The 60th Anniversary Edition Of The Guinness Book Of World Records Looks Back At Michael Jackson’s Landmark Music Records
From super-long tongues to leaping cats, a host of weird and wacky landmarks have made the cut for 60th anniversary edition of the Guinness World Records book out on Thursday.
The new edition will reflect on six decades of record-breaking, while also featuring the latest additions to the oddball hall of fame
Aside from the new records, the 2015 book looks back at records from the last 60 years including British runner Roger Bannister’s sub-four-minute mile, the landspeed record and Michael Jackson’s music industry landmarks.
This is an important landmark edition for Guinness World Records, giving us the opportunity to look back at how records have changed over these six extraordinary decades,” said editor Craig Glenday.
“Of course, we’ve still had to process around 50,000 claims in this past year alone, giving us plenty of new and updated records to choose from… and making it a really difficult task to decide what makes the final cut.” – AFP, September 10, 2014.
2006 -Most Successful Entertainer of All Time
Most Awarded Artist IN History
1993 -Sony Music Contract Largest Entertainment Contract Ever ($890 million)
Highest Paid Entertainer of all Time - ($125 million in 1989 Forbes list)
First Entertainer to Earn More Than 100 million Dollars in a Year
Most Charities Supported By a Pop Star: Michael Jackson has supported 39 charitable organizations either with monetary donations, through sponsorships of their projects or the participation in their activities.
Highest-earning deceased artist
Most Searched For – Male
Entertainer Of The Decade
With the #1 (Thriller)and #2 (Bad) ranked albums in the world Michael was the 1980's Entertainer Of The Decade.
1984 - Thriller The Best Selling Album of All Time
1986- Commercials deal with Pepsi Highest-Paid Commercial Spokesperson
1988 Bad World Tour Most Successful Concert Series
Bad World - Tour Most Sold Out Shows At Wembley Stadium
Bad World - Tour Highest Grossing Tour by a male solo artist
Bad World - Tour Largest Attendance of Audience
1993 - Our Children, Our Hope Of Tomorrow Award
Thriller Most Successful Music Video- ('Thriller' sold over 9 million units)
1993 - Lifetime Achievement Award
1996 Scream - The Most Expensive Short Film
Ghosts -Longest Music Video
The Making of Thriller -Best Selling Music Video
The Jackson family - Most Successful Pop Family
Youngest Vocalist to Top the US Singles Chart - (aged 11, fronting The Jackson Five) Won
First Entertainer - to Have Officially Ratified Sales of More Than 100 million Albums Outside the USA
Most Valuable Sculpture By A Living Artist: ‘Michael Jackson and Bubbles’, a porcelain sculpture created by the artist Jeff Koons in 1988 sold for $5,616,750 at Sotheby’s in New York on May 15, 2001.
Most Valuable Oscar: David O Selznick’s 1940 Best Film Oscar for ‘Gone With The Wind’ (USA, 1939) was bought by Michael Jackson, for $1,542,000 on June 12, 1999, at Sotheby’s, New York (Listed in Guinness Book of World Records 2006)
Most Grammy Awards Won in a Single Year by a Person; At the 26th Annual Grammy Awards
( Most Weeks at the Top of the US Album Charts (non-soundtrack; 37 weeks for 'Thriller') Won
"You Are Not Alone" First Vocalist to Enter the US Single Chart at Number One Won
2009 Most Hit singles in the UK charts in a year Won
2009 Longest span of No.1 hits by an R&B artist Won
2011 Thriller Jacket Most expensive jacket sold at auction
Longest span of US top 40 singles
2012 Michael Jackson's Glove Most expensive glove sold at auction
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