Do you believe anyone will beat Michael Jackson's record and achieve the best selling album of all time?

MJ is the very best there ever was and will be. No one can touch him- not Drake, Taylor Swift, Beyoncé, etc. Streaming is nothing compared to physically buying the record.

Thriller is the greatest album of all time, it was the first time ever that a black artist cross heavily over to reach everyone and become a global celebrity known all over the world. It changed music history forever.

Even the ppl that hate MJ, still know all the words to at least one of his songs. That's just how powerful his influence was.

Thriller will never be topped. Nobody can beat it.

According to ChartMasters, that counts both sales and streamings, we got: 1. Thriller (121m) 2. Hotel California (72m) 3. Saturday Night Fever (70m) 4. Rumours (65,8m) 5. Bad (65m). Other albums by Michael Jackson: 21. Dangerous (41m) 62. HIStory (32,7m) 65. Off The Wall (32.4m). This make by far MJ the most sucessfull album artist of all time

Thriller, the album that made Michael Jackson the GOAT of music.

This album literally saved the music industry. It lit a fire under many of his peers and it masterfully impacted the way musicians make their music

*The RIAA HATES Michael Jackson & they have been trying to dethrone him ever since he broke the record with Thriller.* Michael was a Motown artist at heart even though he left Motown Records. Motown's essence remained within him. But Motown didn't play by RIAA's rules so they don't want a Motown (Black) artist at the top of the charts. They keep telling me that this greatest hits collection of the Eagles is SOOOO hot & sought after. But I don't see Eagles fans everywhere like I do Michael fans. I don't see Eagles impersonators like I see Michael impersonators. Members of the Eagles can live their lives in public in peace without too much scrutiny, intrusion, & lack of privacy. Michael Jackson couldn't even go to a public bathroom in peace! Paparazzi would literally try to take pictures of him while he was on the toilet. Michael wasn't just in demand like this in the Thriller era. He was like this for the rest of his life even without a record. *The Eagles Greatest Hits' placement on this chart is pure propaganda. It's a message to discredit Michael.* Hotel California was a jam but NOTHING can hardly stand up to Michael's discography. NOTHING. The Eagles' entire discography up to that point in 1975 vs. 9 songs of Thriller from Michael Jackson. Michael beat the entire Eagles with 9 songs. They KNOW who #1 is, who #1 was, & who #1 will always be, They keep trying to crown a "New King of Pop". Justin Timberlake couldn't hold up. Justin Bieber couldn't hold up. Drake can't hold up. Harry Styles can't hold up. So now they're placing all the chips on Taylor Swift to dethrone Michael. If they can't beat him with a "New King", they'll try to top him with a "New Queen" (unfortunately for Madonna). But she won't hold up either. No matter HOW much they push her down everyone's throats. The fact that she can go to a Super Bowl game in the audience PROVES she ain't on Michael's level. NO ONE was in awe of her being there & she didn't overpower the game itself. Just a nice feature attraction. Michael couldn't even show up in that stadium unless he was performing at Halftime or else there would be a riot. *Thriller is BY FAR the #1 album in the entire world AND in the United States as well.* *And truth be told the album sales DO NOT capture the album's impact because the BOOTLEG is untraceable.* I was a kid who was given a bootleg 8-track of Thriller in the days of the Thriller. YOU CANNOT KNOW how the album impacted Central America, South America, Africa, Asia, & Oceania. Much less its full impact in North America & Europe. The BOOTLEG went way further than the official SALES. No matter how much they manipulate the counting algorithms to get the result they want, Michael Jackson remains #1.

Jackson is the most influential music in the industry and his body of work is excellent

Thriller 25 was the first album I bought with my own money when I was in middle school and it’s still my favorite album till this day

There are many great albums throughout history, but none come remotely close to Thriller. It's more than an album, it's a cultural movement in history. MJ'S vision forever changed the way we think of music; it single-handedly launched MJ into a level of stardom that hasn't been seen before or since. Sure, the way we sell LP'S may have changed, but there will never be another impactful body of work like Thriller in any lifetime. Great video from the detail. Long live the king of pop. 🎉

Man he really was the king of the 80s

MJ is #1 forever ♾️

Michael Jackson will always be number 1. Nobody comes close to him. Back in the day they didn’t have social media etc. If he would be here in this time, he would be A LOT BIGGER and will become the richest person in the world !! You can’t compare the succes of artists these days to the artists back in the day. ❤

If I were the only one who ever bought a Michael Jackson album I would still consider him a wonderful human being, a gift to the world, a musical genius and the greatest entertainer who ever lived.

