The 25th anniversary edition of Michael Jackson's Thriller celebrates the groundbreaking album with eight bonus tracks, five previously unreleased. The new tracks include remixes from Kanye West, Akon, and will.i.am, as well as "For All Time," a previously unreleased track from the Thriller sessions that has been newly mixed and mastered by Michael Jackson. Jackson’s Thriller was released Nov. 30 1982 and spent nearly 2 1/2 years on the Billboard album chart with 37 weeks at No. 1, holding the modern day record. It was also the first album in Thriller was released by Epic Records and produced by Quincy Jones, who had collaborated with Jackson on his previous album, Off the Wall. The release announcing the documentary highlighted the Michael Jackson released his song ‘Thriller’ and its corresponding short film Janet and Michael Jackson currently hold the record for the most expensive music video of all time. Their Sunday (Dec. 2) marks 35 years since the debut of Michael Jackson’s ground-breaking “Thriller” music video, which premiered on MTV and launched a dance craze, a red-jacket fashion favorite 01 Nov, 2022, 10:00 ET. THRILLER 40 TO BE RELEASED ON NOVEMBER 18. Preorder HERE. NEW YORK, Nov. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Forty years after the release of Thriller, the album that catapulted His sixth record, Thriller became Jackson’s first number-one album on the Billboard charts; by the end of 1983 alone, it had sold 32 million copies worldwide. It features several Jackson’s greatest hits, including “Billie Jean,” “Beat It,” “P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing),” “The Girl Is Mine,” and the eponymous “Thriller.” Arranged By [Vocal Arrangement] – Michael Jackson. Backing Vocals – Becky Lopez, Bunny Hull, James Ingram, Julia Waters, Maxine Waters, Michael Jackson, Oren Waters. Bass – Louis Johnson. Co-producer – Michael Jackson. Electric Piano [Rhodes], Synthesizer – Greg Phillinganes. It was released on November 30, 1982 as the follow-up to Jackson's 1979 critically and highly commercially successful "Off The Wall" LP. "Thriller" explores similar genres to those that were heard on "Off the Wall" but redefined pop music, R&B, rock, post-disco, funk, and even adult contemporary music. It currently remains the largest grossing The set is tied with the Eagles’ best-of collection, “Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975.”. (2) “Thriller” has spent the most weeks (37) atop the Billboard 200 of any album by a single artist wusl7.