At the 26th Annual Grammy Awards , '' Thriller '' won eight awards , while Jackson also won an award for the '' E.T. the Extra-Terrestial '' storybook . Winning eight Grammys in one ceremony is a record he holds with the band Santana . Jackson and Quincy Jones won the award for Producer of the Year ( Non-Classical ) . '' Thriller '' won Album of the Year ( with Jackson as the album 's artist and Jones as its co-producer ) , and the single won Best Pop Vocal Performance ( Male ) award for Jackson . " Beat It " won Record of the Year and Best Rock Vocal Performance ( Male ) . " Billie Jean " won two Grammy awards : Best R&B Song and Best R&B Vocal Performance ( Male ) , with Jackson as songwriter and singer respectively . '' Thriller '' also won the Grammy for Best Engineered Recording ( Non Classical ) , acknowledging Bruce Swedien for his work on the album . At the 11th Annual American Music Awards , Jackson won another eight awards and became the youngest artist to win the Award of Merit . He also won Favorite Male Artist , Favorite Soul/R & B Artist , and Favorite Pop/Rock Artist . " Beat It " won Favorite Soul/R & B Video , Favorite Pop/Rock Video and Favorite Pop/Rock Single . The album collectively won Favorite Soul/R & B Album and Favorite Pop/Rock Album
26th Annual Grammy Awards
26th Annual Grammy Awards
Michael Jackson