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Thriller has sold an estimated 70 million copies worldwide, making it the best-selling album of all time. It is certified 34 times platinum in the United States and continues to sell an estimated 130,000 copies in the US each year.
Thriller won eight Grammy Awards at the 26th Grammy Awards ceremony, including Album of the Year. This set a record for the most Grammys won by a single album in one night. Jackson was nominated for a record 12 awards at that ceremony.
Thriller was released on the 29th of November 1982 through Epic Records. Recording took place between April and November 1982 at Westlake Recording Studios in Los Angeles, with a production budget of $750,000.
Thriller was produced by Quincy Jones, who had previously worked with Jackson on Off the Wall in 1979. Jones and Jackson collaborated on 30 songs during the sessions, selecting nine for the final album.
The 14-minute Thriller video, which premiered on MTV on the 2nd of December 1983, became the first music video selected for the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress, which called it "the most famous music video of all time." It was named the greatest music video ever by MTV in 1999, VH1 in 2001, and Time in 2011.
Before Thriller, MTV largely excluded black artists, with executives arguing black music was not "rock" enough. CBS Records president Walter Yetnikoff pressured MTV to air "Billie Jean" and "Beat It", and the popularity of those videos helped shift the channel toward pop and R&B. Jackson's success opened the door for other African-American artists to gain mainstream recognition.