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January 29, 2012
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Michael Jackson's Accomplishments, Pt 2
Many people are misinformed in regard to Michael Jackson's post Thriller success. He was enormously successful as an adult solo artist both commercially, with estimated global sales of 750,000, and as a touring artist. According to a recent press release, Michael's global sales are now nearly 1 billion with only the Beatles and Elvis Presley supposedly with sales at that level.
Michael Jackson earned 17 Grammys: 14 Grammys as a solo artist, one with the Jackson 5, the Grammy Legend Award, and the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. He also earned 26 American Music Awards, 40 Billboard awards, and 13 World Music Awards. Five of his six adult solo albums charted at number 1. Five of those, Thriller (#1), Bad (#10), Dangerous (#16), Off The Wall (#68) and HIStory (#69), are in the top 70 albums in global sales. Jackson had 13 # singles and 28 top tens singles with only the Beatles at 29 and Elvis at 36 exceeding this accomplishment. Michael Jackson is a two-time member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. He is a member of the Songwriters Hall of Fame, the Dance Hall of Fame, World Music Hall of Fame and was the American Music Award's Artist of the Century.
Between 1987 and 1997, over 12 million people attended a Michael
Jackson concert. The Bad Tour between 1987 and 1988 was the highest grossing
tour ever but both the Dangerous and HIStory Tours subsequently broke that
record. The HIStory Tour, between 1996 and 1997, was one of the most successful
tours in history with 82 concerts in 35 countries with 4.5 million people coming
out to see Michael Jackson.
Michael Jackson has had Billboard hits in 6 decades with the last one, "Hold My Hand" in 2011. He holds the record for the longest span of Top 40 singles in history in the U.S.
Please find below a summary of chart and award history for each of Michael's adult solo albums.
Adult Solo Albums
Off The Wall-8/10/1979
-Estimated sales of 22 million
-#3 album
- Earned 1 Grammy, 5 AMA awards, 2 Billboard Awards
- Grammy Hall of Fame in 2008
- 4 singles released
Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough and Rock With You at #1; Off The Wall, and She's Out of My Life, #10
Thriller- 11/30/1982
-Estimated sales of 110 million, global best selling album of all time
-#1 album
-8 Grammys, 8 AMA awards, 14 Billboard Awards
-7 of 9 songs released as singles; all top 10
-Holds the record for having the greatest number of songs on Billboard top 10 in a single year
-Best seller for 2 years (1983-1984)
Bad-8/31/1997
-Estimated sales of 34 million, global #10 best selling album of all time
-Debuted at #1, sold 7 million in 4 months
-6 Grammy nominations, one win for Best Music Video Short, 1 AMA
-First album in history to have 5 #1 singles;
-Michael Jackson composed 9 of 11 songs
-10 of 11 songs released as singles: five at #1, one at #7, one at #11
Dangerous-11/26/1991
-Estimated 32-40 million in sales, global #16 best selling album of all time
-Debuted at #1, sold 7 million in 2 months
- 4 Grammy nominations, one win
-9 singles released, 4 top 10, 8 reaching top 30
-Best selling New Jack Swing album of all time
HIStory-6/16/1995
-Estimated 22 million in sales
-#1 album, best selling multi-disc album of all time, #1 in 28 countries
-391,000 copies sold in the first week beating the Beatles previous record of 360,000
-You Are Not Alone is the only song to debut at #1
-Sold 7.5 million copies in 5 weeks
-Nominated for 5 Grammys winning best short film for "Scream"
Blood On The Dancefloor-5/20/1997
-Estimated 6 million in sales
-Best selling remix album of all time, peaked at #24 in the U.S.
-5 new songs of which 3 are from the short film, "Ghosts"
-One Grammy nomination
Invincible-10/30/2001
-Estimated sales approaching 13 million
-Debuted at #1 in the U.S. and 11 other countries
-Fastest selling album in history; 3 million copies in 5 days
-3 songs released as singles, You Rock My World (#10), Butterflies (#14) and Cry
-1 Grammy nomination for You Rock My World
-Gaining in respect in the U.S.
-Voted best album of the decade 2000-2009 in Billboard poll in 2010
Note that while critics were not kind in regard to "Invincible" when it was first released, the sales record set prior to Michael Jackson's contractual dispute with Sony and Sony subsequently stopping promotion of the album are interesting. It remains a fan favorite as noted by Billboard voters in 2010 who voted it the Best Album of the Decade.
While this is a list of Michael's accomplishments, they are predominantly driven by information about American chart positions and sales. Michael also has an impressive list of worldwide accomplishments which you can read about at this link. The link is to Wikipedia but other sources for the included information such as Billboard and MichaelJackson.com were used.
www.wikipedia/MichaelJacksonAwards
Keep on listening to Michael Jackson's music!
Sincerely,
MJTruthNow www.MJTruthNow.com
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