Michael Jackson

== Honors and awards ==
{{See also|List of awards and nominations received by Michael Jackson}}
[[File:Thriller platinum record, Hard Rock Cafe Hollywood.JPG|thumb|upright|The ''Thriller'' [[RIAA certification|platinum]] certified record on display at the [[Hard Rock Cafe]] in [[Hollywood, Los Angeles|Hollywood]]. As of 2017, it is certified 33× platinum.<ref name="Certified" />]]
Jackson is one of the [[List of best-selling music artists|best-selling music artists]] in history,<ref>{{cite news |first=David |last=Hinckley |title=Michael Jackson remembered 5 years later: How the Daily News covered the tragic story of icon's death |newspaper=[[New York Daily News]] |date=June 25, 2014 |access-date= September 9, 2015 |url=https://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/music-arts/daily-news-covered-michael-jackson-tragic-death-article-1.1842401}}</ref> with sales estimated around 500 million records worldwide.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Wyman |first=Bill |date=January 4, 2013 |title=Did "Thriller" Really Sell a Hundred Million Copies |url=https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/did-thriller-really-sell-a-hundred-million-copies |magazine=[[The New Yorker]] |access-date=March 19, 2024}}</ref>{{ref label|Note 2|Note 2}} He had 13 [[List of artists who reached number one in the United States#J|number-one singles in the US]] in his solo career—more than any other male artist in the Hot 100 era.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Hot 100 Anniversary: Most No. 1s by Artist |magazine=Billboard |date=August 6, 2008 |access-date= May 31, 2015 |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1044523/hot-100-anniversary-most-no-1s-by-artist}}</ref> He was invited and honored by a president of the United States at the [[White House]] three times. In 1984, he was honored with a "Presidential Public Safety Commendation" award by [[Ronald Reagan]] for his humanitarian endeavors.<ref>{{cite web |title=Remarks at a White House Ceremony Marking Progress Made in the Campaign Against Drunk Driving |publisher=[[Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum]]. [[University of Texas at Austin]] |date=May 14, 1984 |access-date= May 28, 2020 |url=https://www.reagan.utexas.edu/archives/speeches/1984/51484a.htm |archive-date= May 24, 2011 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110524122929/https://www.reagan.utexas.edu/archives/speeches/1984/51484a.htm}}</ref> In 1990, he was honored as the "Artist of the Decade" by [[George H. W. Bush]].{{sfn|George|2004|pp=44–45}} In 1992, he was honored as a "Point of Light Ambassador" by Bush for inviting disadvantaged children to his [[Neverland Ranch]].{{sfn|Campbell|1993|p=321}}

Jackson won [[List of awards and nominations received by Michael Jackson|hundreds of awards]], making him one of the most-awarded artists in popular music.<ref>{{cite news |first=Monica |last=Lewis |title=20 People Who Changed Black Music: Michael Jackson, the Child Star-Turned-Adult Enigma |newspaper=[[The Miami Herald]] |date=June 14, 2007 |access-date= March 16, 2013 |url=https://www.miamiherald.com/2007/06/14/139458/20-people-who-changed-black-music.html}}</ref> His awards include 39 Guinness World Records, including the Most Successful Entertainer of All Time,<ref name="CityNews" /><ref name="Ditzian" /> 13 [[Grammy Award]]s,<ref>{{cite news |first=Mike |last=Collett-White |title=Michael Jackson to add concerts after sellout |publisher=Reuters |date=March 11, 2009 |access-date= May 31, 2015 |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE52A44W20090311}}</ref> as well as the [[Grammy Legend Award]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Grammy Legend Award |publisher=Grammy Awards |access-date= May 31, 2015 |url=https://www.grammy.org/recording-academy/awards/legends |archive-date= January 22, 2011 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110122042621/https://www.grammy.org/recording-academy/awards/legends}}</ref> and the [[Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Lifetime Achievement Award |publisher=Grammy Awards |access-date= May 31, 2015 |url=https://www.grammy.org/recording-academy/awards/lifetime-awards |archive-date= July 2, 2015 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150702064838/http://www.grammy.org/recording-academy/awards/lifetime-awards |url-status= dead}}</ref> and 26 American Music Awards, including the Artist of the Century and Artist of the 1980s.<ref name="MTV" /> He also received the [[World Music Awards]]' Best-Selling Pop Male Artist of the Millennium and the [[Bambi Award|Bambi]] Pop Artist of the Millennium Award.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Michael Jackson and Halle Berry Pick Up Bambi Awards in Berlin |magazine=[[Hello (magazine)|Hello!]] |date=November 22, 2002 |access-date= May 31, 2015 |url=https://www.hellomagazine.com/celebrities/2002/11/22/michaeljackson/}}</ref> Jackson was inducted onto the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]] in 1980 as a member of the Jacksons, and in 1984 as a solo artist. He was [[List of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees#Performers|inducted to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]] and [[Vocal Group Hall of Fame]] as a member of the Jackson 5 in 1997 and 1999,<ref>{{cite web |title=The Vocal Group Hall of Fame: Album Categories 1999 Inductee |publisher=The Vocal Group Hall of Fame Foundation |url=https://vocalgroup.org/album_category/1999-inductee/?events=next |archive-date= October 15, 2017 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20171015150126/https://vocalgroup.org/album_category/1999-inductee/?events=next}}</ref> respectively, and again as a solo artist in 2001.<ref>{{cite news |first=Ed |last=Masley |title=Stevie Nicks is about to join these 22 men as a two-time Rock and Rock Hall of Fame inductee |newspaper=[[The Arizona Republic]] |date=March 28, 2019 |access-date= April 7, 2019 |url=https://www.azcentral.com/story/entertainment/music/2019/03/28/stevie-nicks-musicians-in-rock-roll-hall-fame-twice/3279589002/}}</ref> In 2002, he was added to the [[Songwriters Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{cite news |first=Kelefa |last=Sanneh |title=Hall of Fame Inducts Songwriters |newspaper=The New York Times |date=June 15, 2002 |access-date= April 11, 2019 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/06/15/arts/hall-of-fame-inducts-songwriters.html}}</ref> In 2010, he was the first recording artist to be inducted into the [[National Museum of Dance and Hall of Fame|Dance Hall of Fame]],<ref>{{cite news |first=Tom |last=Keiser |title=Photos: Michael Jackson induction ceremony |newspaper=[[The News-Times]] |date=August 15, 2010 |access-date= May 31, 2015 |url=https://www.newstimes.com/local/article/Photos-Michael-Jackson-induction-ceremony-617034.php}}</ref> and in 2014, he was posthumously inducted into the [[Rhythm and Blues Music Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{cite news |first=Chuck |last=Yarborough |title=R&B Music Hall of Fame sets big weekend to induct sophomore class featuring Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston, Marvin Gaye, Norm N. Nite and more |newspaper=[[The Plain Dealer]] |date=August 19, 2014 |access-date= May 31, 2015 |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2014/08/rb_hall_of_fame_sets_big_weeke.html}}</ref> In 2021, he was among the inaugural inductees into the [[Black Music & Entertainment Walk of Fame]].<ref>{{cite news |first=Melissa |last=Ruggieri |title=Black Music Walk of Fame to honor James Brown, OutKast, Usher and others in Atlanta |newspaper=[[The Atlanta Journal-Constitution]] |date=May 5, 2021 |access-date= October 22, 2021 |url=https://www.ajc.com/life/music-blog/black-music-walk-of-fame-to-honor-james-brown-outkast-usher-and-others-in-atlanta/WREMMPXURZBXZI2VUM4P4NWOHA/}}</ref>

