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Today in Billboard History – 30 years ago today, Michael Jackson’s “Billie Jean” hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100.
![“Thriller” went and turned 30 on us. Did you know…
1] With sales of 29 million, according to the RIAA, “Thriller” is the best-selling studio album in U.S. history. The set is tied with the Eagles’ best-of collection, “Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975.” 2] “Thriller” has spent the most weeks (37) atop the Billboard 200 of any album by a single artist. Only the “West Side Story” soundtrack (54) has reigned longer. 3] “Thriller” is the only album by a male artist to generate five Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 singles. YIKES, THAT WAS ‘BAD’4] The “Thriller” No. 1s “Billie Jean” and “Beat It” are two of Jackson’s 13 Hot 100 leaders, the most of any solo male artist. 5] “Thriller” became the first album to generate seven Hot 100 top 10 hits.](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_meae45UAzz1r4poono1_500.jpg)
“Thriller” went and turned 30 on us. Did you know…
1] With sales of 29 million, according to the RIAA, “Thriller” is the best-selling studio album in U.S. history. The set is tied with the Eagles’ best-of collection, “Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975.”
2] “Thriller” has spent the most weeks (37) atop the Billboard 200 of any album by a single artist. Only the “West Side Story” soundtrack (54) has reigned longer. 3] “Thriller” is the only album by a male artist to generate five Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 singles. YIKES, THAT WAS ‘BAD’
4] The “Thriller” No. 1s “Billie Jean” and “Beat It” are two of Jackson’s 13 Hot 100 leaders, the most of any solo male artist.
5] “Thriller” became the first album to generate seven Hot 100 top 10 hits.
Today In Billboard History
April 30, 1983
MJ-mania was in full effect: a week after Dexy’s Midnight Runners end Michael Jackson’s seven-week command of the Billboard Hot 100 with “Billie Jean,” the King of Pop returns to the throne with “Beat It.”
