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𝘈𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘵 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘰𝘣 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘰𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘺 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴 (𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘎𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘶𝘣𝘣𝘭𝘦, 𝘉𝘦𝘯 𝘉𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘦)… [𝐌𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐋𝐨𝐠𝐨 𝐒𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐲 𝐆𝐨𝐚𝐥𝐬]( [𝗠𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗟𝗼𝗴𝗼 𝗦𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘆 𝗚𝗼𝗮𝗹𝘀]( The Jackson siblings in 1977, without Jermaine. From left, back row: Jackie, Michael, Tito, Marlon. Middle row: Randy, La Toya, Rebbie. Front row: Janet The Jackson 5 left Motown in 1975, signing with Epic Records and renaming themselves the Jacksons.[51] Their younger brother Randy joined the band around this time; Jermaine stayed with Motown and pursued a solo career.[52] The Jacksons continued to tour internationally, and released six more albums between 1976 and 1984. Michael, the group's main songwriter during this time, wrote songs such as "Shake Your Body (Down to the Ground)" (1978), "This Place Hotel" (1980), and "Can You Feel It" (1980).[53] In 1977, Jackson moved to New York City to star as the Scarecrow in The Wiz, a musical film directed by Sidney Lumet, alongside Diana Ross, Nipsey Russell, and Ted Ross.[54] The film was a box-office failure.[55] Its score was arranged by Quincy Jones,[56] who later produced three of Jackson's solo albums.[57] During his time in New York, Jackson frequented the Studio 54 nightclub, where he heard early hip hop; this influenced his beatboxing on future tracks such as "Working Day and Night".[58] In 1978, Jackson broke his nose during a dance routine. A rhinoplasty led to breathing difficulties that later affected his career. He was referred to Steven Hoefflin, who performed Jackson's operations.[59] Jackson's fifth solo album, Off the Wall (1979), established him as a solo performer and helped him move from the bubblegum pop of his youth to more complex sounds.[45] It produced four top 10 entries in the US: "Off the Wall", "She's Out of My Life", and the chart-topping singles "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough" and "Rock with You".[60] The album reached number three on the US Billboard 200 and sold over 20 m copies worldwide.[61] In 1980, Jackson won three American Music Awards for his solo work: Favorite Soul/R&B Album, Favorite Soul/R&B Male Artist, and Favorite Soul/R&B Single for "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough".[62][63] He also won a Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance for 1979 with "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough".[64] In 1981, Jackson was the American Music Awards winner for Favorite Soul/R&B Album and Favorite Soul/R&B Male Artist.[65] Jackson felt Off the Wall should have made a bigger impact, and was determined to exceed expectations with his next release.[66] In 1980, he secured the highest royalty rate in the music industry: 37 percent of wholesale album profit.[67] Thriller and Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever (1982–1983) A sparkly jacket and gloves, displayed inside a transparent vertical tube. The sequined jacket and white glove worn by Jackson at Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever. British Vogue called Jackson "a fashion pioneer [...] who gave new meaning to moonwalking, immortalised solitary, [and] sparkly gloves".[68] Jackson recorded with Queen singer Freddie Mercury from 1981 to 1983, recording demos of "State of Shock", "Victory" and "There Must Be More to Life Than This". The recordings were intended for an album of duets but, according to Queen's manager Jim Beach, the relationship soured when Jackson brought a llama into the recording studio,[69] and Jackson was upset by Mercury's drug use.[70] The songs were released in 2014.[71] Jackson went on to record "State of Shock" with Mick Jagger for the Jacksons' album Victory (1984).[72] In 1982, Jackson contributed "Someone in the Dark" to the audiobook for the film E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial. Jackson's sixth album, Thriller, was released in late 1982. It was the best-selling album worldwide in 1983,[73][74] and became the best-selling album of all time in the US[75] and the best-selling album of all time worldwide, selling an estimated 70 m copies.[76][77] It topped the Billboard 200 chart for 37 weeks and was in the top 10 of the 200 for 80 consecutive weeks. It was the first album to produce seven Billboard Hot 100 top-10 singles, including "Billie Jean", "Beat It", and "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'".