The numbers are in. As Michael Jackson ‘s “Thriller” jumps from Number 32 to Number 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 following Halloween, the King of Pop has posthumously made chart history.
On Monday, Jackson became the first artist to reach the Top 10 in six different decades including the ‘70s, ‘80s, ‘90s, 2000s, ‘10s and now ‘20s. “Thriller” released in 1984 in the United States and, at the time, surged to Number Four.
As a solo artist, Jackson first reached the Hot 100’s Top 10 with 1971’s “Got to Be There,” and would go on to achieve 30 Top 10s — including 13 Number One hits — throughout his storied career thanks to blockbuster songs such as “Beat It”, “Billie Jean,” “Bad,” “Man in the Mirror,” and more among his massive catalog. As Billboard highlighted, Jackson last rose to

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