Love MJ!! He was literally like king of the world at one point ❤️🌎 influence beyond anything humanity has ever seen

Michael is always the best and he will always be the king of pop forever

See thats why yall gotta stop comparing him to these modern day artists

I just have one correction to make. The Bad album had 5 Billboard hot 100 #1 hits. Bad, The Way You Make Me Feel, I Just Can't Stop Loving You, Man in the Mirror and Dirty Diana.

I've never seen one person with an eagle's greatest hits c d or album. But I see the countless amounts of people with thriller

To be fair they are fans that was in all age groups and around the world and every concert sold out even in the era of his second solo album this lone I have never witness until Michael Jackson 😮

Undisputed king of pop ❤❤❤

You know when you go through an album song by song and just think banger banger Banger banger

always here for ‘thriller’ era videos 💜thank you 🙏 i personally prefer singles to albums. it would be interesting to see a video on michael’s singles history/sales.

Mj is known worldwide ❤everyone around the world know who he is 💯 how come people are comparing him to todays artists he is greatest forever the undisputed king of pop 🎉

Thriller is still Charting on the Top 200 albums along with Bad and the Essentials. Thriller is probably closer to 200 mil if you adjust for streaming. But we’ll never know because you have to pay to have your sales audited

I love the pace change. Let's talk about the things I've always wondered about. Great MJ subject

The Eagles sales are a big fraud. First the album was certified 12x Platinum for 12 million copies in 1990 then it was the Nielsen Soundscan who counted albums sales in the United States and between 1991 to 2006 the Eagles Greatest Hits sold over 5 million copies indicating 17 million copies sold overall in USA at that point. Between 1991 to 2020 the greatest hits album sold 6.4 million copies meaning that by 2020 it sold 18.4 million overall in US and not 38 million copies as the RIAA claimed in 2018.

MJ is our number one FOREVER AND EVER AND EVER AND EVER!!! LONG LIVE THE KING!!!!❤❤❤❤

OMG, of course Michael Jackson is STILL NUMBER ONE❤😍🥹 His music en influence inspire the WHOLE world and not only in the west like the USA and Europe. All ages love his music. And also ALL KIND of people. His music is so universal that's for EVERYBODY. That's why Michael Jackson will be ALWAYS the King Of Pop and NO ONE can suspass him!! PERIOD.❤❤

Michaels music feels different. It is not just music, it is magic and timeless. Thank U for giving us so many masterpieces Michael.

Michael Jackson Wins

No one will ever take Michael's crown

El mejor álbum de todos los tiempos. Donde quiera que se encuentre su espiritu le envio mi mas profundo amor te amo Mike mucho

I love you Micheal

Michael Jackson is the best !

I love you Michael ❤❤❤the best forever 😘

Can you imagine selling over 70 million records on one album. Mike is the greatest

Whoever made this video probably wasn’t alive when they came out. Well I was I was 14 and I’m gonna tell you right now whatever they said it sold probably sold more than what they said. When thriller was put in the Guinness Book of World Records, it was announced it had already sold 40 million copies but I can tell you when I was a kid you couldn’t find thriller anywhere anywhere anywhere anywhere Motown 25 came out and Michael Jackson’s fame which was already worldwide completely exploded Taylor, Swift, Beyoncé, Bruno Mars, Drake, any of these artist today, had nothing close to the level of fame Michael Jackson had. You could literally turn on the radio station and I remember doing this. I turned on the radio to PLJ they were playing beat it. I turned it to hot 97 they were playing wanna be starting something. I turned it to 98.7 kiss FM they were playing Billie Jean I turned it to Z 100 they were playing PYT I turned it to the station, they were playing thriller. I turned it to BLS they’re playing Jean literally every station had his songs playing. You couldn’t find the album anywhere and when you did, it was only one or two copies left. At one point The was selling 1 million copies a week. I’m gonna tell you right now although I was a kid and I was not working in a record store at the time that album sold more than what they said it did that album was selling like crazy and his Fame was just insane and he did it without the Internet without the help of Spotify without the help of KZfaq without the help of TikTok, and none of these existed for another 40 years almost so yeah, they always trying to erase or downplay Michael’s great Legacy, so they can replace him with a white artist that’s what their goal is that’s why they make videos like this. Yeah, I said it and I’ll say it again.

