Michael Jackson History Facts
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Michael Jackson History Fact 41
On May 8th 1997, Michael Jackson attended the midnight premier of his new 38 minute 'short film' enitled Ghosts at the 50th Cannes film festival. The screening, attended by dozens of celebrities, was shown in the main auditorium and was received with rapturous applause.
Michael Jackson History Fact 42
Michael Jackson is the third biggest-selling pop act of all time, after The Beatles and Elvis Presley, with album sales of 750 million.
Michael Jackson History Fact 43
In 1985 Jackson paid $47.5m for the publishing rights to a catalogue of 4,000 songs, including at least 200 Beatles tunes. By 2005 the catalogue, now co-owned by Sony, was worth $500m.
Michael Jackson History Fact 44
Michael Jackson won 13 Grammy awards. Ten were for his work as a solo artist, three others were shared with producer Quincy Jones, his sister Janet, and various artists who contributed to his Aid for Africa track, We Are the World.
Michael Jackson History Fact 45
Michael Jackson and brother Tito were best men at Liza Minnelli and David Gest's wedding.
Michael Jackson History Fact 46
The fastest ticket sales in history, with 750,000 tickets sold in about four hours was for "This Is It" in 2009. This was described by O2 promoters as unprecedented.
Michael Jackson History Fact 47
Michael Jackson spent a record 9 million dollars recording a promotional teaser trailer for his new HIStory album. He recruited the hungarian army depicting jackson as a triumphant dictator wearing a lavish gold military uniform. The scene depicts the unveiling of the HIStory statue of Michael Jackson to his fans. Jackson later described this as a 'celebration of love'.
Michael Jackson History Fact 48
Michael Jackson is the only artist in history to generate 5 number 1 hits (USA) from one album with Bad: "Bad", "The Way You Make Me Feel", "Man in the Mirror", "I Just Can't Stop Loving You", and "Dirty Diana".
Michael Jackson History Fact 49
A Michael Jackson statue was floated on the River Thames in 1995. Asked how he would like to promote the album, HIStory, Jackson told Sony record executives: "Build a statue of me." A 30-feet high glass fibre statue of the pop star was placed on a boat and towed down the Thames.
Michael Jackson History Fact 50
Michael Jackson Died on June 25th, 2009 at 2:26pm (LA time). He died the most successful pop star of all time. His compassion generosity and charity will always be remembered.
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