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Fact #44394

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Short story:

Michael Jackson releases the album Thriller in the UK, Europe. It will sell over fifty million copies worldwide and solidify him as the 80's king of pop. It will also make history as the first and only album to be America's top-seller for two years running.

Full article:

Quincy Jones (producer, Thriller) : All the brilliance that had been building inside Michael Jackson for twenty five years just erupted. It was like he was suddenly transformed from this gifted young man into a dangerous, predatory animal. I’d known Michael since he was twelve years old, but it was like seeing and hearing him for the first time. I was electrified, and so was everybody else involved in the project.