As usual, a great work. Thanks and greetings from Dominican Republic.

Yes. I love Michael Jackson.

What about the Thriller album sales in 2009 and the probable boost in sales after the biopic? Will they add to the official numbers?

lol I don’t know anyone who owns an eagles album…. They will say anything to not give Michael credit…

Thriller is a cultural icon of the 80s.

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Another great video you guys! No other page is as methodical, surgical or even this unbiased. Love you❤

I remember hearing about The Eagles album surpassing Thriller right after that documentary with Wade Robson and James Safechuck came out to tarnish Michael's image even more......that seems very shady..

Great job "the detail" Thank you 👍❤️👑

This was so interesting. I love learning about this kind of stuff

Michael Jackson always king and always number 1 ✨👑✨

Michael Jackson is the reason we have black superstars. Without him we have no stars.

Of course I liked your video and I'm so happy for Michael and the comments are so nice.❤

Майкл лучший из лучших и никакие иглс в подметки ему не годятся триллер лучший альбом всех веков навсегда✌

MJ is still no.1 todays singers are no where near him

I’d love to create a town that’s stuck in the 80’s.

That EAGLES claim is all bullshit

Tbh Records sold faster in the 80s but the fact Usher was able to pull 1 million in his first week in the early 2000s unlike Michael is insane.

Bad scored 5 #1 BB Hot 100 hits, not 4.

I learned so much in this video

There are so many factors that affect the title of "best selling album of all time" like obviously, the lack of records before 1980's. But also the proliferation of social media in today's time. Also the increase of the human population, the rise of streaming, piracy in the 90's and early 2000s. So for me I just listen to MJ's songs and enjoy his creations (of course he and his team's work)

Michael was an artist and time followed it's way as it happened with all artists...is Michelangelo better than Raphael...in certain ways...depends at what details you look after...but do I love one more than other? Do I learn to be a better person being humbled by the grandiosity of their work? Maybe one of them is the best for me...we can measure and we can count, but who's the best it's not ours to know, at least that's my opinion...

In the world of entertainment, music, and culture, there's Michael Jackson, and then there's everyone else.

Your videos are educational top tear shit, keep it up king

Hey can you guys make more content like this or a second channel but for other artists such as Prince, James Brown,Eazy-E and others great artists

Não haverá outro! No teve antes e não terá! Merece todas celebrações e aplausos. Eterno

Nobody will EVER take Michaels crown....😂

MJ is the G. O.A.T of all times and times again and His level is unmatched. We will look at algorithms now and do analysis of this and that but you really have to have lived through the 80s,90s to really understand who MJ was and how he impacted the music industry. Yes, all these new artists will be having more streaming numbers than MJ in this era and time but who can say, I made short music films, I created thriller, bad, smooth criminals, dangerous, who is it (which I feel is a masterpiece and a cryptic MV) and so on.....Who can say? I pioneered this and this? I mean, MJ was a culture in his own right, from the way he dressed, moved, sang, danced... He had that uniqueness quality that mainstream artists nowadays lack... So, You really have to have lived through that era, witness him doing his craft to really understand that he was not from this universe... To understand the magnitude of his Fame. ... What artist gone or present is known for generations, we have gen Z kids listening to MJ, researching MJ... Tell me who is researching "The Eagles"... .... Problem is they try so hard to stain this man's History but His great work will always be there for generations to come. .... Not to smash any of the present artists, but tell me, who will still be searching for Miss Americana 10 0r 15 years to come after she's no more? Who? But MJ fanbase is ever growing. .... Not being bias but please come up with something unseen before like how thriller debuted in the 80s.. give a historical performances, have 5 top #1 hits globally from a single album and maybe we the people might rethink and position you in that highly sought after spot as the "NEW KING" otherwise artists be replicating MJ's choreos/demos n then wanting to be throned as new kings or Queens.. Its never happening in this my lifetime or next. Just as there can never be another MOZART so there'll never be another MJ, he's a once in a lifetime appearance. PERIODT!

