Michael Jackson was given the ‘Artist of the Millenium Award’ at Thursday’s MTV Video Music Awards by Britney Spears, a day that also was the King of Pop’s 44th birthday. Jackson said, “Wow. God bless you. I love you, too. Thank you very much. Britney spears, you look wonderful. If — when I was a little boy in Indiana if someone had told me — if someone had told me that one day I would be getting as a musician the Artist of the Millennium Award, I wouldn’t have believed it. This is really amazing. I can’t believe it. Thank you so very much. There’s a couple of people I have to thank who made this possible. First of all, I’d like to thank God who makes all things possible. My mother, Joseph Jackson, Katherine Jackson, Triewdy Green, Howard Kauffman, the genius of John McLean. Diana Ross, Gladys Knight. Quincy Jones I love you. David Blaine your magic is real and I believe in you. I would like to thank — I think James Brown is a genius. All the fans around the world, I love you. God bless you, thank you.”
Update: The Artist Of The Millenium wasn’t the award Michael got… it was just a birthday present, as Jacko misunderstood when Britney said something about being the artist of the millenium.