[78] On March 25, 1983, Jackson reunited with his brothers for Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever, an NBC television special. The show aired on May 16 to an estimated audience of 47 m, and featured the Jacksons and other Motown stars.[79] Jackson's solo performance of "Billie Jean" earned him his first Emmy Award nomination.[80] Wearing a glove decorated with rhinestones,[81] he debuted his moonwalk dance, which Jeffrey Daniel had taught him three years earlier, and it became his signature dance in his repertoire.[82] Jackson had originally turned down the invitation to the show, believing he had been doing too much television. But at the request of Motown founder Berry Gordy, he performed in exchange for an opportunity to do a solo performance.[83] Rolling Stone reporter Mikal Gilmore called the performance "extraordinary".[45] Jackson's performance drew comparisons to Elvis Presley's and the Beatles' appearances on The Ed Sullivan Show.[84] Anna Kisselgoff of The New York Times praised the perfect timing and technique involved in the dance.[85] Gordy described being "mesmerized" by the performance.[86] At the 26th Annual Grammy Awards, Thriller won eight awards, and Jackson won an award for the E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial storybook. Winning eight Grammys in one ceremony is a record he holds with the band Santana.[64] Jackson and Quincy Jones won the award for Producer of the Year (Non-Classical). Thriller won Album of the Year (with Jackson as the album's artist and Jones as its co-producer), and the single won Best Pop Vocal Performance (Male) award for Jackson. "Beat It" won Record of the Year and Best Rock Vocal Performance (Male). "Billie Jean" won two Grammy awards: Best R&B Song and Best R&B Vocal Performance (Male), with Jackson as songwriter and singer respectively.[64] Thriller won the Grammy for Best Engineered Recording (Non Classical), acknowledging Bruce Swedien for his work on the album.[87] At the 11th Annual American Music Awards, Jackson won another eight awards and became the youngest artist to win the Award of Merit.[88] He also won Favorite Male Artist, Favorite Soul/R&B Artist, and Favorite Pop/Rock Artist. "Beat It" won Favorite Soul/R&B Video, Favorite Pop/Rock Video and Favorite Pop/Rock Single. The album won Favorite Soul/R&B Album and Favorite Pop/Rock Album.[88][89] Thriller's sales doubled after the release of an extended music video, Michael Jackson's Thriller, which sees Jackson dancing with a horde of zombies.[90][91] The success transformed Jackson into a dominant force in global pop culture, and cemented his status as the "king of pop".[91] Jackson had the highest royalty rate in the music industry at that point, with about 2 for every album sold (equivalent to 5 in 2021), and was making record-breaking profits. Dolls modeled after Jackson appeared in stores in May 1984 for 12 each.[92] In the same year, The Making of Michael Jackson's Thriller, a documentary about the music video, won a Grammy for Best Music Video (Longform).[64] Time described Jackson's influence at that point as "star of records, radio, rock video. A one-man rescue team for the music business. A songwriter who sets the beat for a decade. A dancer with the fanciest feet on the street. A singer who cuts across all boundaries of taste and style and color too."[92] The New York Times wrote "in the world of pop music, there is Michael Jackson and there is everybody else".[93] On May 14, 1984, President Ronald Reagan gave Jackson an award recognizing his support of alcohol and drug abuse charities,[94] and in recognition of his support for the Ad Council's and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's Drunk Driving Prevention campaign. Jackson allowed the campaign to use "Beat It" for its public service announcements.[95] Pepsi incident and other commercial activities (1984–1985) President Ronald Reagan and First Lady Nancy Reagan shortly before presenting Jackson with the award at the White House on May 14, 1984 Jackson inside the White House with the Reagans In November 1983, Jackson and his brothers partnered with PepsiCo in a 5 m promotional deal that broke records for a celebrity endorsement (equivalent to 13,603,408 in 2021). The first Pepsi campaign, which ran in the US from 1983 to 1984 and launched its "New Generation" theme, included tour sponsorship, public relations events, and in-store displays. Jackson helped to create the advertisement, and suggested using his song "Billie Jean", with revised lyrics, as its jingle.[96] On January 27, 1984, Michael and other members of the Jacksons filmed a Pepsi commercial overseen by Phil Dusenberry,[97] a BBDO ad agency executive, and Alan Pottasch, Pepsi's Worldwide Creative Director, at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. During a simulated concert before a full house of fans, pyrotechnics accidentally set Jackson's hair on fire, causing second-degree burns to his scalp. Jackson underwent treatment to hide the scars and had his third rhinoplasty shortly thereafter.