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Justin Bieber had a great night at Sunday’s American Music Awards. Not only did he perform his inspirational new track, “Pray,” at the big show, but he also walked away with four awards, including Favorite Male Artist, Favorite Album for My World 2.0, Artist of the Year and T-Mobile Breakthrough Artist.

But Bieber’s shout-out to Michael Jackson left some viewers confused: Taking the stage to collect one of his trophies, he said, “Without Michael Jackson, none of us would be here.” When MTV News caught up with the superstar later in the night, he laughed off the somewhat misleading comment.

“You know, I said, ‘Without Michael we wouldn’t have been here,’ but we would be here, but music wouldn’t be the same,” he explained. “I want to clarify that you’d still be born. Michael’s not your dad or anything. You’d still be here. He’s not your father.”

Bieber may be here without Michael Jackson, but he says that he really wouldn’t be here without his fans. “I think that my fans have been such a supporting factor that, I mean, I couldn’t be doing this without them, so this has just been amazing,” he explained. “I owe it all to my fans, my family, my friends.”

Bieber says that his dad is equally impressed by what the 16-year-old has accomplished. “He was just telling me how proud he was. I’m Canadian, so he was like, it’s like when he sees a hockey team score a goal and he jumps out of his seat,” he said. “He’s like, ‘Yes! That’s my boy.’ So it was great.”

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Justin Bieber joins the world in commemorating The King of Pop, Michael Jackson, even as he is taking a day off on his My World Tour.

On his Twitter account, one of Justin’s most powerful media tool, the teen idol expresses his admiration for MJ by changing his Twitter background. It now contains a picture of Bieber wearing a shirt with MJ’s face and with the words ‘Legends Live Forever’ splashed in front.

Together with the picture, Justin Bieber also revealed to his fans that there was a song in his album that was written with Michael Jackson as inspiration. The song was titled ‘Runaway Love’ and he offered it once again in memory of MJ with a wish that the pop icon would rest in peace.

In addition, Justin Bieber is also participating in the 20/20 Michael Jackson special. The Canadian pop singer shared his wish that people would just stop talking nonsense about MJ and just remember the singer and dancer for his great talent. Speaking maturely as a true artist, Justin Bieber pleads to everyone to commemorate MJ for his contribution to the music industry. How Michael was a great entertainer and how he has influenced not only music but every person’s individual life.

ZACQUISHA

Michael Jackson not only made what we now know today as pop music, but the huge popularity of his music forced MTV to do something they had never done before….play music videos by a black artist. He broke down the color barrier in music and his second album THRILLER became the biggest selling album of all time selling 110 million albums. A record that I guarantee you will never be broken again.

May you RIP MJ.

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