Michael Jackson continues to make history with his album Thriller

The whole world has only known a King of Pop, Michael Jackson and. The "Thriller" album, released in 1982, continues to make history in the music industry since last week surpassed the sale of 30 million copies, becoming the first in history to overcome that barrier.

"We are honored to celebrate the unique status of 'Thriller' in the history of gold records and platinum. It is an outstanding achievement and testimony of the place (Jackson) in our hearts and in the history of music , " Cary Sherman said , president of the association of the recording industry US (RIAA, according to its acronym in English).

The sixth studio album of the singer, was produced by Quincy Jones and Michael Jackson, and contains seven hit singles including "Billie Jean", "Baby Be Mine", "Beat It" and the title track to the album, which had exceeded 20 million copies sold in the United States for 1984.

"The RIAA awarded gold records and platinum on behalf of the music industry for almost 60 years, but it is the first time an artist gets thirty times a platinum (30 million records)" only in the United States, he said Cary Sherman.

"Thriller" also topped 100 million copies sold worldwide, announced the association of US recording industry. A figure that exceeds one billion records sold when taking into account all their albums.

The album was at the time an important marketing and promotion and make use of the then-nascent chain MTV music videos to promote their issues with striking audiovisual productions.