Michael Jackson is still king!
Adele may be the current champion of the music industry, but one icon is back to put her in her place.
The Recording Industry Association of America announced that MJ's Thriller is officially the first album to ever sell 30 million copies in the United States!
Jackson's Thriller was released Nov. 30 1982 and spent nearly 2
1/2 years on the Billboard album chart with 37 weeks at No. 1, holding
the modern day record. It was also the first album in history to spend
its first 80 weeks in the album chart's top 10, which has only been
replicated once since.
Worldwide, Thriller topped charts in nearly every market,
hitting No. 1 in the United Kingdom, France, Italy, Australia, Denmark,
Belgium, South Africa, Spain, Ireland, New Zealand, Canada and apartheid
South Africa. The album won a record-setting 8 Grammy's with nominations
in 12 categories -- another first.
Here's the classic hit: