Försäljningssiffror varierar beroende på källa, men skivan ska ha sålts i minst 65 000 000 exemplar världen över. "[7], Jackson reunited with Off the Wall producer Quincy Jones to record his sixth studio album, his second under the Epic label.

[42][43] After the inclusion of streaming and tracks sales into the RIAA album awards in 2017, Thriller was certified 33× platinum for a total of 33 million album-equivalent units. It references numerous horror films, and stars Jackson performing a dance routine with a horde of the undead.

[3] Jackson covered additional costs, for which he would be reimbursed. Fans worldwide re-enact its zombie dance and it remains popular on YouTube. [6] It doubled album sales, helping make Thriller the bestselling album of all time. His attorney John Branca observed that Jackson achieved the highest royalt…

[26] With Thriller, Jackson began using a motif of paranoia and darker themes including supernatural imagery in the title track. [17][21] For "Billie Jean", Jones had Jackson sing overdubs through a six-foot (180 cm) cardboard tube and brought in jazz saxophonist Tom Scott to play the lyricon, a wind-controlled synthesizer. "[3][4], In early August, after seeing his horror film An American Werewolf in London (1981), Jackson contacted director John Landis. [119][120] In 2009, music critics for MTV Base and VH1 both listed Thriller as the best album released since 1981. The track mixed uptempo funk and disco with the somber themes of paranoia and obsession. [11] The ongoing backlash against disco made it necessary to move in a different musical direction from the disco-heavy Off the Wall. [6] Jackson's parents Joseph and Katherine Jackson also visited. It is also notable for its "mass choreography" of synchronized dancers, which was the start of Jackson's trademark music videos.

[131] The ballad "For All Time" supposedly dates from 1982, but is often credited as being from the Dangerous sessions.

[107] Christgau credited "The Girl Is Mine" for giving radio exposure to the idea of interracial love. The music on Thriller is so dynamic and singular that it defied any definition of rock, pop or soul that had gone before. [38][39], Thriller was Jackson's global breakthrough, topping the charts in nine other countries including Australia, Austria, Canada, France, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. [5], MTV paid $250,000 for the exclusive rights to show the documentary; Showtime paid $300,000 for pay-cable rights. "Billie Jean", a number one hit single in many countries.

[123] Billboard also ranked the album fourth on its list of All 92 Diamond-Certified Albums Ranked From Worst to Best: Critic's Take. [88] Jackson changed the way the industry functioned: both as an artistic persona and as a financial, profitable entity. [13] Wanting a notable person to recite the closing lyrics, Jones brought in actor Vincent Price, an acquaintance of Jones' wife; Price completed his part in two takes.

[11] The choreography in Thriller has become a part of global pop culture, replicated everywhere from Bollywood to prisons in the Philippines. Eventually, they found Steve Lukather of Toto to play the rhythm guitar parts and Eddie Van Halen of the rock band Van Halen to play the solo.

[27][87] Richard Corliss of Time hailed Thriller as "the greatest pop album of all time". A dancer with the fanciest feet on the street. Thriller was placed at number 1 on the list, where it was referred to as his "master work" and that "commercial success has since overshadowed Jackson's artistic accomplishments on Thriller, and that's a pity. Music video director Brian Grant credited Thriller as the turning point when music videos became a "proper industry".

[25], Thriller foreshadows the contradictory themes of Jackson's later works.

[30] Time summed up Thriller's impact as a "restoration of confidence" for an industry bordering on "the ruins of punk and the chic regions of synthesizer pop".

The pair conceived a short film with a budget much larger than previous music videos.

Epic Records' approach to creating a song and video that would appeal to the mass market ended up influencing the way that professionals now market and release their songs. The gatefold sleeve reveals a tiger cub at Jackson's leg, which, according to Zimmerman, Jackson kept away from his face, fearing he would be scratched.

For most of us the images define the songs. [5] In a statement published in Awake!, a magazine published by the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania, Jackson said: "I just intended to do a good, fun short film, not to purposely bring to the screen something to scare people or to do anything bad. The production team agreed to protect the negatives and locked them in Branca's office. [53] It was also a number one hit in the UK, Switzerland and Belgium and reached the top ten in many other countries. "[30] In 1989, Toronto Star music critics reflected on the albums they had reviewed in the past ten years in order to create a list judging them on the basis of "commercial impact to social import, to strictly musical merit."

A songwriter who sets the beat for a decade. The album features a single guest appearance, with Paul McCartney becoming the first artist to be featured on Jackson's albums. He believed it showcased harder funk and hard rock while remaining "undeniably fun", and wrote that "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'", was "the freshest funk on the album [but] the most claustrophobic, scariest track Jackson ever recorded." He dances to Billie Jean's hotel room and as he walks along a sidewalk, each tile lights up at his touch. The paparazzo never catches him, and when photographed Jackson fails to materialize on the developed picture.

[70], In a contemporaneous review for Rolling Stone, Christopher Connelly called Thriller "a zesty LP" with a "harrowing, dark message".

The album's success set the standard for the music industry with its songs, music videos and promotion strategies influencing artists, record labels, producers, marketers and choreographers. [3], The video debuted on MTV alongside Making Michael Jackson's Thriller on December 2, 1983. Sign up to get the latest Michael Jackson news delivered right to your inbox. [131][132][133] It also included a DVD featuring three music videos, the Motown 25 "Billie Jean" performance and a booklet with a message from Jackson. [79] Rockwell nonetheless deemed Thriller "a wonderful pop record, the latest statement by one of the great singers in popular music today" and that there are "hits here, too, lots of them".

According to The Washington Post, Thriller paved the way for other African-American artists to achieve mainstream recognition, such as Prince. He was upset about what he perceived as the underperformance of Off the Wall, feeling it had deserved the Grammy Award for Record of the Year.

Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart as well as charts in Spain, France and Belgium. It peaked at number two in the US, number three in the UK and reached the top 10 in over 30 national charts. [33] Another picture from the shoot, with Jackson embracing the cub, was used for the 2001 special edition of Thriller. [30] It was also screened at the Toronto International Film Festival,[31] followed by a U.S. premiere at the Grauman's Chinese Theatre,[32] before being further remastered in IMAX 3D for a limited engagement in 2018, preceding screenings of The House With a Clock in Its Walls in North America for its first week. [30] Rolling Stone critic Christopher Connelly wrote that Jackson was now singing in a "fully adult voice" that was "tinged by sadness". It also spent a record 37 weeks at number one on the Billboard 200, from February 26, 1983 to April 14, 1984, and has remained on the chart for 392 weeks and counting. 40,000 people found Thriller to be the Best Album of all time by MTV Generation, gaining a third of all votes. [13], According to Peter Dendle, the zombie invasion sequence was inspired by Night of the Living Dead (1968).

In attendance celebrities including Diana Ross, Warren Beatty, Prince, and Eddie Murphy. [55] Billboard ranked the song No.

It has gained Diamond certifications in Argentina, Canada, Denmark, France, Mexico and the UK. [30] Time magazine speculated that "the fallout from Thriller has given the [music] business its best years since the heady days of 1978, when it had an estimated total domestic revenue of $4.1 billion". Michael embraces her, but turns to the camera and grins, revealing his werewolf eyes.

"[18] Gil Kaufman of MTV described the video as "iconic" and felt that it was one of Jackson's "most enduring legacies". In the street, Michael teases her by performing the verses of "Thriller".

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