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Mika has always been ambitious and never been one to wait for success to fall in her lap. Trained from a young age in musical theater and having toured many states across the USA with the Freddie Hendricks Youth Ensemble of Atlanta, Mika discovered her love for music – which set the pace for her very successful future today. She quickly formed a female singing/rap group trio and began writing and producing music in order to get her group a demo and a shot at a record deal. However, the group dissolved but that did not discourage Ms. Means. She has been penning hits and gaining writing experience alongside the likes of several of the industry’s current music stars, including Kelis and Lloyd. As a dancer, Mika has danced her way into into Jay-Z’s video for his single “Show Me What You Got” and onto the CW network show “Hip-Hop Hold ‘Em.” Mika continued writing and recording on her own until she met up with D.Woods of Danity Kane and Shanell aka SNL. Currently Mika, D. Woods, and Shanell are “The Girls Club.” Forming what they describe as a female replica of the Wu Tang Clan, they began writing together for their individual projects and for other art¬ists. Together they have penned hits for Lil Wayne, Mya, Usher, 3LW, One Chance, and Danity Kane along with super producers Bangladesh and Polow da Don.
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Most Successful Concert Series - Michael Jackson sold out for seven nights at Wembley Stadium, London, England in the summer of 1988. A total of 504,000 people saw Michael perform July 14-16, 22-23, and August 26-27, 1988.
Biggest Selling Album Of All Time - Michael Jackson's "Thriller" Album is the biggest selling album of all time, with over 50 million copies sold worldwide. Thriller is also the biggest selling U.S album with sales of 25 million copies.
80's Most 1 Hits
By The End of the 1980's MIchael Jackson had more 1 hits than any other artist for the decade.
Awards
Michael has more awards than any other artist.
Entertainer Of The Decade
With the 1 (Thriller)and 2 (Bad) ranked albums in the world Michael was the 1980's Entertainer Of The Decade.
Most Grammy Awards -Michael won a record breaking 8 Grammy Awards in 1984, more than any other artist in one year.
Largest Contracts -
$890 million (Sony Music) Contract, with prospective earnings of $1 billion.
Greatest Audience -
The highest-ever viewership was 133.4 million viewers watching the NBC transmission of Super Bowl XXVII on June 31, 1993. Michael was spotlighted during the half-time peformance.
Highest-Paid Commercial Spokesperson -
Pepsi Cola paid Michael Jackson $12 million to do 4 TV commercials.
Bad Tour - Michael Jackson's world tour brought in a record gross revenue of over $124 million during September 1987-December 1988.
100 Million Records
Michael has sold over 100 million singles and albums outside of the U.S.
Billboard Charts
Michael Jackson is the first person in the 37 year history of the chart to enter at 1, with his single "You Are Not Alone". Michael broke his previous redord held by his single "Earth Song" which debuted at 5.
Biggest Selling Video
Michael Jackson's "The Making Of Thriller" is the biggest selling video to be released by an artist.
Billboard "Hot 100" Singles Chart
Most 1 Hits by Male Artist (13)
1 Debuts
Michael's "Bad", "Dangerous", and "HIStory" albums all debuted at 1.
Consecutive 1 Singles
Jackson 5 were the first group to ever have four consecutive 1 singles.
1 On Charts
In 1983 Michael became the first artist to simultaneously hold the number one spots on Billboard's rock albums and rock singles charts, as well as the R&B albums and singles charts.
First Video
Michael Jackson was the first black artist to have a video aired on MTV.
Jackson has supported more charities than any other pop singer - 39 charitable organizations either with monetary donations through sponsorships of their projects or the participation in their activities.
David O. Selznick's 1940 Best Film Oscar for Gone with the Wind (USA, 1939) was bought by Jackson for $1,542,000 on June 12, 1999, at Sotheby's, New York City.
Jackson holds the record for most expensive music video ("Scream" in 1995 with sister Janet Jackson) reportedly cost over US$7 million.
On November 14, 1991, Michael Jackson’s music video, Black or White was broadcast simultaneously in 27 countries with an estimated audience of 500 million people. It is the largest audience ever to view a music video.