[98] Pepsi settled out of court, and Jackson donated the 1.5 m settlement to the Brotman Medical Center in Culver City, California; its now-closed Michael Jackson Burn Center was named in his honor.[99][100] Jackson signed a second agreement with Pepsi in the late 1980s for 10 m. The second campaign covered 20 countries and provided financial support for Jackson's Bad album and 1987–88 world tour. Jackson had endorsements and advertising deals with other companies, such as LA Gear, Suzuki, and Sony, but none were as significant as his deals with Pepsi.[96] The Victory Tour of 1984 headlined the Jacksons and showcased Jackson's new solo material to more than two m Americans. It was the last tour he did with his brothers.[101] Following controversy over the concert's ticket sales, Jackson donated his share of the proceeds, an estimated 3 to 5 m, to charity.[102] During the last concert of the Victory Tour at the Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, Jackson announced his split from The Jacksons during "Shake Your Body".[103] His charitable work continued with the release of "We Are the World" (1985), co-written with Lionel Richie,[104] which raised money for the poor in the US and Africa.[105] It earned 63 m (equivalent to 158,728,032 in 2021),[105] and became one of the best-selling singles of all time, with 20 m copies sold.[106] It won four Grammy Awards in 1985, including Song of the Year for Jackson and Richie as its writers.[104] The project's creators received two special American Music Awards honors: one for the creation of the song and another for the USA for Africa idea. Jackson, Jones, and promoter Ken Kragen received special awards for their roles in the song's creation.[104][107][108][109] Jackson signing a "We Are the World" poster in 1985 Jackson collaborated with Paul McCartney in the early 1980s, and learned that McCartney was making 40 m a year from owning the rights to other artists' songs.[105] By 1983, Jackson had begun buying publishing rights to others' songs, but he was careful with his acquisitions, only bidding on a few of the dozens that were offered to him. Jackson's early acquisitions of music catalogs and song copyrights such as the Sly Stone collection included "Everyday People" (1968), Len Barry's "1–2–3" (1965), and Dion DiMucci's "The Wanderer" (1961) and "Runaround Sue" (1961). In 1984, Robert Holmes à Court announced he was selling the ATV Music Publishing catalog comprising the publishing rights to nearly 4,000 songs, including most of the Beatles' material.[110] In 1981, McCartney had been offered the catalog for £20 m (40 m).[105][111] Jackson submitted a bid of 46 m on November 20, 1984.[110] When Jackson and McCartney were unable to make a joint purchase, McCartney did not want to be the sole owner of the Beatles' songs, and did not pursue an offer on his own.[112][111] Jackson's agents were unable to come to a deal, and in May 1985 left talks after having spent more than 1 m and four months of due diligence work on the negotiations.[110] In June 1985, Jackson and Branca learned that Charles Koppelman's and Marty Bandier's The Entertainment Company had made a tentative offer to buy ATV Music for 50 m; in early August, Holmes à Court contacted Jackson and talks resumed. Jackson's increased bid of 47.5 m (equivalent to 119,675,897 in 2021) was accepted because he could close the deal more quickly, having already completed due diligence.[110] Jackson agreed to visit Holmes à Court in Australia, where he would appear on the Channel Seven Perth Telethon.[113] His purchase of ATV Music was finalized on August 10, 1985.[105][110] Increased tabloid speculation (1986–1987) See also: Health and appearance of Michael Jackson Jackson's skin had been medium-brown during his youth, but from the mid-1980s gradually grew paler. The change drew widespread media coverage, including speculation that he had been bleaching his skin.[114][115][116] His dermatologist, Arnold Klein, said he observed in 1983 that Jackson had vitiligo,[117] a condition characterized by patches of the skin losing their pigment and sensitivity to sunlight. He also identified discoid lupus erythematosus in Jackson. He diagnosed Jackson with lupus that year,[117] and with vitiligo in 1986.[118] Vitiligo's drastic effects on the body can cause psychological distress. Jackson used fair-colored makeup,[119] and possibly skin-bleaching prescription creams,[120] to cover up the uneven blotches of color caused by the illness. The creams would depigment the blotches, and, with the application of makeup, he could appear very pale.[121] Jackson said he had not purposely bleached his skin and could not control his vitiligo, adding, "When people make up stories that I don't want to be who I am, it hurts me."[122] He became friends with Klein and Klein's assistant, Debbie Rowe. Rowe later became Jackson's second wife and the mother of his first two children.[123] In his 1988 autobiography and a 1993 interview, Jackson said he had had two rhinoplasty surgeries and a cleft chin surgery but no more than that. He said he lost weight in the early 1980s because of a change in diet to achieve a dancer's body.