His success resulted in his being dubbed the "King of Pop". The honorific was popular-
ized by Elizabeth Taylor when she presented him with an "Artist of the Decade" award
in 1989, proclaiming him "the true king of pop, rock and soul." President George H. W.
Bush presented him with The White House's special "Artist of the Decade." From 1985
to 1990, he donated $500,000 to the United Negro College Fund, and all of the profits
from his single "Man in the Mirror" went to charity. Jackson's live rendition of "You
Were There" at Sammy Davis Jr.'s 60th birthday celebration received an Emmy nomina-
tion.
In March 1991, Jackson renewed his contract with Sony for $65 million, a record-
breaking deal at the time, displacing Neil Diamond's renewal contract with Columbia
Records. He released his eighth album Dangerous in 1991. As of 2008, Dangerous had
shipped seven million copies in the U.S. and had sold 32 million copies worldwide; it is
the most successful new jack swing album of all time. 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 world-
wide. 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. In
1993, Jackson performed the song at the Soul Train Awards in a chair, saying he had
suffered an injury in rehearsals. 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 Jack-
son had built on the property. The foundation also sent millions of dollars around the
globe to help children threatened by war and disease. The Dangerous World Tour began
on June 27, 1992, and finished on November 11, 1993. Jackson performed to
3.5 million people in 67 concerts. All profits from the concerts went to the "Heal the
World Foundation", raising millions of dollars in relief. He sold the broadcast rights to
his Dangerous world tour to HBO for $20 million, a record-breaking deal that still
stands. Following the illness and death of Ryan White, Jackson helped draw public at-
tention to HIV/AIDS, something that was still controversial at the time. He publicly
pleaded with the Clinton Administration at Bill Clinton's Inaugural Gala to give more
money to HIV/AIDS charities and research.

In a high-profile visit to Africa, Jackson visited several countries, among them Gabon
and Egypt. His first stop to Gabon was greeted with a sizable reception of more than
100,000 people in "spiritual bedlam", some of them carrying signs that read, "Welcome
Home Michael". In his trip to the Ivory Coast, Jackson was crowned "King Sani" by a
tribal chief. He then thanked the dignitaries in French and English, signed official docu-
ments formalizing his kingship and sat on a golden throne while presiding over ceremo-
nial dances.
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