In what would have been Jackson's 52nd birthday on August 29, 2010, he became the most downloaded artist of all time in Nokia Music Store. Jackson has won hundreds of awards, making him the most-awarded recording artist in the history of popular music. 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 American Music Awards, more than any other artist, including the "Artist of the Century" and "Artist of the 1980s" 13 number-one singles in the United States in his solo career, more than any other male artist in the Hot 100 era and the estimated sale of over 400 million records worldwide. He was also inducted into the Songwriter's Hall of Fame and the Dance Hall of Fame as the first and only dancer from pop and rock music. Jackson is one of the few artists to have been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame twice. His other albums, including Off the Wall (1979), Bad (1987), Dangerous (1991), and HIStory (1995), also rank among the world's best-selling. Jackson's 1982 album Thriller is the best-selling album of all time. His distinctive sound and style has influenced numerous hip hop, post-disco, contemporary R&B, pop, and rock artists. Through stage and video performances, Jackson popularized a number of complicated dance techniques, such as the robot and the moonwalk, to which he gave the name. With videos such as "Black or White" and "Scream", he continued to innovate the medium throughout the 1990s, as well as forging a reputation as a touring solo artist. The popularity of these videos helped to bring the then-relatively-new television channel MTV to fame. The music videos for his songs, including those of "Beat It", "Billie Jean", and "Thriller", were credited with breaking down racial barriers and with transforming the medium into an art form and promotional tool. In the early 1980s, Jackson became a dominant figure in popular music.
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The eighth child of the Jackson family, he debuted on the professional music scene along with his elder brothers Jackie, Tito, Jermaine, and Marlon as a member of The Jackson 5 in 1964, and began his solo career in 1971. Michael Joseph Jackson his contributions to music, dance, and fashion, along with his publicized personal life, made him a global figure in popular culture for over four decades.