Thriller (album)

***Thriller*** is the sixth studio album by the American singer and songwriter Michael Jackson. It was released in 1982 and is the biggest-selling album of all time. Seven singles were released from the album. It won eight Grammy Awards, the most anyone has won at once.

In 1979, Jackson released _Off the Wall_. It was very successful. However, Jackson was not happy. At the 1980 Grammys, he won one Grammy from the album. It was the Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance for the single "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough". Jackson said that "It was totally unfair that it didn't get Record of the Year and it can never happen again". When Jackson made _Thriller_ he wanted it to be more successful than _Off the Wall_. _Thriller_ won Record of the Year.

In October 2001, a special edition of the album was released. It has an extra twelve tracks.

## Thriller 25

In 2008, twenty-five years after its release the album was released again as _Thriller 25_. It had seven extra songs: a new song, "For All Time", five remixes with Fergie, will.i.am, Kanye West, and Akon, and a clip from Vincent Price's spoken bit in the song "Thriller". Jackson was the album's executive producer.
Jackson died in 2009. This made people buy more of his music. In 2009 _Thriller_ sold 1.27 million copies in the US. This made it the 14th best-selling album of the year.

_Thriller 25th Anniversary: The Book, Celebrating the Biggest Selling Album of All Time_ was published.

## Singles

"The Girl Is Mine" was released as the album's first single. It reached number two in the _Billboard_ 100. By 1985, it had sold 1.3 million copies.

"Billie Jean" was released as the second single. It was number one in the United States, the United Kingdom, Spain and Switzerland. It won two Grammy Awards.

The album's third single "Beat It" reached number one in the _Billboard_ 100. It won the Grammy Award for Record of the Year and Best Male Rock Vocal Performance. It also won two American Music Awards.

"Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'" reached number five in the _Billboard_ 100. The song was nominated for "Best R&B Song" at the 1984 Grammy Awards. "Billie Jean" won the award instead.

"Human Nature" was released as the fifth single. It reached number seven in the Hot 100.

"P.Y.T (Pretty Young Thing)" was _Thriller_'s sixth single. It reached number ten in the Hot 100.

## Track listing

1. "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'" (Michael Jackson) – 6:02
1. "Baby Be Mine" (Rod Temperton) – 4:20
1. "The Girl Is Mine" (featuring Paul McCartney) (Jackson) – 3:42
1. "Thriller" (Temperton) – 5:57
1. "Beat It" (Jackson) – 4:19
1. "Billie Jean" (Jackson) – 4:54
1. "Human Nature" (Steve Porcaro, John Bettis) – 4:05
1. "P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)" (James Ingram, Quincy Jones) – 3:58
1. "The Lady in My Life" (Temperton) – 4:59

## Infobox (album)

- **name**: Thriller
- **type**: studio
- **artist**: Michael Jackson
- **cover**: Thrillerlog.png
- **border**: yes
- **recorded**: April 14 – November 8, 1982
- **prev title**: E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (album), E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
- **prev year**: 1982
- **next title**: 18 Greatest Hits (Michael Jackson album), 18 Greatest Hits
- **next year**: 1983