2000
World Music Awards
Best Selling Pop Male Artist of the Millennium
1999
Ebony Magazine
One of the 100 most important black people of the 20th century
Entertainment Weekly
Eighth Greatest Entertainer of the Past 50 years
The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA)
Michael's album "HIStory" (released in 1995) has been
certified Platinum 7 times in the USA
Entertainment Weekly Poll
Best Solo Artist (Modern) - #1. Michael Jackson (with 25.90% of the
votes)
Best Group (Classic) - #2. The Jackson 5 (with 13.57% of the votes)
Most Underrated Artist or Group - #2. Michael Jackson (with 17.125 of
the votes)
Best Modern Album - #1. "Thriller" - Michael Jackson (with
23.43% of the votes)
Best Song (Modern) - #2. "Billie Jean" - Michael Jackson (with
16.11% of the votes)
Best Music Video - #1. "Thriller" - Michael Jackson (with
25.11% of the votes)
Lifetime Achievement Award
Presented to Michael in South Africa by Namibian Premier Hage Geingob.
Diamond Award
For U.S sales of 10 million for an individual album or single (Michael
was the youngest male artist to qualify for the award)
CD-First Internet Poll
Greatest Pop Artist of the 90's
Bollywood Awards
World Humanity Award
Internet Worldwide Top 100 Male Stars
# 1 Male Star
CNN Internet Poll
Best Music Video Of All Time - Thriller
80 Classics of the 80's Poll - Dutch Music Channel (TMF)
#1 Song - Thriller
1998
VH1 poll
# 1 greatest video of all time - Thriller
Puls Denmark Music TV Program Viewer (Vote)
Best foreign male singer(1997)
Best Show of the Year (1997)
Bravo Magazine Awards
Silver Otto Award
Mix (Danish) Magazine readers' (Vote)
Best Event - Michael Jackson Concert at Parken Stadium
Best Foreign Male Singer
2nd Best Dressed Singer
Best Singer
3rd Best Foreign Album - "Blood on the Dance Floor"
Billboard "Hot 100" Singles Chart
Most #1 Hits by Male Artist (13)
1997
Bob Fosse Award
Best Choreography in a Music Video - "Ghosts"
Bravo Magazine Awards
Silver Otto Award
Best Album, "HIStory"
Best Show
3rd Best Looking Singer
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Jackson 5 inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall
Popcorn Magazine Awards
Favorite Male Vocalist
Brazilian TVZ Video Awards
Best International Video of the Year - "Blood On The Dance
Floor"
Dutch Music Factory Awards
Best Male Singer
Best Live Act
Live! Magazine (readers' poll)
Most Memorable Male Performer
Legend of Live Entertainment
1996
World Music Awards
(Michael won a record 5 awards)
Best Selling Artist ever
Best Selling Record of All Time (Thriller)
Best Selling Male Artist of 1996
Best Selling American Artist
Best Selling R&B Artist
American Music Awards
(Michael received 3 nominations)
Favorite Pop/Rock Male Artist of the Year
Blockbuster Entertainment Awards
(Michael received 2 nominations)
Favorite Pop Male award (HIStory)
Grammy Awards
(Michael received 4 nominations)
Best Music Video (short form)- Scream
Irish Music Awards
Best International Male Artist Award - HIStory
Brit Awards
Artist of a Generation Award
Le Film Fantastique -French Film Awards
Best Video Award - Earth Song
Danish Grammy Awards
Best International Male Artist
Best International Album - HIStory
Genesis Awards
1995 Doris Day Music Award (Award given to musical animal-sensitive
work) - Earth Song video
Bravo Magazine
Golden Otto Award
Platinum Otto Award - Lifetime Achievement Award (Michael is the first
artist to recieve this award)
Best Album - HIStory
Best Male Singer
Nicest Singer
Best Show
Hong Kong Hit Radio
Best International Male Artist
Best Song of the Year - You Are Not Alone
1995
MTV Video Music Awards
(Michael received 11 nominations)
Best Dance Video - Scream
Best Choreography - Scream
Best Art Direction - Scream
Popcorn Magazine
Artist of the Decade Award
Best Male Vocalist of the Year
BET Hall of Fame Award
Michael is the first recipient of the BET Hall of Fame Award
Billboard Music Awards
Special Hot 100 Award
Billboard Music Video Awards
Pop/Rock Video of the Year - Scream
Bravo Magazine
Golden Otto Award
Brazilian TVZ Video Awards
Best International Video of the Year - Scream
European MTV Music Awards
Best Male Artist of the Year
Poprocky Magazine
Favorite Male Vocalist of the Year
Smash Hits Poll
Best Male Artist award
1994
Children's Choice Awards
Caring For Kids Award
Crenshaw Community Youth And Arts Foundation
Humanitarian Award
MTV Movie Awards
Best Song in a movie - Will You Be There
Smash Hits Awards
Best Male Vocalist
Pop Rock Magazine
Favorite Singer of The Year
Bravo Magazine
Gold Otto Award
Cable Ace Awards
Outstanding Musical Special - HBO special, and Dangerous concert from
Bucharest
1993
Guinness Book Of World Records
Lifetime Achievement Award
Soul Train Awards
1993 Humanitarian Of The Year Award
Best R&B Single - Remember The Time
Best R&B Album - Dangerous
World Music Awards
World's Best Selling Pop Artist
Best Selling American Artist
World's Best Selling Artist Of The Era
NAACP Image Awards
25th Silver Anniversary Entertainer Of The Year Award
Outstanding Music Video - Black or White
Echo Awards
Best International Artist of the Year
Grammy Awards
Living Legend Award
American Music Awards
Best Pop/Rock Album - Dangerous
Best Soul/R&B Single - Remember The Time
Special International Artist Award for record sales and humanitarian
efforts around the world
Bravo Magazine
Gold Otto Award
BMI Award
Most Performed Songs of The Year - Black or White, Remember The Time
1992
Billboard Music Award
1992 World Artist Award - #1 World single Black or White, #1 World album
Dangerous
Commemoration of 10th anniversary of Thriller (Biggest selling album of
all time).
