Michael Jackson was scheduled to appear on Dick Clarks American Music Awards until The Grammys stepped in an gave Michael a choice between performing on The Grammys or the AMAs.

Dick Clark, who owns the AMAs filed suit claiming the producers of the Grammy awards were engaged in unfair competition against his rival show.



The suit seeks $10 million in damages from Michael Greene, president and chief executive of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, which produces the Grammys.



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