Thriller Released: The Best-Selling Album of All Time
Michael Jackson and producer Quincy Jones poured $750,000 into recording sessions that birthed Thriller, an album which exploded to become the best-selling record in history with over 65 million copies sold worldwide. The project shattered industry norms by spawning seven top-10 singles and securing a record-breaking eight Grammy Awards, fundamentally changing how the music business approached global marketing and video production.
November 30, 1982
44 years ago
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