Ja’s 1982 album Thriller is the best-lling album of all time. His other records, including Off the Wall (1979), Bad (1987), Dangerous (1991), and HIStory (1995), also rank among the world’s best-lling. Ja is one of the few artists to have been inducted into the Rod Roll Hall of Fame twice. He was also inducted into the Dance Hall of Fame as the first (and currently only) dancer from the world of pop and ro’ roll. Some of his other achievements include multiple Guinness World Records; 13 Grammy Awards (as well as the Grammy Legend Award and the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award); 26 Ameri Music Awards (more than any other artist, including the “Artist of the tury”); 13 number-one singles in the Uates in his solo career (more than any other male artist i 100 era); and the estimated sale of over 750 million records worldwide. Ja won hundreds of awards, which have made him the most-awarded rec artists in the history of music. He was also a notable humanitarian and philanthropist, donating and raising hundreds of millions of dollars for beneficial caus and supp more than 39 charities.
Aspects of Ja’s personal life, including his ging appearance, personal relationships, and behavior, have geed troversy. In 1993, he was accud of child xual abu, but the ca was ttled out of court and no formal charges were brought. In 2005, he was tried and acquitted of further xual abu allegations and veral other charges after the jury ruled him not guilty on all ts. While preparing for his cert ries This is it, Ja died on June 25, 2009, after suffering from cardiac arrest. Before his death, Ja had mistakenly been administered drugs including propofol and lorazepam. The Los Angeles ty er declared his death a homicide, and his personal physi pleaded not guilty to charges of involuntary manslaughter. Ja’s death triggered a global outp of grief, and as many as one billion people around the world reportedly watched his public memorial rvi live television. In March 2010, Sony Musitertai signed a US$250 million deal with Ja’s estate to retain distributihts to his recs until 2017, and to relea ven posthumous albums over the decade following his death.
Ja’s 1982 album Thriller is the best-lling album of all time. His other records, including Off the Wall (1979), Bad (1987), Dangerous (1991), and HIStory (1995), also rank among the world’s best-lling. Ja is one of the few artists to have been inducted into the Rod Roll Hall of Fame twice. He was also inducted into the Dance Hall of Fame as the first (and currently only) dancer from the world of pop and ro’ roll. Some of his other achievements include multiple Guinness World Records; 13 Grammy Awards (as well as the Grammy Legend Award and the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award); 26 Ameri Music Awards (more than any other artist, including the “Artist of the tury”); 13 number-one singles in the Uates in his solo career (more than any other male artist i 100 era); and the estimated sale of over 750 million records worldwide. Ja won hundreds of awards, which have made him the most-awarded rec artists in the history of music. He was also a notable humanitarian and philanthropist, donating and raising hundreds of millions of dollars for beneficial caus and supp more than 39 charities.