when did thriller became the best selling album
Thriller (Michael Jackson album) The album won a record-breaking eight Grammy Awards in 1984, including Album of the Year. Jackson won seven of the Grammys for the album, while the eighth Grammy went to Bruce Swedien.[60][61][62] That same year, Jackson won eight American Music Awards, the Special Award of Merit and three MTV Video Music Awards.[63] Thriller was recognized as the world's best-selling album on February 7, 1984, when it was inducted into the Guinness Book of World Records.[64] It is one of four albums to be the best-seller of two years (1983â€“1984) in the US.[65]