[124] Witnesses reported that he was often dizzy, and speculated he was suffering from anorexia nervosa. Periods of weight loss became a recurring problem later in his life.[125] After his death, Jackson's mother said that he first turned to cosmetic procedures to remedy his vitiligo, because he did not want to look like a "spotted cow". She said he had received more than the two cosmetic surgeries he claimed and speculated that he had become addicted to them.[126] In 1986, tabloids reported that Jackson slept in a hyperbaric oxygen chamber to slow aging, and pictured him lying in a glass box. The claim was untrue, and tabloids reported that he spread the story himself.[127] They also reported that Jackson took female hormone shots to keep his voice high and facial hair wispy, proposed to Elizabeth Taylor and possibly had a shrine of her, and had cosmetic surgery on his eyes. Jackson's manager Frank DiLeo denied all of them, except for Jackson having a chamber. DiLeo added "I don't know if he sleeps in it. I'm not for it. But Michael thinks it's something that's probably healthy for him. He's a bit of a health fanatic."[128] When Jackson took his pet chimpanzee Bubbles to tour in Japan, the media portrayed Jackson as an aspiring Disney cartoon character who befriended animals.[129] It was also reported that Jackson had offered to buy the bones of Joseph Merrick (the "Elephant Man").[130] In June 1987, the Chicago Tribune reported Jackson's publicist bidding 1 m for the skeleton to the London Hospital Medical College on his behalf. The college maintained the skeleton was not for sale. DiLeo said Jackson had an "absorbing interest" in Merrick, "purely based on his awareness of the ethical, medical and historical significance."[131] In September 1986, using the false hyperbaric chamber story, the British tabloid The Sun branded Jackson "Wacko Jacko", a name Jackson came to despise.[11][132] The Atlantic noted that the name "Jacko" has racist connotations, as it originates from Jacko Macacco, a monkey used in monkey-baiting matches at the Westminster Pit in the early 1820s, and "Jacko" was used in Cockney slang to refer to monkeys in general.[133] Jackson worked with George Lucas and Francis Ford Coppola on the 17-minute 30 m 3D film Captain EO, which ran from 1986 at Disneyland and Epcot, and later at Tokyo Disneyland and Euro Disneyland.[134] After having been removed in the late 1990s, it returned to the theme park for several years after Jackson's death.[135] In 1987, Jackson disassociated himself from the Jehovah's Witnesses.[136] Katherine Jackson said this might have been because some Witnesses strongly opposed the Thriller video.[137] Michael had denounced it in a Witness publication in 1984.[138] Bad, autobiography, and Neverland (1987–1990) Jackson and President George H. W. Bush at the White House on April 5, 1990. It was the second time that Jackson had been honored by a President of the United States. Jackson's first album in five years, Bad (1987), was highly anticipated, with the industry expecting another major success.[139] It became the first album to produce five US number-one singles: "I Just Can't Stop Loving You", "Bad", "The Way You Make Me Feel", "Man in the Mirror", and "Dirty Diana". Another song, "Smooth Criminal", peaked at number seven.[60] Bad won the 1988 Grammy for Best Engineered Recording – Non Classical and the 1990 Grammy Award for Best Music Video, Short Form for "Leave Me Alone".[64][87] Jackson won an Award of Achievement at the American Music Awards in 1989 after Bad generated five number-one singles, became the first album to top the charts in 25 countries and the best-selling album worldwide in 1987 and 1988.[140][141] By 2012, it had sold between 30 and 45 m copies worldwide.[142][143] The Bad world tour ran from September 12, 1987, to January 14, 1989.[144] In Japan, the tour had 14 sellouts and drew 570,000 people, nearly tripling the previous record for a single tour.[145] The 504,000 people who attended seven sold-out shows at Wembley Stadium set a new Guinness World Record.[146] In 1988, Jackson released his autobiography, Moonwalk, with input from Stephen Davis and Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis.[147] It sold 200,000 copies,[148] and reached the top of the New York Times bestsellers list.[149] Jackson discussed his childhood, the Jackson 5, and the abuse from his father.[150] He attributed his changing facial appearance to three plastic surgeries, puberty, weight loss, a strict vegetarian diet, a change in hairstyle, and stage lighting.[151][124] In June, Jackson was honoured with the Grand Vermeil Medal of the City of Paris by the then Mayor of Paris Jacques Chirac during his stay in the city as part of the Bad world tour.[152][153] In October, Jackson released a film, Moonwalker, which featured live footage and short films starring Jackson and Joe Pesci. In the US it was released direct-to-video and became the best-selling video cassette in the country.[154][155] The RIAA certified it as eight times Platinum in the US.