Michael Jackson has been nominated for five American Music Awards, posthumously this year, the other nominees being Kings of Leon, Lady Gag, Taylor Swift, and Eminem.
He had also been nominated in the favorite male artist category, but Swift was ahead with 6 nominations.
The winners will be announced on 22nd November at a glittering ceremony. It will be telecast by America’s ABC network.
Online voting will determine the awards, while a measurement combing and radio airplay will select the nominees.
MJ, is the only artist to have received 20 American Music Awards along with an Award for the artist of the century.
He was honored in 2001 as a solo artist in the US Rock and Roll hall of fame. He is also the winner of 13 Grammy Awards.
The Moonwalk with Billie Jean won him an Emmy Award. It was impossible but he practiced it hard perfected it and caught the fancy of the world.
He died at the age of 50, leaving a void in the hearts of all his fans and music lovers. He was about to begin a comeback tour through a series of concerts in London.