THRILLER

November 30, 1982. Epic released a heck of an album. but you probably know that already-its thriller time!
Michael had intended to make a album where every song was a killer song. Thriller was in the Top 10 of the billboard 200 for EIGHTY CONSECUTIVE WEEKS! Seven singles that made it this way: Billie Jean, Beat it, Wanna be startin somethin, The girl is mine, Human nature, PYT, and of course, THRILLER.
People simply ate up Thriller! It sold 140 MILLION COPIES making itself the best selling album of all time. J. Randy Taraborrelli mused, "at some point thriller stopped selling like a leisure item and started selling like a household staple."
Before Thriller, Michael, and many other African musicians, struggled to get on MTV because of their race. CBS president Walter Yetnikoff pressured MTV and declared, "I'm not going to give you any more videos and I'm going to go public and tell them that you don't want to play music by a Black Man." That made MTV start showing Billie Jean and Beat it which opened doors for people like Rihanna, Jay-Z, Beyonce, and Usher.
Thriller was an extraordinary time for Michael. They started making merchandise such as T-shirts, dolls, clothes, hats, bags, and other things. In 2003, Thriller was ranked at number 20 on the Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums of all time list.
And Thriller sold like crazy. But then stopped. So Michael had to get it selling again....