He became the first black artist to be prominently featured on that young, rock-oriented channel when the success of Billie Jean and Beat It became so overwhelming it could not be ignored.

专辑中歌曲《Billie Jean》和《Beat It》的大肆走红让以针对年轻人和摇滚乐为主的MTV频道无法忽视。 因此，杰克逊成为首位登上该频道的黑人歌手。

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He's posthumously beat out every recording artist to become the most-downloaded musician of all time, based on sales data from Nokia.

无论生前还是死后，他都击败了所有唱片纪录保持者，根据Nokia销售数据，他已成为迄今下载量最多的歌手。

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Justin Bieber may have lost out at the Grammys for Best New Artist and Best Pop Album but he beat (almost) all comers at the box office.

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Drake, whom Spalding also beat two years ago for best new artist, may now wish he had been there because the rapper was awarded his first Grammy after 13 nominations.

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It beat the art film Exit Through the Gift Shop putting to rest any worries the Academy might have had about street artist Banksy (who directed the film) trying to accept his award in a monkey mask.

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