National Association of Black Owned Broadcasters
Lifetime Achievement Award
Operation One To One Award
Bravo Magazine
Gold Otto Award
National Honor Of Merit Award
Point Of Light Ambassador
(Given by: George Bush, President of U.S.A)
1991
Music Video Producers' Hall of Fame
Thriller Video
MTV Awards
Video Vanguard Award renamed to the "Michael Jackson Video Vanguard
Award"
1990
Music Connection
Man Of The Decade
Sony Entertainment
Top Selling Artist Of The Decade
Soul Train Awards
Artist Of The Decade
American Cinema Awards
Entertainer Of The Decade
BMI Inaugural
First Michael Jackson Award Of Achievement
Boy Scouts Of America
Good Scout Humanitarian
Capital Children Museum
Humanitarian Award
Grammy Awards
Best Video - Leave Me Alone
Vanity Fair
Most Popular Artist In The History Of Show Business
White House Recognition
Artist Of The Decade (Recognized by President George Bush)
1989
Entertainment Tonight
Most Important Entertainer Of The Decade
World Music Awards
Hall Of Fame
Lifetime Achievement In Video
Viewers Choice #1 Video - Dirty Diana
British TV Industry Awards
Artist Of The Decade
British Phonographic Industry Awards
Video Of The Year
British Academy Of Music Awards
Best International Male Artist
Critic's Choice Award
Best Video
Entertainment Tonight
Most Important Entertainer Of The Decade
Friday Night Videos
Greatest Artist Of The Decade
Number One Artist
American Dance Award
American Music Awards
Special Award Of Achievement
Billboard Awards
Number One Black Artist
#1 Album-Pop/R&B - Bad
Bravo Magazine
Bronze Otto Award
BRE Awards
Triple Crown Award - King Of Pop, Rock and Soul
Video Of The Year
TV Show (U.K)
Goodbye To The 80's Award
Vanity Fair
Artist Of The Decade
Video Software Dealer Association
Favorite Music Video - Moonwalker
Soul Train Awards
1st Annual Sammy Davis Jr. Award
Heritage Award
R&B Contemporary
National Urban Coalition
Humanitarian Award
Gardner Street Elementary School
Most Famous Alumnus Renamed School Auditorium to Michael Jackson
MTV Awards
Video Vanguard Award
The Greatest Video In The History Of The World - Thriller
People's Choice Awards
Favorite Music Video - Smooth Criminal
Rolling Stone Magazine
Video Of The Decade - Thriller
Cashbox
Video Pioneer
BET
Award For The Success Of the "Bad" Tour
Forbes
#1 Entertainer Of The Year
1988
New York Times Best Seller List
# 1 Best Seller - "Moonwalker", Autobiography by Michael
Jackson
Soul Train
R&B Album Of The Year - Bad
Best Male Single Of The Year
United Negro College Fund (UNCF)
Frederick D. Patterson Award
Honorary Doctor Of Humane Letters Degree from Fisk University
NAACP Image Awards
Leonard Carter Humanitarian Award
Best Male Artist - Bad Single
Best Album - Bad
Billboard Awards
Top Black Artist
Outstanding Artist Of The Year
Best Live Show Of 1988
Blues & Soul
Wembley Stadium
Record Braeking Seven Sell Out Shows
Ebony Magazine
American Black Achievement Award
Forbes
#1 Entertainer Of The Year
Bravo Magazine
Gold Otto Award
Cable Ace Awards
Outstanding Editing in a Musical Special - Motown on Showtime: Michael
Jackson, the Legend Continues
Guild Hall Party
Presentation Of Sword To Commemorate the "Bad" Tour
MTV Vanguard Award
Outstanding Contribution To Music Video Production
American Music Awards
Favorite Single - Soul/R&B
1987
Sweden
Best Vocal Artist of 1987 - "Aftanbladet" Readers' Poll
Bravo Magazine
Silver Otto Award
1986
Guinness Book of World Records
Largest Ever Endorsement For Product Promotion - $15 million for Pepsi
Grammy Awards
Record Of The Year - We Are The World
Song Of The Year - We Are The World
Best Pop Performance By Duo Or Group - We Are The World
Best Music Video Short Form
American Music Awards
Award Of Appreciation
Song Of The Year - We Are The World
People's Choice Awards
Favorite New Song - We Are The World
1985
poll - World Almanac and Book of Facts 1985
Voted "Hero of Young America"
