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Thriller is the sixth studio album by American singer Michael Jackson, released on November 30, 1982, by Epic Records. In just over a year, it became, and currently remains, the world's best-selling album, with estimated sales surpassing 65 million copies. It is the best-selling album in the United States and the first album to be certified 32x multi-platinum, having shipped 32 million album-equivalent units. The album won a record-breaking eight Grammy Awards in 1984, including Album of the Year. Seven singles were released from the album, all of which reached the top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
Thriller, the follow-up to Jackson's successful fifth album Off the Wall (1979), explores genres similar to those of its predecessor, including pop, post-disco, rock and funk. Quincy Jones produced the album, while Jackson wrote four of its nine songs. Thriller explores different music genres, including pop, post-disco, rock and funk.
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The album includes the ballads The Lady in My Life, Human Nature and The Girl Is Mine; the funk pieces Billie Jean and Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'; and the disco set Baby Be Mine and "P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)" and has a similar sound to the material on Off the Wall. Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' is accompanied by a bass and percussion background and the song's centerpiece, a climaxing African-inspired chant (often misidentified as Swahili, but actually syllables based on Duala), gave the song an international flavor. The Girl Is Mine tells of two friends' fight over a woman, arguing over who loves her more and concludes with a spoken rap.
I'm never pleased with anything, I'm a perfectionist,
it's part of who I am.
Michael Jackson
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