Michael Joseph Jackson is a brilliant singer and dancer

One thing that helps is that they were having a sale on Thriller at Sound Warehouse at the time....I believe the price was 5.99.

Bad had 5 No. 1 singles on the Hot 100. Not 4 as mentioned.

❤Michael Jackson the best all time Forever ❤King of Music ❤King of Pop ❤️ King of Humanitarian ❤ Pure Gentleman ❤️ The best person in the world who has done a lot for people here. Even for those who hurt him brutally❤🪽🙏 thank you very much for everything. thank you very much for your big heart, your wonderful energy, your help to those who owe their lives to you and to whose lives you bring miracles❤🙏🪽 We love you Forever ❤️ We miss you all forever ❤️

🎵Whoooohooo, it would be 65 year old this year !!!🎶👻

Michael sempre será o número1 e não e por vendas de disco mais o que ele significa pra música em termos de quebra de barreiras na música a inovação do vídeo clipes estar nas paradas desde sua estreia como vocalistas do conjunto Jackson five mj o maior pra sempre ❤

👑MJ👑

Nobody will ever come close to the sales MJ had especially in this streaming era. That’s why I laugh when Drake flaunts like he’s on MJs level today 😂😂😂😂

Oh yes Michael its the best Artist for ever👍❤️💯☘️

Non è solo questione di numeri e di record... MJ è stata un'anima grande, un grande talento al di sopra di tutti i cantantucoli che ci sono ora... Non c'è storia ❤ ci manchi Michael!

@thedetail. I have a project that is related to Michael Jackson. This is for the National History Day competition. I am doing a documentary, this is a big secondary source. Thank You!

Bad had 5 number ones from the album, not 4

Modern Audiences and other Artist Fandoms will never understand how Impactful the Physicals Sales if Thrillee were compared to Streaming.

"I'M STILL HAVING FUN AND YOUR STILL THE ONE".

Michael Jackson is the greatest of all time

It's funny to me how US-centric the debate is. The USA makes up like 5 percent of the world population, and yet if its the biggest selling album there or not somehow matters.

They just don't want Michael to hold the title of best solo album of all time.

I don't even take any current artists achievements through streaming serious. I only appreciate physical sales.

Leave aside the biggest seller, It's almost impossible for anyone to surpass or even equal Michael Jackson in any area, be it the influence, vocal delivery, songwriting, stage presence, dance etc. etc.

Thriller is the greatest selling album and Micheal Jackson are the greatest of all time.😊

Michael by now have sold at least 250 million copies of Thriller

Greatest hits albums shouldn't count. Thats songs from multiple albums vs 1 album

I’d suggest the crown should go to the winner of the artist whose catalog sells for the most money. For that win it’s MJ at $600m. Springsteen is so far #2. This figure gives you an overall look at how valuable the artist’s work is to the industry.

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Michael Jackson will be missed

Very good king Michael Jackson

Crazy to think there's a whole world outside of the US

Great records still sell a lot in physical formats, so the argument of streaming vs physical is useless. Adele is one such example, all her records have sold over 25 million in physical formats. Streaming is free, and in most cases, the numbers are inflated or bought. So we can not factor in the free or fake streaming when deciding an artist's achievement. When someone spends a significant money to buy a CD or vinyl, that is what actually counts! Jackson is still selling like hot cakes and every year his music enters the Billboard charts. Thriller was in Top 10 in Hot 100 charts when the anniversary issue came out. It's unbelievable what an influence this guys has!

Maravilhoso MJ

I believe if Michael Jackson was an artist with streams and that shit; he would have easily 100 billion streams per month, 100 billions followers. I mean ANOTHER LEVEL

I would have thought dark side of the moon and goodbye yellow brick road would have been up there

I googled Thriller and they said it sold 70 million albums. How do you find the real number