In March 1991, Jackson signed a new record-breaking US$890 million contract by Sony. It is still the largest recording contract of all time.
In 1986 Jackson signed a $15 million deal with Pepsi - it was the largest ever endorsement for product promotion.
Jackson has the record for the two best-selling VHS music videos ever released ("Moonwalker" [1988] in first place, and "The Making of Michael Jackson's Thriller" [1984] in second place).
Jackson jointly holds the record for most Grammy Awards won in a single year. He won eight awards at the 1984 ceremony. This was equaled by Carlos Santana at the 2001 ceremony.
Jackson jointly holds the record for most American Music Awards won in a single year, winning eight awards at the 1984 ceremony. This was equaled by Whitney Houston at the 1994 ceremony.
Jackson jointly holds the record for the most World Music Awards won in a single year, with five awards at the 1996 ceremony (tied with Whitney Houston from the 1994 ceremony).
Jackson holds the record for winning more Billboard awards than any other male artist, having 26.
Jackson holds the record for winning more Billboard awards than any other artist in one year, grabbing 13 in 1983.
Jackson has more music awards than any other artist in the history of music.
Honored as artist of the decade by former President, George H. W. Bush in 1989 and another seven awards from others.
Named "Artist Of The Century" at the American Music Awards ceremony in 2002.
Jackson's "Bad World Tour" (1987–1989) was the highest-grossing tour ever at the time, with over $125 million earned. This record was later broken by the "Dangerous World Tour" (1992-1993) and later broken again by the "HIStory World Tour" (1996-1997), which is still the biggest tour ever in terms of international attendance (4.4 million tickets outside of USA).
Michael Jackson is the only foreign artist to have sold more than 1,500,000 units in Turkey with all his albums (Off The Wall, Thriller, Bad, Dangerous, HIStory, Blood On The Dance Floor and Invincible). Bad is the best-selling foreign album in Turkey with the sales of 560,000 units. HIStory is the best-selling double album by a foreign artist in Turkey with more than 145,000 units sold.
Jackson's album "Thriller" (1982) is the best selling album of all time with more than 104 million copies.
The fastest ticket sales in history, with 700,000 tickets sold in about four hours for the cancelled "This Is It" concert series in 2009.
At one stage, Michael Jackson was one of the wealthiest entertainers in the world, with a fortune of more than $750 million. [6]
Jackson has been given 197 recognized awards.
Jackson also became the first artist to sell 1 million downloads in a week
Jackson is the person with the most Google hits. (965,000,000 hits), ("Jesus has 178,000,000 hits")
At the 17th July 2009 Jackson had 276,000,000 Google hits. At the 18th July 2009 he had 965,000,000 google hits.That is the record for the most Google hits in
Thriller spent a record 80 consecutive weeks, more than a year and a half, in the Top 10 of the Billboard 200. It was the first of only three albums to remain on the Top 10 for more than a year (along with Alanis Morissette's Jagged Little Pill and Celine Dion's Falling into You).
Thriller is the only album in the United States to have sold more copies than any other in two separate years, topping the sales charts in 1983 and 1984.
Four of Jackson's albums, Bad, Dangerous, HIStory, and Invincible, debuted at number one in the United States.
Jackson was the first artist to have four Top 10 singles from one album (Off the Wall).
Jackson was the first artist to have seven Top 10 singles from one album (Thriller), a feat matched only by his sister Janet and Bruce Springsteen.
Jackson was the first artist to simultaneously have the number one album and number one single on Billboard's Pop Charts and Black Charts.
Jackson was the first artist in the 1980s to have two simultaneous Top 5 hits ("Beat It" and "Billie Jean" on April 16, 1983).
Jackson is the only artist to have five number one hits from one LP, Bad ("Bad", "The Way You Make Me Feel", "Man in the Mirror", "I Just Can't Stop Loving You", and "Dirty Diana").
Jackson, Elvis Presley, and Mariah Carey are the only three artists with 2 sets of at least 5 consecutive number one hits (Jackson's first set was during the Jackson 5 Motown years).
Jackson had nine number one singles in the 1980s, more than any other artist during the decade.
