Jackson Thriller and 25 Motown

In 1982, Jackson contributed the song "Someone in the Dark" to a history book for the movie ET the Extra-Terrestrial, the record won a Grammy for Best Recording for Children in 1984. In the same year, he won seven Grammy Awards and eight American Music Awards (Award of Merit, the youngest artist to win), making him the most awarded in one night for the second show of appreciation. This award is thanks to the album Thriller came out in late 1982, which is an album in the world's most sold in 1983 and became the biggest selling album of all time in the United States, and the album the best selling of all time worldwide, estimated to sell 110 million copies to date. Top of the Billboard album 200 for 37 weeks in the top 10 of 200 for 80 consecutive weeks. This is the first album which has seven top 10 Billboard Hot 100 singles, including "Billie Jean" "Beat It" and "Want to Be Startin 'Somethin'." [29] Thriller is certified for 29 million shipments by the RIAA, giving the Double Diamond status in the United States. The album also won another Grammy for Best Engineered Recording - Non-Classical in 1984, giving Bruce Swedien for his work. Jackson attorney John Branca noted that Jackson has the highest levy rates in the music industry at the time: about $ 2 for every album sold. He also made a record profit of sales of his recordings. The video documentary Making of Thriller Michael Jackson has sold over 350,000 copies in a few months. The era saw the arrival of new things such as dolls inspired by Michael Jackson, who appeared in stores in May 1984 with a price of $ 12. Biographer J. Randy Taraborrelli writes that "stop Thriller sold as leisure products such as magazines, toys, tickets for movies such as beatings and began selling household goods." In 1985, the taking of Thriller Michael Jackson won a Grammy for Best Music Video, longform. In December 2009, the video for "Thriller" was chosen for the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress, "Thriller" is the first video ever inaugurated.

Time describes the influence of Michael Jackson at the time as "the star of records, radio, rock video. A one-person rescue team to the Music Industry A composer who decide to fight for a decade .. A dancer's foot with the most luxurious on the road. A singer who cuts across all boundaries of taste and style and color too. "The New York Times wrote that" in the world of pop music, there is Michael Jackson and there are others. "

In March 1983, Jackson reunited with his brothers legendary performances that were recorded for the Motown 25: Yesterday Today,,, Forever television special. The event was broadcast on May 16, 1983, to an audience of 47 million viewers, with Jackson and a host of other Motown stars. He is best known for a solo performance of "Billie Jean" by Michael Jackson. Wearing a typical sequinjacket black gloves and golf adorned with rhinestones, she marks her debut dance move, the moonwalk, the former Soul Train dancer and member of Shalamar, Jeffrey Daniel taught him three years earlier. The Jacksons "interesting performance comparisons with Elvis Presley and the Beatles' appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show. Anna Kisselgoff of The New York Times later wrote," The moonwalk that he made famous is an apt metaphor for the style of Dance How did he do?. As a technician, he is a great illusionist, a genuine mime. Its ability to maintain a straight leg as he drove across the corner, and seems to be running takes time