'THRILLER' BY MICHAEL JACKSON BECOMES FIRST-EVER 30 TIMES MULTI-PLATINUM ALBUM

Michael Jackson's legacy sure lives on as Thriller has become the first album ever to be certified 30 times multi-platinum for U.S. sales, marking more than 30 million sales domestically.

The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) made the announcement today with the estate of Michael Jackson, Epic Records and Legacy Recordings. The latest milestone continues Jackson's reign as the best-selling artist of all time, with over 100 million sales for Thriller worldwide and 1 billion total sales to his credit.



Jackson's Thriller was released November 30, 1982, and spent nearly 2 ½ years on the Billboardalbum chart with 37 weeks at No. 1, holding the modern-day record. It was also the first album in history to spend its first 80 weeks in the album chart's top 10, which has only been replicated once since.