Michael Jackson fandom

During the 1970s when Michael was a member of the Jackson 5, he and his brothers would embark on worldwide tours, performing in front of millions of fans while recording hits at a rapid pace during Jacksonmania. Adulation from fans young and old, male and female, black and white, would become par for the course.{{Cite magazine|url=https://time.com/3924736/michael-jackson-alix-dejean-nathan-bajar-photos/|title=See Unpublished Photos of Michael Jackson From the 70s|last=Taylor|first=Marisa Schwartz|magazine=Time|language=en-us|access-date=2019-07-11}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.beat.com.au/|title=Beat Magazine|website=Beat Magazine|language=en-AU|access-date=2019-07-11}} Jacksonmania would reach a fever pitch around 1984, which saw three generations gather in front of a TV set in many households to watch the Thriller music video.[https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1984/05/11/jackson-mania/50b26a39-3886-4141-bae8-b54e61726b6d/ JACKSON MANIA – The Washington Post] In 1987, Jackson released the album Bad which ended up selling 18 million copies in the first year{{Cite news |last=Harrington |first=Richard |date=1988-10-09 |title=PRINCE MICHAEL JACKSON TWO PATHS TO THE TOP OF POP |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/style/1988/10/09/prince-michael-jackson-two-paths-to-the-top-of-pop/4ff69a1b-e67c-4f54-8d98-58be1453867f/ |access-date=2024-01-31 |newspaper=Washington Post |language=en-US |issn=0190-8286}} That same year, the Bad World Tour began and ended up setting the record at the time for highest grossing concert,{{Cite web |title=Michael Jackson Set Guinness World Records With Bad Tour |url=https://www.michaeljackson.com/en-ca/news/michael-jackson-set-guinness-world-records-with-bad-tour/ |access-date=2024-01-31 |website=Michael Jackson Official Site |language=en-ca}} and Jackson ended the decade with over 110 million records sold.{{Cite web |title=Lot Detail - Michael Jackson signed Platinum Record Award – 1980's Artist of the Decade (JSA) |url=https://goldinauctions.com/lot-19004.aspx |access-date=2024-01-31 |website=goldinauctions.com}}

In 1991, the Black or White music video debuted to over 500 million fans worldwide on Fox,{{Cite news |last=Vogel |first=Joseph |date=2018-03-17 |title=Black and White: how Dangerous kicked off Michael Jackson's race paradox |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/mar/17/black-and-white-how-dangerous-kicked-off-michael-jacksons-race-paradox |access-date=2024-01-31 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}} following that every music video from the album Dangerous received a worldwide TV premiere. In 1992, The Jacksons: An American Dream premiered on ABC averaging 36-38 million viewers across 2 episodes.{{Citation |last=Arthur |first=Karen |title=The Jacksons: An American Dream- The Complete Miniseries |date=2001-12-11 |url=https://www.amazon.com/Jacksons-American-Dream-Complete-Miniseries/dp/B00005TQ44 |access-date=2024-01-31 |publisher=Motown}} In 1993, Jackson performed at halftime during Super Bowl XXVII, and the broadcast was seen by a record 133 million viewers in the United States{{Cite web |last=Abramovitch |first=Seth |date=2021-02-06 |title=Super Bowl Flashback: Michael Jackson Turned the Halftime Show Into an Extravaganza in 1993 |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/music-news/super-bowl-flashback-michael-jackson-turned-the-halftime-show-into-an-extravaganza-in-1993-4125874/ |access-date=2024-01-31 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}} and an estimated 1.3 billion viewers worldwide.{{Cite web |title=Media overstates global appeal of the Super Bowl |url=https://us.humankinetics.com/blogs/excerpt/media-overstates-global-appeal-of-the-super-bowl |access-date=2024-01-31 |website=Human Kinetics |language=en}} That same year, Jackson had numerous broadcasts in which including an televised interview with Oprah Winfrey which was watched by 90 million viewers.{{Cite web |title=Oprah's Michael Jackson interview |url=https://ew.com/article/1993/02/26/oprahs-michael-jackson-interview/ |access-date=2024-01-31 |website=EW.com |language=en}} Jacksonmania experienced a resurrection days after his death on June 25, 2009. Within the weeks that followed his death, as he would go on to sell 35 million records worldwide and by June 2010, he had sold over 70 million records.{{Cite web |last=Hudson |first=John |date=2010-06-25 |title=Michael Jackson's Billion-Dollar Comeback |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2010/06/michael-jackson-s-billion-dollar-comeback/345068/ |access-date=2024-04-08 |website=The Atlantic |language=en}} In the United States alone, he sold 48 million records in the 10 years since his death with over 117 million worldwide.{{Cite magazine |last= |first= |date=2013-11-08 |title=Michael Jackson's US album sales are 30% of global album sales, Single sales are 48% of Global single sales. By Billboard's formula that means worldwide sales were 117 million from 2009-2019 |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/the-kings-coffers-behind-the-earnings-of-michael-jacksons-estate-5785629/ |access-date=2024-01-31 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}}{{Cite magazine |last=Anderson |first=Trevor |date=2019-06-25 |title=Michael Jackson's Posthumous Career: 10 Numbers That Tell The Tale |url=https://www.billboard.com/pro/michael-jackson-10th-anniversary-death-by-the-numbers/ |access-date=2024-01-31 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.today.com/popculture/jackson-sells-35-million-albums-death-wbna37957972|title=Jackson sells 35 million albums since death|website=TODAY.com|date=27 June 2010 }}{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8517573/michael-jackson-10th-anniversary-death-by-the-numbers|title=Michael Jackson's Posthumous Career: 10 Numbers That Tell The Tale|magazine=Billboard}}

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Despite the negative attitude of the media, the public still supported Jackson. A phone-in poll conducted by A Current Affair—known for its unfavorable coverage of the allegations—found that more than 80 percent of callers did not believe the Chandlers.Campbell, pp. 63–64 A poll of teenagers—Jackson's central fan base at the time—also reported that 75 percent did not believe the allegations; this rose to nearly 90 percent amongst African-American teenagers. Two-thirds of children between the ages of 13 and 15—the approximate age of Jordan Chandler at the time—believed he was innocent. A poll conducted by Entertainment Weekly showed that only 12 percent of adults believed the allegations, and only eight percent of respondents indicated that they were less likely to buy a product endorsed by the entertainer. The same poll also concluded that public opinion of Jackson had risen since the allegations, with Jackson's past records selling at a faster rate.Campbell, pp. 71-73

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Fans continued to support Jackson in the 2005 trial. Fans unfavorably felt about the media coverage of the case accusing it of being biased, demonizing Jackson and jeopardizing his chances for a fair trial. They came in throngs from all over the world to gather outside the Santa Barbara County Courthouse in Santa Maria during jury selection holding signs of support. Some continued to show their support when Jackson was hospitalized with flu, gathering outside the Marian Medical Center where he was staying. Jackson's fans continued to show their support throughout his trial.{{Cite web|title=Why Are Michael Jackson's Fans So Devoted?|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/LegalCenter/story?id=464753&page=1|access-date=2020-10-11|website=ABC News|language=en}}

Jackson's influence spans the globe, with active fan communities in numerous countries and territories. This section highlights nations where his legacy remains prominent, through physical visits, tribute events, posthumous honors, mourning, or ongoing fan-driven recognition.

