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I have removed Man In The Mirror, it should not go back on until an official source has been found. I in fact know that it wasn't number one as I paid particular attention at the time. It peaked at #2, held off by Cascada's Evacuate The Dancefloor. 79.69.203.4 ( talk) 13:37, 24 February 2010 (UTC)
When I look at how he is described, the title "American musician" doesn't cover who he was. It should say "Michael Jackson is the most successful musicians and composers in the history of popular music (Guinness World Records). He was a multiple Grammy Award winning African American singer-songwriter, poet, composer, multi-instrumentalist, entrepreneur, record producer, film producer, painter, human rights, and peace activists (Guinness World Record Most charitable entertainer ever)." Javanette ( talk) 07:51, 29 July 2009 (UTC) Javanette ( talk) 07:53, 29 July 2009 (UTC)
Michael Jackson was not named Artist Of The Millenium by MTV. On a MTV Special Show which aired in Mexico on August 2005 (and in many other places of the world)they talked about this, the producers of that year's show said they didn't name Michael Jackson the Millenium Artist and they never intended to. They clarified that Brtiney said, and i quote "to me Michael Jackson is the artist of the millenium...happy birthday Michael" she said to her, and MTV never told her to say that, that was spontaneous. We now what happened next, Michael came out and didn't even thank anyone for his cake (which was the whole point of the section) and he said something about he couldn't believe he was named Artist Of The Millenium by MTV (which in fact they didn't).
He was not voted artist of the millenium by MTV, why is it there, I am removing it and here are several links that prove it is not true [3] [4] [5] 81.155.77.170 13:11, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
== NUMBER ONES FROM ONE ALBUM ==
He isn't the only artist to have 5 number ones from one album - Westlife did it, I think the Spice Girls did it too.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ MICHAEL WAS HONORED AS ARTIST OF THE MILLENIUM AWARD Bold text Please watch youtube for proof of this award. Prince Albert presented Michael Jackson the 2000 World Music Millenium Award! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q05eanhuEik&feature=related —Preceding unsigned comment added by Fancyapple ( talk • contribs) 04:25, 27 August 2009 (UTC)
This is very untrue. According to a wikipedia article on the biggest selling albums ever, Pink Floyd's "the wall" sold more and was 2 CDs. 81.156.66.226 01:14, 26 December 2006 (UTC)
No it's fairly true all-right. The Wall had 23 million units in the United States and just over 30 million worldwide. HIStory, however, had 36 million worldwide. The Wall easily crushes HIStory in the US, but HIStory outdoes it internationally. This MSNB article says it explicitly: "1995’s “HIStory: Past, Present, & Future” is the best-selling multiple-disc album of all-time, with 18 million copies sold worldwide." UberCryxic 22:55, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
Looking through this article, there were countless questionable statistics and many of them contradict things that I've heard before. The worst one is where is says that The Beatles and Elvis both sold more albums than him. I'm pretty sure he sold more than anyone.
CNN has talked about 2500 millions of viewers, rather than the Olympic Games
So, this funeral, which can be considered the final performance of Michael Jackson has been:
Most Viewed EVENT OF THE HISTORY OF MANKIND WORLDWIDE !!!!!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.42.167.207 ( talk) 10:10, 8 July 2009 (UTC)
How has this article existed for so long with so few references? I'd go through and delete everything without a reference, but someone would just revert it and claim it was vandalism. Trivialist ( talk) 02:02, 9 July 2009 (UTC)
How can his album be the longest running album in the top five with 38 weeks if Westside Story spent 58 weeks at number one? 75.21.84.236 ( talk) 04:28, 29 September 2009 (UTC)
Because 'Westside Story' is in a different category (Soundtracks) and that is where you are confused.
