Thriller (Michael Jackson album) and John Landis. Funded by MTV, the film sold over 350,000 copies in its first few months. In a market then driven by singles, "Thriller" raised the significance of albums, yet its multiple hit singles changed perceived notions as to the number of successful singles that could be taken from an individual album. The era saw the arrival of novelties like the Michael Jackson doll, that appeared in stores in May 1984 at a price of $12 (US$ in dollars). "Thriller" retains a position in American culture; biographer J. Randy Taraborrelli explains, "At some point, "Thriller" stopped selling like a
Michael Jackson's This Is It (album) as a compact disc and on the iTunes Store as a digital download. As planned, "This Is It" was released on October 26, 2009 in the US and worldwide on October 27 and 28. The press release announcing the two-disc album describes it as a "stand-alone companion" to the motion picture. "This Is It" was released as a two-disc compilation album. The first disc consists of 16 tracks, 14 of which were already released on Jackson's previous studio albums: "Thriller" (1982), "Bad" (1987), "Dangerous" (1991) and "" (1995), and one from The Jacksons' album "Destiny" (1978). The album does not