[156] In March 1988, Jackson purchased 2,700 acres (11 km2) of land near Santa Ynez, California, to build a new home, Neverland Ranch, at a cost of 17 m (equivalent to 38,950,760 in 2021).[157] He installed a Ferris wheel, a carousel, a movie theater and a zoo.[157][158][159] A security staff of 40 patrolled the grounds.[158] Shortly afterwards, he appeared in the first Western television advertisement in the Soviet Union.[160] Jackson became known as the "King of Pop", a nickname that Jackson's publicists embraced.[25][161][162] When Elizabeth Taylor presented him with the Soul Train Heritage Award in 1989, she called him "the true king of pop, rock and soul."[163] President George H. W. Bush designated him the White House's "Artist of the Decade".[164] From 1985 to 1990, Jackson donated 455,000 to the United Negro College Fund,[165] and all profits from his single "Man in the Mirror" went to charity.[166] His rendition of "You Were There" at Sammy Davis Jr.'s 60th birthday celebration won Jackson a second Emmy nomination.[80] Jackson was the bestselling artist of the 1980s.[167] In January 1993, Jackson won three American Music Awards: Favorite Pop/Rock Album (Dangerous), Favorite Soul/R&B Single ("Remember the Time"), and was the first to win the International Artist Award of Excellence.[189][190] In February, he won the "Living Legend Award" at the 35th Annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles.[64] He attended the award ceremony with Brooke Shields.[191] Dangerous was nominated for Best Vocal Performance (for "Black or White"), Best R&B Vocal Performance ("Jam") and Best R&B Song ("Jam"), and Bruce Swedien and Teddy Riley won the Grammy for Best Engineered – Non Classical.[87] First child sexual abuse accusations and first marriage (1993–1995) Main article: 1993 child sexual abuse accusations against Michael Jackson In August 1993, Jackson was accused of child sexual abuse by a 13-year-old boy, Jordan Chandler, and his father, Evan Chandler.[192] Jordan said he and Jackson had engaged in acts of kissing, masturbation and oral sex.[193] While Jordan's mother initially told police that she did not believe Jackson had molested him, her position wavered a few days later.[194][195] Evan was recorded discussing his intention to pursue charges, which Jackson used to argue that he was the victim of a jealous father trying to extort money.[195] Jackson's older sister La Toya accused him of being a pedophile;[196] she later retracted this, saying she had been forced into it by her abusive husband.[197] Police raided Jackson's home in August and found two legal large-format art books featuring young boys playing, running and swimming in various states of undress.[198] Jackson denied knowing of the books' content and claimed if they were there someone had to send them to him and he did not open them.[199] Jordan Chandler gave police a description of Jackson's genitals. A strip search was made, and the jurors felt the description was not a match.[200][201][202] In January 1994, Jackson settled with the Chandlers out of court for a reported total sum of 23 m.[203] The police never pressed criminal charges.[204] Citing a lack of evidence without Jordan's testimony, the state closed its investigation on September 22, 1994.[205] Jackson had been taking painkillers for his reconstructive scalp surgeries, administered due to the Pepsi commercial accident in 1984, and became dependent on them to cope with the stress of the sexual abuse allegations.[206] On November 12, 1993, Jackson canceled the remainder of the Dangerous Tour due to health problems, stress from the allegations and painkiller addiction. He thanked close friend Elizabeth Taylor for support, encouragement and counsel. The end of the tour concluded his relationship with Pepsi Cola, which sponsored the tour.[207] In late 1993, Jackson proposed to Lisa Marie Presley, the daughter of Elvis Presley, over the phone.[208] They married in La Vega, Dominican Republic, in May 1994 by civil judge Hugo Francisco Álvarez Pérez.[209] The tabloid media speculated that the wedding was a publicity stunt to deflect away from Jackson's sexual abuse allegations and jump-start Presley's career as a singer.[210][209] Their marriage ended little more than a year later, and they separated in December 1995.[211] Presley cited "irreconcilable differences" when filing for divorce the next month and only sought to reclaim her maiden name as her settlement.[210][212] After the divorce, Judge Pérez said, "They lasted longer than I thought they would. I gave them a year. They lasted a year and a half."[209] Presley later said she and Jackson had attempted to reconcile intermittently for four years following their divorce, and that she had travelled the world to be with him.[213] Jackson composed music for the Sega Genesis video game Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (1994), but left the project around the time the sexual abuse allegations surfaced and went uncredited.