The reasons for deleting the material in question are as follows:
If you believe that most sources say HIstory has sold 10 million copies your are terribly wrong. Most sources have it at 15 to 20 million copies sold and 30 to 40 million disc. Jacksons History album by most counts is 20 million copies. Therefore I reinstated the History best selling multiple disc in another form. The turkish sales was not something I posted but I do find it suspicious that at of so many unreferenced statements on this page you choose that one to contest why not everything on the page? But the consolidation you did was satisfying even though I'am afraid your wrong about sells of History. A Star Is Here ( talk) 09:55, 26 October 2009 (UTC)
I'll Just provide you with sources to back up my claim for History.
I like the structure but the amount know to be sold was wrong: -->
Charts [2] | Peak Position |
Certification | Sales/Shipments |
---|---|---|---|
Argentina | Platinum [3] | 200,000 [3] | |
Australia | 1 | 8× Platinum [4] | 560,000 [5] |
Austria | 2 | 2× Platinum [6] | 100,000 [7] |
Belgium | 1 | ||
Brazil Top 10 CD ABPD | 1 [8] | Gold [9] | 250,000 |
Canada | 5× Platinum [10] | 500,000 [11] | |
Europe | 6× Platinum [12] | 6,000,000 [13] | |
Finland | 3 | Platinum [14] | 61,352 [14] |
France | 1 | Diamond [15] | 1,000,000 [15] |
Germany [16] | 1 | 3× Platinum [17] | 1,500,000 [18] |
Mexico | 9 [19] | 2x platinum [20] | 300,000 [21] |
Netherlands | 1 | 3× Platinum [22] | 240,000 [7] |
New Zealand | 1 [23] | 9× Platinum [24] | 135,000 [25] |
Norway | 1 | Platinum [26] | 50,000 [7] |
Poland | 1 | Platinum [27] | 100,000 |
Spain | 4x Platinum [28] | 400,000 | |
Sweden | 3 | Platinum [29] | 100,000 [7] |
Switzerland | 1 | 3× Platinum [30] | 150,000 [30] |
United Kingdom [31] | 1 | 4× Platinum [32] | 1,200,000 |
United States [33] | 1 | 7× Platinum [34] | 3,500,000 |
Add also the individual disc that was sold which is 3.9 million as well. A Star Is Here ( talk) 21:19, 29 October 2009 (UTC)
Okay if we are going to accept each other edits you must be fair. You cant say 11 million copies and 22 million disc for your statements and just say 21 million copies and leave the disc out for mine. I'll restore the disc part. Other then that I think that wording you presented is the only way to satisfy both of us. A Star Is Here ( talk) 03:06, 30 October 2009 (UTC)
HIYA MICHAEL JACKSON WAS A LIVING LEGEND AND JUST BECAUSE HE HAS GONE DOESNT MEAN HE IS FORGOTTEN HE STILL LIVES ON!!!!!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.47.183.220 ( talk) 19:47, 9 November 2009 (UTC)
The Triller video is the first music video to be preserved by the library of congress to the national recording registry as it was deemed "culturally significant".
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A few things to note/correct for the US achievements:
Thriller wasn't the first album to spend an entire year in the top 10, nor is it one of 4.
Why is it important to note that he had 5 albums debut at #1? Eminem had 7.
He was the first solo artist to notch four top 10 hits from an album.
Hollywood Tonight never spent 11 weeks on top of the Hot Dance/Club Songs chart. The Thriller LP did that...
