When Michael Jackson ... “Thriller” blockbuster, which became the best-selling album of all time after it was released 40 years ago on Nov. 30, 1982. With seven hit singles that led to a ...

By Steve Knopper For record executives, the story of Michael Jackson‘s Thriller begins in 1979 ... according to RIAA data, and vinyl sales were just beginning to decline after years of growth.

“No single record changed the business and my life as powerfully as Michael Jackson’s ‘Thriller,’” said the president of ... Jean” on digital formas as Jackson was with it on vinyl. As of Saturday, it ...

CBS Records was ... change after “Thriller,” with the coming of Madonna, Michael’s sister Janet, and Paula Abdul, among others. But in the meantime, Michael Jackson had the MTV dance-floor ...

Nearly three years after its release, her critically acclaimed sophomore album, SOS, has officially surpassed Michael Jackson’s Thriller as ... securing the record as the Black artist with ...

Michael Jackson has an extremely complicated legacy, and if you want something that addresses the darker side of it, look elsewhere than “Thriller 40.”In the new documentary, director Nelson ...

From Jackson ... "Thriller," Michael Jackson's spooky funk-pop smash that served as the title track to the most commercially successful album in history. Like Jones himself, who produced the ...