The King of Pop also notches a weekly best streaming total for the fourth straight week.
Michael Jackson in "Thriller," 1983.
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More than 40 years after its release, Thriller yet again vaults Michael Jackson into the record books. The landmark album spends a 39th nonconsecutive week at No. 1 on Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (dated May 23), bringing the King of Pop’s total weeks at No. 1 — across his nine No. 1 albums — to an even 100. He is the first solo artist to reach the triple-digit mark in the chart’s 61-year history.
For its latest week in charge, Thriller earned 66,000 equivalent album units in the tracking week of May 8-14 in the United States, according to Luminate. The album improved 6% in units compared to its previous week’s count.
