โฆHas been named the Top Newsmaker of 2005 by US TV show Access Hollywood.
โฆWrote a special song dedicated for the victim of Katrina Hurricane in 2005.
โฆFaced a lawsuit placed by Prescient Acquisition Group Inc. which alleged him for owing the company $48 million fee for rescuing his stake in the publishing rights of The Beatles' songs by July 2005.
โฆHis "Thriller" music video was voted the Most Memorable Music Video by the viewers of MTV's "The Box" in December 2005.
โฆHas been sued by the Dinnes Memorial Veterinary Hospital owner, Martin Dinnes, in early January 2006 for unpaid bills of $91,602 as the payment for the maintenance of his pets at Neverland ranch.