Michael Jackson's Legacy
Jackson’s album Thriller is one of the best-selling album of all time, with estimated gross sales of about 65 million copies worldwide. His other albums, including Off the Wall (1979), Bad (1987), Dangerous (1991), and HIStory (1995), also ranked among the world's best-selling albums. The world of media refers to Michael Jackson as the "King of Pop" because, throughout his musical career, he transformed the art of music videos and paved the way for modern pop music. For most of his career, he had an unparalleled worldwide influence over the younger generation through not only his musical, but also his humanitarian contributions. His music and videos, such as Thriller, gave racial diversity in MTV's identity and steered the network's focus
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Then at Jackson's memorial service on July 7, 2009, The founder of Motown Records Berry Gordy stated Jackson as "the greatest entertainer that ever lived". Another account speaking of Jackson’s legacy was on December 19, 2014, when the British Council of Cultural Relations named Jackson's life span as one of the 80 most important cultural moments/people of the 20th …show more content…
Jackson is one of the very few artists to have been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, not once but twice, and was also inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame and the Dance Hall of Fame as the only dancer from both the pop and rock music genre. A list of his many other of his many achievements include breaking multiple Guinness World Records, a total of 13 Grammy Awards, also the Grammy Legend Award, the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, 26 overall American Music Awards; more than any other artist. Including the "Artist of the Century" and "Artist of the 1980s", overall thirteen number one singles in America during the duration of his solo career; more than any other male artist in the Hot 100 era, and estimated sales of over 350 million records worldwide. Jackson also has won hundreds of awards, making him the most awarded recording artist in the history of pop music. He became not only the first African American artist, but the first artist in general in history to have a top ten single in the Billboard Hot 100 in five different decades when his single "Love Never Felt So Good" reached number nine on May 21, 2014, years after he passed. Jackson traveled all over the world attending events honoring his humanitarianism, and, in 2000, the Guinness World Records recognized him for supporting more than 39 charities, more than any other entertainer in
Then at Jackson's memorial service on July 7, 2009, The founder of Motown Records Berry Gordy stated Jackson as "the greatest entertainer that ever lived". Another account speaking of Jackson’s legacy was on December 19, 2014, when the British Council of Cultural Relations named Jackson's life span as one of the 80 most important cultural moments/people of the 20th …show more content…
Jackson is one of the very few artists to have been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, not once but twice, and was also inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame and the Dance Hall of Fame as the only dancer from both the pop and rock music genre. A list of his many other of his many achievements include breaking multiple Guinness World Records, a total of 13 Grammy Awards, also the Grammy Legend Award, the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, 26 overall American Music Awards; more than any other artist. Including the "Artist of the Century" and "Artist of the 1980s", overall thirteen number one singles in America during the duration of his solo career; more than any other male artist in the Hot 100 era, and estimated sales of over 350 million records worldwide. Jackson also has won hundreds of awards, making him the most awarded recording artist in the history of pop music. He became not only the first African American artist, but the first artist in general in history to have a top ten single in the Billboard Hot 100 in five different decades when his single "Love Never Felt So Good" reached number nine on May 21, 2014, years after he passed. Jackson traveled all over the world attending events honoring his humanitarianism, and, in 2000, the Guinness World Records recognized him for supporting more than 39 charities, more than any other entertainer in