For accuracy's sake:
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Originally posted by PrinceMichaelFan
[- Thriller spent a record 80 consecutive weeks, more than a year and a half, in the Top 10 of the Billboard 200. It was the first of only four albums that have remained in the Top 10 for more than one year (along with Alanis Morissette's Jagged Little Pill, Celine Dion's Falling into You and Adele's 21).
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- Thriller was in the Top 10 for 78 consecutive weeks.
- This is not a record. Bruce Springsteen's "Born In The USA" spent 84 consecutive weeks in the Top 10.
- There are more than four albums which have spent more than a year in the Top 10 of the BB200: "Born In The USA", "The Sound Of Music" soundtrack, "Fearless" by Taylor Swift, "Forever Your Girl" by Paula Abdul also did so off the top of my head, but there are several more.
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Originally posted by PrinceMichaelFan
- It is only one of two albums to have sold more copies in the United States than any other in two separate years, topping the sales charts in 1983 and 1984, and selling over 29 million copies to date. Worldwide, its sales total has been estimated at 65 million copies despite claims from Jackson's management that it had reached over 100 million.
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- One of only two studio albums to have done so (along with Adele's "21"), but there are four in total: the soundtracks to "My Fair Lady" and "West Side Story" also did so.
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Originally posted by PrinceMichaelFan
- - With album "Thriller, Jackson became the first artist in history to simultaneously debut an album at number one on USA and UK album charts.
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- Thriller did not debut at No 1 in either the US or UK.