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Find out what's happening in the world as it unfolds. When Michael Jackson made the music video for Thriller in 1983, he was the biggest star in the world. In a book published by Glitterati Inc., Michael Jackson: The Making of 'Thriller' 4 Days/1983, photographer Douglas Kirkland chronicles the making of the groundbreaking film. How 'Rise Up' became a protest anthem.
Jackson's Thriller was released Nov. 30 1982 and spent nearly 2 1/2 years on the Billboard album chart with 37 weeks at No. 1, holding the modern day record. It was also the first album in history to spend its first 80 weeks in the album chart's top 10, which has only been replicated once since.