Michael Jackson makes history by winning four posthumous American Music Awards—bringing his AMA career total to 25

“We love you, Michael,” said a sequin-glove-sporting Jermaine Jackson, who accepted the honor on his brother’s behalf. “It’s not just about the winnings, the awards, it’s mainly the message. The message that Michael had will live on forever…and he saw good in everyone and he wanted them to do good.  To start with love and let’s love each other.”

Sister Janet kicked things off with a medley of her hits. Even Swift, who accepted her Artist of the Year award (without interruption) live via satellite, paid tribute to Michael, who she beat.

“I just want to say that music has never been ultimately about competition, and to even be mentioned in a category with Michael Jackson, who we’ll miss and love forever, is an unimaginable honor,” she said. ”And I just want to say I’m sending my love to the Jackson family and Janet.” In the end, the ghost of Jackson was the night’s most compelling presence.

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Michael Jackson's This Is It has made $101m (£61m) worldwide in its first five days making it No. 1 at the boxoffice

Sony has also decided to extend the film beyond its planned two-week run, for a possible three extra weeks.

'MICHAEL JACKSON'S THIS IS IT' Movie Reviews

• ‘This Is It’ is surely a treat for Michael Jackson fans. For those who aren’t, the film doesn’t quite give any insight into the man’s life because ‘This Is It’ is seems mainly for those who were closely following his music and were prepared for the concert. So, if anyone is looking for any insight on his life per se, then this really isn’t it.
• One gets the feeling the Michael we see on screen would not fully approve of the movie he’s in. Not because of its content, necessarily, but because his perfectionist tendencies might cause him to blanch at director Kenny Ortega’s occasional use of out-of-focus or otherwise raw-looking footage.
• If the filmmakers had attempted to frame within the context of Michael’s offstage life, it would have seemed rushed or distasteful, given the movie’s release just four months after his death.The glimpses of “This Is It” allow us into Michael’s professionalism, and the long stretches it devotes to his magical stage presence do not feel like exploitation.
• This Is It preserves the image and memory of Michael as a thinking, largely sane and supremely talented enigma who defined popular culture in the latter half of the 20th century. It’s authentic. It’s sincere, and it’s the last creative will and physical testament of a man some people never fully understood, but chose to deeply love anyway.

"The curtain fell sooner than expected. What is left is this extraordinary documentary, nothing at all like what I was expecting to see. Here is not a sick and drugged man forcing himself through gruelling rehearsals, but a spirit embodied by music. Michael Jackson was something else."

—Roger Ebert