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8 Nov, 1996

Molly Meldrum interview

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Jackson is interviewed by Molly Meldrum and they talk about the pressure he feels from the hysteria and anticipation of his fans, his obsession with working, about coping with the disrespect constantly faced with the tabloid media. He also talks what he does do when he has a chance to relax.

Yes, I am a workaholic. Uh, I don’t relax really, I don’t sleep a lot, I like to continually… my mind never stops. I’m always creating. I never stop. But, I love a good water balloon fight or you know playing around, goofing off, Nintendo games, arcades.

Michael Jackson - Molly Meldrum interview 1996

Oct 1996

Rowe, Jackson marry

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Rowe and Jackson marry in Australia while he is on HIStory World Tour concerts at the SCG. Rowe is six-months pregnant with their first child during the ceremony. Rowe:

To prevent some of the taboo of a child out of wedlock. The kids were going to have it hard enough as it was, and they didn’t need to have that label upon them like their father has had so many placed upon him, they shouldn’t.

1996

Wins Bravo Magazine Award

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Jackson wins the Bravo Magazine Award for Gold Otto Award, Platinum Otto/Lifetime Achievement Award, Best Male Singer, Best Show, Nicest Singer, and Best Album for History: Past, Present, Future, Book I.

I am very honored.

A shy Michael received the first ever Platinum Bravo Award for lifetime achievement in 1996

19 Feb, 1996

Wins BRIT Award

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Jackson wins the BRIT Award for Artist of a Generation Award.

18 Jan, 1996

Jackson, Presley divorce

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Presley and Jackson divorce citing irreconcilable differences as the reason. Presley:

I do believe he loved me as much as he could love anyone and I loved him very much … I became very ill and emotionally/spiritually exhausted in my quest to save him from certain self-destructive behavior and from the awful vampires and leeches he would always manage to magnetize around him. I was in over my head while trying … He was an amazing person and I am lucky to have gotten as close to him as I did and to have had the many experiences and years that we had together

Jackson’s Los Angeles publicist, Lee Solters, confirms the separation saying in a statement that the couple had “mutually agreed to go their separate ways. However, they remain good friends.”

6 Dec, 1995

Wins Billboard Award

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Jackson wins the Billboard Award for Special Hot 100 Award and Pop/Rock Video Of The Year for Scream.

1 Oct, 1995

Wins Brazilian TVZ Video Awards

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Jackson wins the Brazilian TVZ Video Award for Best International Video of the Year for Scream.

9 Jun, 1995

Diane Sawyer interview

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Sawyer asks Jackson about his HIStory album, focus on being a perfectionist and his love of his fans. The interview also includes a rhythmic beat box acapella to demonstrate how he creates music organically without instruments.

That’s my chance to get to really, you know, see them and, feel their presence. When we do a concert, and there’s like a hundred thousand people out there, and you see a sea of people singing there, all in unison, holding up candles, and, you go, wow! You know it’s, it really makes your heart happy and that’s what really makes me feel like everything’s O.K..

Michael Jackson ABC News Interview(1995)

31 May, 1995

Childhood

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Jackson releases Childhood, a song based on his missing childhood experience. The song, the B-side of Scream, is a solo-piece written, sung and produced by Jackson. The song is used in the soundtrack for Free Willy 2.

My childhood was completely taken away from me. There was no Christmas, no birthdays. It was not a normal childhood, no normal pleasures of childhood. Those were exchanged for hard work, struggle and pain, and eventual material and professional success.