Guinness Book of World Records
The Guinness Book of World Records is a reference book published annually, containing a collection of world records, both human achievements and the extremes of the natural world.
Jackson has been awarded thirty-one times by the Guinness Book of World Records.
| Year | Nominated work | Award | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | Thriller | The Best Selling Album of All Time | Won |
| 1986 | Commercials deal with Pepsi | Highest-Paid Commercial Spokesperson | Won |
| 1988 | Bad World Tour | Most Successful Concert Series | Won |
| Bad World Tour | Most Sold Out Shows At Wembley Stadium | Won | |
| Bad World Tour | Highest Grossing Tour by a male solo artist | Won | |
| Bad World Tour | Largest Attendance of Audience | Won | |
| 1993 | Sony Music Contract | Largest Entertainment Contract Ever ($890 million) | Won |
| 1993 | Our Children, Our Hope Of Tomorrow Award | Won | |
| 1993 | Lifetime Achievement Award | Won | |
| 1996 | Scream | The Most Expensive Short Film | Won |
| 2000 | Most Charities Supported By a Pop Star | Won | |
| 2002 | Ghosts | Longest Music Video | Won |
| The Making of Thriller | Best Selling Music Video | Won | |
| The Jackson family | Most Successful Pop Family | Won | |
| 2006 | Most Successful Entertainer of All Time | Won | |
| Youngest Vocalist to Top the US Singles Chart | Won | ||
| Highest Paid Entertainer of all Time | Won | ||
| First Entertainer to Earn More Than 100 million Dollars in a Year | Won | ||
| 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. The piece measures 106.7 x 179.1 x 82.6 cm (42 x 70.5 x 32.5 in). (Listed in Guinness Book of World Records 2006) | Won | ||
| 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) | Won | ||
| Most Weeks at the Top of the US Album Charts | Won | ||
| Thriller | Most Successful Music Video | 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 | |
| 2010 | Michael Album Poster, Middlesex, England | Worlds Largest Poster | Won |
| Highest-earning deceased artist | Won | ||
| Most Searched For – Male | Won | ||
| 2011 | Thriller Jacket | Most expensive jacket sold at auction | Won |
| Longest span of US top 40 singles | Won | ||
| 2012 | Michael Jackson's Glove | Most expensive glove sold at auction | Won |
Read more about this topic: List Of Awards Received By Michael Jackson
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