On this day: February 26, 1983

Michael Jackson's second album, Thriller reached number 1 on February 26, 1983. It was a follow up to his successful debut album Off the Wall, released in 1979,

Many consider Thriller the most successful album of all time, and it would go on to spend 37 weeks at the top of the chart, sell over 40 million copies worldwide. It was also the first album in the UK to have six hits, with five of them reaching the top 10, and in the US seven tracks made it to the top 10. They were; Billie Jean, Beat It, The Girl is Mine, Wanna Be Startin' Something, Human Nature, P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing), and of course Thriller.

Jackson received 12 Grammy nominations for this album.

Other notable events for February 26:
-A republican politician proposed a bill in the House of Representatives to ban the movement of obscene, lewd, lascivious or filthy discs, or any other article capable of producing sound on Feb. 26, 1954. The politician was not a fan of R&B
-Jimmy Page released his only pre-Led Zeppelin solo single on Feb. 26, 1965, it was called She Just Satisfies
-The Beatles music was finally released on digital on Feb 26, 1987