The number of top 10 hits credited to the Beatles and Madonna are both slightly off. — Preceding unsigned comment added by WolfSpear ( talk • contribs)
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On the Wikipedia page for Number Ones, Human Nature is listed as Track #6 on the European/Australian/Canadian/Japanese version of the album. Where it shows which countries the song reached #1, Canada is the only country listed. However, Human Nature is not listed under the Canada section of this article. 2600:1700:9060:2BD0:8131:66E0:48C:825 ( talk) 21:31, 18 February 2023 (UTC)
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I have removed Man In The Mirror, it should not go back on until an official source has been found. I in fact know that it wasn't number one as I paid particular attention at the time. It peaked at #2, held off by Cascada's Evacuate The Dancefloor. 79.69.203.4 ( talk) 13:37, 24 February 2010 (UTC)
When I look at how he is described, the title "American musician" doesn't cover who he was. It should say "Michael Jackson is the most successful musicians and composers in the history of popular music (Guinness World Records). He was a multiple Grammy Award winning African American singer-songwriter, poet, composer, multi-instrumentalist, entrepreneur, record producer, film producer, painter, human rights, and peace activists (Guinness World Record Most charitable entertainer ever)." Javanette ( talk) 07:51, 29 July 2009 (UTC) Javanette ( talk) 07:53, 29 July 2009 (UTC)
Michael Jackson was not named Artist Of The Millenium by MTV. On a MTV Special Show which aired in Mexico on August 2005 (and in many other places of the world)they talked about this, the producers of that year's show said they didn't name Michael Jackson the Millenium Artist and they never intended to. They clarified that Brtiney said, and i quote "to me Michael Jackson is the artist of the millenium...happy birthday Michael" she said to her, and MTV never told her to say that, that was spontaneous. We now what happened next, Michael came out and didn't even thank anyone for his cake (which was the whole point of the section) and he said something about he couldn't believe he was named Artist Of The Millenium by MTV (which in fact they didn't).
He was not voted artist of the millenium by MTV, why is it there, I am removing it and here are several links that prove it is not true [3] [4] [5] 81.155.77.170 13:11, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
== NUMBER ONES FROM ONE ALBUM ==
He isn't the only artist to have 5 number ones from one album - Westlife did it, I think the Spice Girls did it too.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ MICHAEL WAS HONORED AS ARTIST OF THE MILLENIUM AWARD Bold text Please watch youtube for proof of this award. Prince Albert presented Michael Jackson the 2000 World Music Millenium Award! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q05eanhuEik&feature=related —Preceding unsigned comment added by Fancyapple ( talk • contribs) 04:25, 27 August 2009 (UTC)
This is very untrue. According to a wikipedia article on the biggest selling albums ever, Pink Floyd's "the wall" sold more and was 2 CDs. 81.156.66.226 01:14, 26 December 2006 (UTC)
No it's fairly true all-right. The Wall had 23 million units in the United States and just over 30 million worldwide. HIStory, however, had 36 million worldwide. The Wall easily crushes HIStory in the US, but HIStory outdoes it internationally. This MSNB article says it explicitly: "1995’s “HIStory: Past, Present, & Future” is the best-selling multiple-disc album of all-time, with 18 million copies sold worldwide." UberCryxic 22:55, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
Looking through this article, there were countless questionable statistics and many of them contradict things that I've heard before. The worst one is where is says that The Beatles and Elvis both sold more albums than him. I'm pretty sure he sold more than anyone.
CNN has talked about 2500 millions of viewers, rather than the Olympic Games
So, this funeral, which can be considered the final performance of Michael Jackson has been:
Most Viewed EVENT OF THE HISTORY OF MANKIND WORLDWIDE !!!!!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.42.167.207 ( talk) 10:10, 8 July 2009 (UTC)
How has this article existed for so long with so few references? I'd go through and delete everything without a reference, but someone would just revert it and claim it was vandalism. Trivialist ( talk) 02:02, 9 July 2009 (UTC)
How can his album be the longest running album in the top five with 38 weeks if Westside Story spent 58 weeks at number one? 75.21.84.236 ( talk) 04:28, 29 September 2009 (UTC)
Because 'Westside Story' is in a different category (Soundtracks) and that is where you are confused.
