Michael Jackson - Thriller (Expanded Edition) - Import CD

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Michael Jackson

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Michael Jackson's "Thriller," the 40th anniversary edition of the best-selling album in the history of mankind, won a record eight Grammy Awards, broke down the boundaries of all musical genres, and forever changed the concept of pop music and music videos. Since its release on November 30, 1982, Thriller has spent more than 500 weeks on the Billboard Albums Chart, spending a total of 37 weeks at #1. It has sold a total of over 100 million albums. It was also the first album in history to stay in the Top 10 for 80 weeks after its release, and only one other title besides "Thriller" has achieved this feat in the subsequent 40 years. In its 112th week on the Billboard Albums Chart (October 30, 1984), it became the first album in history to be certified 20x platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA); in 2015, it became the first album in history to be certified x30 platinum, and it is currently a 34x platinum album.Worldwide, "Thriller" reached #1 in virtually every country in the world, including the U.K., France, Italy, Australia, Denmark, Belgium, South Africa, Spain, Ireland, New Zealand, Canada, and apartheid South Africa. In Japan, "Thriller" reached #1 on the Oricon Album Charts in 1984 and has sold over 2 million copies in Japan to date. 1985 saw it recognized by the Guinness Book of Records as the "best-selling album of all time," and it remains the "best-selling album in human history" with over 100 million copies sold. It continues to be the "best-selling album in the history of mankind" with over 100 million copies sold. Seven songs from the album became Top 10 singles, with "Beat It" and "Billie Jean" reaching number one. The music of Thriller was unique at the time, defying any previous definitions of rock, pop, or soul. Eddie Van Halen's incendiary guitar on "Beat It," a new fusion of pop and rock, seemed to drown out the longstanding divide between black and white music.The "Girl is Mine" (with Paul McCartney), in which two men - one white, the other black - engage in light-hearted banter over a girl. At the same time, the album includes songs like the African-rooted "Start Something" and the R&B-based "Billie Jean. To commemorate the 40th anniversary of the album's release this year, a 2-CD 40th anniversary edition was released, which includes the original version of "Thriller" and a disc full of surprises that fans have been waiting for, including unreleased songs from the album's production. The analog version will be released with a commemorative 40th anniversary jacket design. Mobile Fidelity will also release an UltraDisc One-Step/33rpm/180g weight vinyl 1LP limited to 40,000 numbered copies worldwide, remastered from the original analog master tapes and pressed by RTI in high sound quality, as well as a SACD The original Thriller album will be released as a hybrid.