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• Algeria{{Cite web |last=LAWLESS |first=JILL |date=July 7, 2009 |title=Jackson's fans around the world mourn |url=https://www.goupstate.com/story/news/2009/07/07/jacksons-fans-around-the-world-mourn/29783569007/ |access-date=2025-02-02 |website=Spartanburg Herald Journal |language=en-US}}
• Angola{{Cite web |title=Charity show in honor of Beto Jackson |url=https://www.verangola.net/va/en/102024/Events/41789/Charity-show-in-honor-of-Beto-Jackson-Music-Solidarity.htm |access-date=2025-02-02 |website=VerAngola |language=en |quote=A charity concert will be held on October 13th in honor of Beto Jackson, the Michael Jackson of Kilamba Kiaxi.}}
• Benin{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=D_FeAAAAIBAJ&dq=michael+jackson+Benin+africa&pg=PA78&article_id=1392,2199491 |title=Peace Corps Volunteer Reflects On Tour In Africa |date=July 15, 1986 |publisher=St. Joseph Gazette |language=en |quote=Michael Jackson is very big there in Benin," Phil said. Children wear second-hand Michael Jackson shirts}}
• Botswana{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2009-06-28 |title=Botswana artists comment on Michael Jackson's passing away |url=https://www.sundaystandard.info/botswana-artists-comment-on-michael-jacksonocos-passing-away/ |access-date=2025-02-02 |website=Sunday Standard |language=en-GB}}
• Burundi{{Cite magazine |title=Part 3: October 21, 1993 |magazine=Atlanta Magazine |date=October 2007 |quote=They got the news in Burundi, the news in French, and old music videos from the United States—Janet Jackson, Michael Jackson. ... Cynthia especially loved the basketball games. Her father, Paul, called her “Jordan,” as in Michael. |url= |access-date=2025-05-26 |language=en}}
• Burkina Faso{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=h7dIAAAAIBAJ&dq=michael+jackson+burkina+faso&pg=PA8&article_id=2197,1315961 |title=Jackson Reaps Global Support As Fans Rally Around The Star. |date=November 27, 2003 |publisher=The Vindicator |language=en |quote="Brice Gansore, a law student from impoverished Burkina Faso who calls himself 'Michael' in homage to Jackson, said the singer 'made me understand that in life there's always someone, somewhere thinking of you.' 'In even the remotest villages of Africa, where there are no televisions or radios, little Africans know Michael Jackson,' the 21-year-old said}}
• Cameroon{{Cite web |date=2009-06-26 |title=Michael Jackson, Black or White? |url=https://observers.france24.com/en/20090626-michael-jackson-death-black-singer-or-white-africa |access-date=2025-02-02 |website=The Observers - France 24 |language=en |quote=Michael Jackson was a model for people in Cameroon. I remember in the 1990's, a lot of young people dressed like him. Jackson look-alikes went on television all the time.}}
• Cape Verde{{Cite web |last=Gottlieb |first=Alma |date= |title=On Colors and Flags in the Hinterland of Cape Verde's Santiago Island |quote=Wilson Trajano Filh offers an arresting analysis of ritual parades of Cabo Verdean "tabanca" flags to the houses of their patron saints; Filho argues that the pageantry of these processions—which includes national flags and sports team flags of other countries, as well as syncretic banners mixing icons of global mass culture such as Michael Jackson and Bob Marley |url=https://www.academia.edu/21749067/Introduction_to_Lusophoning_Mande_Studies_Perspectives_from_the_Cape_Verde_Islands_and_Their_550_Year_Diaspora_ |access-date=2025-05-26 |website=Academia.edu |language=en}}
• Chad.{{Cite web |date=2009-06-26 |title=Africa's Tribute to Michael Jackson |url=https://musique.rfi.fr/musique/20090626-vos-reactions-mort-michael-jackson |access-date=2025-03-03 |website=RFI |language=fr |quote=I'm really moved by the death of the king of pop, the only one of his generation, immense talent. Today, I'm crying and as I usually call him Mr. Jackson you'll always be in the hearts of the Chadians and me first. I hope your children will be happy after you because you loved them more than anything in the world and it's important a father's love. To the media that ruined you, God will judge them one day. You just tried to behave like a child, but every time we transform that differently. The king, the baobab, the master, "all fight at a term, rests in peace" We will never forget you. I'm proud of you and Africa. In Chad and everywhere in Africa we say "A king does not die, you have left us an immense legacy: Your songs. You're told 1,000 times, thank you. (Abderamane Tidjani - N'Djamena / Chad)}}
• Central Africa Republic{{Cite web |date=January 12, 2015 |title=Central African Republic refugees celebrate the new year |url=https://www.unrefugees.org/news/central-african-republic-refugees-make-a-wish-for-2015/ |access-date=2025-02-02 |website=UNHCR |language=en |quote=Refugees put on an exciting show, starting with a Michael Jackson lookalike warming up the crowds of revelers at the Camp's community center by performing the late superstar's hits and moonwalk before other exuberant exiles from the Central African Republic.}}
• Congo{{Cite web |date=2009-12-12 |title=De grote Michael show in Congo - Metropolis |url=https://www.vpro.nl/speel~POMS_VPRO_599992~de-grote-michael-show-in-congo-metropolis~.html |access-date=2025-02-02 |website=VPRO |language=nl |trans-quote=In Goma, in eastern Congo, they hold a big game where many local Michael Jackson impersonators perform. Raki is one of the men who wants to be the best Michael impersonator in his city.}}
• Democratic Republic of the Congo{{Cite web |date=1998-05-19 |title=MICHAEL JACKSON, KABILA DISCUSS A CONCERT IN CONGO |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1998/05/19/michael-jackson-kabila-discuss-a-concert-in-congo/ |access-date=2025-02-02 |website=Chicago Tribune |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=June 28, 2009 |title=Fans in Kinshasa Reflect on Michael Jackson |url=https://congoplanet.com/article.jsp?id=45261448 |access-date=2025-02-02 |website=Voice of America |language=fr}}
• Djibouti{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Im4xAAAAIBAJ&dq=Djibouti+michael+jackson&pg=PA3&article_id=4120,3597501 |title=Djibouti Location Vital |date=November 29, 1984 |publisher=Toledo Blade |language=en |quote=Another thing that's impossible not to notice is the crush of roving hawkers that hound every table selling everything. Djibouti is a port city, after all, and the availability of goods has produced an aggressive merchant class that roams the streets at all hours of the day. Within a period of an hour a visitor has an opportunity to buy the following: a pair of gazelle antlers, a Mickey Mouse flashlight, leather sandals, peanuts, cigarettes, a giant tortoise shell, a Djibouti sword, a Djibouti dagger, tacky paintings, cassette tapes and Michael Jackson t-shirts}}
• Egypt{{Cite web |title=A week in Egypt with Michael Jackson, the pyramids and unrelenting beauty |url=https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/20060602/webhaley08/a-week-in-egypt-with-michael-jackson-the-pyramids-and-unrelenting-beauty |access-date=2025-02-02 |website=archive.seattletimes.com}}{{Cite web |date=2022-01-28 |title=Egypt's film inspired by Michael Jackson attracts international distribution - Film - Arts & Culture - Ahram Online |url=https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/5/32/269276/Arts--Culture/Film/Egypt%E2%80%99s-film-inspired-by-Michael-Jackson-attracts-.aspx |access-date=2025-02-02 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20220128202851/https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/5/32/269276/Arts--Culture/Film/Egypt%E2%80%99s-film-inspired-by-Michael-Jackson-attracts-.aspx |archive-date=28 January 2022 }}
• Ethiopia{{Cite news |last=Ababa |first=Addis |date=May 7, 1987 |title='MICHAELITES' PLAGUE ETHIOPIA |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1987/05/08/michaelites-plague-ethiopia/0bb2e101-b6b6-4332-96ed-72895592d06a/ |access-date=February 1, 2025 |newspaper=The Washington Post}}{{Cite web |last=Gazemba |first=Stanley |date=2022 |title=Meet Ethiopia's MJ: Inspired by the King of Pop |url=https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/entertainment/news/article/2001420847/meet-ethiopias-mj-inspired-by-the-king-of-pop |access-date=2025-02-02 |website=The Sunday Standard |language=en}}
• Eritrea{{Cite web |last=Yohannes |first=Milkias Mihretab |date=2009-07-11 |title=Michael Jackson Gone too soon... Memories of a great artist and time. |url=https://asmarino.com/articles/238-gone-too-soon-memories-of-a-great-artist-and-time |access-date=2025-02-05 |website=[AIM] Asmarino Independent Media |language=en-gb}}
• Equatorial Guinea{{Cite web |last=Jones |first=Damian |date=2021-09-23 |title=Michael Jackson memorabilia helps to pay for COVID care in Equatorial Guinea |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/michael-jackson-memorabilia-allegedly-purchased-with-dirty-money-will-pay-for-covid-care-in-equatorial-guinea-3053251 |access-date=2025-02-02 |website=NME |language=en-GB |quote=Money from Michael Jackson memorabilia seized from the Vice President of Equatorial Guinea is set to help pay for COVID-19 vaccines in the African country.}}{{Cite news |date=2022-01-30 |title=Afcon 2021: Equatorial Guinea keeper Jesus Owono offered Michael Jackson glove by the country's vice-president |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/africa/60188918 |access-date=2025-02-02 |work=BBC Sport |language=en-GB}}
• Gabon
• Gambia{{Cite web |date=2010-06-04 |title=The Gambia gears up for musical concert in tribute to Michael Jackson - Daily Trust |url=https://dailytrust.com/the-gambia-gears-up-for-musical-concert-in-tribute-to-michael-jackson/ |access-date=2025-02-02 |website=Daily Trust |language=en-US}}
• Ghana{{Cite news |last=Irish |first=John |date=September 21, 2016 |title=Ghana leader tells U.N. to dance to tune of Michael Jackson |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-un-assembly-ghana-idUSKCN11R2X6 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191003233058/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-un-assembly-ghana-idUSKCN11R2X6 |archive-date=October 3, 2019 |access-date=October 3, 2019 |work=Reuters}}{{Cite web |last=Gyapong |first=Nana Ama |date=2024-03-16 |title=Michael Jackson was somebody I looked up to - Shatta Wale |url=https://www.gbcghanaonline.com/entertainment/michael-jackson-shatta-wale/2024/ |access-date=2025-02-02 |website=Ghana Broadcasting Corporation |language=en-US}}
• Guinea{{Cite web |last=Dave |first=Nomi |date=2019 |title=The Revolution's Echoes |url=https://www.google.ca/books/edition/The_Revolution_s_Echoes/VcmrDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22Conakry%22+Michael+Jackson&pg=PA159&printsec=frontcover |access-date=2025-04-02 |website=Google Books |language=en}}. The theater director Fifi Tamsir Niane also featured a scene in her new play, N’ko farafina, J’ai dit l’humain, in which actors dressed in full-body protective clothing and danced zombielike to Michael Jackson’s 'Thriller.' At the performance I attended, the audience roared its approval of this scene.
• Guinea-Bissau.{{Cite web |date=1995-03-01 |title=Balanta Dance Competition in Guinea-Bissau |author=Karen Boren |url=https://www.deseret.com/1995/3/1/20689945/balanta-dance-competition-in-guinea-bissau |access-date=2025-03-03 |website=The Deseret News |quote=The dancers donned vibrant costumes: women in black and white skirts with brightly colored pompoms, and men in bright yellow pants with blue flags. The performance featured acrobatics and impressive "moonwalking" that rivaled Michael Jackson's moves.}}
• Ivory Coast{{Cite web |date=2024-07-03 |title=Michael Jackson, 'the country's child' celebrated in a Côte d'Ivoire village |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/en/le-monde-africa/article/2024/07/03/michael-jackson-the-country-s-child-celebrated-in-a-cote-d-ivoire-village_6676501_124.html |access-date=2025-02-02 |website=Le Monde |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240703162313/https://www.lemonde.fr/en/le-monde-africa/article/2024/07/03/michael-jackson-the-country-s-child-celebrated-in-a-cote-d-ivoire-village_6676501_124.html |archive-date=3 July 2024 |quote=Symbolic funerals and sacred tomb: Erecting a memorial in Krindjabo featuring a six-meter-high statue of the singer.}}{{Cite periodical |last=Johnson |first=Robert E. |date=May 1992 |title=Michael Jackson: Crowned in Africa, pop music king tells real story of controversial trip |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tMwDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA34 |magazine=Ebony |publisher=Johnson Publishing Company |pages=34–36, 40, 42–43 |language=en |volume=47 |number=7}}
• Kenya{{Cite web |date=June 27, 2009 |title=Kenyans join the world in mourning Michael Jackson |url=https://reuters.screenocean.com/record/360408 |access-date=2025-02-02 |website=Reuters |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2009-06-26 |title=Africa Mourns The King Of Pop |url=https://www.npr.org/transcripts/105959193 |access-date=2025-02-02 |website=NPR |language=en}}
• Lesotho{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2011-09-21 |title=Lesotho's own MJ keeps Jackson's spirit alive |url=https://lestimes.com/lesothos-own-mj-keeps-jackos-spirit-alive/ |access-date=2025-02-02 |website=Lesotho Times |language=en-US}}
• Liberia{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=July 2, 2009 |title=Memory of Michael Jackson uplifts Liberia |url=https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/jul/2/king-of-pop-uplifts-liberia/ |access-date=2025-02-02 |website=The Washington Times |language=en-US |quote=Michael Jackson, who died June 25 at age 50, brought hope to this West African nation destroyed by 14 years of civil war. Today, Liberia is at peace, but Mr. Jackson’s songs, such as “We Are the World,” “Heal the World” and the lesser-known but beloved “Liberian Girl,” continue to uplift this traumatized nation.}}
• Libya{{Cite news |last=Parmelee |first=Jennifer |date=September 11, 1988 |title=IN LIBYA, MARKETPLACE IS MAKING A COMEBACK |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1988/09/11/in-libya-marketplace-is-making-a-comeback/ |access-date=February 5, 2025 |newspaper=Washington Post |quote="Nearby, men in the traditional Libyan clothing of embroidered vests over loose tunics and pants crowded around a sidewalk chef selling fried egg sandwiches. Young entrepreneurs stacked (and sold) bootleg cassettes by Michael Jackson and Madonna"}}
• Madagascar{{Cite web |date=2017-11-13 |title=A Madagascar, la réincarnation de Michael Jackson provoque une vague de nostalgie- Tiasy "Pourquoi tu ne suis pas les rangs comme tout le monde?" |trans-title=In Madagascar, Michael Jackson's reincarnation causes a wave of nostalgia |url=https://tiasyraconte.mondoblog.org/2017/11/13/a-madagascar-reincarnation-michael-jackson-nostalgie/ |access-date=2025-02-02 |website=Tiasy |language=fr-FR |quote=Michael Jackson s’est réincarné à Madagascar, plus précisément à Analakely, Antananarivo, samedi dernier. Le jeune Mandresy, membre du groupe The Jackson Boys Mada, a provoqué une vague de nostalgie en interprétant un live presque identique à ceux vus dans Dangerous World Tour et Bad World Tour. |trans-quote=Michael Jackson reincarnated in Madagascar, specifically in Analakely, Antananarivo, last Saturday. The young Mandresy, a member of The Jackson Boys Mada, caused a wave of nostalgia by performing a live performance almost identical to those seen on Dangerous World Tour and Bad World Tour.}}
• Malawi{{Cite web |date=2025 |title=Michael Jackson Legacy Charity Organization in partnership with Starfish Malawi |url=https://starfishmalawi.com/michael-jackson-legacy |access-date=2025-02-02 |website=Starfish Malawi |language=en-US |quote=Michael Jackson Legacy stepped up and funded enough desks for two classrooms at Ngolowindo Primary school.}}{{Cite web |date=2009-11-02 |title=Fans in Southern Africa Mourn Michael Jackson |url=https://www.voanews.com/a/a-13-2009-07-01-voa52-68789932/411327.html |access-date=2025-02-04 |website=Voice of America |language=en}}
• Mali{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jFJeAAAAIBAJ&dq=michael+jackson+Mali+africa&pg=PA17&article_id=6690,82581 |title=Don't Worry Common Attitude In Africa |date=June 1, 1986 |publisher=The Press-Courier |language=en |quote="Mali, for example, has no shortage of hungry villages. But it also has Le Village, one of Bamako's raucous nightspots where Michael Jackson music blares so loud it virtually blisters the Day-Glo paint."}}
• Mauritius{{Cite book |last1=Banham |first1=Martin |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F5h8O8TafTUC&dq=Mauritius+michael+jackson&pg=PA116 |title=African Theatre: Playwrights & Politics |last2=Gibbs |first2=James Morel |last3=Gibbs |first3=James |last4=Osofisan |first4=Femi |date=2001 |publisher=Indiana University Press |isbn=978-0-253-21458-4 |language=en}}
• Mauritania.{{Cite book |last=Downes |first=Azzedine T. |title=The Couscous Chronicles |date=2023 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=978-1-4930-7470-9 |pages=103 |url=https://www.google.ca/books/edition/The_Couscous_Chronicles/0fzxEAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22Nouakchott%22Michael+Jackson%22&pg=PA103&printsec=frontcover |access-date=2025-03-20 |quote=The boys were not the first act. Mauritanian dance groups warmed up the crowd. As the first group of dancers, young women in flowing Mauritanian caftans, took the stage, I looked forward to seeing the traditional dancing and music. Instead, Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” blasted from the speakers, and the crowd began their own personal version of break dancing.}}
• Morocco{{Cite book |last1=Halstead |first1=Craig |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yb_ghov9uEMC&dq=Michael+jackson+morocco+concert+cancelled&pg=PA154 |title=Michael Jackson the Solo Years |last2=Cadman |first2=Chris |date=2003 |publisher=Authors On Line Ltd |isbn=978-0-7552-0091-7 |language=en |quote=Two of Michael Jackson's concerts planned for Casablanca had to be cancelled, after Morocco's authorities refused to give the go ahead. The reasoning being officials being uneasy about over 100,000 people being gathered in the same place at the same time}}
• Mozambique{{Cite web |last=Serve |date=2019-08-04 |title=Experiencing Beira, Mozambique |url=https://serve.ie/experiencing-beira-mozambique/ |access-date=2024-07-25 |website=SERVE |language=en-GB |quote=While staying at Young Africa I've met some of the most genuine, welcoming and all around amazing people. From the moment we started work here we've been welcomed with a smile and friendly "Hola", we've been invited into English classes and been taught Portuguese, we've shared stories and jokes with the students through their broken English and our broken Portuguese and I've even been taught to dance to Michael Jackson's "Thriller".}}
• Namibia{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2016-07-01 |title=Remembering Michael Jackson's Visit to Windhoek |url=https://www.namibian.com.na/remembering-michael-jacksons-visit-to-windhoek/ |access-date=2025-02-02 |website=The Namibian |language=en-GB}}{{Cite web |date=Jun 17, 2016 |title=Tribute exhibition and auction of MJ's exclusive portraits |url=https://economist.com.na/17708/after-hours/tribute-exhibition-and-auction-of-mjs-exclusive-portraits/ |access-date=2025-02-02 |website=Namibia Economist}}
• Niger{{Cite journal |last=Day |first=Frank |date=2010-01-01 |title=Soares, Benjamin F. and René Otayek (eds.), 2007, Islam and Muslim Politics in Africa, New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 280 pp., ISBN 978-1-4039-7964-3, $28.00/£18.99 (pb), $85.00/£50.00 (hb). |url=https://brill.com/view/journals/coso/9/3/article-p422_8.xml |journal=Comparative Sociology |language=en |volume=9 |issue=3 |pages=422–424 |doi=10.1163/156913310X495076 |issn=1569-1322 |quote=Islam, Youth, and the State in Niger.” Masquelier concludes from her study of the youth in the small town of Dogondoutchi that despite their devotion to cultural phenomena like Michael Jackson’s “moondance” (Moonwalk) and Hip Hop they aren't any less Muslim for preferring dancing to listening to Sermons|url-access=subscription }}
• Nigeria{{Cite web |date=July 2, 2023 |title=Why Nigerians loved, and still love, Michael Jackson so much |url=https://www.pulse.ng/articles/entertainment/celebrities/why-nigerians-loved-and-still-love-michael-jackson-so-much-2024072613402140206 |access-date=2025-02-02 |website=Pulse Nigeria |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=July 4, 2009 |title=One Month long Michael Jackson tribute in Nigeria |url=https://reuters.screenocean.com/record/234073 |access-date=2025-02-02 |website=Reuters |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Quist-Arcton |first=Ofeibea |date=2009-06-26 |title=Africa Mourns The King Of Pop |url=https://www.npr.org/2009/06/26/105959193/africa-mourns-the-king-of-pop |website=NPR}}
• Rwanda{{Cite web |date=October 25, 2013 |title='Thrill The World' Comes To Rwanda |url=https://www.mjworld.net/news/2013/10/25/thrill-the-world-comes-to-rwanda/ |access-date=2025-02-02 |website=Michael Jackson World Network |language=en-US}}
• São Tomé and Príncipe{{Cite web |title=Michael Jackson continua vivo em São Tomé e Príncipe |url=https://www.uol.com.br/carnaval/videos/?id=michael-jackson-continua-vivo-em-sao-tome-e-principe-0402CC1C3764C8892326 |access-date=2024-07-25 |website=www.uol.com.br |language=pt-br |quote=The 'King of Pop' is still alive in a remote and unknown location on the planet: on the small African islands of São Tomé and Príncipe. Damião Mendes Marques is known only as 'Michael' and became a local celebrity. Always dressed as his idol, he attracts crowds with his performance and dreams one day of being able to meet the Jackson family.}}
• Senegal{{Cite web |title=Michael Jackson's Reflection On His Arrival To Senegal |url=https://www.michaeljackson.com/en-ca/news/michael-jacksons-reflection-arrival-senegal/ |access-date=2025-02-02 |website=Michael Jackson Official Site Michael Jackson Estate |language=en-ca |quote=Today in 1974, the Jackson 5 performed in Senegal. Michael later remembered: “When we came off the plane in Dakar, Senegal, Africa, we were greeted by a long line of African dancers. Their drums and sounds filled the air with rhythm. I was going crazy, I was screaming, ‘All right! They got the rhythm… This is it. This is where I come from. The origin.’”}}{{Cite news |last=Quist-Arcton |first=Ofeibea |date=June 27, 2009 |title=Africans Mourn Michael Jackson's Death |url=https://www.npr.org/2009/06/27/106012787/africans-mourn-michael-jacksons-death |access-date=2025-02-02 |work=NPR |language=en}}
• Seychelles{{Cite web |title=Ti Barth wows Seychellois crowd with his skills -Archive -Seychelles Nation |url=https://www.nation.sc/archive/223969/ti-barth-wows-seychellois-crowd-with-his-skills |access-date=2025-02-04 |website=www.nation.sc |quote=Accompanied by brother ‘Toulou’ and father Philippe, Ti Barth have started by interpreting songs on guitar, such as Bob Marley’s No Woman No Cry, Michael Jackson’s Heal the World, and the Gipsy Kings’ Bamboleo. It was his first show outside Reunion, and the little star was to determined shine. He also sang some of his own songs, which included his own mothers. Among Ti Barth’s Skills is Dancing, and he has given a display of Michael Jackson’s popular dance moves, including the moonwalk, for his crowd.}}
• Sierra Leone{{Cite news |last=Sesay |first=Alusine |date=June 16, 2011 |title=Sierra Leone: Entertainment - General Sfano to Commemorate Michael Jackson's Death |url=https://allafrica.com/stories/201106170835.html |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20140807161931/http://allafrica.com/stories/201106170835.html |archive-date=2014-08-07 |access-date=2025-02-02 |work=All Africa |language=en |quote=The Sfano Musical Production and Entertainment, in collaboration with Concept Multi-Media and David's Villa Management, will on Saturday June 25 stage a musical concert in Lunsar town to commemorate the death of the world's most outstanding pop star, Michael Jackson. The musical and charity show, which will be hosted at the David's Villa Management in Lunsar, according to General Sfano Njawa Sesay, will be graced by some of Sierra Leone's top musical stars.}}
• Somalia{{Cite web |date=2009-11-02 |title=Mixed Feelings About Michael Jackson in East Africa |url=https://www.voanews.com/a/a-13-2009-06-26-voa54-68647297/408094.html |access-date=2025-02-02 |website=Voice of America |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2019-10-17 |title=German record label to release Somali disco compilation |url=https://www.musicinafrica.net/magazine/german-record-label-release-somali-disco-compilation |access-date=2025-02-02 |website=Music In Africa |language=en |quote=“Michael Jackson appeared with a new sound that would revolutionise Somalia's live music scene. You couldn't walk the streets of Mogadishu without seeing kids trying to moonwalk.”}}
• South Africa{{Cite web |author=Billboard (New York) |date=July 4, 2009 |title=Michael Jackson's music had impact around the globe |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-jackson-global-sb/michael-jacksons-music-had-impact-around-the-globe-idUSTRE5624OT20090704 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191007063232/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-jackson-global-sb/michael-jacksons-music-had-impact-around-the-globe-idUSTRE5624OT20090704 |archive-date=October 7, 2019 |access-date=January 6, 2020 |work=Reuters}}{{Cite web |last=Wild |first=Stephi |title=THE MICHAEL JACKSON HISTORY SHOW Returns to South Africa |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/south-africa/article/THE-MICHAEL-JACKSON-HISTORY-SHOW-Returns-to-South-Africa-20241205 |access-date=2025-02-02 |website=Broadway World |language=en}}
• Sudan{{Cite web |date=2019-06-27 |title=Sudan's underground musicians turn defiant after uprising |url=https://www.france24.com/en/20190628-sudans-underground-musicians-turn-defiant-after-uprising |access-date=2025-02-02 |website=France 24 |language=en}}
• Swaziland{{Cite web |last=Dube |first=Velile |date=July 27, 2011 |title=Michael's memory superbly relived |url=http://www.times.co.sz/Entertainment/66923.html |access-date=2025-02-02 |website=Times of Swaziland |language=en-US |quote=One could have sworn that the late ‘king of pop’ music, Michael Jackson had come back to life when impersonator Kenny Wizz gave a splendid performance at the Royal Swaziland Convention Centre}}
• Tanzania{{Cite book |last=Johnson |first=Robert |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tMwDAAAAMBAJ&dq=Pop+Music+King+Tells+Real+Story+of+Controversial+Trip&pg=PA34 |title=Pop Music King Tells Real Story of Controversial Trip |date=May 1992 |publisher=Ebony Magazine |year=1992 |publication-date=May 1992 |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2020-07-06 |title=East Africa's link with the 'King' |url=https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/magazine/east-africa-s-link-with-the-king--1295430 |access-date=2025-02-02 |website=The EastAfrican |language=en}}
• Togo{{Cite news |date=2009-06-26 |title=President Faure Gnassingbé Pays Tribute to Michael Jackson |url=Unknown |quote=He was an exceptional singer and dancer who dug a channel between black and white music. He was a global artist, said the head of state.}}
• Tunisia{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t7ZIAAAAIBAJ&dq=tunisia+michael+jackson+1996&pg=PA7&article_id=2934,3865918 |title=Michael Jackson Does It All |date=October 8, 1996 |publisher=The Vindicator |language=en |quote=Michael Jackson sang, stomped and moon-walked for a packed stadium here — his first concert in an Arab country. More than 60.000 fans turned out for Monday's 2 hour concert}}{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IyZPAAAAIBAJ&dq=tunisia+michael+jackson+1996&pg=PA2&article_id=5280,386338 |title=Michael's Tunisian Fans Thrilled To See Him |publisher=The News |year=1996 |language=en |quote=Tunisians are excited for Michael Jackson's concert. The event has become a hot topic on TV and radio. Merchants are selling thousands of Jackson T-shirts, cafes and restaurants are playing his hits, and hair stylists are offering 'Michael' coiffures. There's a general sense of relief that Jackson is performing after canceling a previous show in Casablanca, Morocco.}}
• Uganda{{Cite web |last=Team |first=Admin |date=2024-08-14 |title=Uganda's Hypers Kids dancers got close and personal with Michael Jackson items |url=https://www.mjvibe.com/ugandas-hypers-kids-dancers-got-close-and-personal-with-michael-jackson-items/ |access-date=2025-02-02 |website=MJVibe |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Ssentengo |first=Frank |date=Nov 22, 2023 |title=Uganda's Hypers Kids Africa to perform at Michael Jackson Fashion Awards |url=https://www.newvision.co.ug/category/entertainment/ugandas-hypers-kids-africa-to-perform-at-mich-NV_175411 |access-date=2025-02-02 |website=New Vision |language=en}}
• Zambia{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.newsflare.com/video/629537/video-shot-at-bus-station-in-lusaka-of-famous-micheal-jackson-fan-dancing-michaels-hit-song-smooth-criminal?origin=entertain |title=Video Shot at Bus Station in Lusaka of Famous Micheal Jackson Fan dancing Michael's hit song, Smooth Criminal |date=January 3, 2024 |language=en |access-date=2025-02-04 |quote=This is video of a Michael Jackson Fan who decided to entertain a crowd at a Bus Station in Lusaka Zambia's Capital city. The Dancer Just walked in with his Bluetooth speaker, played Michael Jackson's hit song, Smooth Criminal and started dancing in front of a crowd of Bus Drivers and passengers. |via=Newsflare}}
• Zimbabwe{{Cite web |date=2020-09-25 |title=Unseen Footage of Michael Jackson's Meeting With Robert Mugabe Unveiled |url=https://www.thezimbabwemail.com/entertainment/unseen-footage-of-michael-jacksons-meeting-with-robert-mugabe-unveiled/ |access-date=2025-02-02 |website=The Zimbabwe Mail |language=en-GB}}{{Cite web |date=September 7, 2009 |title=Tributes pour in for the King of Pop |url=https://www.thezimbabwean.co/2009/07/tributes-pour-in-for-the-king-of-pop/ |access-date=2025-02-02 |website=The Zimbabwean |quote=Zimbabwean state television has followed the aftermath of his death and local radio stations have continued to pay tribute to Jackson on the airwaves.}}

