han-lotion t1_iycytgf wrote on November 30, 2022 at 2:08 PM

Reply to comment by Crayfish707 in Michael Jackson's Thriller Album was released on November 29th 1982, 40 years ago today. by [deleted]

Yes and it will never ever be beat either!

redditurus_est t1_iyd4rnp wrote on November 30, 2022 at 2:54 PM

Nothing can beat it.

han-lotion t1_iydaju4 wrote on November 30, 2022 at 3:34 PM

I’m thinking about making an album and just beat it. Just beat it

giantgorillaballs t1_iyd7kor wrote on November 30, 2022 at 3:14 PM

Didn’t The Eagles have it beat at one time? Obviously not anymore though

lobeyou t1_iydevop wrote on November 30, 2022 at 4:03 PM

Eagles Greatest Hits is slowly catching up, and I think overtook Thriller.

But that is based off of the fact that Hotel California gets streamed at a very high rate compared to anything on Thriller, so that really feels like it shouldn't count, but according to the RIAA, X number of streams of a song count as an album sale.

han-lotion t1_iydaf40 wrote on November 30, 2022 at 3:33 PM

I think that was only in the United States but I could be wrong

MDNBLUES t1_iydtl8s wrote on November 30, 2022 at 5:39 PM

The Eagles beat Thriller according to Google but ONLY in the US. Thriller is still the best selling of all time worldwide.