8月29日是“流行天王”邁克爾?杰克遜51歲冥誕。當日，墨西哥12937名歌迷齊聚墨西哥城革命紀念碑前的廣場，在一名杰克遜模仿者的帶領下隨著杰克遜名曲《顫栗者》的旋律共舞，此舉可能會創(chuàng)下新的多人同時共舞《顫栗者》的吉尼斯世界紀錄。目前，該項吉尼斯世界紀錄的保持者是威廉瑪麗學院242名學生于今年5月在弗吉尼亞的威廉斯堡創(chuàng)造的。吉尼斯世界紀錄官方將在一周內確定此次萬人共舞紀錄是否有效。

Michael Jackson's fans dance "Thriller" in celebration of the late singer's 51st birthday in Mexico City, Mexico, on Aug. 29, 2009. According to the organizers, 12,937 Mexicans set the new Guinness World Record on a mass performance of Michael Jackson's famed "Thriller" dance on Sunday.

They say they beat it. Thousands of Mexicans claimed they broke the record for most people dancing to "Thriller" simultaneously in one place on August 29, which would have been Michael Jackson's 51st birthday.

"We did it!" organizer Javier Hildago shouted to thousands of people wearing black fedoras, white gloves, aviator shades and ghoulish face paint, breathless after trying to recreate the groundbreaking 1983 video.

Did they? The Guinness Book of World Records will decide in a week.

The current record was set in May by a group of 242 College of William & Mary students who performed the routine in Williamsburg, Virginia, according to Guinness.

Hildago claimed 12,937 people danced in front of Mexico City's Monument of the Revolution, led by a Michael Jackson impersonator wearing a red-and-gold sequined jacket.

But Guinness must certify whether all those people really performed the entire, intricate routine. The impersonator, who goes by the name Hector Jackson, and most of those in front of a huge crowd of onlookers certainly looked pretty good.

"More people responded than we even imagined!" Hector Jackson said. "Mexico gave the best tribute in the world to Michael Jackson."

Some of those who took part were born more than two decades after "Thriller" was released.

Guillermo Rodriguez, 2, wore a wig of dreadlocks, a black fedora and a white glove as he practiced the moves minutes before the event, holding up a cell phone that blared a recording of the song into his ear.

His father, Guillermo Rodriguez Sr., is not a huge fan himself. But he said his son has become mesmerized by the Jackson videos that Mexican television have often played since the pop icon died on June 25.

"Michael Jack!" the toddler screeched, pointing a chubby, un-gloved finger at a Jackson T-shirt held up by a nearby hawker.

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