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• Afghanistan{{Cite web |last=Sanchez |first=Matt |date=2015-03-09 |title=Remembering Jackson -- In Afghanistan |url=https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/remembering-jackson-in-afghanistan |access-date=2025-02-03 |website=Fox News |language=en-US}}
• Armenia{{Cite web |title=Michael Jackson at 60: The Armenian connection |url=https://en.armradio.am/2018/08/29/michael-jackson-at-60-the-armenian-connection/ |access-date=2025-02-03 |website=Public Radio of Armenia |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=2009-07-08 |title=Armenians Remember Michael Jackson (Updated) |url=https://armenianweekly.com/2009/07/08/armenians-remember-michael-jackson/ |access-date=2025-02-03 |website=The Armenian Weekly |language=en-US}}
• Azerbaijan{{Cite web |title=Party Mega Dance Party devoted to memory of Michael Jackson |website=CityLife.az |url=https://citylife.az/content/en/1797/trps.me/trps.me/parasut-en |access-date=2025-02-03 |language=ru}}{{Cite web |title=Darja Varfolomeev back to her winning ways in Baku |url=https://www.gymnastics.sport/site/news/displaynews.php?urlNews=4147783 |access-date=2025-02-03 |website=International Gymnastics Federation |quote=Varfolomeev radiated her unique style, combining technical precision and difficulty with quirky, assured dance moves. Her Ball exercise, performed to a Michael Jackson medley, included funky choreography and a spot of moonwalking}}
• Bahrain
• Bangladesh{{Cite news |last=Basu |first=Nupur |date=2009-06-30 |title=When Michael Jackson came to Manikganj |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/when-michael-jackson-came-to-manikganj/story-2s85Ojk3Wu9RPyWzmRHQEO.html |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20230402070908/https://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/when-michael-jackson-came-to-manikganj/story-2s85Ojk3Wu9RPyWzmRHQEO.html |archive-date=2023-04-02 |access-date=2025-02-03 |work=Hindustan Times |language=en-us |quote=By then the bride and groom had emerged and Michael Jackson popped out of the TV screen belting out an appropriate love song in Bengali - "Pore na chokher polok...ki tomar ruper jhalak" - translated in English it means "Your beauty is so breathtaking that I cannot even blink my eyes". Michael Jackson was so popular in Bangladesh that he had been dubbed in Bengali! So you had King of Pop dancing to top of the chart local songs. Michael Jackson did more than come to Manikganj...he ruled over the hearts and minds of people in Manikganj and indeed the rest of Bangladesh and all of South Asia.}}
• Bhutan{{Cite web |title='Namaste!' Clark IDCE assists Bhutanese refugees in N.H. |url=https://clarknow.clarku.edu/2010/05/06/namaste-clark-idce-assists-bhutanese-refugees-in-n-h/ |access-date=2025-02-03 |website=Clark Now {{!}} Clark University |language=en |quote=But it was here that their newest neighbors, refugees from Bhutan, were announcing their presence in a big way. There was dancing, much of it executed in traditional Bhutanese style, some of it pure homage to Michael Jackson.}}
• Brunei{{Cite web |date=2020-09-08 |title=Inside the Sultan of Brunei's US$27 million 50th, featuring Michael Jackson |url=https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/celebrity/article/3100551/when-michael-jackson-was-paid-us17-million-perform-sultan |access-date=2025-02-03 |website=South China Morning Post |language=en}}
• Cambodia{{Cite web |date=2009-06-30 |title=Fans, Stars Shocked by Death of an Icon |url=https://khmer.voanews.com/a/a-40-2009-06-30-voa6-90172117/1356449.html |access-date=2025-02-03 |website=Voice of America |language=km}}
• China{{Cite web |last=Carter |first=Jimmy |date=1978-12-15 |title=Foreign Relations of the United States, 1977–1980, Volume I, Foundations of Foreign Policy - 104. Address by President Carter to the Nation |url=https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1977-80v01/d104 |access-date=2025-01-16 |website=Office of the Historian, Foreign Service Institute - United States Department of State - history.state.gov}}{{Cite web |title=10 Interesting MJ Statues You Won't Believe |url=https://www.mjworld.net/news/2015/01/14/10-interesting-mj-statues-you-wont-believe/ |access-date=2025-01-14 |website=www.mjworld.net |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last= |date=2017-10-31 |title=Alibaba's Jack Ma stars in kung fu movie because he's awesome |url=https://thenextweb.com/news/alibaba-jack-ma-jet-li-movie |access-date=2025-01-14 |website=TNW {{!}} Science |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Rahman |first=Abid |date=2017-09-14 |title=China's Richest Man, Jack Ma, Pays Tribute to Michael Jackson at Alibaba Birthday Celebration |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/lifestyle-news/chinas-richest-man-jack-ma-pays-tribute-michael-jackson-at-alibaba-birthday-celebration-1039007/ |access-date=2025-02-03 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=2024-08-19 |title=Moonwalk in Space with Chinese art satellite |url=https://www.mjvibe.com/moonwalk-in-space-with-chinese-art-satellite/ |access-date=2025-02-03 |website=MJVibe |language=en-US |quote=The project has been set by Hao Ruichang Space Program Series, Star Chain of Arts Project, Xu Bing Space Art Residency Program and supported by Michael Jackson fan club MJJCN.}}
• Cyprus{{Cite web |title=Cyprus : The Michael Jackson show - The Navi Experience |url=https://www.cyprusevents.net/events/navi-limassol-2012/ |access-date=2025-02-05 |website=www.cyprusevents.net |quote=Navi, the World's No.1 Michael Jackson Impersonator, is coming to Cyprus for 2 unique shows in Nicosia & Limassol on December 6th & 7th.}}{{Cite web |date=2025-02-05 |title=Jay Styles pays a world-class tribute to Michael Jackson in Paphos on September 11–12 |url=https://in-cyprus.philenews.com/whats-on/eat-drink/jay-styles-pays-a-world-class-tribute-to-michael-jackson-in-paphos-on-september-11-12/ |access-date=2025-02-05 |website=philenews.com Phileleftheros |language=en-US |quote=Colosseum presents two exclusive shows of the world-class entertainer on the rooftop terrace of Colloseum in Paphos. An incredible Michael Jackson Tribute artist lookalike, sounds like and dance like. Unlike most tribute acts out there, Jay Styles has a close resemblance to the King of Pop.}}
• Georgia{{cite web |title=Black Sea Arena {{!}} Musician's Park |url=https://bsa.ge/en/park |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221209215940/https://bsa.ge/en/park |archive-date=December 9, 2022 |access-date=July 26, 2023 |website=Black Sea Arena Official Website |quote=Michael Jackson Statue at Musicians` Park in Kobuleti, Georgia.}}
• India{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SiRUAAAAIBAJ&dq=michael+jackson+india+thousands&pg=PA2&article_id=5118,343799 |title=Thousands of Police guard Michael Jackson's concert |date=2 Nov 1996 |publisher=The News |language=en |quote=Surrounded by more Police officers (6,500+) than India's prime minister, Michael Jackson worked the crowd into a frenzy.}}{{Cite news |date=2009-08-28 |title=SRK ropes in Bollywood stars for MJ tribute |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/music/SRK-ropes-in-Bollywood-stars-for-MJ-tribute/article16877421.ece |access-date=2024-05-23 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}{{Cite web |last=Pal |first=Sanchari |date=2018-01-18 |title=When Michael Jackson's Music and Moonwalk Rocked Mumbai in 1996 |url=https://www.thebetterindia.com/128269/michael-jackson-mumbai-concert-india-king-of-pop/ |access-date=2024-05-23 |website=The Better India |language=en-US}}{{Cite news |date=2016-04-08 |title=Michael Jackson statue 'for Neverland' installed in India |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-35994660 |access-date=2025-02-03 |work=BBC News |language=en-GB}}
• Indonesia{{Cite web |title=MJ HIStory Statue In Jakarta, Indonesia |url=https://www.michaeljackson.com/es/community_image/215819/ |access-date=2025-02-03 |website=Michael Jackson Estate |language=es-ES}}{{Cite web |title="This Is It" world premiere |url=https://www.palmbeachpost.com/picture-gallery/news/local/2014/11/22/this-is-it-world-premiere/68709475007/ |access-date=2025-02-03 |website=The Palm Beach Post |language=en-US |quote=Indonesian fans of Michael Jackson dance to the song Beat It during a promotional event for Jackson documentary "This is It" at Kelapa Gading shopping mall in Jakarta, Indonesia,}}{{Cite web |last=YAMAGUCHI |first=MARI |date=2009-06-29 |title=Fans overseas still mourning for Michael Jackson |url=https://www.victoriaadvocate.com/361mag/entertainment/fans-overseas-still-mourning-for-michael-jackson/article_31c71a0f-1191-54bd-92db-881b7d57708e.html |access-date=2025-02-03 |website=The Victoria Advocate |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Michael Jackson's Biggest Tribute Show Coming To Jakarta In May 2025 |url=https://voi.id/en/musik/419979 |access-date=2025-02-03 |website=VOI - Waktunya Merevolusi Pemberitaan |language=en |quote=Indonesian music lovers will be presented with Michael Jackson's biggest tribute show, which is promoted by ImaginAction and in collaboration with Enjoylive Experience.}}
• Iran{{Cite web |date=2019-04-14 |title=MJ Iranian Fans on the street to Protest against "Leaving Neverland" |url=https://www.mjvibe.com/mj-iranian-fans-on-the-street-to-protest-against-leaving-neverland/ |access-date=2025-02-03 |website=MJVibe |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=2019-06-26 |title=Jackson fans sing, sob, leave sunflowers and roses on 10th anniversary of death |url=https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/jackson-fans-sing-sob-leave-011031410.html |access-date=2025-02-03 |website=Yahoo Entertainment |language=en-US}}
• Iraq{{Cite web |title=Moonwalking in Baghdad: Iraqis and Michael Jackson {{!}} The Takeaway |url=https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/takeaway/segments/8005-moonwalk-baghdad |access-date=2025-02-03 |website=WNYC |language=en |quote=Don Gomez: Iraq War Veteran and Spokesperson for Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America. "To capture our attention, they'd start moonwalking in front of us just to make us look at them. It was kind of a goofy thing to see, but it's Michael Jackson." ( Iraq veteran Don Gomez on Michael Jackson's influence)}}{{Cite web |date=2016-07-07 |title=Iraqi society frowned upon his moonwalk, but he kept dancing anyway |url=https://www.wgbh.org/news/2016-07-06/iraqi-society-frowned-upon-his-moonwalk-but-he-kept-dancing-anyway |access-date=2025-02-03 |website=GBH |language=en}}
• Israel{{Cite news |last=Barnea |first=Or |date=2009-06-28 |title=Jackson fans in Israel mourn his death |url=https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3737953,00.html |access-date=2025-02-03 |work=Ynetnews |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2015-03-20 |title=Behind the Headlines: Michael Jackson Visit to Israel Was Taste of Normalcy for Teens |url=https://www.jta.org/archive/behind-the-headlines-michael-jackson-visit-to-israel-was-taste-of-normalcy-for-teens |access-date=2025-02-03 |website=Jewish Telegraphic Agency |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=September 9, 2022 |title=Michael Jackson tribute show comes to Israel |url=https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/israel/culture/1662627756-michael-jackson-tribute-show-comes-to-israel |access-date=2025-02-03 |website=i24news |quote=The Michael Jackson tribute show "Forever King of Pop" premiered in Israel on Thursday night and will run until Saturday, paying homage to the legacy of the longtime pop star. "Forever King of Pop" left lasting impressions on over a million viewers during its international tour in Mexico, France, Germany, Spain, and other countries in what has been called "an emotional and deep journey through Michael Jackson’s greatest hits."}}
• Japan{{Cite web |last=Vogel |first=Carol |date=2010-05-21 |title=In Japan, a Night With Michael Jackson Memorabilia |url=https://archive.nytimes.com/artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/05/21/in-japan-a-novel-way-to-remember-jackson/ |access-date=2025-02-03 |website=New York Times |language=en |quote=More than 300,000 people (14,285 per day) have flocked to see the Jackson memorabilia housed in the central Tokyo landmark since the collection went on display.}}{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIp-InPZalI |title=Michael Jackson fans go crazy upon his arrival in Japan [1987 'Bad' Concert Tour] |date=2023-05-14 |last=RestlessRick |access-date=2025-01-18 |via=YouTube}}{{Cite web |date=2009-06-27 |title=CHINA/JAPAN: Michael Jackson impersonators lose their inspirational idol |url=https://reuters.screenocean.com/record/464603 |access-date=2025-01-18 |website=Reuters Archive Licensing |language=en}}{{Cite magazine |last=Masters |first=Coco |date=2009-06-26 |title=Big In Japan: Tokyo Mourns Jackson's Death |url=https://time.com/archive/6947152/big-in-japan-tokyo-mourns-jacksons-death/ |access-date=2025-01-17 |magazine=TIME |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Jameson |first=Sam |date=1987-09-14 |title=JACKSON'S PERFORMANCE CAPTIVATES THE JAPANESE |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-09-14-ca-4980-story.html |access-date=2025-01-17 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}
• Jordan{{Cite web |last= |date=2024-07-05 |title=Michael Jackson Tribute show |url=https://joculturalagenda.com/michael-jackson-tribute/ |access-date=2025-02-03 |website=Jordan Cultural Agenda |language=en-US |quote=From the heart of Michael Jackson to the heart of Amman, the historic Citadel is the place to be on July 24th! Moonwalk through a night of unparalleled performances, stunning visuals, and nostalgic moments as we celebrate the life and artistry of the global phenomenon, Michael Jackson.}}
• Kazakhstan{{Cite news |date=2009-06-26 |title=How Big Was Michael Jackson? |url=https://www.rferl.org/a/How_Big_Was_Michael_Jackson/1763472.html |access-date=2025-02-03 |work=Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty |language=en}}
• Kuwait{{Cite web |last=Times |first=Manaal |date=2024-09-28 |title=Michael Lives Forever |url=https://timeskuwait.com/michael-lives-forever/ |access-date=2025-02-03 |website=Times Kuwait |language=en-US}}
• Kyrgyzstan{{Cite web |date=2025 |title=Michael Jackson Tribute Show by Sergio Cortes (Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan) |url=https://kassir.kg/session/101-trebiut-maikl-dzhekson-bishkek |access-date=2025-02-03 |website=kassir.kg |language=ru-RU}}
• Laos{{Cite web |title=China's Michael Jackson impersonator visiting children in Laos spreading MJ's spirit and love for kids |website=Michael Jackson Estate |language=en-US |url=https://www.michaeljackson.com/community_image/chinas-michael-jackson-impersonator-visiting-children-in-laos-spreading-mjs-spirit-and-love-for-kids/ |access-date=2025-02-03 |quote=Jackson Wang is China’s most well-known Michael Jackson impersonator. He has been dancing for more than a decade as a career, dedicating to reviving MJ’s legacy in China and other parts of the countries,particularly in Asia Pacific. He recently visited an elementary school in Laos and performed for them, sharing with them the heart-warming stories of MJ and what he has done for charity besides music.}}
• Lebanon{{Cite web |date=2009-06-26 |title=Lebanon's Teens Mourn Michael Jackson |url=https://www.arabamerica.com/lebanons-teens-mourn-michael-jackson/ |access-date=2024-12-30 |website=Arab America |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2009-10-30 |title=Michael Jackson movie earns $20 million on first day |url=https://timesofmalta.com/article/michael-jackson-movie-earns-20-million-on-first-day.279568 |access-date=2024-12-30 |website=Times of Malta (Reuters) |language=en-gb}}{{Cite web |date=2012-08-26 |title=Man in the Mirror - The Michael Jackson Show' is a huge hit in Beirut |url=http://www.albawaba.com/video/Man-in-the-Mirror-in-Beirut-(source:-AlArabiya)-m4GeBrO8bp0 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120826011815/http://www.albawaba.com/video/Man-in-the-Mirror-in-Beirut-(source:-AlArabiya)-m4GeBrO8bp0 |archive-date=2012-08-26 |access-date=2024-12-30 |website=albawaba}}
• Malaysia{{Cite web |last=Chua |first=Dennis |date=2020-08-07 |title=NST175: 'Meeting M.J. in '96 was surreal' {{!}} New Straits Times |url=https://www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2020/08/614666/nst175-meeting-mj-96-was-surreal |access-date=2025-02-03 |website=NST Online |language=en |quote=THE late King of Pop Michael Jackson set foot only once in Malaysia, yet he gave many Malaysians a moment to cherish forever.}}{{Cite web |date=2024-03-13 |title=Michael Jackson's timeless hits take centre stage in orchestral tribute concert |url=https://www.thestar.com.my/lifestyle/culture/2024/03/13/michael-jackson039s-timeless-hits-take-centre-stage-in-orchestral-tribute-concert |access-date=2025-02-03 |website=The Star |language=en}}
• Maldives{{Cite web |title=Club Med Finolhu Villas: The Maldives’ Strictly for Couples |url=https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/article/1760109/club-med-finolhu-villasthe-maldives-strictly-couples |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160415152218/https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/article/1760109/club-med-finolhu-villasthe-maldives-strictly-couples |url-status=dead |archive-date=2016-04-15 |access-date=2025-03-07 |website=South China Morning Post |language=en |quote=For their Michael Jackson show, the GOs change their outfits and do their best to dance like the King of Pop, bless 'em.}}
• Myanmar{{Cite web |last=safeer |date=2021-02-17 |title=Myanmar protesters stage biggest rallies since troop deployments - safeer |url=https://kuwaittimes.com/myanmar-protesters-stage-biggest-rallies-since-troop-deployments/ |access-date=2025-02-03 |website=Kuwait Times |language=en |quote=From a classical orchestra playing a revolutionary song to viral breakdancers performing Michael Jackson anthems-young Myanmar anti-coup protesters are using music as a weapon against the country's generals.}}{{Cite web |date=Feb 17, 2021 |title=From classical musicians to breakdancers: Myanmar youth sound off against military coup |url=https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/from-classical-orchestra-to-breakdancing-myanmar-youth-sound-off-against-military-coup |website=Straits times |quote=A YouTube video clip of a Yangon flash-mob performing to Michael Jackson's They Don't Care About Us has garnered nearly 40,000 views in five days.}}
• Mongolia{{Cite news |last=Lim |first=Louisa |date=September 10, 2009 |title=A New Beat Gives Young Mongolia A Voice, Identity |url=https://www.npr.org/2009/09/10/112514136/a-new-beat-gives-young-mongolia-a-voice-identity |access-date=2025-02-05 |work=NPR |language=en |quote=Mongolia's grand history is also a preoccupation of the music. Sukhbaatar Amarmandakh, the original wild man of Mongolian music. Better known as Amraa, he started the country's first techno rap band — Har Sarnai, or Black Rose — in 1991, and was among the first artists to rap about the founder of the Mongol empire, Genghis Khan. Before that, under Soviet control, any mention of Genghis Khan was forbidden. Amraa cites as his early inspirations Michael Jackson and Mongolian shamans}}
• Nepal{{Cite web |date=June 25, 2024 |title=Tribute to Michael Jackson: A Rock-Inspired Homage |url=https://eventmx.com/events/tribute-to-michael-jackson-a-rock-inspired-homage |access-date=2025-02-03 |website=EventMX (Nepal's largest event marketplace) |language=en |quote=Tribute to Michael Jackson is happening on June 25 at The Concept Club and Pub in Butwal, Nepal. Circle of Rock pays homage to the King of Pop with an electrifying tribute, blending Michael Jackson’s iconic hits with their own distinctive rock twist. With soaring guitar solos and powerful vocals, Circle of Rock reinvents classics like “Billie Jean” and “Thriller,” infusing them with raw energy and infectious rhythm. The stage comes alive with their dynamic performance, capturing Jackson’s unparalleled stage presence while adding a fresh rock edge.}}
• Oman{{Cite web |date=2009-06-30 |title=Businessman tells of Michael Jackson's love of Oman |website=Arabian Business |url=https://www.arabianbusiness.com/interviews/interviews-culture-society/businessman-tells-of-michael-jackson-s-love-of-oman-16552 |access-date=2025-02-03 |language=en-US}}
• Pakistan{{Cite web |date=2009-11-02 |title=Michael Jackson Made his Mark in Pakistan |url=https://www.voanews.com/a/a-13-2009-06-26-voa19-68818302/413264.html |access-date=2024-12-30 |website=Voice of America |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2009-06-29 |title=PAKISTAN: An Unexpected Tribute to MJ |url=https://www.globalissues.org/news/2009/06/29/1975 |access-date=2025-01-24 |website=www.globalissues.org |language=en-gb}}
• Philippines{{Cite news |date=2009-06-26 |title=Impersonating Michael Jackson - TIME |url=https://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1907817_1907815_1907791,00.html |access-date=2025-02-03 |work=Time Magazine |language=en-US |issn=0040-781X |quote=1,500 inmates at the Cebu Detention and Rehabilitation Center in the Philippines learned, rehearsed and performed the dance routine featured in Michael Jackson's famous "Thriller" video.}}{{Cite web |date=Nov 21, 2007 |title=PHILIPPINES: MANILA: MICHAEL JACKSON ARRIVES FOR HISTORY CONCERT TOUR |url=https://newsroom.ap.org/editorial-photos-videos/detail?itemid=fb1c4981db2d0194bbcfcb16b3313b62&mediatype=video |access-date=2025-02-03 |website=Associated Press}}{{Cite news |date=2009-06-28 |title=Filipino prisoners honour Jackson |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/filipino-prisoners-honour-jackson/article4212830/ |access-date=2025-02-03 |work=The Globe and Mail |language=en-CA}}{{Cite web |last=AFP |date=2018-09-15 |title=Philippine jailhouse rocks for Michael Jackson memorial |url=https://gulfnews.com/world/asia/philippines/philippine-jailhouse-rocks-for-michael-jackson-memorial-1.646366 |access-date=2025-02-03 |website=Gulf News: Latest UAE news, Dubai news, Business, travel news, Dubai Gold rate, prayer time, cinema |language=en}}
• Qatar{{Cite web |last=Turqueza |first=Lalaine |date=2022-11-16 |title=FIFA Fan Festival™ Test Event on 'First-Come, First-Served' Basis |url=https://marhaba.qa/fifa-fan-festival-test-event-on-first-come-first-served-basis/ |access-date=2025-02-03 |website=Marhaba Qatar |language=en-GB |quote=Fans will be entertained by a resident DJ and a special Michael Jackson tribute show}}
• Saudi Arabia{{Cite web |last=Ghazal |first=Rym |title='He meant so much to Arabs' |url=https://www.thenationalnews.com/world/mena/he-meant-so-much-to-arabs-1.541703 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241207110450/https://www.thenationalnews.com/world/mena/he-meant-so-much-to-arabs-1.541703 |archive-date=2024-12-07 |access-date=2025-01-17 |website=The National (Abu Dhabi) |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2022-07-15 |title=Michael Jackson broke the colour barrier {{!}} CBC News |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/michael-jackson-broke-the-colour-barrier-1.833673 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220715054753/https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/michael-jackson-broke-the-colour-barrier-1.833673 |archive-date=July 15, 2022 |access-date=2024-12-30 |website=CBC}}
• Singapore{{Cite web |last=Fong |first=Florence |date=January 17, 2017 |title=Remembering Michael Jackson's First Singapore Gig |url=https://www.8days.sg/entertainment/local/remembering-michael-jacksons-first-singapore-gig-493866 |access-date=2025-02-03 |website=8days |language=en}}{{Cite news |last=Leow |first=Jessica |date=25 October 1996 |title=MJ HOLDS UP STORES |work=The New Paper |pages=5}}{{Cite web |last=Wallace |first=Charles P. |date=1993-08-30 |title=Sold-Out Crowd Cheers Jackson in Singapore : Tour: Embattled pop singer celebrates his 35th birthday, with actress Elizabeth Taylor at his side for moral support. |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-08-30-mn-29449-story.html |access-date=2025-02-03 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}
• South Korea{{Cite web |last=Coley |first=Denise |date=2019-01-14 |title=Korea's Music Mogul Park Jin-young (a.k.a. JYP) |url=https://www.kcrush.com/koreas-music-mogul-park-jin-young-a-k-a-jyp/ |access-date=2025-01-20 |website=K Crush America Magazine |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Local talent, global goals: K-pop agencies look to "glocalize" the genre |url=https://english.hani.co.kr/arti/english_edition/e_entertainment/1100886.html |access-date=2025-01-20 |website=Hankyoreh |language=ko}}{{Cite web |date=2020-04-24 |title=Michael Jackson's many connections to Korea |url=https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/opinion/2025/01/137_288162.html |access-date=2025-01-20 |website=The Korea Times |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=In Asia, Jackson recalled as iconic, troubled |url=https://www.stripes.com/migration/in-asia-jackson-recalled-as-iconic-troubled-1.92909 |access-date=2025-01-17 |website=Stars and Stripes |language=en}}
• Sri Lanka{{Cite news |title=Back to School in Sri Lanka, 2015 {{!}} Michael Jackson's Legacy |url=https://www.michaeljacksonslegacy.org/projects/back-to-school-in-sri-lanka/ |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20210725113006/https://www.michaeljacksonslegacy.org/projects/back-to-school-in-sri-lanka/ |archive-date=2021-07-25 |access-date=2025-02-03 |work=Michael Jackson's Legacy (Charity Organization) |language=en-GB |quote=From early August to early November 2015, Michael Jackson Legacy ran a fundraising appeal in order to provide disadvantaged rural school children in Sri Lanka with back-to-school packs through collaboration with the Sri Lankan charity}}
• Syria{{Cite news |date=2009-11-02 |title=Damascus Film celebrates Jerusalem, Rihani and Jackson |url=https://www.emaratalyoum.com/life/culture/2009-11-02-1.161982 |quote=The celebration began with a tribute to King of Pop Michael Jackson, who died on June 25, where he performed a presentation of his best-selling album 'Thriller' in history around the world (104 million copies).}}
• Tajikistan{{Cite web |date=2012-07-02 |title=In Nurek with Tajik Michael Jackson |url=https://news.yahoo.com/news/nurek-tajik-michael-jackson-173854401.html |access-date=2025-02-03 |website=Yahoo News |language=en-US}}
• Thailand{{Cite web |last=Itthipongmaetee |first=Chayanit |date=2016-11-05 |title=That One Time Michael Jackson Came to Bangkok 20 Years Ago |url=https://www.khaosodenglish.com/featured/2016/11/05/one-time-michael-jackson-came-bangkok-20-years-ago/ |access-date=2025-02-03 |website=Khaosod |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=July 4, 2009 |title=Thailand fans pay tribute to Michael Jackson |url=https://reuters.screenocean.com/record/656179 |access-date=2025-02-03 |website=Reuters |language=en}}
• Turkey{{Cite web |date=March 16, 2013 |title=Michael Jackson Immortal World Tour rocks Istanbul |url=https://www.aa.com.tr/en/turkey/michael-jackson-immortal-world-tour-rocks-istanbul-/264801 |access-date=2025-02-03 |website=Anadolu Agency}}{{Cite web |date=June 29, 2009 |title=Fans pay tribute to Michael Jackson all over the world CCTV-International |url=http://english.cctv.com/20090629/104314_5.shtml |access-date=2025-02-03 |website=China Central Television}}
• Turkmenistan{{Cite web |date=2019-12-04 |title=Michael Jackson Tribute Show: More Than Just A Concert |url=https://turkmenistan.gov.tm/index.php/en/post/13629/michael-jackson-tribute-show-more-than-just-a-concert |access-date=2025-02-03 |website=turkmenistan.gov.tm |language=en |quote=A tribute show to honor the King of Pop Michael Jackson has drawn a capacity audience at the Turkmenistan Cinema and Concert Hall. The concert featured the String Orchestra under Takhir Ataev, famous singers and dancers.}}{{Cite web |last= |date=2019-12-04 |title=Ashgabat to Host Second Concert Dedicated to Michael Jackson {{!}} Society |url=https://www.business.com.tm/post/4814/ashgabat-to-host-second-concert-dedicated-to-michael-jackson |access-date=2025-02-03 |website=Business Turkmenistan Information Center |language=en}}
• United Arab Emirates{{Cite web |date=2005-08-30 |title=Michael Jackson Relaxes In Dubai |website=CBS News |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/michael-jackson-relaxes-in-dubai/ |access-date=2024-12-30 |language=en-US}}
• Uzbekistan{{Cite book |last=Hanks |first=Reuel R. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aajOEAAAQBAJ&dq=Uzbekistan+michael+jackson&pg=PA92 |title=Central Asia: A Global Studies Handbook |date=2005-07-26 |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing USA |isbn=978-1-85109-661-9 |quote=The most popular foreign artists here in Uzbekistan are Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston, Celine Dion and Britney Spears}}{{Cite book |last1=Rouland |first1=Michael |last2=Abikeyeva |first2=Gulnara |last3=Beumers |first3=Birgit |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KbeKDwAAQBAJ&dq=uzbekistan+michael+jackson&pg=PA27 |title=Cinema in Central Asia: Rewriting Cultural Histories |date=2013-09-17 |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing |isbn=978-0-85772-278-2 |language=en}}
• Vietnam{{Cite news |date=2010-06-25 |title=Global tributes to Michael Jackson, one year on |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2010-06-25/global-tributes-to-jacko-one-year-on/881840 |access-date=2025-02-03 |work=ABC News |language=en-AU}}{{Cite web |date=2010-06-22 |title=Vietnamese fans commemorate King of Pop |url=https://english.vov.vn/en/culture/vietnamese-fans-commemorate-king-of-pop-116773.vov |access-date=2025-02-03 |website=Voice of Vietnam |language=en |quote=A music night titled "One name, one legend" will be held in the Youth Culture and Sports Palace in No 1, Tang Bat Ho street in Hanoi on June 24 to commemorate pop music legend Michael Jackson. Many memorable songs will be performed at the event including "Childhood", "I'll be there", "Bad", "They dont't care about us", The way you make me feel," "Smooth Criminal", "Billie Jean"}}
• Yemen{{Cite web |date=2009-07-27 |title=Michael Jackson... The Man Who Rocked The Desert |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/michael-jackson-the-man-w_b_221621 |access-date=2024-12-30 |website=HuffPost |language=en}}

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• Andorra{{Cite web |title=I Want You Back. Tribut a Michael Jackson |url=https://www.turismeandorralavella.com/events/i-want-you-back-tribut-a-michael-jackson/ |access-date=2025-02-03 |website=Comú d'Andorra la Vella (official tourism portal for Andorra la Vella.) |language=ca |quote=And Want You Back is a tribute to Michael Jackson, who wants to bring the concept of a tribute band to the next level. They review the discography of the king of the POP by reviving his most emblematic themes. A staging full of magic and energy that will take you to a concert by Michael himself.}}
• Aruba{{Cite web |title=Enjoy the Michael Jackson HIStory Show |url=https://www.arubasurf.com.au/blog/enjoy-mj-history-show-with-aruba-surf-budget-accommodation-broadbeach/182 |access-date=2025-02-03 |website=Aruba Marriott Resort & Stellaris Casino |quote=MJ HIStory Show has been performed the world over to sold-out audiences, and for diehard Michael Jackson fans, it simply doesn’t get any more authentic! Unforgettable MJ hits from the entire back catalogue - such as “Thriller”, “Smooth Criminal”, “Billie Jean”, “Beat It”, “Bad”, “Black or White” and the rest - are performed with show-stopping accuracy, alongside famous Michael Jackson collaborations and all the songs from his early days with The Jackson 5.}}
• Bermuda{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2013-01-30 |title=Michael Jackson tribute concert at the Princess |url=https://www.bermudasun.bm/news/2013/jan/30/michael-jackson-tribute-concert-at-the-princess/ |access-date=2025-05-26 |website=Bermuda Sun |language=en}}
• Curaçao{{Cite web |title=Three Important Icons in My Childhood in Curacao |url=https://ofafricamag.com/three-important-icons-in-my-childhood-in-curacao/ |access-date=2025-03-07 |website=OF Africa |author=Stacy MacDonald |quote=My entire family was a diehard MJ fan. My mom and dad went to a couple of Jackson 5 concerts and my dad had a lot of old records stored in the attic. We also had one of MJ’s VHS tapes which was the best ever. I watched that tape so many times with my brother. Actually, for a school talent show, my brother together with his classmates performed a dance on ‘Beat It‘ which was the cutest thing ever. We have that on tape, too.}}
• Cayman Islands{{Cite web |date=July 3, 2009 |title=Cayman – and the world – remembers the King of Pop |url=https://www.caymancompass.com/2009/07/03/cayman-and-the-world-remembers-the-king-of-pop |website=Cayman Compass |quote=Meanwhile, it quickly became evident that Cayman was not immune to Michael Jackson’s impact, as people’s reactions to the news revealed their feelings on his passing. ... In a show of tribute to the late singer, Richard Barton of The Crescendo Group organised a Michael-Jackson-themed dance-off at Bamboo restaurant last Friday evening.}}
• Georgia{{Cite web |title=Michael Jackson statue |quote=Michael Jackson Statue at Musicians` Park in Kobuleti, Georgia. A statue representation of the late singer, dancer, entertainer Michael Jackson gestures to onlookers who, standing near outdoor speakers, can listen to `Jackson` belt out one of his celebrated numbers at Musicians` Park in Kobuleti, nation of Georgia. |url=https://www.dreamstime.com/representation-late-french-chanteuse-edith-piaf-gestures-to-onlookers-who-standing-near-outdoor-speakers-can-listen-belt-image154557509 |access-date=2025-05-26 |website=Dreamstime |language=en}}
• Gibraltar{{Cite web |date=December 23, 2018 |title=Michael Jackson Tribute act and Corona rock 'Winter Party in Town' |url=https://www.chronicle.gi/michael-legend-corona-rock-winter-party-town/ |access-date=2025-02-05 |website=Gibraltar Chronicle |language=en |quote=Corona picked up 15 Gold and Platinum discs and began touring the world once the track also got released in the United States.The audience at Casemates Square enjoyed her fun performance that included some of her lifetime hits. The performance by ‘Michael Legend’, paid homage to Michal Jackson and some of his most iconic songs and fashions (outfits).}}
• Guadeloupe{{Cite web |last=VÉLIN |first=Paule |date=2009-08-10 |title=Hommage à Michael Jackson (Les Jackson girls) |url=https://www.guadeloupe.franceantilles.fr/regions/basse-terre-et-sa-region/hommage-a-michael-jackson-704569.php |access-date=2025-02-05 |website=France-Antilles |language=fr-FR}}
• Guernsey{{Cite web |title=Michael Starring Ben at Beau Sejour {{!}} Visit Guernsey |url=https://www.visitguernsey.com/experiences/events/michael-starring-ben-at-beau-sejour/ |access-date=2025-02-05 |website=www.visitguernsey.com |quote=Take a journey back in time to remember Michael Jackson – the man, the music and the magic.}}
• Holy See{{Cite web |date=2023-11-08 |title=We are Superheroes: A Clear Message from Pope Francis to 7,500 Children |url=https://www.reformandainitiative.org/resources/evangelical-reflections-on-the-instrumentum-laboris-of-the-synodal-church-reflection-2-rn3n2-bll6n-289r9-pj2lc-aadt9 |access-date=2025-02-03 |website=Reformanda Initiative |language=en-US |quote=Towards the conclusion of the event a choir of children sang the song “We are the World” by Michael Jackson}}{{Cite web |last=Mares |first=Courtney |date=May 6, 2019 |title=Pope Francis in Bulgaria: Peace is a gift and a task |url=https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/41202/pope-francis-in-bulgaria-peace-is-a-gift-and-a-task |access-date=2025-02-03 |website=Catholic News Agency |language=en |quote=A children's choir sang We are the world as Pope Francis entered Nezavisimost Square for the "meeting for peace" with five other religious leaders}}
• Hong Kong{{Cite web |date=2009-07-08 |title=Asian fans mourn King of Pop |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/asian-fans-mourn-king-pop-86243/ |access-date=2025-02-03 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US |agency=The Associated Press}}{{cite web |last=Argento |first=Silvia |date=June 10, 2020 |title=Michael Jackson, Le statue del re del pop in giro per il mondo |url=https://www.r3m.it/2020/06/10/michael-jackson-statue/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210922021233/https://www.r3m.it/2020/06/10/michael-jackson-statue/ |archive-date=September 22, 2021 |access-date=July 26, 2023 |website=R3M |language=it}}{{cite web |date=March 20, 2018 |title=The 10 Amazing Statues of Michael Jackson Around the world |url=https://curiosityhuman.com/10-amazing-statues-of-michael-jackson-around-the-world/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210510022803/https://curiosityhuman.com/10-amazing-statues-of-michael-jackson-around-the-world/ |archive-date=May 10, 2021 |access-date=July 26, 2023 |website=CuriosityHuman}}
• Isle of Man{{Cite web |title=Fans mourn death of a pop legend |url=https://www.isleofman.com/news/view/21958003/fans-mourn-death-of-a-pop-legend |access-date=2025-02-02 |website=Isle of Man |language=en}}
• Kosovo{{Cite web |title=When Michael Jackson Helped Kosovo (Video) |url=https://telegrafi.com/en/when-michael-jackson-helped-kosovo-video/ |access-date=2025-04-02 |website=Telegrafi |language=en |quote=Michael Jackson, together with Friends, organized concerts and tours in 1999 to collect funds to help children in Kosovo, Africa, and other countries. This tour qualifies as the largest charity concert.}}
• Macau{{Cite web |title=Exclusive to Asia: MJ Gallery at Ponte 16 Grand Opening -- Macau Unveils 40- plus Michael Jackson Treasures |url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/exclusive-to-asia-mj-gallery-at-ponte-16-grand-opening----macau-unveils-40--plus-michael-jackson-treasures-83408937.html |access-date=2025-02-03 |website=www.prnewswire.com |publisher=Ponte 16 Macau |language=en}}
• Martinique{{Cite web |date=2009-10-30 |title=Tribute to Michael Jackson in Madiana |url=https://www.martinique.franceantilles.fr/actualite/culture/lhommage-a-michael-jackson-a-madiana-850949.php |access-date=2025-02-03 |website=France-Antilles |language=fr-FR}}{{Cite web |date=2009-08-28 |title=Michael Jackson sur RFO Martinique |url=https://www.martinique.franceantilles.fr/divers/michael-jackson-sur-rfo-martinique-382914.php |access-date=2025-02-03 |website=France-Antilles |language=fr-FR |quote=Tonight, from 9 p.m., on RFO Martinique, a tribute to the "King of Pop", who would have celebrated his 51st birthday today.}}
• Mayotta{{Cite web |date=2013-03-01 |title=L'artiste mahorais Naël parraine Michael Jackson |url=https://la1ere.francetvinfo.fr/mayotte/2013/03/01/l-artiste-mahorais-nael-parraine-michael-jackson-17921.html |access-date=2025-02-05 |website=Mayotte la 1ère |language=fr-FR}}
• Monaco{{Cite web |date=2019-07-30 |title=Exceptional night: when Michael Jackson made the public cry during his performance in Monaco |url=https://www.hellomonaco.com/sightseeing/monaco-s-celebrities/exceptional-night-when-michael-jackson-made-the-public-cry-during-his-performance-in-monaco/ |access-date=2025-02-03 |website=HelloMonaco |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=May 11, 2000 |title=BBC News {{!}} ENTERTAINMENT {{!}} Award-winning Jackson mobbed in Monaco |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/744794.stm |access-date=2025-02-03 |website=news.bbc.co.uk}}
• New Caledonia{{Cite web |date=2009-06-27 |title=J'ai parlé de la Calédonie à Michael Jackson |url=https://www.lnc.nc/article/societe/j-ai-parle-de-la-caledonie-a-michael-jackson |access-date=2025-02-05 |website=Les Nouvelles Calédoniennes |language=fr-FR}}
• Niue{{Cite news |last=Ritchie |first=Kerri |date=2009-07-09 |title=Niue's Michael Jackson not dead |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2009-07-10/niues-michael-jackson-not-dead/1347518 |access-date=2025-02-04 |work=ABC News |language=en-AU |quote=Mr Jackson says his famous name has earnt him a lot of attention over the years, but now it is time to move on. "I just carry on with my life, the other one has passed away," he said. Niue's Michael Jackson says he watched Jackson's funeral on the TV, and felt very sad for Jackson's children.}}
• Reunion{{Cite web |title="Zot lé volèr" : déguisé en Michael Jackson, l'humoriste Benji critique la vie chère à La Réunion |url=https://www.linfo.re/la-reunion/societe/zot-le-voler-deguise-en-michael-jackson-l-humoriste-benji-critique-la-vie-chere-a-la-reunion |access-date=2025-02-05 |website=Linfo.re}}{{Cite web |title=Saint-Leu : Après le "Kalash 974", la vidéo du "Michael Jackson Péi" cartonne sur les réseaux sociaux |url=https://www.linfo.re/la-reunion/societe/apres-le-kalash-974-voici-une-video-du-michael-jackson-pei-qui-fait-le-buzz |access-date=2025-02-05 |website=Linfo.re}}
• San Marino{{Cite web |date=May 5, 2024 |title=Michael - The Show - Michael Jackson Tribute (An extraordinary show that celebrates the undisputed genius of pop music) |url=https://www.visitsanmarino.com/pub1/VisitSM/en/evento/20240505_Michael-The-Show.html |website=Visit San Marino (Official Tourism Portral of San Marino) |quote=Michael - The Show - Michael Jackson Tribute, an absolute preview for the Republic of San Marino, Emilia Romagna and Marche regions. An extraordinary show that celebrates the undisputed genius of pop music, Michael Jackson, a one-of-a-kind event that will offer you a breathtaking experience, a tribute to the exceptional career of the King of Pop. Wendel Gama and Jennifer Batten will be accompanied by a live band that faithfully reproduces Michael Jackson's iconic musical arrangements, a string orchestra and a skillfully choreographed dance troupe, for a total of 23 artists.}}
• Sint Maarten{{Cite web |last=Thomas |first=Datwon |date=2015-07-03 |title=Destination: St. Maarten! The Beautiful Island That Will Love You Back |url=https://www.vibe.com/gallery/destination-st-maarten-the-beautiful-island-that-will-love-you-back/ |access-date=2025-02-03 |website=VIBE.com |language=en-US |quote=After all of our days of activities, we would link up for dinner at some of the best grub spots you can try while there. The first night we hit up a downtown strip favorite, the wide opened Cheri’s Cafe. You can look right through the whole restaurant from the street, as there were no walls. The tourist’s fave was about to start a show where the house band covered pop classics from every genre. The humorous gang of guys did Michael Jackson}}{{Cite web |title=The Jacksons to perform at the St Maarten Heineken Regatta {{!}} Loop Caribbean News |url=https://caribbean.loopnews.com/content/jacksons-perform-st-maarten-heineken-regatta-5 |access-date=2025-02-03 |website=Loop News |language=en}}
• Solomon Islands{{Cite web |last=Scott |first=Michael Webb |title='We're not a club, we're a culture': Dance clubs in the Solomon Islands and the panethnic possibilities of global policy |url=https://eprints.lse.ac.uk/51500/1 Scott_dance_clubs_solomon_2013.pdf |access-date=April 27, 2025 |publisher=LSE Research Online |format=PDF |quote=Although they are often performed as part of the same event, Arosi are quick to differentiate between traditional dances received through spirits and pre-colonial inter-island relations, and contemporary 'made-up' dances, none of which employs the dance club. Yet the 'made-up' dances entail a similar pattern of borrowing and modifying from a variety of sources, including other islands in the Solomons, other Pacific nation-states, disco and the video performances of Michael Jackson.}}
• Taiwan{{Cite web |date=2009-06-27 |title=Taiwanese music scene remembers Michael Jackson |url=https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2009/06/27/2003447253 |access-date=2025-02-03 |website=Taipei Times}}{{Cite web |date=2009-07-05 |title=Hong Kong, Taiwan fans mourn Michael Jackson |url=https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2009/07/05/hong-kong-taiwan-fans-mourn-michael-jackson/ |access-date=2025-02-03 |website=San Diego Union-Tribune |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=2013-02-22 |others=Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of China (Taiwan) |title=Taiwan fans keep Michael Jackson's spirit alive |url=https://taiwanreview.nat.gov.tw/Society/Top-News/19910/Taiwan-fans-keep-Michael-Jackson%E2%80%99s-spirit-alive |access-date=2025-02-03 |website=Taiwan Today |language=en}}
• Tristen De Cunha{{Cite web |last1=Kerr |first1=Jim |last2=Squibb |first2=Shirley |title=Tristen De Cunha Performing Arts Show |url=https://www.tristandc.com/newsschool2014artsshow.php |access-date=December 7, 2024 |publisher=Tristan da Cunha Government |quote=The show started with a dance to Thriller, zombies appeared from all directions and danced with Nathan Swain, the island's Michael Jackson lookalike.}}

