Phantom of the Opera ... and Michael
Andrew Lloyd Webber: "Michael Jackson wanted to appear in Phantom of the Opera" - the article
Michael's Guinness World Record's
Michael Hold's 14 Guinness World Record's
1984
Best Selling Album of all time
~Thriller~
1993
Lifetime Achievement Award
2002
Longest Music Video
~Ghost~
Best Selling Music Video
~Thriller~
Most Successful Pop Family
~The Jackson Family~
2006
Most Successful Entertainer of All Time
Youngest Vocalist to Top the U.S. Singles Chart
Highest Paid Entertainer of All time
First Entertainer to Earn More than 100 milion dollars in a year
First Entertainer to Sell More than 100 million albums outside the U.S.
Most Weeks at the Top of the U.S. Album Charts
Most Successful Music Video
~Thriller~
First Vocalist to Enter the U.S. Single Chart at Number 1
~You Are Not Alone~
2010
World's Largest Poster
~Michael Album Poster~
Most Successful Concert Series~ Michael Jackson sold out for seven nights at Wembley Stadium, London, England in the summer of 1988. A total of 504,000 people saw Michael perform July 14-16, 22-23, and August 26-27, 1988.Biggest Selling Album of All Time~ Michael's Album "Thriller" is the biggest selling album of all time, with over 65-110 Million albums sold worldwide. Thriller is also the biggest selling U.S. album with sales of 25 million copies.
Most Grammy Awards- Michael won a record breaking 8 Grammy Awards in 1984, more than any other artist in one year.
Largest Contracts- $890 million (Sony Music) Contract, with prospective earnings of $1 billion.
Greatest Audience- The highest-ever viewership was 133.4 million viewsers watching NBC transmission of Super Bowl XXVII on June 31, 1993. Michael was spotlighted during half-time performance.
Highest Paid Commercial Spokesperson- Pepsi Cola paid Michael $12 milion to do 4 TV Commercials.
Bad Tour- Michael's Bad World Tour brought in a record gross revenue of over $124 million during September 1987-December 1988.
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