Thriller Lyrics
These are lyrics to Michael Jackson's most famous and best selling album, Thriller. Released in 1982, it wasn't until the second single, Billie Jean, that the album became a blockbuster hit. It took just over a year for it to become the top selling album of all time, a position it maintains to this day. Sales figures are not known exactly, but are estimated to be in the 50 to 100 million range.
Bad Lyrics
These are the lyrics to Michael Jackson's album Bad. Bad came five years after Thriller, being released in 1987. The vast majority of the song were written directly by Michael, with only one he co-wrote and one he didn't write. It holds the record for number of singles to reach the Billboard Hot 100 at five.
Dangerous Lyrics
These are the lyrics to Michael Jackson's album Dangerous. This album was released in 1991 and was the first with a new contract with Sony. It is estimated that 32 million copies of the album have been sold worldwide.
HIStory Lyrics
These are the lyrics to Michael Jackson's album HIStory. The album is a double disc, the first disc containing previous songs, the second new songs. We list the second disc first for this reason.
Invincible Lyrics
These are the lyrics to Michael Jackson's album Invincible. Released in 2001 after a battle with the record label, Jackson's final studiol album is over 77 minutes long. The album made it to Number 1 in the US Billboard charts.
Got To Be There Lyrics
These are the lyrics to Michael Jackson's first album Got To Be There. Michael scored a hit with Rockin' Robin from this album, which got as high as 14 in the US pop charts and 3 in the R&B charts upon release on January 24, 1972.
Ben Lyrics
These are Michael Jackson's second album, Ben, lyrics. Ben was released seven months after Go To Be There, both in 1972. The title track made the US Number 1 spot and sold over a million copies and was the theme to a movie about a Boy's pet rat, also called Ben. The song was nominated for both an Academy Award and a Golden Globe for best song.
Music and Me Lyrics
These are the lyrics to Michael Jackson's third album Music and Me. It was released less than a year after Ben, in April 1973. Michael had started to want to play instruments and have his own songs on the album, however the label was against this (despite the cover's appearance of Jackson playing acoustic guitar).
Forever, Michael Lyrics
These are the lyrics to Forever, Michael by Michael Jackson. This is Michael's last childhood album and his last on the Motown label, being released in 1975. The best single position came six years later in 1981 when, after the success of Michael's next album Off the Wall, Motown released One Day in Your Life as a single which made it to Number 1 in the UK, being the sixth highest selling single that year.
Off The Wall Lyrics
These are the lyrics to Michael Jackson's first album as an adult, Off the Wall. Jackson worked with a number of other famous artists on the album, including Stevie Wonder and Paul McCartney, and wrote many of the songs including the single Don't Stop 'til You Get Enough. The album has sold over 20 million copies worldwide to date. Jackson's success with this album was in part caused by his performance as the Scarecrow in the Motown musical film, The Wiz, which was an urban retelling of The Wizard of Oz.