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• Albania{{Cite web |last=Eskow |first=Richard |date=2009-06-26 |title=Global Pop: Finding Michael Jackson in Albania |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/global-pop-finding-michae_b_221261 |access-date=2025-02-02 |website=Huffington Post |language=en}}
• Armenia{{Cite web |date=2018-08-29 |title=Michael Jackson at 60: The Armenian connection |url=https://en.armradio.am/2018/08/29/michael-jackson-at-60-the-armenian-connection/ |access-date=2025-05-26 |website=Public Radio of Armenia |language=en}}
• Austria{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2nsUAAAAIBAJ&dq=michael+jackson+visited+vienna+austria&pg=PA15&article_id=5118,1010654 |title=Exciting Stuff: Michael Jackson's Concert in Vienna Austria |date=June 4, 1988 |publisher=Toledo Blade |language=en |quote=Michael Jackson's concert in Vienna, Austria, was so exciting to 130 female fans fainted. The concert was packed with 50,000 people in Prater Stadium}}{{Cite web |title=Michael Jackson Tribute Concerts at the Danube Tower – Greatest Hits of the King of Pop Over Vienna |url=https://shop.donauturm.at/en/Concerts/Michael-Jackson-Concerts/ |access-date=2025-02-02 |website=Danube Tower |language=en-GB}}
• Belgium{{Cite web |title=MICHAEL JACKSON LEGACY TRIBUTE SHOW |url=https://www.cirque-royal-bruxelles.be/evenement/michael-jackson-legacy-2025-05-17-2000 |access-date=2025-02-02 |website=Cirque Royal |language=fr}}{{Cite web |title=Michael Jackson LEGACY is coming back to Brussels |url=https://mbpresents.be/en/news/michael-jackson-legacy-komt-terug-naar-brussel/37 |access-date=2025-02-02 |website=MB Presents |language=en |quote=After the sold out show in 2024 at Cirque Royal, the all new "MICHAEL JACKSON LEGACY" returns}}{{Cite web |title=Michael Jackson, Legacy |url=https://www.capitole-gent.be/en/event/michael-jackson-legacy-b5f00352 |access-date=2025-02-02 |website=Capitole (theater) |language=en |quote=It's been 15 years since Michael Jackson passed away, but his music lives on. 'Legacy' is the ultimate tribute to the timeless music of the King of Pop.}}
• Belarus{{Cite web |date=April 13, 2024 |title=Concert program Symphonic Michael Jackson - Excursions on Belarus Tours in Minsk |url=https://ekskursii.by/en/?sobytia_v_Belarusi=3146_Koncertnaya_programma_Simfonicheskiy_Maykl_Dzhekson_13_aprelya_2024_goda |access-date=2025-02-02 |website=ekskursii.by |language=en |quote=Now his songs will be performed at a large-scale show performed by soloists, choir and orchestra of the Sonorus group, plunging you into an amazing evening with your favorite songs of Michael Jackson. Presenting a completely new embodiment of timeless music, the orchestra will perform the king's greatest hits, accompanied by incredible special effects and scenography at Minsk Concert Hall}}
• Bosnia and Herzegovina{{Cite web |last=Kettmann |first=Matt |date=2015-01-27 |title=Monument to Michael Jackson |url=https://www.independent.com/2015/01/26/monument-michael-jackson/ |access-date=2025-02-02 |website=The Santa Barbara Independent |language=en-US |quote=researching the reactions to Michael Jackson’s death in former Yugoslavia (Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia etc.) and learned that people took it very tragically, very personally. To me it seemed as though people were not only mourning Michael’s death, but also their lost years during the unfortunate times of the civil wars that have torn Yugoslavia apart in the early ‘90s. For them, Michael Jackson’s ‘80s music was the soundtrack of their better past, and someone even wrote on an Internet forum “Now that Michael is dead I know that Yugoslavia is really dead.” So I discovered this invisible connection between Michael Jackson and the breakup of socialist Yugoslavia, which I wasn’t aware of before, and this greatly influenced the tone of my script.}}{{Cite web |date=1992-11-23 |title=JACKSON FLIES AID TO CHILDREN IN BOSNIA |url=https://www.deseret.com/1992/11/23/19017428/jackson-flies-aid-to-children-in-bosnia/ |access-date=2025-02-02 |website=Deseret News |language=en}}
• Bulgaria{{Cite web |date=October 23, 2024 |title=Live Tribute Show: Michael Jackson (Festival and congress center) |url=https://visit.varna.bg/en/event/maykal-dzheksan-tribyut-na-serdzho-kortes.html |access-date=2025-02-02 |website=VisitVarna (Official Visitor Guide of Bulgaria) |language=en |quote=Sergio Cortes, the world's most famous stage double of Michael Jackson will perform in Varna.}}{{Cite web |date=September 29, 2009 |title=Bulgarian fans in the Schönbrunn Palace-26.09.09 |url=https://www.michaeljackson.com/community_image/bulgarian-fans-schonbrunn-palace-260909/ |access-date=2025-02-02 |website=Michael Jackson Estate |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=June 26, 2009 |title=Grieving Michael Jackson Fans Gather in Downtown Sofia - Novinite.com - Sofia News Agency |url=https://www.novinite.com/articles/105071/Grieving+Michael+Jackson+Fans+Gather+in+Downtown+Sofia |access-date=2025-02-02 |website=novinite}}
• Croatia{{Cite web |date=2021-07-20 |title=Michael Jackson's "Earth Song" filmed in Karlovac, Croatia |url=https://www.plitvicetimes.com/michael-jacksons-earth-song-filmed-in-karlovac-croatia/ |access-date=2025-02-02 |website=The Plitvice Times |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Skledar |first=CroDodo-Domagoj |title=Spectacular tribute show to Michael Jackson in Poreč |url=https://karlobag.eu/en/events-croatia/a-unique-tribute-show-for-michael-jackson-delighted-the-locals-a-spectacular-performance-in-freedom-square-n54t5 |access-date=2025-02-02 |website=karlobag.eu |quote=An unforgettable tribute show dedicated to Michael Jackson was held on Liberty Square in Poreč. Roy Paladini and his Jackson One project brought an incredible stage experience with superb musical and visual effects, giving audiences an authentic and emotional performance in honor of the King of Pop.}}
• Czech Republic{{Cite web |date=2021-09-07 |title=On this Day, in 1996: Michael Jackson kicked off his HIStory World Tour in Prague |url=https://kafkadesk.org/2021/09/07/on-this-day-in-1996-michael-jackson-kicked-off-his-history-world-tour-in-prague/ |access-date=2024-08-07 |website=Kafkadesk |language=en-GB}}{{Cite web |title="The Jackson Statues"1995 {{!}} The Pop History Dig |url=https://pophistorydig.com/topics/the-jackson-statues-1995/ |access-date=2025-01-18 |website=pophistorydig.com}}{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wAwzAAAAIBAJ&dq=pope+prague&pg=PA2&article_id=2276,681181 |title=Michael Jackson outdraws the Pope |date=4 Sep 1996 |publisher=Star-News |language=en |quote=Michael Jackson is bigger than the Pope here, thousands of screeching fans welcomed the King of Pop at the Airport Tuesday as he arrived to kick off his History World Tour. The Crowd was far bigger than the one received by the Pope during his recent visit according to locals.}}
• Denmark{{Cite book |last= |first= |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=szsDAAAAMBAJ&dq=michael+jackson+copenhagen+concert&pg=PA41 |title=Jet Magazine - Michael Jackson turns 39 |date=1997-09-22 |publisher=Jet Magazine |language=en |quote=Megastar Michael Jackson thanks his fans during his concert in Copenhagen Denmark}}{{Cite web |date=2019-06-21 |title=Danish rockers Junkyard Drive pays homage to Michael Jackson |url=https://www.therockpit.net/2019/danish-rockers-junkyard-drive-pays-homage-to-michael-jackson/ |access-date=2025-02-02 |website=The Rockpit |language=en-GB}}
• Estonia{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2017-08-31 |title=12 world-famous icons who have visited Estonia |url=https://estonianworld.com/life/12-world-famous-icons-who-have-visited-estonia/ |access-date=2025-02-02 |website=Estonian World |language=en-GB |quote=Until that moment, the country had not managed to attract a pop artist with such a high calibre as Jackson. Today, with an ever-expanding list of global pop stars performing in Estonia, it would be unthinkable – or even laughable – that the Estonian prime minister and the Tallinn mayor would meet and greet a star at the backstage, but in 1997, Mart Siimann and Ivi Eenmaa did just that. Over 70,000 people watched the “king of pop” entertaining them on the Song Festival Grounds.}}
• Finland{{Cite web |last=Suomi |first=Iris |date=2020-01-27 |title=Michael Jackson: On the Wall becomes one of EMMA's all-time visitor successes |url=https://emmamuseum.fi/en/michael-jackson-on-the-wall-becomes-one-of-emmas-all-time-visitor-successes/ |access-date=2025-02-02 |website=EMMA |language=en |quote="The Michael Jackson: On the Wall exhibition is the second most popular exhibition in the history of EMMA (Espoo Museum of Modern Art), with the highest average weekly visitors of 3,859, only surpassed by the Interwoven exhibition."}}{{Cite web |date=2009-06-26 |title=Finnish Fans: Michael Jackson a True Legend |url=https://yle.fi/a/3-5274137 |access-date=2025-02-02 |website=YLE |language=en}}
• France{{Cite web |last=LAWLESS |first=JILL |title=Jackson's fans around the world mourn |url=https://www.goupstate.com/story/news/2009/07/07/jacksons-fans-around-the-world-mourn/29783569007/ |access-date=2025-02-02 |website=Spartanburg Herald Journal |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Paris: a symphonic pop tribute to Michael Jackson |url=https://www.sortiraparis.com/en/what-to-see-in-paris/concerts-music-festival/articles/309126-michael-jackson-symphonique-symphonic-pop-tribute-at-the-grand-rex-in-paris-cancelled |access-date=2025-02-02 |website=www.sortiraparis.com |language=en}}
• Germany{{Cite web |last=Ganeider |first=Martin |title=Review: MJ THE MUSICAL at STAGE THEATER AN DER ELBE |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/germany/article/Review-MJ-THE-MUSICAL-at-STAGE-THEATER-AN-DER-ELBE-20241202 |access-date=2025-02-02 |website=BroadwayWorld.com |language=de}}{{Cite news |last=Kloth |first=Hans Michael |date=2009-06-29 |title=Deutschland's King of Pop: Michael Jackson's Secret Soft Spot for Germany |url=https://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/deutschland-s-king-of-pop-michael-jackson-s-secret-soft-spot-for-germany-a-633187.html |access-date=2025-02-02 |work=Der Spiegel |language=en |issn=2195-1349}}{{Cite web |date=2015-08-09 |title=Denkmal für Michael Jackson am Promenadeplatz bleibt |url=https://www.merkur.de/lokales/muenchen/altstadt-lehel-ort43327/denkmal-fuer-michael-jackson-am-promenadeplatz-in-muenchen-bleibt-5331837.html |access-date=2025-02-02 |website=www.merkur.de |language=de}}
• Greece{{Cite web |last=Charlie |first=Kowalenko |date=2024-11-05 |title=Michael Jackson's Legacy Celebrated In Greece With "Moonwalk" Performance At Christmas Theater |url=https://greekcitytimes.com/2024/11/05/michael-jackson-greece/ |access-date=2025-02-02 |website=Greek City Times |language=en-GB |quote=This year marks the 15th anniversary of Jackson’s passing, making this show a poignant celebration of his extraordinary impact on music and dance.}}{{Cite web |last=MUMBI |first=NEKESA |date=June 25, 2010 |title=Fans around the world honor Michael Jackson |url=https://www.blueridgenow.com/story/news/2010/06/25/fans-around-the-world-honor-michael-jackson/28247246007/ |access-date=2025-02-02 |website=Hendersonville Times-News |language=en-US}}
• Hungary{{Cite web |title=MJ Memorial Tree In Budapest |url=https://www.mjworld.net/news/2014/03/07/mj-memorial-tree-in-budapest/ |access-date=2025-02-02 |website=www.mjworld.net |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=November 30, 2024 |title=MICHAEL® - MICHAEL JACKSON DÍJNYERTES KONCERTSHOW LONDONBÓL - 2024.11.30 19:30 |url=https://www.opera.hu/en/programme/2024-2025/michael-michael-jackson-dijnyertes-koncertshow-londonbol-2024/76299-eloadas-202411301930/ |access-date=2025-02-02 |website=Opera |language=en}}{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PH0hAAAAIBAJ&dq=michael+jackson+budapest+1996&pg=PA2&article_id=4985,1966973 |title=People Places |date=September 10, 1996 |publisher=Herald-Journal |language=en |quote=Pop star Michael Jackson embraces a young woman resting her head on his shoulder after she fainted and collapsed among hundreds of fans gathered in front of a music shop In downtown Budapest}}{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UGVcAAAAIBAJ&dq=michael+jackson+budapest+1996&pg=PA26&article_id=4234,3983878 |title=Jackson Revisits Boy He Helped |date=July 24, 1996 |publisher=The Vindicator |language=en |quote=Jackson revisits boy he helped. BUDAPEST, Hungary — Michael Jackson took time out from a pre-concert tour of Budapest to revisit a boy who got a life-saving liver transplant with help from the pop superstar}}
• Iceland{{Cite web |last=Magnússon |first=Haukur S. |date=2009-07-06 |title=From Iceland — Remembering The King of Pop: "Rest in Peace, Icarus!" |url=https://grapevine.is/mag/articles/2009/07/06/tribute-michael-jackson/ |access-date=2025-02-02 |website=Reykjavík Grapevine |language=en-US}}
• Italy{{Cite web |date=2013-08-28 |title=Michael Jackson with statue in Italy |url=https://telegrafi.com/en/michael-jackson-with-statues-in-italy/ |access-date=2025-02-02 |website=Telegrafi |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2023-02-05 |title=Michael Jackson impersonator wins Italian popular game show |url=https://www.mjvibe.com/michael-jackson-impersonator-wins-italian-popular-game-show/ |access-date=2025-02-02 |website=MJVibe |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Italy mourns Michael Jackson |url=https://www.italymagazine.com/featured-story/italy-mourns-michael-jackson |access-date=2025-02-02 |website=ITALY Magazine |language=en}}
• Ireland{{Cite web |date=2021-04-02 |title=When a small Irish village protected Michael Jackson |url=https://www.irishcentral.com/news/michael-jackson-ireland |access-date=2025-02-04 |website=IrishCentral.com |language=en |quote=No matter where the King of Pop went in the Irish village, his whereabouts were kept secret by the townspeople. And even when it was finally revealed that he was in Moate, locals purposely gave reporters wrong directions to keep him safe.}}{{Cite web |last=Burke |first=Diane |date=2021-11-02 |title=A look back at when Michael Jackson played Lansdowne Road in 1992 |url=https://www.dublinlive.ie/news/history/gallery/pictures-michael-jackson-played-lansdowne-22038461 |access-date=2025-02-04 |website=Dublin Live |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2009-07-07 |title=Irish fans join sad pilgrimage to Michael Jackson funeral |url=https://www.irishcentral.com/culture/entertainment/irish-fans-join-sad-pilgrimage-to-michael-jackson-funeral-50139787-237649911 |access-date=2025-02-04 |website=IrishCentral.com |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=entertainment |date=2016-12-05 |title=Watch: Irish artists team up on cover of Michael Jackson's 'You Are Not Alone' for Pieta House |url=https://entertainment.ie/music/watch-irish-artists-team-up-on-cover-of-michael-jacksons-you-are-not-alone-for-pieta-house-256462/ |access-date=2025-02-04 |website=Entertainment.ie |language=en}}
• Latvia{{Cite web |last=BNN |date=2014-07-10 |title=Michael Jackson show to be held in Riga (Latvia) |url=https://bnn-news.com/michael-jackson-show-held-riga-116243 |access-date=2025-02-02 |website=Baltic News Network |language=en-US}}
• Liechtenstein{{Cite book |last=Lewis |first=Claude |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CppMAAAAIBAJ&dq=Liechtenstein+michael+jackson+fans&pg=PA3&article_id=5270,9108294 |title=Michael: Neither Man Nor Woman, Black Nor White, sings i'm Bad. |date=December 30, 1993 |publisher=Rome News-Tribune |language=en |quote=Jackson has been able to transcend all standard barometers and escape every description that might categorize him, save one: Weird. Even his most loyal admirers agree that Jack- son, 36, is weird. And most love him for his daring difference. His alleged fascination with things as disparate as llamas, a dead man's bones and sleeping in oxygen chambers, caused no public alienation. His isolation from his fans added to his magnetism. TEEN-AGERS SWOON over him in nearly every language. He is only slightly less popular in Liechtenstein than he is in London. He is as revered in Japan as he is in Jamaica.}}
• Lithuania{{Cite web |date=May 21, 2010 |title=Lithuanian Sand Sculpture |url=https://www.mjworld.net/news/2010/05/21/lithuanian-sand-sculpture/ |access-date=2025-02-02 |website=www.mjworld.net |language=en-US |quote=On May 22nd, the largest sand sculpture of Michael in the world will open to the public in Kaunas Karmelita Place, in Lithuania. The sculpture is 6.20 metres high and will be part of fifteen enormous size sand sculptures that are built by Olialia SunSet Sand Akropolis 2010 near the shopping and entertainment centre at Kauno Akropolisâ during the time of the festival. Their height ranges from 2 to 6 metres and more than 500 tons of special sand has been brought from the Rizgoni sand-pit, located in Jonava region, for the statues to be built.}}
• Luxembourg{{Cite web |date=June 26, 2009 |title=Mémoires luxembourgeoises de Michael Jackson |url=https://www.tageblatt.lu/headlines/memoires-luxembourgeoises-de-michael-jackson-97516693/ |access-date=2025-02-02 |website=Tageblatt |language=de-DE |quote=On June 22, 1997, Michael Jackson was in Bettembourg as part of his "World History Tour". For those who remember, the concert was improvised on a huge field which, under disastrous weather conditions, still mobilized more than 42,000 spectators. During the concert, young people from Bettenburg had the opportunity to take the stage alongside the King of Pop. Those present will remember a dazzling fireworks show offered by Michael to his fans.}}
• Malta{{Cite web |title=Malta Pays respects to Michael Jackson |url=https://www.independent.com.mt/articles/2009-09-11/news/malta-pays-respects-to-michael-jackson-263109/#:~:text=Malta%20Pays%20respects%20to%20Michael%20Jackson&text=Over%206,000%20people%20turned%20up%20to%20pay,by%20XFM%20100.2%20at%20the%20Valletta%20Waterfront. |access-date=2025-02-02 |website=The Malta Independent |quote=Over 6,000 people turned up to pay their respects and enjoy Malta’s tribute to Michael Jackson, an event organised by XFM 100.2 at the Valletta Waterfront.}}
• Moldova{{Cite web |date=February 22, 2010 |title=Michael Jackson, pe scena Palatului National din Chisinau |url=https://protv.md/stiri/divertisment/michael-jackson-pe-scena-palatului-national-din-chisinau---47112.html |access-date=2025-02-02 |website=Pro TV |language=ro |quote=Michael Jackson was reborn for the Chisinau residents, being played by Teo Radulescu.}}
• Montenegro{{Cite web |date=December 26, 2023 |title=Portonovi News {{!}} Two Concerts on Friday |url=https://portonovi.com/en/news/two-concerts-in-portonovi-on-friday-as-an-introduction-to-new-year-celebrations |access-date=2025-02-02 |website=Portonovi |language=en |quote=Festive Market in Portonovi was officially opened last weekend, and the most exciting is yet to come. Michael Jackson Tribute, whose performance was planned for the market opening, was postponed due to the singer’s illness, and it will take place this Friday, December 29, starting at 6 PM. Afterward, Mostar Sevdah Reunion will perform at 8 PM.}}
• Netherlands{{Cite web |title=This is Michael - 16 May 2025 - Rotterdam Ahoy |url=https://www.ahoy.nl/en/events/concert/this-is-michael |access-date=2025-02-02 |website=Rotterdam Ahoy |language=en |quote=Experience the Michael Jackson hits live in Rotterdam Ahoy! This is Michael returns to Rotterdam with a grand legendary concert live in Ahoy!}}{{Cite book |last=Saltron |first=Didier |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dqlEAAAAIBAJ&dq=michael+jackson+amsterdam&pg=PA6&article_id=1708,2286418 |title=Michael Jackson resumes his History Tour in Europe (Amsterdam) |date=June 10, 1997 |publisher=La Opinion |language=en}}
• North Macedonia{{Cite web |title=Flash Mob in Skopje – creACTive |url=https://www.kreaktiv.mk/flash-mob-in-skopje-2/ |access-date=2025-02-02 |website=www.kreaktiv.mk |quote=On 20th December 2011, the Youth Association creACTive has organized one not so usual event that happens every day here in Skopje. It was performed twice: one on the main square “Macedonia” and the other one at the VERO Center in Skopje. We are talking about FLASH MOB events that are organized all around the world on public spaces like squares, shopping malls, on the streets etc. The participants are dancing on one unique and recognizable choreography that is performed everywhere the same on the Michael Jackson’s song “Beat it”}}
• Norway{{Cite web |date=2009-07-07 |title=Jackson's fans around the world mourn idol |url=https://www.today.com/popculture/jackson-s-fans-around-world-mourn-idol-wbna31775888 |access-date=2025-02-02 |website=TODAY.com |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2009-06-29 |title="Kan han fly?" - Da Michael Jackson spilte på Valle Hovin : Dagsavisen |url=https://www.dagsavisen.no/kultur/article423381.ece |access-date=2025-02-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090629182028/https://www.dagsavisen.no/kultur/article423381.ece |archive-date=29 June 2009 }}
• Poland{{Cite web |title=Jackson received by Polish president - UPI Archives |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1996/09/18/Jackson-received-by-Polish-president/6019843019200/ |access-date=2024-11-20 |website=UPI |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2021-09-20 |title=OTD – 25 years ago, Michael Jackson performed for the first and last time in Warsaw! |url=https://beautifulwarszawa.home.blog/2021/09/20/otd-25-years-ago-michael-jackson-performed-for-the-first-and-last-time-in-warsaw/ |access-date=2025-01-17 |website=Beautiful Warszawa |language=en}}{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=June 26, 2009 |title=Poland Remembers Michael Jackson {{!}} The Krakow Post |url=http://www.krakowpost.com/1393/2009/06 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20240521073048/http://www.krakowpost.com/1393/2009/06 |archive-date=2024-05-21 |access-date=2025-02-02 |website=Krakow Post |language=en-US}}
• Portugal{{Cite web |title=MICHAEL LIVES FOREVER BY RODRIGO TEASER |url=https://arena.meo.pt/en/agenda/michael-lives-forever-by-rodrigo-teaser_en/8719 |access-date=2025-02-02 |website=MEO Arena |language=en-US |quote=The iconic guitarist JENNIFER BATTEN, who accompanied MICHAEL JACKSON in all his world tours, is coming to Portugal to be a part of the band performing with RODRIGO TEASER. These tribute shows will take place this year at Altice Arena, in Lisbon Portugal, and at Super Bock Arena, in Porto, on October 4th and October 7th, respectively.}}{{Cite web |title=O espectáculo de tributo a Michael Jackson vai passar por Portugal |url=https://www.nit.pt/cultura/musica/o-espectaculo-de-tributo-a-michael-jackson-vai-passar-por-portugal |access-date=2025-02-02 |website=NiT |language=pt-PT}}
• Romania{{Cite web |title=Politics-Weary Romanians Welcome Michael Jackson To 'Relieve Tension' {{!}} The Seattle Times |url=https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/19920930/1515867/politics-weary-romanians-welcome-michael-jackson-to-relieve-tension |access-date=2025-01-14 |website=archive.seattletimes.com}}{{Cite web |last=Sclavone |first=Ionel |date=2022-10-23 |title=Un eveniment care a rămas în istoria României. Cum a câștigat Ion Iliescu popularitate cu ajutorul lui Michael Jackson |url=https://evz.ro/un-eveniment-care-a-ramas-in-istoria-romaniei-cum-a-castigat-ion-iliescu-popularitate-cu-ajutorul-lui-michael-jackson.html |access-date=2024-07-25 |website=Evenimentul Zilei |language=ro}}{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=L15WAAAAIBAJ&dq=romania+michael+jackson+hysteria&pg=PA79&article_id=6896,6744514 |title=Romanian Teens Crazy about Michael Jackson |date=17 Dec 1992 |publisher=The Spokesman-Review |language=en |quote=Teenage Hysteria exploded in Romania this week as Hundreds of young Michael Jackson fans marched through Bucharest asking for the Nobel Peace Prize to be awarded to their idol.}}{{Cite web |date=2015-07-07 |title=Monument dedicated to Michael Jackson in Herastrau Park, Bucharest - Travel Moments In Time - travel itineraries, travel guides, travel tips and recommendations |url=https://travel.prwave.ro/monument-dedicated-to-michael-jackson-in-herastrau-park-bucharest/ |access-date=2024-07-25 |website=travel.prwave.ro |language=en-US}}
• Russia{{Cite web |title=Первый в России памятник Майклу Джексону открыли в Екатеринбурге |trans-title=The first monument to Michael Jackson in Russia was opened in Yekaterinburg |url=https://www.obltv.ru/news/society/pervyj_v_rossii_pamatnik_majklu_dzheksonu_otkryli_v_jekaterinburge/ |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20240713003332/https://www.obltv.ru/news/society/pervyj_v_rossii_pamatnik_majklu_dzheksonu_otkryli_v_jekaterinburge/ |archive-date=2024-07-13 |access-date=2025-02-02 |website=www.obltv.ru |language=ru-Ru}}{{Cite web |date=2020-02-18 |title=Michael Jackson Tribute Wows Crowds A at Festival in Kazan (Russia) {{!}} Scarlett Entertainment News |url=https://scarlettentertainment.com/latest-news/michael-jackson-tribute-wows-crowds-a-at-festival-in-kazan-russia |access-date=2025-02-02 |website=Scarlett Entertainment |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Concert Майкл Джексон. Мировое шоу 01.03.25 19:00 {{!}} Russian Philharmonic - Moscow Symphony Orchestra |trans-title=For the first time in Russia! A new historical tribute show of one of the best students of Michael Jackson's school |url=https://orchestra.ru/en/concert/maykl-dzhekson-mirovoe-shou-01032519 |access-date=2025-02-02 |website=orchestra.ru}}
• Serbia{{Cite web |last=Kettmann |first=Matt |date=2015-01-27 |title=Monument to Michael Jackson |url=https://www.independent.com/2015/01/26/monument-michael-jackson/ |access-date=2025-02-02 |website=The Santa Barbara Independent |language=en-US |quote=Yes, like everywhere else, Michael Jackson is huge in Serbia. But what was more interesting to me, and what informed my script emotionally, pushing onto different directions, was the reaction to his sudden death all over former Yugoslavia. At the time of his death I was still writing the script, I was a week away from finishing it for a deadline. I woke up late that morning and found many messages on my phone, such as “Your monument just died” and other similar messages from friends and colleagues who knew I was finishing this script titled “Monument To Michael Jackson.”}}
• Slovakia{{Cite web |title=13 tipov pre ničím nerušený relax v Turčianskych Tepliciach |url=https://www.hauzi.cz/blog/13-tipov-pre-nicim-neruseny-relax-v-turcianskych-tepliciach |access-date=2025-02-02 |website=Hauzi.cz |language=cs}}{{Cite web |last=a.s |first=Petit Press |title=Countrywide Events |url=https://spectator.sme.sk/culture-and-lifestyle/c/countrywide-events-161 |access-date=2025-02-02 |website=The Slovak Spectator |language=en |quote=Bratislava SHOW:ALMOST half a year after Michael Jackson’s unexpected death, the world of music has not yet finished paying tribute to the King of Pop through various events dedicated to his dancing and music. On December 18 and 19, the city of Bratislava will join in this celebration of one of the greatest entertainers with three performances of a show entitled Thriller Live, which brings to life on stage the sensational dancing and distinctive sound of Jackson’s greatest hits, as well as the most famous singles of his family’s band, The Jackson Five.}}
• Spain{{Cite web |date=2024-04-18 |title='Michael's Legacy': Altea's musical tribute |url=https://euroweeklynews.com/2024/04/18/michaels-legacy-alteas-musical-tribute/ |access-date=2025-02-02 |website=Euro Weekly News |language=en-GB}}{{Cite web |date=2024-10-27 |title=The world's finest Michael Jackson tribute comes to Palma |url=https://www.majorcadailybulletin.com/enjoying-mallorca/whatson/music/the-world-finest-michael-jackson-tribute-comes-palma.html |access-date=2025-02-02 |website=Majorca Daily Bulletin |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2023-09-26 |title=VIDEO: 30 years ago today Michael Jackson 'Thrilled' Tenerife |url=https://www.canarianweekly.com/posts/VIDEO-30-years-ago-today-Michael-Jackson-Thrilled-Tenerife |access-date=2025-02-02 |website=Canarian Weekly |language=en |quote=Jackson was welcomed by a thousand fans at the airport in La Laguna}}
• Sweden{{Cite web |title=Forever Jackson |url=https://www.visitstockholm.com/events/forever-jackson/2025-05-05/1900/2200/ |access-date=2025-02-02 |website=Visit Stockholm (The official guide to Stockholm for visitors ) |language=en |quote=Michael Jackson fans, get ready! Forever Jackson - Europe's premier Jackson tribute - is coming to Sweden. In May 2025, you can experience the magic of The King of Pop during five amazing shows around the country.}}{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2009-07-09 |title=Swedish Jackson Tribute Rocks Net - Radio Sweden |url=https://www.sverigesradio.se/artikel/2959345 |access-date=2025-02-02 |website=Radio Sweden |language=en |quote=Internet films of a Swedish "Flash Mob" formed to commemorate Michael Jackson have been flying around the internet today, with celebrity blogger Perez Hilton even highlighting it on his homepage.}}
• Switzerland{{Cite news |date=2009-07-06 |title=Giant plastic Jackson erected in Swiss town |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2009-07-06/giant-plastic-jacko-erected-in-swiss-town/1342584 |access-date=2025-01-19 |work=ABC News |language=en-AU}}{{Cite web |date=2025 |title=FOREVER – The Best Show About the King of Pop (Zurich) |url=https://www.myswitzerland.com/en-ca/experiences/events/forever-the-best-show-about-the-king-of-pop/ |website=MySwitzerland (Switzerland Travel & Vacation) |quote=The globally unique homage to the King of Pop, "FOREVER – The Best Show About the King of Pop", will be on an extensive European tour in autumn 2025! The show, which is personally supported by Michael Jackson's family, revives the unique magic and legendary hits of the greatest pop star of all time.}}
• Slovenia{{Cite web |date=January 4, 2024 |title=Human Nature Live Show {{!}} Cankarjev dom |url=https://www.cd-cc.si/en/culture/lease-event/human-nature-live-show |access-date=2025-02-02 |website=Cankar Centre |language=en |quote=Human Nature Live Show is a top-notch musical and visual experience that showcases the artistic talent and musical world of Michael Jackson, with impeccable choreography, stunning costumes, carefully selected talented musicians, dancers, and backing vocalists. All of this is complemented by singer Miguel Concha, who can create the illusion that Michael Jackson is back on stage.}}
• Ukraine{{Cite web |date=2009-07-03 |title=Ukrainians want to change the name of the village to Jackson |url=https://telegrafi.com/en/ukrainasit-deshirojne-te-ndryshojne-emrin-e-fshatit-ne-jackson/ |access-date=2025-02-02 |website=Telegrafi |language=en |quote="In the village there are many fans of Michael Jackson and they want to make him immortal", said Kislicin, adding that he has nothing against such a change.}}{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2024-08-09 |title=Ukraine THRILLERed the Olympics 2024 |url=https://www.mjvibe.com/ukraine-thrillered-the-olympics-2024/ |access-date=2025-02-02 |website=MJVibe |language=en-US |quote=16 years old Ukraine’s Olympic Rhythmic gymnast Taisiia Onofriichuk made an amazing performance with her hoop to “Thriller” by Michael Jackson, at times moon-walking and doing hand moves from the song’s video, delighting the fans and judges alike.}}
• United KingdomCampbell 1993, p. 216.{{cite web |title=750,000 tickets for Jackson concerts sell in 4 hours - CNN.com |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Music/03/13/michael.jackson.concerts.tickets/index.html}}{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2019-04-21 |title=Michael Jackson 'Bad' Sep 11, 88, Aintree Gig Pre-Hillsborough Cover-Up |url=https://enchantedlifepath.com/2019/04/21/michael-jackson-bad-gig-crush-aintree-88/ |access-date=2025-01-16 |website=Enchanted LifePath |language=en-GB}}{{Cite web |date=2021-05-09 |title=Thriller Live Breaks Record for Longest-Running Show at the West End's Lyric Theatre {{!}} Playbill |url=https://playbill.com/article/thriller-live-breaks-record-for-longest-running-show-at-the-west-ends-lyric-theatre-com-205521 |access-date=2025-02-02 |website=Playbill|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210509141925/https://playbill.com/article/thriller-live-breaks-record-for-longest-running-show-at-the-west-ends-lyric-theatre-com-205521 |archive-date=9 May 2021 }}

