birthday celebration allowed Jackson
to receive his second Emmy
nomination.
1991–93: Dangerous, Heal the
World Foundation, and Super Bowl
XXVII
In March 1991, Jackson renewed his
contract with Sony for $65 million, a
record-breaking deal at the time,
displacingNeil Diamond's renewal
contract with Columbia
Records.[148] In 1991, he released his
eighth album, Dangerous, coproduced with Teddy
Riley. Dangerous was certified seven
times platinum in the U.S., and, as of
2008, has approximately sold 30
million copies worldwide. In the
United States, the album's first single
"Black or White" was its biggest hit,
reaching number one on
the Billboard Hot 100 and remaining
there for seven weeks, with similar
chart performances worldwide. The
album's second single "Remember the
Time" spent eight weeks in the top
five in the United States, peaking at
number three on the Billboard Hot
100 singles chart. At the end of
1992, Dangerous was awarded the
best-selling album of the year
worldwide and "Black or White" was
awarded best-selling single of the year
worldwide at the Billboard Music
Awards. Additionally, he won an
award as best-selling artist of the
1980s. In 1993, Jackson performed
the song at the Soul Train Music
Awards in a chair, saying he had
suffered an injury in rehearsals.[155]In
the UK and other parts of Europe,
"Heal the World" was the biggest hit
from the album; it sold 450,000
copies in the UK and spent five weeks
at number two in 1992. Jackson
founded the Heal the World
Foundation in 1992. The charity
organization brought underprivileged
children to Jackson's ranch to enjoy
theme park rides that Jackson had
built on the property. The foundation
also sent millions of dollars around
the globe to help children threatened
by war, poverty, and disease. In the
same year, Jackson published his
second book, the bestselling
collection of poetry, Dancing the
Dream. While it was a commercial
success, and revealed a more intimate
side to Jackson's nature, the collection
was mostly critically unacclaimed at
the time of its release. In 2009, the
book was republished
by Doubleday and was more
positively received by some critics in
the wake of Jackson's untimely death.
The Dangerous World
Tour grossed $100 million. The tour
began on June 27, 1992, and finished
on November 11, 1993. Jackson
performed to 3.5 million people in 70
concerts. He sold the broadcast rights
to his Dangerous world tour
to HBO for $20 million, a recordbreaking deal that still stands.
Following the illness and death
of Ryan White, Jackson helped draw
public attention to HIV/AIDS,
something that was still controversial