LOS ANGELES – Michael Jackson’s album “Thriller” is still breaking barriers more than 30 years after its release and six years after the pop superstar’s death, becoming the first album in history to cross the 30 million mark in U.S. sales, record industry officials said on Wednesday.
“Thriller,” released in 1982 and featuring seven hit singles including “Billie Jean,” “Beat It” and its title track, had already crossed 20 million copies in U.S. sales by 1984 during its 112th week on Billboard’s album chart, according to the Recording Industry Association of America.
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