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• Anguilla{{Cite web |date=2024-10-24 |title=Market and Michael Jackson Tribute Concert - Aurora Anguilla Resort {{!}} Your Caribbean Paradise Awaits |url=https://www.auroraanguilla.com/event/moonsplash-moonwalk/ |access-date=2025-02-03 |website=Aurora Anguilla |language=en-US |quote=Join us for an exhilarating weekend of events around the full moon. From markets to night splash at the Waterpark and a grand Michael Jackson tribute concert at the Amphitheatre, Aurora is the place to be.}}
• Antigua and Barbuda{{Cite web |last=Melas |first=Chloe |date=2021-07-22 |title=A 22-foot spaceman sculpture has landed in the Caribbean Sea |url=https://www.cnn.com/style/article/spaceman-sculpture-antigua-brendan-murphy/index.html |access-date=2025-02-03 |website=CNN |language=en |quote=the 22-foot, 3,000-pound sculpture named “The Boonji Spaceman,” stands on a dock in the middle of the ocean at the Hodges Bay Resort in Antigua. Striking a Michael Jackson-inspired dance pose,}}
• Bahamas{{Cite web |date=December 30, 2024 |title=Experience the magic of the King of Pop! Join us at Bar Sol for an electrifying performance by Who's Bad, the world's top Michael Jackson tribute group. |url=https://www.atlantisbahamas.com/michael-jackson-tribute-at-bar-sol |access-date=2025-02-03 |website=Atlantis Paradise Island}}
• Barbados
• Belize{{Cite web |date=July 31, 2009 |title=Tribute Concert in memory of Lucky Dube and Michael Jackson {{!}} Channel5Belize.com |url=https://archive.channel5belize.com/archives/948 |access-date=2025-02-03 |website=Great Belize Television}}
• Canada{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2009-06-26 |title=Canadian Michael Jackson Fans Express Shock, Sadness |url=https://toronto.citynews.ca/2009/06/26/canadian-michael-jackson-fans-express-shock-sadness/ |access-date=2025-02-03 |website=CityNews Toronto |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2009-07-30 |title=Montreal Mobs dance to Beat It in honour of Jackson |url=https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/montreal-mobs-dance-to-beat-it-in-honour-of-jackson/article_83be0be7-d634-5b55-98a8-64b315adae44.html |access-date=2025-02-03 |website=Toronto Star |language=en}}{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2009-07-05 |title=Michael Jackson Remembered on Canada Day - TorontoDance.com |url=https://www.torontodance.com/michael-jackson-remembered-on-canada-day/ |access-date=2025-02-03 |website=www.torontodance.com |language=en-CA |quote=Thirty thousand Michael Jackson fans gathered in Toronto’s Dundas Square on Canada Day}}
• Costa Rica{{Cite web |date=2016-07-13 |title=The Spirit of Michael Jackson show in Costa Rica |url=https://www.mjvibe.com/the-spirit-of-michael-jackson-show-in-costa-rica/ |access-date=2025-02-03 |website=MJVibe |language=en-US |quote=On the occasion of the commemoration of the death of Michael Jackson (June 25, 2009), a show will premier in Costa Rica brought from Vienna, Austria. It is The Spirit of Michael Jackson, a musical that looks at the life and career of the King of Pop. The shows will be on August 3 & 4, at 8 p. m., at the Teatro Popular Melico Salazar in San Jose.}}{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2015-09-02 |title=WATCH: Costa Rican firefighters dance to Michael Jackson's 'Thriller' |url=https://ticotimes.net/2015/09/02/watch-firefighters-costa-rica-dance-michael-jacksons-thriller |access-date=2025-02-03 |website=The Tico Times |language=en-US}}
• Cuba{{Cite web |last=Martinez |first=Alejandro |date=2016-04-04 |title=Michael Jackson goes out to dance in the streets of Havana |url=https://www.cubaenmiami.com/en/michael-jackson-sale-a-bailar-a-las-calles-de-la-habana/comment-page-1/ |access-date=2025-02-03 |website=Cuba en Miami |language=en}}
• Dominica
• Dominican Republic{{Cite web |date=2021 |title='Healing' Dominican Republic, on Michael Jackson's birthday, 2021 - Michael Jackson's Legacy |url=https://www.michaeljacksonslegacy.org/projects/back-to-school-in-the-dominican-republic/ |access-date=February 2, 2025 |website=Michael Jackson Legacy (Charity Organization) |quote=Thanks to donations from all across the world, some of the Dominican Republic’s most deprived children received brand new growing shoes and stationery on Michael Jackson’s birthday, 2021. On 24 June 2020, just a day before the ninth anniversary of Michael Jackson’s passing, funding for 161 branded pencil cases and supplies was completed in his name, via MJL’s ‘Back to School’ initiative. In addition to this}}{{Cite web |date=2010-06-26 |title=PHOTOS: Tribute to King of Pop held at the Cove |url=https://dominicanewsonline.com/news/homepage/news/entertainment/photos-tribute-to-king-of-pop-held-at-the-cove/ |access-date=2025-02-03 |website=Dominica News Online |language=en-US |quote=Micheal Jackson’s hit songs such as ‘Scream’,’ ‘Heal the World’, ‘Thriller’, and others were performed. We Defy from Petite Savanne did a full performance of his number one song ‘Thriller’.}}
• El Salvador{{Cite web |title=Espectáculo "This is Michael", inspirado en el Rey del Pop, llegará a El Salvador |url=https://www.elsalvador.com/entretenimiento/espectaculos/this-is-michael-jackson-concierto-inspirado-rey-del-pop-el-salvador-agosto/1141658/2024/ |access-date=2025-02-03 |website=El Savador |language=es |quote="This is Michael" is an international-level show that takes a tour of the best musical moments of Michael Jackson, legendary King of Pop. Salvadorans will have the opportunity to enjoy this concert for the first time.}}
• Guatemala{{Cite web |date=2017-04-28 |title=Llega a Guatemala el tributo a Michael Jackson, uno de los espectáculos más famosos de Las Vegas |url=https://www.publinews.gt/gt/espectaculos/2017/04/28/tributo-michael-jackson-llega-guatemala-vegas-mayo-2017.html |access-date=2025-02-03 |website=Publinews Guatemala |language=es}}
• Haiti{{Cite news |title=Everland Haiti Sponsorship Program, 2014-2018 {{!}} Michael Jackson's Legacy |url=https://www.michaeljacksonslegacy.org/projects/everland-haiti-sponsorship-program/ |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20210725130334/https://www.michaeljacksonslegacy.org/projects/everland-haiti-sponsorship-program/ |archive-date=2021-07-25 |access-date=2025-02-03 |work=Michael Jackson's Legacy |language=en-GB |quote=From 2014 to 2018 a grand total of 27 children were sponsored through school at Everland Haiti Children’s World, thanks to 28 individual, families and/or groups around the world, dedicated to making a difference in Michael Jackson’s memory}}{{Cite web |last=Robson |first=Seth |date=March 2, 2010 |title=King of Pop calms the crowds during Haiti aid mission |url=https://www.stripes.com/news/king-of-pop-calms-the-crowds-during-haiti-aid-mission-1.99696 |access-date=2025-02-03 |website=Stars and Stripes |language=en |quote=Michael Jackson songs are, by far, the most popular with crowds, Max said. The Haitians try to mimic Michael Jackson’s dance moves and incorporate some hip-hop steps, he said.}}
• Honduras{{Cite web |date=2025-05-06 |title=ExpoCopán cierra con vibrante coreografía de Michael Jackson |url=https://www.latribuna.hn/2025/05/06/expocopan-cierra-con-vibrante-coreografia-de-michael-jackson/ |access-date=2025-05-18 |website=Diario La Tribuna |language=es |quote=ExpoCopán 2025, organized by the National Chamber of Tourism of Honduras (Canaturh), became a vibrant celebration that left its mark on the community and visitors. One of the highlights was the musical tribute dedicated to the legendary Michael Jackson, which thrilled the hundreds of people gathered at the event.}}
• Jamaica{{Cite web |date=2021-03-25 |title=PHOTO FLASHBACK: Michael Jackson wows Jamaica in person |url=https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/esponsored/20210325/photo-flashback-michael-jackson-wows-jamaica-person |access-date=2025-02-03 |website=Jamaica Gleaner |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2020-07-10 |title=Skillibeng drops new single featuring Ghetto Michael Jackson - Jamaica Observer |url=https://www.jamaicaobserver.com/2020/07/10/skillibeng-drops-new-single-featuring-ghetto-michael-jackson/ |access-date=2025-02-03 |website=Jamaica Observer |language=en-US}}
• Mexico{{Cite web |title=MEXICO: Mexican fans of Michael Jackson break world record to mark singer's birthday |url=https://reuters.screenocean.com/record/300980 |access-date=2025-01-16 |website=Reuters Archive Licensing - Record ID: 300980 |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Mexico: Azteca's birthday in protests' shadow - turmoil before World Cup |url=https://stadiumdb.com/news/2023/06/mexico_aztecas_birthday_in_protests_shadow_turmoil_before_world_cup |access-date=2025-01-16 |website=stadiumdb.com |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Michael Jackson "festeja" el 5 de mayo con Carlos Salinas de Gortari - ViveUSA |url=https://www.viveusa.mx/showbiz/michael-jackson-festeja-el-5-de-mayo-con-carlos-salinas-de-gortari/ |access-date=2025-01-16 |website=ViveUSA.mx |language=es}}
• Nicaragua{{Cite book |title=New Internationalist |url=https://www.google.ca/books/edition/New_Internationalist/bBZUAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=nicaragua++michael+jackson&dq=nicaragua++michael+jackson&printsec=frontcover |access-date=2025-03-07 |publisher=New Internationalist |language=en |quote=Ask any young Nicaraguan who their favourite pop star is and they will reply 'Michael'.}}
• Panama{{Cite web |title=Panama's link to Jackson |url=https://www.laestrella.com.pa/panama/nacional/s-to-link-panama-jackson-GILE230273 |access-date=2025-02-03 |website=La Estrella |language=es-PA}}
• Puerto Rico{{Cite news |date=2025 |title=The Michael Jackson Experience in San Juan |url=https://www.tuentrada.com/eventos/detalle/Sarmiento-San-Juan/565964511615 |quote=The Michael Jackson Experience, a tribute show celebrating the King of Pop, will take place at Teatro Sarmiento in San Juan, Puerto Rico.}}
• Trinidad and Tobago{{Cite web |last=Subero |first=Keith |date=2009-07-02 |title=Jackson frenzy |url=https://trinidadexpress.com/news/local/jackson-frenzy/article_7770157e-bf2f-5473-84c4-bb85661a2f6a.html |access-date=2025-02-03 |website=Trinidad Express |language=en |quote=The Jacksons came to Trinidad in February 1978, they stayed at the then Hilton Hotel. They had a wish fulfilled when they were introduced to T&T-born Miss Universe Janelle "Penny" Commissiong. While here they performed three shows, two at the Queen's Park Savannah in Port of Spain and one at Skinner Park, San Fernando.}}{{Cite web |date=June 26, 2009 |title=The Caribbean remembers Michael Jackson |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/webarchive/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fcaribbean%2Fnews%2Fstory%2F2009%2F06%2F090626_jacksoncaribbean.shtml |website=BBC Caribbean |quote=People in the Caribbean have joined the rest of the world world in expressing shock at the sudden death pop star Michael Jackson.}}
• St Lucia
• Saint Vincent and the Grenadines{{Cite web |last= |date=2009-07-03 |title=Vincentians remember Michael Jackson – the king of pop |website=Searchlight |url=https://www.searchlight.vc/searchlight/local-vibes/2009/07/03/vincentians-remember-michael-jackson-the-king-of-pop/ |access-date=2025-02-03 |language=en-US}}

