Thriller (album)

Thriller is the sixth studio album by the American singer Michael Jackson, released by Epic Records on 29 November 1982. Quincy Jones, who had also produced Off the Wall in 1979, produced it, and the recording sessions ran from April to November 1982 at Westlake Recording Studios in Los Angeles on a budget of 750,000 dollars. Moving away from disco, the record leans on post-disco and synth-pop with funk and rock influences, and its songs deal with paranoia, romance and social consciousness. Paul McCartney is the first credited featured artist on a Jackson album. The album reached number one on the Billboard Top LPs and Tape chart and stayed there for a record 37 non-consecutive weeks, and it produced seven Top 10 singles including Billie Jean and Beat It. It won eight Grammy Awards, is estimated to have sold around 70 million copies worldwide, and remains the best-selling album of all time. Its music videos are credited with helping turn the form into a serious art form.