

His other achievements include multiple Guinness World Records 13 Grammy Awards, as well as the Grammy Legend Award and the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award 26 American Music Awards-more than any other artist-including the "Artist of the Century" and "Artist of the 1980s" 13 number-one singles in the United States during his solo career, more than any other male artist in the Hot 100 era and the estimated sale of over 450 million records worldwide. He was also inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame and the Dance Hall of Fame as the first and only dancer from pop and rock music. Jackson is one of the few artists to have been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame twice. His other albums, including Off the Wall (1979), Bad (1987), Dangerous (1991), and HIStory (1995), also rank among the world's best selling albums.

Jackson's 1982 album Thriller is the best selling album of all time.

His distinctive sound and style has influenced numerous hip hop, post-disco, contemporary R&B, pop, and rock artists. Through stage and video performances, Jackson popularized a number of complicated dance techniques, such as the robot and the moonwalk, to which he gave the name. With videos such as "Black or White" and "Scream", he continued to innovate the medium throughout the 1990s, as well as forging a reputation as a touring solo artist. The popularity of these videos helped to bring the then-relatively-new television channel MTV to fame. The music videos for his songs, including those of "Beat It", "Billie Jean", and "Thriller", were credited with breaking down racial barriers and with transforming the medium into an art form and promotional tool. In the early 1980s, Jackson became a dominant figure in popular music.
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The eighth child of the Jackson family, he debuted on the professional music scene along with his elder brothers Jackie, Tito, Jermaine, and Marlon as a member of the Jackson 5 in 1964, and began his solo career in 1971. Called the King of Pop, his contributions to music and dance, along with his publicized personal life, made him a global figure in popular culture for over four decades. Michael Joseph Jackson(Aug– June 25, 2009) was an American singer, songwriter, record producer, dancer, and actor.
