
Michael Jackson: “Thriller” at 43
Michael Jackson - Thriller
Released: 1982
Michael Jackson and Quincy Jones built it as nine potential singles with zero filler. Seventy million copies later, it is still the best-selling album ever made.
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Michael Jackson - Thriller
Released: 1982
Michael Jackson and Quincy Jones built it as nine potential singles with zero filler. Seventy million copies later, it is still the best-selling album ever made.

Michael Jackson - Dangerous
Released: 1991
Michael Jackson left Quincy Jones behind and bet his crown on Teddy Riley, the 23-year-old architect of new jack swing. The gamble reinvented the King of Pop for the ’90s.

Michael Jackson - Off the Wall
Released: 1979
Fresh from The Wiz, Michael Jackson recruited Quincy Jones and became the first solo artist to send four singles from one album into the top 10. It's now his third Diamond-certified album.

The Jacksons - Triumph
Released: 1980
For the first time, the Jacksons produced every note themselves — announcing their independence with the audacious opening chorale of “Can You Feel It.”

The Jacksons - Victory
Released: 1984
Michael was reluctant, controversy shadowed the project, and the tour triumphed anyway. The Jacksons’ final album with their biggest star is equal parts duty and farewell.

Nirvana - Nevermind
Released: 1991
A $65,000 budget and a no-frills Van Nuys studio produced the album that knocked Michael Jackson off No. 1 and ended hair metal's decade-long run on rock radio.

Michael Jackson - Bad
Released: 1987
Michael Jackson wrote nine of Bad's eleven songs himself, turned it into the only album to spawn five Number One singles, and watched the Grammys shut it out anyway.
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