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 ...

Michael Jackson (seen at the 2002 MTV Video Music Awards) was the sole winner of the Vanguard Award in 1988, a year after the release of his seventh studio album Bad.

Featuring Jackson’s videos for “Billie Jean” and two weeks later for “Beat It” widened the video-clip channel’s appeal as much as airplay on MTV widened the appeal of Michael Jackson ...

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 ...

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 ...

Michael Jackson’s Thriller-era guitarist says Beat It was “too metal” before producer Quincy Jones stepped in.. Steve Lukather, who performed session work for Jackson, reflects on Jones ...

Michael Jackson‘s “Beat It” proved that the King of Pop could be the King of Rock when he wanted to be. While “Beat It” has an iconic music video , it isn’t Jackson’s best rock tune.

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 ...

Some believed the couple's infamous kiss at the 1994 MTV VMAs helped consummate the marriage on national television. But Lisa Marie Presley wasn't a fan.

“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 ...

See how Michael Jackson grew into an icon beloved by the world — and the eccentricities that later defined him ... "Beat It," in a campaign against teen ... Michael Jackson at the MTV VMAs .