[214][215] The Sega Technical Institute director Roger Hector and the Sonic co-creator Naoto Ohshima said that Jackson's involvement was terminated and his music reworked following the allegations.[216][217] However, Jackson's musical director Brad Buxer and other members of Jackson's team said Jackson went uncredited because he was unhappy with how the Genesis replicated his music.[218] HIStory, second marriage, and fatherhood (1995–1997) Close-up of a pale skinned Jackson with black hair. He is wearing a black jacket with white designs on it. Jackson at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival for the premiere of Michael Jackson's Ghosts In June 1995, Jackson released the double album HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I. The first disc, HIStory Begins, is a greatest hits album (reissued in 2001 as Greatest Hits: HIStory, Volume I). The second disc, HIStory Continues, contains 13 original songs and two cover versions. The album debuted at number one on the charts and has been certified for eight m shipments in the US.[219] It is the best-selling multi-disc album of all time, with 20 m copies (40 m units) sold worldwide.[173][220] HIStory received a Grammy nomination for Album of the Year.[64] The New York Times reviewed it as "the testimony of a musician whose self-pity now equals his talent".[221] The first single from HIStory was "Scream/Childhood". "Scream", a duet with Jackson's youngest sister Janet, protests the media's treatment of Jackson during the 1993 child abuse allegations against him. The single reached number five on the Billboard Hot 100,[174] and received a Grammy nomination for "Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals".[64] The second single, "You Are Not Alone", holds the Guinness world record for the first song to debut at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.[222] It received a Grammy nomination for "Best Pop Vocal Performance" in 1995.[64] In 1995 the Anti-Defamation League and other groups complained that "Jew me, sue me, everybody do me/ Kick me, kike me, don't you black or white me", the original lyrics of "They Don't Care About Us", were antisemitic. Jackson released a version with revised words.[223] In late 1995, Jackson was admitted to a hospital after collapsing during rehearsals for a televised performance, caused by a stress-related panic attack.[224] In November, Jackson merged his ATV Music catalog with Sony's music publishing division, creating Sony/ATV Music Publishing. He retained ownership of half the company, earning 95 m up front (equivalent to 168,941,909 in 2021) as well as the rights to more songs.[225][226] "Earth Song" was the third single released from HIStory, and topped the UK Singles Chart for six weeks over Christmas 1995.[176] It became the 87th-bestselling single in the UK.[227] At the 1996 Brit Awards, Jackson's performance of "Earth Song" was disrupted by Pulp singer Jarvis Cocker, who was protesting what Cocker saw as Jackson's "Christ-like" persona. Jackson said the stage invasion was "disgusting and cowardly".[228][229] In 1996, Jackson won a Grammy for Best Music Video, Short Form, for "Scream" and an American Music Award for Favorite Pop/Rock Male Artist.[64][230] On July 1996, Jackson performed for Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah's fiftieth birthday at Jerudong Park Amphitheater, which was specifically built for that birthday concert.[231] Jackson was reportedly paid 17M (32 m in 2023 dollars).[232] Jackson promoted HIStory with the HIStory World Tour, from September 7, 1996, to October 15, 1997. He performed 82 concerts in five continents, 35 countries and 58 cities to over 4.5 m fans, his most attended tour. It grossed 165 m.[144] During the tour, in Sydney, Australia, Jackson married Debbie Rowe, a dermatology assistant, who was six months pregnant with his first child.[233] Michael Joseph Jackson Jr. (commonly known as Prince) was born on February 13, 1997. His sister Paris-Michael Katherine Jackson was born on April 3, 1998.[234] Jackson and Rowe divorced in 2000, Rowe conceded custody of the children, with an 8 m settlement (equivalent to 14,639,832 in 2021).[235] In 2004, after the second child abuse allegations against Jackson, she returned to court to reclaim custody. The suit was settled in 2006.[236] In 1997, Jackson released Blood on the Dance Floor: HIStory in the Mix, which contained remixes of singles from HIStory and five new songs. Worldwide sales stand at 6 m copies, making it the best-selling remix album. It reached number one in the UK, as did the single "Blood on the Dance Floor".[237] In the US, the album reached number 24 and was certified platinum. Dear Reader, I’m floored. This [ex-CIA insider]( just went on LIVE camera and exposed the Federal Reserve for what it REALLY is… [𝗣𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗯𝗹𝘂𝗿𝗿𝘆 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝗲𝘀]( An institution created in secret designed to rob you of your savings, and destroy your wealth. 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