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The cover for Thriller features Jackson in a ... In winning the Album of the Year ... Andrew R. Chow wrote in Time that Thriller is "a towering pillar of ...
In 1982, Temperton wrote three songs, including the title track, [1] [2] for Jackson's next LP, Thriller, which became the biggest-selling album of all time in the United States, selling 32 million copies. [2] Temperton also wrote the spoken word section of the song for the actor Vincent Price. [13]
The album Thriller was released in November 1982 on Epic Records and spent months at the top of the Billboard 200. [15] "Thriller" was not initially planned for release as a single, as Epic saw it as a novelty song. [16] The Epic executive Walter Yetnikoff asked: "Who wants a single about monsters?" [15] By mid-1983, sales of the album had ...
Thriller spent 37 non-consecutive weeks at No. 1, and set the record for most top 10 singles from an album, with seven. It has since sold over 60 million copies around the world.
"P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)" was released in the US on September 19, 1983, as the sixth single from Thriller. The single charted at no. 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 and no. 46 on the Hot Black Singles chart, becoming the sixth Top 10 hit from Thriller. [2] [13] The song was released in Europe in March 1984.
Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” is the best-selling album of all time, having sold a reported 70 million copies. Sarasota mystery writer Don Bruns would be happy with a fraction of that success ...
"Billie Jean" is a song by the American singer Michael Jackson, released by Epic Records on January 3, 1983, as the second single from his sixth studio album, Thriller (1982). It was written and composed by Jackson, produced by Quincy Jones, and co-produced by Jackson.
"Wanna Be Startin' Somethin '" is a song by American singer-songwriter Michael Jackson recorded for his sixth studio album Thriller (1982). It is the opening track of the album and was released as its fourth single on May 9, 1983, by Epic Records. It was written and co-produced by Jackson and produced by Quincy Jones. The lyrics pertain to ...