In 1988, [[Fisk University]] honored him with an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Doctorates of Rock |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=July 19, 2011 |access-date= April 12, 2019 |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-lists/doctorates-of-rock-21401/michael-jackson-19-240445/}}</ref> In 1992, he was invested as a [[Title of honour|titular king]] of [[Kingdom of Sanwi|Sanwi]], a traditional kingdom located in the south-east of [[Republic of Ivory Coast|Ivory Coast]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Sanwi kingdom mourns passing of a prince |publisher=[[France 24]] |date=June 29, 2009 |access-date= November 28, 2019 |url=https://www.france24.com/en/20090629-sanwi-kingdom-mourns-passing-prince-}}</ref> In July 2009, the Lunar Republic Society named a crater on the Moon after Jackson.<ref>{{cite news |first=Ben |last=Leach |title=Moon crater named after Michael Jackson |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |date=July 9, 2009 |access-date= June 26, 2016 |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/michael-jackson/5784734/Moon-crater-named-after-Michael-Jackson.html |archive-date= January 10, 2022 |archive-url= https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/michael-jackson/5784734/Moon-crater-named-after-Michael-Jackson.html |url-status= live}} {{cbignore}}</ref> In August, for what would have been Jackson's 51st birthday, Google dedicated their [[Google Doodle]] to him.<ref>{{cite news |first=Tom |last=Chivers |title=Google's Doodles: 10 of the best including UFOs and Google |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |date=September 28, 2009 |access-date= June 26, 2016 |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/google/6239929/Googles-Doodles-10-of-the-best-including-UFOs-and-Googlle.html |archive-url= https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/google/6239929/Googles-Doodles-10-of-the-best-including-UFOs-and-Googlle.html |archive-date= January 10, 2022 |url-status= live}} {{cbignore}}</ref> In 2012, the extinct hermit crab ''[[Mesoparapylocheles michaeljacksoni]]'' was named in his honor.<ref>{{cite news |author=Kent State University |title=Mesoparapylocheles michaeljacksoni: Fossil hermit crab named after Michael Jackson |url=https://phys.org/news/2012-01-mesoparapylocheles-michaeljacksoni-fossil-hermit-crab.html |date=January 19, 2012 |work=[[Phys.org]]|access-date=August 4, 2022|author-link=Kent State University}}</ref> In 2014, the [[British Council]] of Cultural Relations deemed Jackson's life one of the 80 most important cultural moments of the 20th century.<ref>{{cite web |title=80 Moments That Shaped the World |publisher=[[British Council]] |year=2014 |access-date= November 26, 2017 |url=https://www.britishcouncil.org/sites/default/files/80-moments-report.pdf}}</ref> [[World Vitiligo Day]] has been celebrated on June 25, the anniversary of Jackson's death, to raise awareness of the auto-immune disorder that Jackson suffered from.<ref>{{cite web |first=John E. |last=Harris |title=Speaking of Vitiligo... |publisher=Vitiligo Clinic & Research Center |date=June 24, 2014 |access-date= November 24, 2019 |url=https://www.umassmed.edu/vitiligo/blog/blog-posts1/2014/06/world-vitiligo-day/}}</ref>