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Prije nastavka, samo da razjasnim... nikad nisam osobito volio MJ-a niti bio njegov fan. Čak nisam nikad niti kupio jedan jedini album MJ-a (shame on me), ali volim glazbu, volim kreativnost i inventivnost u glazbi, volim talent. A MJ je imao upravo to - talent, karizmatičnost i, naravno, predobar marketing.
Čitam malo danas po netu, po raznoraznim stranicama, domaćim i inozemnim, ljudi su uglavnom začuđeni što je jedna takva ikona našeg doba otišla... bez pompoznosti, blještavila... i bez posljednje turneje. Ljudi osjećaju zahvalnost za mnogo inventivnosti i originalnosti, te napose, ugodne glazbe koju je dotični podijelio sa svima nama.
Čitam komentare na svoj jutrašnji post i onda pročitam neke (da ne citiram) koji su produkt neznanja, nerazumijevanja i uniformnosti društva u kojem živimo. Zato sam odlučio ispisati popis svih važnijih doprinosa, nagrada, ujecaja i sl. MJ-a pop kulturi. Ali kao što sam i ranije naveo... pop kulturi u kojoj smo odrasli, ne pop kulturi koju nameće gomila onih "štancanih" curica sa spotova na MTV-u koje su sve nalik jedna drugoj, ili nabildani trokrilci koji zadovoljno pokazuju svoj 6-pack. Kako bi to lijepo kazala Aretha Franklyn... R.E.S.P.E.C.T.

najpoznatije pjesme i izvođači u kojima su korišteni sampleovi pjesama MJ-a:




popis samo najvažnijih priznanja, rekorda i nagrada:

Most Successful Concert Series - Guiness Book Of World Records
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 - Guiness Book Of World Records
Michael Jackson's "Thriller" Album is the biggest selling album of all time, with over 80 million copies sold worldwide. Thriller is also the biggest selling U.S album with sales of 25 million copies.

80's Most #1 Hits
By The End of the 1980's MIchael Jackson had more #1 hits than any other artist for the decade.

Entertainer Of The Decade
With the #1 (Thriller)and #2 (Bad) ranked albums in the world Michael was the 1980's Entertainer Of The Decade.

Most Grammy Awards - Guiness Book Of World Records
Michael won a record breaking 8 Grammy Awards in 1984, more than any other artist in one year.

Largest Contracts - Guiness Book Of World Records
$890 million (Sony Music) Contract, with prospective earnings of $1 billion.

Greatest Audience - Guiness Book Of World Records
The highest-ever viewership was 133.4 million viewers watching the NBC transmission of Super Bowl XXVII on June 31, 1993. Michael was spotlighted during the half-time peformance.

Highest-Paid Commercial Spokesperson - Guiness Book Of World Records
Pepsi Cola paid Michael Jackson $12 million to do 4 TV commercials.

Bad Tour - Guiness Book Of World Records
Michael Jackson's world tour brought in a record gross revenue of over $124 million during September 1987-December 1988.

100 Million Records
Michael has sold over 100 million singles and albums outside of the U.S.

Billboard Charts
Michael Jackson is the first person in the 37 year history of the chart to enter at # 1, with his single "You Are Not Alone". Michael broke his previous redord held by his single "Earth Song" which debuted at #5.

Biggest Selling Video
Michael Jackson's "The Making Of Thriller" is the biggest selling video to be released by an artist.

Billboard "Hot 100" Singles Chart
Most #1 Hits by Male Artist (13)

#1 Debuts
Michael's "Bad", "Dangerous", and "HIStory" albums all debuted at #1.

Consecutive #1 Singles
Jackson 5 were the first group to ever have four consecutive #1 singles.

#1 On Charts
In 1983 Michael became the first artist to simultaneously hold the number one spots on Billboard's rock albums and rock singles charts, as well as the R&B albums and singles charts.

First Video
Michael Jackson was the first black artist to have a video aired on MTV. Also the first artist that made more than 1 video from album (totally 5 from "Thriller").


- ukupno primio 13 Grammy nagrada
- 13 No.1 hitova s obje strane Atlantika
- ukupno prodano oko 750 milijuna (!) kopija albuma, godišnja prodaja oko 35-40 milijuna i danje ne jenjava
- video spot za naslovnu pjesmu "Thriller" s istoimenog albuma snimljen u LP verziji od 13 minuta kao kratak film, a njegov "Moonwalking" ples (pokret nogu i pomicanje unatrag) te bijele čarape i crne mokasine do danas su simbol 80-ih opisan, spomenut ili korišten u ogromnom broju filmova, dokumentaraca ili u spotovima drugih pjevača
- spot za pjesmu "Bad" u integralnoj verziji traje punih 18 minuta, a režiju potpisuje Martin Scorsese
- premijeru video spota "Black or white" pratilo je 500 milijuna gledatelja, najviše ikad do tada, ali i do današnjih dana. Spot je po prvi put koristio tehniku morfiranja što je danas više nego uobičajeno pri izradi većine video spotova
- najskuplji video spot na svijetu jest za duet "Scream" sa Janet Jackson. Koštao je nevjerovatnih 7 milijuna dolara.
- video spot za pjesmu "Ghosts" iz istoimenog filma čiji su scenarij napisali MJ i Steven King nosi titlulu najdužeg u povijesti... punih 38 minuta
- osnovao je dobrotvornu udrugu "Heal the world" za pomoć djeci stradalnicima rata
- napisao je pjesmu "We are the world" u izvođenju Band Aid-a za pomoć ljudima Afrike
- osnovao je i redovno donirao još nekoliko fondacija za pomoć teško oboljeloj djeci, pomoć gladnima u Africi i dr.
- patentirao izum antigravitacijskog naginjanja (korišteno u spotu "Smooth criminal", kasnije korišteno u čitavom nizu spotova, ali i filmova (čak i u filmovima o agentu 007)

za detaljan pregled nagrada i video nagrada, molim znaiželjnike da posjete slijedeću stranicu http://www.allmichaeljackson.com/.
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