Michael Jackson the RIAA, making it the only album to achieve that feat in the United States. "Thriller" won Jackson and Quincy Jones the Grammy award for Producer of the Year (Non-Classical) for 1983. It also won Album of the Year, with Jackson as the album's artist and Jones as its co-producer, and a Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male, award for Jackson. "Beat It" won Record of the Year, with Jackson as artist and Jones as co-producer, and a Best Rock Vocal Performance, Male, award for Jackson. "Billie Jean" won Jackson two Grammy awards, Best R&B Song, with Jackson as its songwriter,
Dangerous (Michael Jackson album) including 8 million in the United States alone. According to "Chicago Tribune" journalist Kelley L. Carter, it is the most successful new jack swing album of all time. It produced four singles that reached the top ten on the "Billboard" Hot 100, including the number one "Black or White". After completing the Bad tour in January 1989, which spanned 123 concerts attended by 4.4 million people, Jackson developed projects for two greatest hits albums, "Decade 1979–1989" and "Decade 1980–1990." The albums would comprise songs from his studio albums "Off the Wall" (1979), "Thriller" (1982), and "Bad", plus four new songs.