Jackson was the first artist to ever have a song debut at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 ("You Are Not Alone").[1]
Jackson's album Bad remained in the top five of the Billboard 200 for 38 weeks, longer than any other album to date.
Jackson has had 13 number-one singles on Billboard's Hot 100 singles charts, trailing only The Beatles (20), Mariah Carey (18) and Elvis Presley (17). But, to be complete, we should also consider another number-one with "We are The World" credited to USA for Africa and 4 other number-one with The Jackson 5. In his entire Life, his name was 18 times at the Top of The Billboard.
Jackson had 37 top 40 hits on the Hot 100. 2 days
Interscope Cuts Staff
Roughly two dozen staffers were cut at Interscope Geffen A&M on Friday, according to sources. The layoffs hit the A&R, marketing and promotion departments and impacted mostly mid- and entry-level staffers, according to one source.
The layoffs come as Interscope plans for highly anticipated albums from 50 Cent, U2 and Eminem in the coming months
MySpace To Launch Widget for TV
By Mike Shields, Mediaweek
MySpace is looking to make watching the tube a lot more social.
The News Corp.-owned social networking giant has announced plans to launch MySpace Widget for TV, an application which essentially will serve as a mini version of the popular site that consumers access from the televisions. The MySpace Widget in being launched in conjunction with Toshiba, which is promoting a new line of TVs powered by Intel chips that are designed to connect to the Internet -- a practice that to date has had little appeal to most Americans.
However, Toshiba, Intel and others are pushing Web-connected TVs this week at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. As part of the MySpace Widget for TV announcement, Intel and Yahoo have unveiled plans for a Widget Channel that would feature a host of mini-Internet applications geared for couch potatoes.
As for MySpace's widget, the company said that much like the Web site, users would be able to message back and forth with friends, send and receive status updates to their various social circles, view profiles and photos. Executives at News Corp. predicted that the widget would be particularly appealing to viewers of live events - such as facilitating trash-talking among sports fans or helping fans campaign for the favorite contestants on American Idol.
"We're giving our users an entirely new way to easily enjoy, share and access MySpace content through the new MySpace experience for TV," says Jason Oberfest, MySpace's VP of business development and general manager of MySpaceID. "We believe in our open platform that delivers interactive, social applications and [that] empower[s] our users to access their MySpace network, while also enjoying TV, [and] we continue to provide new and unique ways keep them engaged and connected."
Lil Kim Not Happy With Biggie Biopic
Lil Kim was a big part of the Notorious B.I.G.'s life, but she's not happy about the way she's portrayed in the new biopic about the late rapper.
The Notorious B.I.G. was Lil Kim's mentor and was also romantically linked to the rapper. Their sometimes rocky relationship is depicted in the new movie "Notorious," but Lil Kim doesn't think it's very accurate.
In a statement, she said: "The film studio and producers involved were more concerned about painting me as a 'character' to create a more interesting story line instead of a person with talent, self-respect and who was able to achieve her own career success through hard work."
She added: "Even though my relationship with Big was at times very difficult and complicated (as with most relationships we have all experienced at one time or another), it was also genuine and built on great admiration and love for each other. Regardless of the many lies in the movie and false portrayal of me to help carry a story line through, I will still continue to carry his legacy through my hard work and music."
But Wallace's mother, Voletta Wallace, dismissed Lil Kim's criticisms of the movie.
"This is not a Lil Kim movie," she said. "This is a Christopher Wallace movie. It has nothing to do with Lil Kim. If she's disappointed and upset, that is her problem."
At the film's New York premiere last week, "Notorious" screenwriter Cheo Hodari Coker said he understands why Lil Kim might not like the film, but added: "I think that Naturi [Naughton] did a great job playing Kim. I think people are going to be a lot more sympathetic towards [Lil Kim] after seeing the movie."
Wayne Barrow, Biggie's former manager and a producer on the movie, expressed less patience with Kim's attitude.
"Our job as producers... was to deliver for three individuals," he said. "That's his mom and his two children. Everybody else: Stand in line, buy a ticket and enjoy the show."
"Notorious" chronicles the life and untimely death of the Notorious B.I.G., who was shot to death in 1997 and remains one of rap's most important figures. It opens in theaters this Friday.
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