The second posthumous Michael Jackson album was a substantial improvement ... The Jackson 5’s fifth album is best remembered for ballads like “Never Can Say Goodbye,” but the brothers ...

Michael Jackson was set to release his Thriller album in 1982, but while he’d already ... But while the song they thought would be the best way to introduce Jackson’s project to a mainstream ...

Ben is best known for its touching title track — a ballad about a boy and his pet rat. Despite its unusual premise, Jackson’s ...

Forty years after its release, Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” remains the best-selling album of all time. And it wasn’t just Jackson who leveled it up during the making of “Thriller.” ...

Chris Walter/WireImage Quincy Jones and Michael Jackson's collaborations ... a producer," Jones recalled Jackson saying. "I’m getting ready to do my first solo album." And the rest was history.

The architect behind Michael ... album? “Thriller” was the seventh single from the album. The song, just shy of six minutes long on the album, was never intended to be a single. Jackson ...

Never miss a story — sign up for PEOPLE's free daily newsletter to stay up-to-date on the best ... The Jackson 5. "The ballads were what made Off the Wall a Michael Jackson album," Jackson ...