At the 2009 American Music Awards , Jackson won four posthumous awards , including two for his compilation album '' Number Ones '' , bringing his total American Music Awards to 26 . In the year after his death , more than 8.2 million of Jackson 's albums sold in the US , and 35 million albums worldwide , more than any other artist in 2009 . He became the first artist to sell one million music downloads in a week , with 2.6 million song downloads . '' Thriller '' , '' Number Ones '' and '' The Essential Michael Jackson '' became the first catalog albums to outsell any new album . Jackson also became the first artist to have four of the top 20 best-selling albums in a single year in the US
2009 American Music Awards
American Music Awards of 2009
Michael Jackson