Michael Jackson in "Thriller."How big an impact did Michael Jackson have on MTV? ... of Michael as a dancing zombie in "Thriller," Michael as a tough gang kid in "Beat It," Michael evading the ...

quicklist: 1title: Most Iconic VMA Performancetext: For MTV voters, it was all about the King of Pop. Voters singled out Michael Jackson as their "Most Iconic" for the medley of songs he sang in 1995.

But Jackson bulldozed the channel’s implied racism with the video for “Beat It.” “I wanted quality. I wanted excellence. I wanted the best,” Jackson says in crafting the intricately ...

Nicki Minaj said she wished “Michael Jackson was” present at the 2022 MTV VMAs ceremony. During her acceptance speech for the Video Vanguard award, the 39-year-old rapper said that she wishes ...

During Michael Jackson's 30th anniversary celebrations, comedian Chris Tucker's dance moves floored the King Of Pop in a ...

Twenty-eight years later, with Jackson’s reputation in question, MTV erased the King of Pop from its awards ceremony. PageSix first reported the network was mulling over severing ties.

When Michael Jackson first called Toto’s Steve Lukather to ask him to play on “Thriller,” the Grammy-winning session musician told the King of Pop to beat it. “He called me at home at ...

“No single record changed the business and my life as powerfully as Michael Jackson’s ‘Thriller,’” said the president of CBS Records, Walter Yetnikoff, in “Thriller 40.” Calling out racism, he ...

Nicki Minaj, who boasts 17 MTV Video Music Award nominations and five wins (and counting), will receive the annual event’s coveted Michael Jackson Video Vanguard award this year and will perform ...

Nicki Minaj just added a new award to her stacked collection. The rapper gave a shout out to her baby boy while accepting the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award at the 2022 MTV Video Music Awards.