The reasons for deleting the material in question are as follows:
If you believe that most sources say HIstory has sold 10 million copies your are terribly wrong. Most sources have it at 15 to 20 million copies sold and 30 to 40 million disc. Jacksons History album by most counts is 20 million copies. Therefore I reinstated the History best selling multiple disc in another form. The turkish sales was not something I posted but I do find it suspicious that at of so many unreferenced statements on this page you choose that one to contest why not everything on the page? But the consolidation you did was satisfying even though I'am afraid your wrong about sells of History. A Star Is Here ( talk) 09:55, 26 October 2009 (UTC)
I'll Just provide you with sources to back up my claim for History.
I like the structure but the amount know to be sold was wrong: -->
Charts [2] | Peak Position |
Certification | Sales/Shipments |
---|---|---|---|
Argentina | Platinum [3] | 200,000 [3] | |
Australia | 1 | 8× Platinum [4] | 560,000 [5] |
Austria | 2 | 2× Platinum [6] | 100,000 [7] |
Belgium | 1 | ||
Brazil Top 10 CD ABPD | 1 [8] | Gold [9] | 250,000 |
Canada | 5× Platinum [10] | 500,000 [11] | |
Europe | 6× Platinum [12] | 6,000,000 [13] | |
Finland | 3 | Platinum [14] | 61,352 [14] |
France | 1 | Diamond [15] | 1,000,000 [15] |
Germany [16] | 1 | 3× Platinum [17] | 1,500,000 [18] |
Mexico | 9 [19] | 2x platinum [20] | 300,000 [21] |
Netherlands | 1 | 3× Platinum [22] | 240,000 [7] |
New Zealand | 1 [23] | 9× Platinum [24] | 135,000 [25] |
Norway | 1 | Platinum [26] | 50,000 [7] |
Poland | 1 | Platinum [27] | 100,000 |
Spain | 4x Platinum [28] | 400,000 | |
Sweden | 3 | Platinum [29] | 100,000 [7] |
Switzerland | 1 | 3× Platinum [30] | 150,000 [30] |
United Kingdom [31] | 1 | 4× Platinum [32] | 1,200,000 |
United States [33] | 1 | 7× Platinum [34] | 3,500,000 |
Add also the individual disc that was sold which is 3.9 million as well. A Star Is Here ( talk) 21:19, 29 October 2009 (UTC)
Okay if we are going to accept each other edits you must be fair. You cant say 11 million copies and 22 million disc for your statements and just say 21 million copies and leave the disc out for mine. I'll restore the disc part. Other then that I think that wording you presented is the only way to satisfy both of us. A Star Is Here ( talk) 03:06, 30 October 2009 (UTC)
HIYA MICHAEL JACKSON WAS A LIVING LEGEND AND JUST BECAUSE HE HAS GONE DOESNT MEAN HE IS FORGOTTEN HE STILL LIVES ON!!!!!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.47.183.220 ( talk) 19:47, 9 November 2009 (UTC)
The Triller video is the first music video to be preserved by the library of congress to the national recording registry as it was deemed "culturally significant".
References
{{
cite web}}
: Unknown parameter |month=
ignored (
help)
{{
cite web}}
: |author=
has generic name (
help)
A few things to note/correct for the US achievements:
Thriller wasn't the first album to spend an entire year in the top 10, nor is it one of 4.
Why is it important to note that he had 5 albums debut at #1? Eminem had 7.
He was the first solo artist to notch four top 10 hits from an album.
Hollywood Tonight never spent 11 weeks on top of the Hot Dance/Club Songs chart. The Thriller LP did that...
The number of top 10 hits credited to the Beatles and Madonna are both slightly off. — Preceding unsigned comment added by WolfSpear ( talk • contribs)
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On the Wikipedia page for Number Ones, Human Nature is listed as Track #6 on the European/Australian/Canadian/Japanese version of the album. Where it shows which countries the song reached #1, Canada is the only country listed. However, Human Nature is not listed under the Canada section of this article. 2600:1700:9060:2BD0:8131:66E0:48C:825 ( talk) 21:31, 18 February 2023 (UTC)