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Will 'This Is It' win Michael Jackson another Grammy?
Michael Jackson won 13
Grammy Awards, including the top prizes of best album ("Thriller"), record ("
Beat It") and song ("We Are the World"). With today's release of the new single "
This Is It",
Michael Jackson could be in contention for more awards at the Grammys in 2011 (Aug. 31 was the eligibility cutoff for the 2010 awards). "This Is It" is only available at the late singer's
website until the
two-disc soundtrack for the documentary of the same name is released internationally on Oct. 26 and in North America the next day, in anticipation of the film's worldwide debut on Oct. 28.
Sony has announced that the "
This Is It" soundtrack will feature two versions of the new song as well as both released and unreleased versions of Michael Jackson's greatest hits. "This Is It" features backing vocals by the rest of the
Jackson brothers.
The
Jackson 5 earned two Grammy nominations in their career, and they lost both bids. In 1970, the boys were bested for their contemporary group vocal performance of "ABC" by the
Carpenters ("Close to You"). And in 1974 they lost the R&B race with "Dancing Machine" to
Rufus ("Tell Me Something Good").
After striking out on his own, Michael Jackson won his first
Grammy in 1980 for best R&B male vocal performance ("Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough"). That track from his chart-topping "
Off the Wall" album also contended for best disco recording.
"
Thriller" -- his second solo effort as an adult -- was released in November 1982 and spent a record 37 weeks at No. 1, producing an unparalleled seven top 10 singles. In March 1983, Jackson debuted his moonwalk dance to "Billie Jean" on the TV special "
Motown 25: Yesterday, Today and Forever." Michael Jackson earned an Emmy nod for best performance in a variety or music program. He lost to opera diva
Leontyne Price for her concert with the New York Philharmonic on "Live From Lincoln Center."
At the Grammys in February 1984, Jackson shared in seven of the eight awards won by the album (the exception was for best engineered recording). Michael Jackson shared the wins for
album of the year and producer of the year (non-classical) with "Thriller" collaborator
Quincy Jones, who also produced his Grammy-winning children's recording "
E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial."
For the three chart-topping singles off the album, Jackson won Grammy Awards for male vocal performance in an unprecedented three genres -- R&B ("Billie Jean"), rock ("Beat It") and pop ("Thriller"). He shared in the
record of the year win for "Beat It" with the production team. And as the songwriter, he picked up a Grammy for penning the best R&B tune ("Billie Jean"). However,
Sting's "Every Breath You Take" edged out two Jackson compositions -- "Beat It" and "Billie Jean" -- for song of the year.
Jackson's total of eight Grammy wins in one night broke the record set in 1965 by
Roger Miller, who'd won six awards, most for the country hit "King of the Road." And the eight Grammys awarded to "Thriller" was another record haul as well. Both of these achievements were tied by
Santana and the album "Supernatural" in 1999.
Michael Jackson won another Grammy the following year in the category of best video album for the film that documented the making of the landmark "
Thriller" video. That $500,000, 14-minute video, directed by
John Landis, told the story of a boy (Jackson) and girl enjoying a date until he turned into a singing, dancing zombie.
In 1986, Jackson and
Lionel Richie won the
song of the year Grammy for the charity single "We Are the World," which also took home record of the year. As Jackson was one of the pioneers of the music video, it seems appropriate that the last two Grammys he won were for that medium. In 1989, he and his team won the short-form video award for "Leave Me Alone" off his follow-up album, "Bad." And in 1995, he and his sister
Janet Jackson shared in the short-form winning "Scream," from his double album "HIStory."
