Which artist was inducted with the Jackson 5 in 1997 and as a solo performer in 2001?

Michael Jackson was inducted with the Jackson 5 in 1997 and as a solo performer in 2001. Those two ceremonies recognized both the group that launched his career and the extraordinary individual career that followed.

Jackson joined his brothers in the Jackson 5 as a child and became the group’s breakout lead singer. Motown hits such as “I Want You Back,” “ABC,” and “The Love You Save made him a national star before he was a teenager. The group’s 1997 induction honored the Jackson 5 as a band, not Michael alone.

His 2001 solo induction reflected a different achievement. Albums including Off the Wall, Thriller, Bad, and Dangerous made Jackson a global pop innovator whose music, choreography, videos, and stagecraft reshaped popular culture. Jermaine Jackson was also a Jackson 5 member, but he was not the artist inducted separately as a solo performer in 2001.