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• Australia{{Cite web |title=Australia Re-lives MJ 'HIStory' |url=https://www.mjworld.net/news/2016/07/25/australia-re-lives-mj-history/ |access-date=2025-02-04 |website=www.mjworld.net |language=en-US |quote=Having been on tour in Australia from the 16th June to the 24th July and presented by Showtime, the show with it’s new star, South African born Dantanio Goodman delivered to its audiences the closest thing to a Michael Jackson concert experience. From the opening song ‘Jam’ that had Dantanio explode onto the stage just like Michael did in his ‘Dangerous’ concerts to a thrilling end and standing ovation with Michael’s masterpiece ‘Thriller,’ it was a sold out crowd.}}{{Cite web |last=Pepper |first=Daile |date=2009-06-26 |title=Perth's love affair with Michael Jackson |url=https://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/perths-love-affair-with-michael-jackson-20090626-czi2.html |access-date=2025-02-04 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en}}{{Cite news |last=Otterman |first=Sharon |date=2009-06-26 |title=Around the World, Shock and Grief Over Jackson |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/27/world/27jacksonreax.html |access-date=2025-02-04 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}
• Fiji{{Cite web |date=July 10, 2010 |title=Grammar pays tribute to Michael Jackson |url=https://fijisun.com.fj/2010/07/10/grammar-pays-tribute-to-michael-jackson/ |access-date=2025-02-04 |website=fijisun.com.fj |language=en-US |quote=A year after the death of the man dubbed the King of Pop, students from a local school pay tribute to Micheal Jackson when they performed his moves at the Kula Film Awards competition in Suva on Friday night. The dance also earned one of their top dancers a chance to travel to Hawaii as a prize.}}{{Cite web |title=Jackson's memorial service live on Mai TV |url=https://fijisun.com.fj/2009/07/06/jacksons-memorial-service-live-on-mai-tv/ |access-date=2025-02-04 |website=fijisun.com.fj |language=en-US |quote=“We felt it was our duty to secure the service. Thousands in Fiji know and loved his music and would like to be part of the Memorial Service”, Mai TV chief executive officer Richard Broadbridge said.}}
• Marshall Islands{{Cite web |last=Journal |date=2021-06-30 |title=US upset at money abuse |url=https://marshallislandsjournal.com/us-upset-at-money-abuse/ |access-date=2025-02-04 |website=The Marshall Islands Journal |language=en-AU |quote=The big disco robot competition at Marshall Islands High School drew hundreds of fans to watch the Kamikazi team from Rita take top honors. Popping into second place was the Ebeye Street Breakers and following them closely was the King of Eagles. Miss Robot, the only girls popping team, came in for a good showing at fourth place. Gloves, white shoes and baggy pants are the standard uniform for these smooth moving kids — and Michael Jackson is their idol.}}
• Micronesia{{Cite web |last=Matanane |first=Sabrina Salas |date=January 9, 2011 |title=King of Pop look-alike contest in Dededo |url=https://www.kuam.com/story/13812052/2011/01/09/king-of-pop-look-alike-contest-in-dededo |access-date=2025-02-04 |website=www.kuam.com |language=en |quote=Guam - The University of Guam's School of Education Student Organization, Association for Childhood Education International is sponsoring a Michael Jackson look-a-like competition on January 17 at the Micronesia Mall. Those interested are encouraged to dance and/or sing like the legendary King of Pop.}}
• New Zealand{{Cite web |last=showtime |date=2018-01-31 |title=MICHAEL JACKSON HISTORY SHOW RETURNS TO NEW ZEALAND! |url=https://mjhistoryshow.com/?p=922 |access-date=2025-02-04 |website=Michael Jackson History Show returns to New Zealand, Back by Popular Demand |language=en-US |quote=After an approximate 5000+ performances in the past nine years across Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Hong Kong, Dubai, Indonesia, South Africa, Canada and the US, word of this show has spread amongst the MJ community, with the show being inundated with pleas to come back to the NZ stage. It was this persistent devotion of admirers that allowed producer John Van Grinsven to hear the requests loud and clear, ultimately leading to the Michael Jackson HIStory Show’s return.}}{{Cite web |date=2009-06-25 |title=NZ fans farewell Michael Jackson |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/nz-fans-farewell-michael-jackson/NP47M7FENVR5LEEG7DPNWRRDNY/ |access-date=2025-02-04 |website=The New Zealand Herald |language=en-NZ}}{{Cite web |date=February 2, 2024 |title=International MJ tribute flying into New Zealand 2024 - Claudelands |url=https://claudelands.co.nz/events/news/international-mj-tribute-flying-into-new-zealand-2024 |access-date=2025-02-04 |website=claudelands.co.nz |quote=After roaring success from its 2018 New Zealand Tour, and wowing audiences across the globe, the Michael Jackson tribute show is set to perform at an impressive 19 venues with the new and updated production set to stun audiences across the nation.}}
• Palau
• Tonga{{Cite web |date=2009-07-15 |title=Tonga competition to honour Michael Jackson's legacy |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/184814/tonga-competition-to-honour-michael-jackson's-legacy |access-date=2025-02-04 |website=RNZ |language=en-nz}}

