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Though later artists dominated the 2012 Guinness Book of World Records, Michael Jackson is still the king. In fact, he could easily be the Guinness Book of World Records’ most-recognized celebrity ever.
Thriller currently remains the best-selling album of all-time. On February 7, 1984, it was inducted into the Guinness Book of World Records.
Michael holds numerous other records including the most Grammy Awards won in a year, most hit singles in the UK charts in a year, best selling album of all time, longest span of No.1 hits by an R&B artist, best selling music video, highest annual earnings ever for a pop star, and most successful pop music family.
Here are a few of the records that are still on Michael’s name:
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 :Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” Album is the biggest selling album of all time, with over 50 million copies 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 viewers watching the NBC transmission of Super Bowl XXVII on June 31, 1993. Michael was spotlighted during the half-time peformance.
Bad Tour : Michael Jackson’s world tour brought in a record gross revenue of over $124 million during September 1987-December 1988.
In the new 2012 Guinness Book of World Records release four new records carrying Michael’s name have been listed:
Highest-Earning Deceased Artist : In the 2010 Forbes list, Michael Jackson (USA) topped the survey with earnings of $275 million (£169 million) for the year, which was more than the rest of the Top 10 combined. In the first year after his death on 25 June 2009, his estate is reported to have earned $1.017 billion (£625 million) in revenue, with album sales of over nine million in the US and 24 million outside. In that period, his record sales alone accounted for $383 million (£235 million).
Most Expensive Jacket Sold At Auction : The most valuable jacket sold at auction was the black and red calf leather jacket with winged shoulders worn by US singer Michael Jackson in his renowned 1983 Thriller video, which was sold to Milton Verret of Austin, Texas, USA, for £1.1m ($1.8m) at a sale organised by Julien’s Auction in Beverly Hills, USA, on 26 June 2011.
Longest Span Of US Top 40 Singles : Michael Jackson (USA, 1958-2009) holds the record with a span of 39 years and two months. He first charted on the Hot 100 with “Got To Be There” on 6 November 1971 and last hit with “Hold My Hand” on 1 January 2011.
Largest Poster : The largest poster measures 52.1 m (171 ft) in width by 51.8 m (170 ft) in length, giving a total area of 2,698.78 m² (29,070 ft²), and represents Michael Jackson’s ‘Michael’ album. It was unveiled at Rectory Farm, in Hounslow, UK, on 8 December 2010, and was created by painter Kadir Nelson (USA) in 2009 as a commission from Sony Music UK to promote the album. It took engineers three hours to install the poster, which is less than 3,000 m (9,842 ft) from one of Heathrow’s main runways and viewable by all planes arriving or departing.
Source- Guinness Book of world Records/http://www.legendarymichaeljackson.nl/?p=6546
Thriller currently remains the best-selling album of all-time. On February 7, 1984, it was inducted into the Guinness Book of World Records.
Michael holds numerous other records including the most Grammy Awards won in a year, most hit singles in the UK charts in a year, best selling album of all time, longest span of No.1 hits by an R&B artist, best selling music video, highest annual earnings ever for a pop star, and most successful pop music family.
Here are a few of the records that are still on Michael’s name:
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 :Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” Album is the biggest selling album of all time, with over 50 million copies 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 viewers watching the NBC transmission of Super Bowl XXVII on June 31, 1993. Michael was spotlighted during the half-time peformance.
Bad Tour : Michael Jackson’s world tour brought in a record gross revenue of over $124 million during September 1987-December 1988.
In the new 2012 Guinness Book of World Records release four new records carrying Michael’s name have been listed:
Highest-Earning Deceased Artist : In the 2010 Forbes list, Michael Jackson (USA) topped the survey with earnings of $275 million (£169 million) for the year, which was more than the rest of the Top 10 combined. In the first year after his death on 25 June 2009, his estate is reported to have earned $1.017 billion (£625 million) in revenue, with album sales of over nine million in the US and 24 million outside. In that period, his record sales alone accounted for $383 million (£235 million).
Most Expensive Jacket Sold At Auction : The most valuable jacket sold at auction was the black and red calf leather jacket with winged shoulders worn by US singer Michael Jackson in his renowned 1983 Thriller video, which was sold to Milton Verret of Austin, Texas, USA, for £1.1m ($1.8m) at a sale organised by Julien’s Auction in Beverly Hills, USA, on 26 June 2011.
Longest Span Of US Top 40 Singles : Michael Jackson (USA, 1958-2009) holds the record with a span of 39 years and two months. He first charted on the Hot 100 with “Got To Be There” on 6 November 1971 and last hit with “Hold My Hand” on 1 January 2011.
Largest Poster : The largest poster measures 52.1 m (171 ft) in width by 51.8 m (170 ft) in length, giving a total area of 2,698.78 m² (29,070 ft²), and represents Michael Jackson’s ‘Michael’ album. It was unveiled at Rectory Farm, in Hounslow, UK, on 8 December 2010, and was created by painter Kadir Nelson (USA) in 2009 as a commission from Sony Music UK to promote the album. It took engineers three hours to install the poster, which is less than 3,000 m (9,842 ft) from one of Heathrow’s main runways and viewable by all planes arriving or departing.
Source- Guinness Book of world Records/http://www.legendarymichaeljackson.nl/?p=6546
