream” in 1995 with sister Janet Jackson) reportedly cost over US$7 million.

On November 14, 1991, Michael Jackson’s music video, Black or White was broadcast simultaneously in 27 countries with an estimated audience of 500 million people. It is the largest audience ever to view a music video.

In March 1991, Jackson signed a new record-breaking US$890 million contract by Sony. It is still the largest recording contract of all time.

In 1986 Jackson signed a $15 million deal with Pepsi – it was the largest ever endorsement for product promotion.

Jackson has the record for the two best-selling VHS music videos ever released (“Moonwalker” [1988] in first place, and “The Making of Michael Jackson’s Thriller” [1984] in second place).

Jackson jointly holds the record for most Grammy Awards won in a single year. He won eight awards at the 1984 ceremony. This was equaled by Carlos Santana at the 2001 ceremony.

Jackson jointly holds the record for most American Music Awards won in a single year, winning eight awards at the 1984 ceremony. This was equaled by Whitney Houston at the 1994 ceremony.

Jackson jointly holds the record for the most World Music Awards won in a single year, with five awards at the 1996 ceremony (tied with Whitney Houston from the 1994 ceremony).

Jackson holds the record for winning more Billboard awards than any other male artist, having 26.

Jackson holds the record for winning more Billboard awards than any other artist in one year, grabbing 13 in 1983.

Jackson has more music awards than any other artist in the history of music.

Honored as artist of the decade by former President, George H. W. Bush in 1989 and another seven awards from others.

Named “Artist Of The Century” at the American Music Awards ceremony in 2002.

Named “Most Successful Entertainer Of All Time by the Guinness World Records in 2006.

Jackson’s “Bad World Tour” (1987–1989) was the highest-grossing tour ever at the time, with over $125 million earned. This record was later broken by the “Dangerous World Tour” (1992-1993) and later broken again by the “HIStory World Tour” (1996-1997), which is still the biggest tour ever in terms of international attendance (4.4 million tickets outside of USA).

Michael Jackson is the only foreign artist to have sold more than 1,500,000 units in Turkey with all his albums (Off The Wall, Thriller, Bad, Dangerous, HIStory, Blood On The Dance Floor and Invincible). Bad is the best-selling foreign album in Turkey with the sales of 560,000 units. HIStory is the best-selling double album by a foreign artist in Turkey with more than 145,000 units sold.

Jackson’s album “Thriller” (1982) is the best selling album of all time with more than 110 million copies.

The fastest ticket sales in history, with 700,000 tickets sold in about four hours for the cancelled “This Is It” concert series in 2009.

At one stage, Michael Jackson was one of the wealthiest entertainers in the world, with a fortune of more than $750 million.

Jackson has been given 197 recognized awards.

Jackson also became the first artist to sell 2 million+ downloads in a week.

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