Michael Jackson released his sixth studio album Thriller, November 30, 1982. It became Jackson's first #1 album on the Billboard Top LPs and Tapes chart, spending a record 37 weeks. It produced seven singles that reached the top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100.
It won a record eight Grammys in February 1984: Album of the Year; Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male; Best Engineered Recording, Non-classical; Producer of the Year (Non-classical).
Beat It won Record of the Year. Billie Jean won Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male; and Best Rhythm & Blues Song.
Thriller is the best-selling album of all time, with 66 million copies world-wide and has been certified 33x platinum in the US. The album has been inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame and into the Library of Congress' National Recording Registry for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant recordings."
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