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• Argentina{{Cite web |title=Michael Jackson arrives in Argentina - UPI Archives |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1993/10/06/Michael-Jackson-arrives-in-Argentina/3681749880000/ |access-date=2025-02-03 |website=UPI |language=en}}{{Cite magazine |last=Snyder |first=S. James |date=2009-06-29 |title=What Michael Jackson Did on His Last Day |url=https://time.com/archive/6910116/what-michael-jackson-did-on-his-last-day/ |access-date=2025-02-03 |magazine=TIME |language=en}}
• Bolivia{{Cite web |date=2019-06-11 |title=Bolivia: "The Legacy of Michael Jackson" Exhibition |url=https://www.mjvibe.com/bolivia-the-legacy-of-michael-jackson-exhibition/ |access-date=2025-02-03 |website=MJVibe |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Howe |first=Sophia |date=June 17, 2013 |title=Bolivian Express {{!}} MICHAEL JACKSON REBORN |url=https://bolivianexpress.org/blog/posts/michael-jackson-reborn |access-date=2025-02-03 |website=Bolivian Express |quote=Even in the helter-skelter chaos of La Paz, Gonzalo has to obtain a permit to perform, which can sometimes be quite difficult. His fans, though, are grateful to see this Bolivian incarnation of Michael Jackson every Monday through Wednesday at his usual spot, dancing away to the joyful songs of the King of Pop.}}
• Brazil{{Cite news |title=Michael Jackson's music had impact around the globe |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-jackson-global-sb/michael-jacksons-music-had-impact-around-the-globe-idUSTRE5624OT20090704/ |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250104132504/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-jackson-global-sb/michael-jacksons-music-had-impact-around-the-globe-idUSTRE5624OT20090704/ |archive-date=2025-01-04 |access-date=2025-02-03 |work=Reuters |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=2010-06-27 |title=Brazil: Michael Jackson Immortalized at a Slum in Rio de Janeiro |url=https://globalvoices.org/2010/06/27/brazil-michael-jackson-immortalized-at-a-slum-in-rio-de-janeiro/ |access-date=2025-02-03 |website=Global Voices |language=en}}
• Chile{{Cite web |title=Dangerous' tour arrives in Chile - UPI Archives |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1993/10/18/Dangerous-tour-arrives-in-Chile/5765750916800/ |access-date=2025-02-03 |website=UPI |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=Nov 3, 2024 |title=Hundreds of Michael Jackson fans celebrate with a massive choreography in Chile |url=https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/HundredsofMichaelJacksonfanscelebratewithamassivechoreographyinChile/d9ac7edd46a24e12bd6880c0c4a77577/video |access-date=2025-02-03 |website=The Associated Press}}
• Colombia{{Cite web |last=Gil |first=Liliana |date=2016-12-11 |title=Michael Jackson's Legacy in Colombia |url=https://www.foxnews.com/lifestyle/michael-jacksons-legacy-in-colombia |access-date=2025-02-03 |website=Fox News |language=en-US}}
• Ecuador{{Cite web |date=2022-06-15 |title=The 16 years old Ecuadorian Michael Jackson |url=https://www.mjvibe.com/the-16-years-old-ecuadorian-michael-jackson/ |access-date=2025-02-03 |website=MJVibe |language=en-US |quote=Native of Puebloviejo canton in Ecuador, the 16-year-old says he became interested in Michael Jackson’s career when he was 6 years old. First listening to his songs, then memorizing them and two years ago he began, during the pandemic, to practice to perfect the dance steps. He was pushed by his classmates to sing at a school event and he decided to sing Billie Jean and he took everyone by surprise as his voice is very similar to the King of Pop! ... A video of the performance was downloaded to TikTok and reached over 5 million views}}
• French Guinea{{Cite web |date=2009-07-06 |title=Jackson "Super Fans" Remember Their Idol - CBS News |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jackson-super-fans-remember-their-idol/ |access-date=2025-02-03 |website=www.cbsnews.com |language=en-US}}
• Guyana{{Cite web |last=KNews |date=2009-07-09 |title=Guyanese crowd City Hall in honour of the 'king of pop' |url=https://www.kaieteurnewsonline.com/2009/07/09/guyanese-crowd-city-hall-in-honour-of-the-king-of-pop/ |access-date=2025-02-03 |website=Kaieteur News |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=2010-07-11 |title=Music Immortalized - Guyana Chronicle |url=https://guyanachronicle.com/2010/07/11/music-immortalized/ |access-date=2025-02-03 |website=Guyana Chronicle |language=en-US}}
• Paraguay{{Cite web |date=2017-01-26 |title=Hyundai Paraguay inspired by Michael Jackson's Black or White video |url=https://www.mjvibe.com/hyundai-paraguay-inspired-by-michael-jacksons-black-or-white-video/ |access-date=2025-02-03 |website=MJVibe |language=en-US |quote=Hyundai Paraguay just released an ad for their New 4×4 car HB20x inspired by Michael Jackson. Mostly inspired by Michael Jackson’s short film “Black or White", complete with the costume and a moonwalk}}{{Cite web |last=Cáceres |first=Rocío |date=2013-09-01 |title=La vigencia de los Michael Jackson paraguayos |url=https://www.ultimahora.com/la-vigencia-los-michael-jackson-paraguayos-n718431 |access-date=2025-02-03 |website=Última Hora |language=es |quote=The voice of the King of Pop was extinguished 4 years ago, but his legacy remains in force in Paraguay. Young people and adults reproduce their choreographies, emulate their style and clothing.}}
• Peru{{Cite web |title=World Lens: The World Reacts to M.J.'s Death |url=https://www.bet.com/photo-gallery/qpoa28/world-lens-the-world-reacts-to-m-j-s-death/0brt77 |access-date=2025-02-03 |website=BET |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=AFP |date=2015-09-02 |title=Peruvian teen aims to revive language with Michael Jackson (and Bob Marley) covers |url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/entertainment/article/peruvian-teen-aims-to-revive-language-with-michael-jackson-bob-marley-covers/ |access-date=2025-02-03 |website=CTVNews |language=en}}
• Suriname{{Cite web |date=March 12, 2009 |title='Michael Jackson' in Suriname |url=https://www.parool.nl/kunst-media/michael-jackson-uit-suriname~b85d9d80/?referrer=https://www.google.com/ |access-date=2025-02-04 |website=Het Parool}}
• Uruguay{{Cite web |date=2009-10-27 |title=Michael Jackson en A. Latina |url=https://www.vozdeamerica.com/a/michael-jackson-en-a-latina-66939187/85097.html |access-date=2025-02-03 |website=Voz de América |language=es}}{{Cite web |title=Los fans uruguayos de Michael Jackson reclamarán su inocencia en la explanada de la IMM |url=https://www.elobservador.com.uy/nota/los-fans-uruguayos-de-michael-jackson-reclamaran-su-inocencia-en-la-explanada-de-la-imm-2019321135855 |access-date=2025-02-03 |website=El Observador |language=es-UY |quote=Supporters of Michael Jackson gather on Sunday to protest HBO's "documentary". There are those who claim that much of what is said in the documentary is false. Among them are members of the artist's fan community in Uruguay.}}
• Venezuela {{Cite web |last=Beck |first=Gary |date=2020-11-30 |title=José Martinez Shines as Michael Jackson at ACT 2PV Show |url=https://outandaboutpv.com/jose-martinez-shines-as-michael-jackson-at-act-2pv-show/ |access-date=2025-02-03 |website=Out and About Puerto Vallarta |language=en-US |quote=The designated King of Pop created music and dance movements which forever changed the pop music world. Chart-topping was assured every time he released a single and album recording. The star who will astound you is a talented Venezuelan TV personality and Award-winning Michael Jackson impersonator who has performed from Brazil to Mexico, José Martinez.}}{{Cite web |title=Fans from Sydney to Rio mourn Michael Jackson |url=https://www.recordonline.com/story/entertainment/local/2009/06/25/fans-from-sydney-to-rio/51942541007/ |access-date=2025-02-03 |website=Times Herald-Record |language=en-US}}

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News of Jackson's death triggered an outpouring of grief around the world. Fans gathered outside the UCLA Medical Center, Neverland Ranch, his Holmby Hills home, the Hayvenhurst Jackson family home in Encino, the Apollo Theater in New York, and at Hitsville U.S.A., the old Motown headquarters in Detroit where Jackson's career began, now the Motown Museum. Streets around the hospital were blocked off, and across America people left offices and factories to watch the breaking news on television.Coleman, Mark. [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/michael-jackson/5645517/Michael-Jackson-is-dead-fans-mourn-outside-hospital.html Michael Jackson is dead: fans mourn outside hospital], The Daily Telegraph, June 26, 2009. A small crowd, including the city's mayor, gathered outside his childhood home in Gary, where the flag on city hall was flown at half staff in his honor.Keagle, Lauri Harvey. [http://nwitimes.com/news/local/article_09dde006-1899-5b27-9f38-b190d4c7a64e.html Fans paying respects to King of Pop at boyhood home], The Times of Northwest Indiana, June 26, 2009. Fans in Hollywood initially gathered around the Walk of Fame star of another Michael Jackson, as they were unable to access Jackson's star, which had been temporarily covered by equipment in place for the Brüno film premiere.[http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2009/06/michael-jackson-7.html Michael Jackson's death: Fans gather at wrong Hollywood star], The Los Angeles Times, June 26, 2009. Grieving fans and memorial tributes relocated from the talk radio host's star the next day.Behrens, Zach. [http://laist.com/2009/06/26/crowds_gather_around_michael_jackso.php Crowds Gather Around Michael Jackson's Star After Bruno Premiere] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090629071126/http://laist.com/2009/06/26/crowds_gather_around_michael_jackso.php |date=June 29, 2009 }}, Hollywood LAist, June 26, 2009.

From Odesa[http://photo.unian.net/eng/themes/13467 In Odessa honoured memory of Michael Jackson], UNIAN (June 29, 2009) to Brussels,{{in lang|nl}} [http://www.gva.be/nieuws/media-en-cultuur/video/extern-hulde-aan-michael-jackson-in-brussel.aspx Hulde aan Michael Jackson in Brussel], Gazet van Antwerpen (July 7, 2009) and beyond, fans held their own memorial gatherings.

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On June 25, 2010, the first anniversary of Jackson's death, fans traveled to Los Angeles to pay tribute. They visited Jackson's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, his family home, and Forest Lawn Memorial Park. Many carried sunflowers and other tributes to leave at the sites.{{cite news |first1= Jason |last1= Wells |first2= Veroniac |last2= Rocha |date= June 25, 2010 |url= http://www.glendalenewspress.com/news/tn-gnp-0626-jackson,0,4723051.story |title= One year later: Fans gather to pay tribute to Michael Jackson |newspaper= Glendale News-Press |access-date= May 31, 2015 |archive-date= May 8, 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210508223625/http://www.glendalenewspress.com/news/tn-gnp-0626-jackson,0,4723051.story |url-status=dead}}{{cite news|title=Familia y fans de Jackson le recuerdan en el aniversario de su muerte |url=http://www.lavanguardia.com/cultura/noticias/20100625/53952933686/familia-y-fans-de-jackson-le-recuerdan-en-el-aniversario-de-su-muerte-los-angeles-michael-jackson-nu.html |date=June 25, 2010 |newspaper=La Vanguardia |agency=EFE |access-date=June 26, 2010 |language=es}}

On June 26, 2010, fans marched in front of the Los Angeles Police Department's Robbery-Homicide Division at the old Parker Center building, and assembled a petition with thousands of signatures, demanding justice in the homicide investigation.{{cite news|first= Anthony |last= McCartney |date= June 23, 2010 |title= A year after Michael Jackson's death, fan base remains committed to keeping memory alive |newspaper= The Gaea Times |agency= Associated Press |url= http://entertainment.gaeatimes.com/2010/06/23/a-year-after-michael-jacksons-death-fan-base-remains-committed-to-keeping-memory-alive-143386/}}{{cite news|first= Dennis |last= Romero |date= June 4, 2010 |url= http://www.michaeljackson.com/us/node/841578 |title= MJ fans plan to march in downtown L.A. one day after anniversary |work= LA Weekly |publisher= Michaeljackson.com |archive-date= July 22, 2011 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110722224542/http://www.michaeljackson.com/us/node/841578}}{{Cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-jackson-idUSTRE7911PI20111002|title=Michael Jackson fans stay faithful at trial|date=2011-10-02 |work=Reuters|access-date=2019-07-11|language=en}}

In 2014, 34 members of the French-based Michael Jackson Community fan club sued Jackson's doctor Conrad Murray for the emotional damage caused by the singer's death. Five of them were awarded one euro each since they were able to prove their suffering. Their lawyer, Emmanuel Ludot, stated that to his knowledge this was "the first time in the world that the notion of emotional damage in connection with a popstar has been recognised".{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-26141075|title=One euro in damages for Jackson fans|date=2014-02-11|access-date=2019-07-11 |language=en-GB}}

On December 10, 2010, as a promotion of Jackson's first posthumous album Michael, a {{convert|29070|sqft|m2|adj=on}} poster depicting the album artwork from Michael was erected at the Rectory Farm in Middlesex, England, by fans which broke a Guinness World Record for the largest poster in the world.{{Cite web|url=http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2010/12/largest-poster-michael-jackson-57647|title=Largest Poster - Michael Jackson |date=2010-12-10|website=Guinness World Records|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-07-11}}

In 2019, after the release of HBO's documentary Leaving Neverland, Jackson fans demanded the Sundance Film Festival cancel the premiere.{{cite web|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2019/01/sundance-michael-jackson-child-abuse-doc-leaving-neverland-fan-protests-1202035204/|title=Sundance Will Not Pull Michael Jackson Child Abuse Doc 'Leaving Neverland' Amid Fan Protests|last=Sharf|first=Zack|date=January 15, 2019|website=IndieWire|access-date=January 21, 2019}} Fans protested outside Channel 4's office, and led an internet campaign against the film. They also crowdfunded an advertising campaign to publicise Jackson's innocence, with the slogan "Facts don't lie. People do" on buses and bus stops.

In July 2019, three Jackson fan clubs in France, Michael Jackson Community, the MJ Street and On The Line, have filed a suit against two of the late alleged abuse victims for sullying his image in Leaving Neverland, using the defamation laws that make it an offence to wrongly sully the image of a dead person. US or British laws do not provide such protection to the deceased.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/michael-jackson-fans-sue-alleged-abuse-victims-in-french-court-2064395|title=Michael Jackson Fans Sue Alleged Abuse Victims In French Court|website=NDTV.com|access-date=2019-07-11}}{{Cite web|last=Squires|first=Bethy|date=2019-07-05|title=Michael Jackson Fan Groups are Suing over Finding Neverland|url=https://www.vulture.com/2019/07/michael-jackson-fan-groups-are-suing-over-finding-neverland.html|access-date=2020-10-11|website=Vulture|language=en-us}}

The Jackson Family Foundation, in conjunction with Voiceplate, presented "Forever Michael", an event bringing together Jackson family members, celebrities, fans, supporters and the community to celebrate and honor his legacy. A portion of the proceeds were presented to some of Jackson's favorite charities.{{cite web|title= An amazing tribute: The Jackson Family Foundation & VoicePlate Productions presents "Forever Michael." |url= http://www.michaeljackson.com/de/node/842682 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110722224437/http://www.michaeljackson.com/de/node/842682 |publisher= Michaeljackson.com |date= June 26, 2010 |archive-date= July 22, 2011}}{{cite news|title= Aniversario de muerte de Michael Jackson pasará sin grandes homenajes |url= http://www.abc.com.py/espectaculos/aniversario-de-muerte-de-michael-jackson-pasara-sin-grandes-homenajes-121603.html |newspaper= Diario ABC Color |agency= EFE |date= June 23, 2010 |access-date= May 31, 2015 |language= es}}

A convention for the European community, Kingvention was established in the United Kingdom in 2015, following the success of various Jackson-related events across the continent. In 2024, Kingvention held its first international edition in Los Angeles, marking the convention’s expansion beyond Europe. All special guests featured at the events have worked closely with Michael Jackson.{{Cite web|url=https://www.kingvention.com/about-kingvention/|title=About Kingvention – Kingvention|language=en-US|access-date=2019-07-11}}

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• 2015: Rob Hoffman, Diana Walczak, Jonathan Morrish and Eddie Wolfl
• 2016: Dan Beck, Thom Russo and Yuko Sumida Jackson
• 2017: Dorian Holley, Eddie Garcia and Steven Paul Whitsitt
• 2019: Larry Stessel, Darryl Phinnessee and Siedah Garrett
• 2020: Jean-Marie Horvat, Bill Bottell and Dorian Holley
• 2022: Allan "Big Al" Scanlan, Bill Botrell, Kevin Dorsey and Lavelle Smith Jr.
• 2023: Nicholas Pike, Rupert Wainwright, Cindera Che and Craig Lamont Parks
• 2024: Cindera Che, Darryl Phinnessee, Eddie Garcia, Alif Sankey, Clay Tave, Ashlei Tave, Betty Pecha Madden, Bill Whitfield, Bonnie Sinclair, Donna Schultz, Dorian Holley, Nicholas Pike, Rob Hoffman and Siedah Garrett
• 2025: Dave Way, Bill Nation and Alif Sankey

Michael Jackson Fans For Charity (MJFFC) is a fan-made charity inspired by Jackson.{{Cite web|url=https://www.mjffc.org.uk/home#aboutus|title=MJFFC - Michael Jackson Fans For Charity|website=www.mjffc.org.uk|access-date=2019-07-11}}

The MJJCommunity won Best Fan Forum at the O Music Awards 2011.{{Cite web|url=https://www.michaeljackson.com/news/michael-jackson-mjj-community-receives-award-winning-best-fan-forum-mtvs-o-music-awards-pictu-0/|title=Michael Jackson MJJ Community Receives Award For Winning Best Fan Forum on MTV's O Music Awards (Pictures Inside)|website=Michael Jackson Official Site|language=en-US|access-date=2019-07-11}}

Mike Pesca of Slate and Kevin Fallon of The Daily Beast described fans as conspiracy theorists due to doubts over Jackson's sexual abuse allegations.{{cite web|url=https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/03/leaving-neverland-michael-jackson-defenders-conspiracy-theorists.html|title=Michael Jackson's Defenders Are Starting to Sound Like Conspiracy Theorists|first=Mike|last=Pesca |date=March 8, 2019|website=Slate Magazine}}{{cite news|url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/leaving-neverland-and-the-twisted-cult-of-michael-jackson-truthers|title=The Twisted Cult of Michael Jackson Truthers|first=Kevin|last=Fallon|date=March 2, 2019|work=The Daily Beast}}

• Beatlemania, from which Jacksonmania gets its name
• Thrill the World, an annual gathering of fans each October

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