30 Years Later, Where Are Michael Jackson’s Giant ‘HIStory’ Statues Now?

Back in 1995, Michael Jackson didn’t just drop an album—he dropped monuments. Literally. As part of the over-the-top promotion for his HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I album, Jackson commissioned giant statues of himself to be placed in cities around the world. Towering over 30 feet tall and cast in military-style armor, these colossal effigies of the King of Pop caused traffic jams, media frenzies, and full-on global buzz.

But fast forward 30 years—and the million-dollar question remains: Where are those statues now?

The campaign was as ambitious as Jackson himself. More than a dozen statues were reportedly made, with sightings in places like London, Paris, Berlin, Prague, and even outside the famous Tower Bridge floating on a barge. These weren’t inflatable PR stunts—they were industrial-sized, sculpted giants made to intimidate, inspire, and immortalize. The kind of thing only Michael Jackson could (or would) do.

Some statues have found new homes. One of the most famous stood outside a McDonald’s in the Netherlands for years before being moved to a private collector’s property. Another ended up at a football stadium in Fulham, London—until fans demanded its removal. A few have disappeared entirely, lost to time, urban redevelopment, or simply dismantled and forgotten. Whispers of others surviving in storage units, private estates, or obscure museums continue to swirl.

In a way, their mysterious fates reflect the larger-than-life mythos of Jackson himself. Love him or loathe him, his ability to blend pop music with spectacle was unmatched. The HIStory statues were both bold marketing and personal mythology—cementing his self-image as more than an artist, but a global force.

Today, fans track them like hidden treasures. There are even online forums and YouTube rabbit holes dedicated to sightings, restorations, and theories. Each statue’s fate tells a story: of fandom, controversy, urban history, and the strange permanence of pop culture icons cast in stone.

Three decades on, Michael’s HIStory statues may no longer stand in city squares—but their legacy looms just as large. Because in the world of pop, no one ever thought bigger than MJ.