It was then that his career started to really explode. The next two singles, “Billie Jean” and “Beat It,” brought both social consciousness and rock guitar to the dance floor. Jackson was just getting started breaking boundaries. “Thriller’s” first single was the deceptively easygoing duet with Paul McCartney, “The Girl Is Mine.” Sure it sounds like a lounge ballad now, but since it showcased singers from different races pledging their love to a woman, its allusions to an interracial affair were pretty daring. It moved over 100 million copies and spawned six hit singles - unheard of at that time. ![]() No matter what else Jackson did (and he did a lot), his musical legacy will always rest on the album “Thriller.” That was Jackson’s landmark 1982 release that became the biggest-selling album of all time.
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