Michael Jackson, the King of Pop, continues to reign supreme in the music industry even years after his death. His compilation album, The Essential Michael Jackson, has made history by remaining ...

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.

Over the course of his career, Jackson made dozens of albums, and it’s a fascinating body of work well beyond the handful of solo albums he made as an A-list star. The album that minted Michael ...

On March 12, 2025, SZA’s SOS album tied with Michael Jackson‘s iconic Thriller album for charting in Billboard 200’s Top 10 list for 79 non-sequential weeks, according to Billboard.

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.” ...

"The ballads were what made Off the Wall a Michael Jackson album," Jackson said, via Rolling Stone. "I'd done ballads with [my] brothers, but they had never been too enthusiastic about them and ...

Began performing at age 5 with four of his five brothers (Marlon, Jermaine, Tito and Jackie). Winner of 13 Grammys and 23 American Music Awards and is estimated to have sold 750 million albums in ...

A trio of track that showcase the range and impact of the Gary, Indiana-born King of Pop. Indeed, these are the three most essential Michael Jackson songs.

But one that first leaps to mind is likely "Thriller," Michael Jackson's spooky funk-pop smash that served as the title track to the most commercially successful album in history. Like Jones ...

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.