You surely talk of popularity when you say for instance the names Jesse McCartney, Paris Hilton or Britney Spears. However no one in my opinion has gained so much popularity as Michael Jackson.

Michael Jackson's Thriller album is the best selling album of all time. Distinction was granted in 1984 by the Guinness Book. Also, it is the only album sold in more than 100 million copies.

Michael was the first person in the entertainment industry who has won more than 100 million dollars in one year. Also he is the best paid person in show business of all times, according to Guinness Book. The megastar was also the first celebrity who had the name engraved on the 2 stars of the famous boulevard Hollywood Walk of Fame. First, in 1980 for work in the band "The Jacksons" (along with his brothers and sisters) and then in 1984 for the solo career.

The videoclip for Scream (in duet with Michael's sister, Janet Jackson) is the most expensive of all times The clip was released in 1995 and had the cost of 7 million dollars. Also, other videos of the famous singer had high costs of production: Bad (1987) - 2.2 million U.S. dollars, Black or White (1991) - 1.5 million U.S. dollars, Remember the Time (1992) - 1.2 million dollars.

The Black or White video-clip was broad-casted simultaneously in 27 countries being seen by over 500,000 viewers. The event took place on November 14, 1991 and it had the largest audience ever recorded for a video.

For 17 years, the 8 awards won by the artist at the 1984 Grammy Awards were a record untouched by any other singer. But in 2001, Carlos Santana has managed to match Michael's record.

MTV music channel's success is due in large part, to Michael Jackson. Thus, if since the launch in 1981 and until 1983 it focused on rock music, since 1983, with the regular broadcasting of the Michael Jackson's clip Billie Jean, the target of the channel moved to the pop and r `n `b, leading to a growing audience and popularity of the channel. The video of Billie Jean is credited for breaking the "color barrier" on MTV programs (which used to broadcast very few black artists arguing that their music does not belong in the job profile). In 2009, the weekend's announcement after the death of the singer, MTV broad-casted its music and shows only about the life of Michael, the letter M in the logo became black (instead of blue) and on the screen was written "M is for Michael ".

MTV has censored one of Michael Jackson's song. "They Do not Care About Us" song, and phrases are 'jew me "and" Kike me ", which is substituted with" do me "and " strike me ". Kike is a term offensive to Jews and originates from the adaptation of the Hebrew term for "circle" (kiekl), the sign that was made by Jews when they arrived in the U.S. (especially during the rise of Nazism in Europe).

In only 4 days from the death of the singer, the official site www.michaeljackson.com, recorded approximately 340,000 messages from fans That means about 1 message per second (taking into account that megastar's death announcement took place at about 2 o'clock after the official registration).

It was believed that Michael Jackson suffered from so-called Peter Pan syndrome. This is the name of an unregistered mental deficiency relating to adults that are socially immature. The name of the famous farm from California, which was the star's official home for 11 years (from 1987 to 2008, when it was sold because of debt), Neverland, is based on the book written by JM Barrie Scotsman, which presents stories about the "boy who does not want to grow up," Peter Pan.