Grammy Awards
Best Home Video - The Making Of Thriller
1984
Guinness Book Of Records
Best Selling Album Of All Time - Thriller
Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
Grammy Awards
Michael recieves a record breaking 12 nominations and a record breaking
8 Grammy awards - the most won by an artist in one year.
Album Of The Year - Thriller
Record Of The Year - Beat It
Best Male Pop Performance
Producer Of The Year (with Quincy Jones) - Thriller
Best Male Rock Vocal Performance - Beat It
Best Male R&B Vocal Performance - Billie Jean
Best New R&B Song - Billie Jean
Best Recording For Children - E.T. The Extra Terrestrial Album
(narration by Michael Jackson)
Canadian Black Music Awards
Top Male Vocalist
Entertainer of the Year
Top International Album - Thriller
Top International Single - Billie Jean
American Music Awards
Special Award Of Merit
Favorite Album-Pop/Rock - Thriller
Favorite Album-Soul/R&B - Thriller
Favorite Male Vocalist - Soul/R&B
Favorite Male Vocalist - Pop/Rock
Favorite Single-Pop/Rock - Billie Jean
Favorite Video-Pop/Rock - Beat It
Favorite Video-Soul/R&B - Beat It
MTV Awards
Viewers Choice Award - Thriller
Best Overall Video - Thriller
Best Choreography - Thriller
People's Choice Awards
Best All Around Entertainer Of The Year
Favorite Video of the Year - Thriller
Hotel Royal Plaza
Presentation Casement - 37 Gold & Platinum Discs
Presidential Special Achievement Award (U.S)
Presented at the White House by President Ronald Regan to Michael
Jackson in recognition of his contribution to the nation's campaign
against drunk driving - Michael's song "Beat It" was run in
the ads
Presentation Casement Of Platinum Disc 1985
Presented in the U.K for the "Thriller" album
NARM
Gift Of Music Award
Best Selling Album - Thriller
Best selling Single - Billie Jean
Best Home Video - The Making Of Thriller
NAACP Image Awards
H. Claude Hodson Medal Of Freedom
Ebony Magazine Award
Billboard Awards
Top Album
American Video Awards
Best Long Form Video
Best Home Video
Crystal Globe Awards
Exceeding Sales Past 5 Million
1983
Billboard Awards
Pop Album of the Year - Thriller
Pop Artist of the Year
Black Album - Thriller
Black Artist of the Year
Pop Album Artist
Pop Male Album Artist
Pop Male Singles Artist
Black Album Artist
Black Singles Artist
Pop Singles Artist
Dance/Disco Artist
Dance/Disco 12" LP - Billie Jean
Dance/Disco 12" LP - Beat It
Rolling Stone
Readers Poll - #1 Artist of the Year
Readers Poll - #1 Soul Artist
Readers Poll - #1 Video - Beat It
Readers Poll - #1 Producer (with Quincy Jones)
Critics Poll - #1 Artist of the Year
Critics Poll - #1 Video - Beat It
Critics Poll - #1 Male Vocalist
Critics Poll - #1 Soul Artist
Black Gold Awards
Top Male Vocalist
Best Album - Thriller
Best Single of the Year - Billie Jean
Best Video Performance - Beat It
Billboard Video Awards
Best Performance by a Male Artist
Best Overall Video - Beat It
Best Performance by a Male Artist Best Choreography - Beat It
Best Use Of Video To Enhance Artist's Song - Beat It
Best Use Of Video To Enhance Artist's Image - Beat It
Cashbox
Number One Male Artist
Top Black Male Artist
Top Pop Album
Top Black Album
Top Male - Singles Artist
Top Black Male - Singles Artist
Top Pop Single - Billie Jean
Top Black Single - Billie Jean
Album Of The Year - U.K, Japan, Australia, Holland
Artist Of The Year - U.K, Italy, Japan
International Artist Of The Year - Brazil
Record Of The Year - Greece
Best Male Vocalist - Japan
Most Important Foreign Album - Spain
Single Of The Year - Australia