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Thriller

1982 studio album by Michael Jackson
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Summary

Thriller is an album[1]. Thriller ranks in the top 0.0016% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (33,255 views/month, #1 of 60,676).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: Grammy Award for Album of the Year[3], Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance[4], SNEP diamond album[5]
  • Genre: pop music[6], post-disco[7], rock music[8], contemporary R&B[9], funk[10], new wave[11], synth-pop[12]
  • Producer: Michael Jackson[13], Quincy Jones[14]
  • Performer: Michael Jackson[15]
  • Record label: Epic Records[16]
  • Place of publication: United States[17]
  • Part of: Michael Jackson's albums in chronological order[18]
  • Commons category: Thriller (Michael Jackson album)[19]
  • Language of work or name: English[20]
  • Distribution format: vinyl record[21], compact disc[22], music download[23], music streaming[24]
  • Review score: 5[25]
  • Publication date: November 30, 1982[26]
  • Tracklist: Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'[27], Baby Be Mine[28], The Girl Is Mine[29], Thriller[30], Beat It[31], Billie Jean[32], Human Nature[33], P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)[34], The Lady in My Life[35]
  • Title: Thriller[36]
  • Different from: Thriller[37]
  • Duration: 2539[38]
  • Charted in: Billboard 200[39]
  • Number of parts of this work: 9[40]
  • Units sold: 80,000,000[41]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[42]
  • Form of creative work: studio album[43]

Why It Matters

Thriller has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[44] Thriller is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[45]

FAQs

What awards did Thriller receive?

Honors received include Grammy Award for Album of the Year[3], Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance[4], and SNEP diamond album[5].

Related Entities

compact disc Epic Records Quincy Jones United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [44] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [45] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 6w ago · ~2026-43209-00 · 2026-09-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Rate your music release id → Album1990
    Genre → pop music, post-disco, rock music +4
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Rate your music release id: Album1990"
  2. 10w ago · ~2026-42783-97 · 2026-08-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Genre → pop music, post-disco, rock music +4
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Genre: new wave"
  3. 23w ago · Xeroctic · 2026-05-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Form of creative work → studio album
    Instance of → album
    Performer → Michael Jackson
    Units sold → {'amount': '+80000000'}
    + 23 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Tv tropes id: Music/ThrillerMichaelJackson"
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