it’s worth noting that it won the hipper-than-thou Village Voice critics’ poll for album of the year in addition to all those Grammys. Predictably, the death of Michael Jackson caused a ...

Michael Jackson was set to release his Thriller album in 1982, but while he’d already proven himself as a solo success with 1979's “Off the Wall,” the recording industry was in a major slump.

Michael Jackson's Thriller reaching 666 weeks on the Billboard 200 is another milestone in the long history of an album that changed music and pop culture. Jackson's influence continues to shine ...