Michael Jackson released “Billie Jean,” the second single from Thriller. Jackson said that he always had a sense that the song would be a hit and he was correct. It peaked at No. 1 on the Billboard ...

But in the meantime, Michael Jackson had the MTV dance-floor to himself ... MTV debuted “Billie Jean,” on March 1st, just four days before the song hit No. 1 on the Hot 100, making it the ...

On HIStory, a heavily hyped double album that packaged one disc of Jackson’s greatest hits with one disc of new songs, Michael and Janet united for the frenetic and inspired lead single ...

Michael Jackson first rose to fame in the early ... “The impetus was to have every song be a hit,” Larry Williams, who played saxophone, flute and synths on the album, told The New York ...

Ruby Marriott says she has a crippling fear of Michael Jackson and that even hearing the crooner's hit "Thriller" gives her chills. After the Rolling Stone UK magazine named Harry Styles the "new ...