Record #00020Culture & Entertainment archive
World's Best-Selling Album
Guinness World Records recognises Michael Jackson's 1982 album Thriller as the world's best-selling album, listing 67,000,000 units sold.
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67 millionunits
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- Start date
- 2021-08-20
- Record status
- Verified · current
Overview
Archive NoteThriller was released on 30 November 1982 as Michael Jackson's sixth studio album, with nine tracks, seven of which reached the top ten of the US Billboard Hot 100.
Guinness World Records notes that sales figures vary widely between sources and uses an estimate of more than 67 million copies worldwide.
On 20 August 2021 the album was certified for shipments of 34 million units by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).
Record history
1 Milestones67 million units
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