Talk:Thriller (album)
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Last revert[edit]
Dhoffryn Ok, are we going to remove this WSJ[1] and NewYorker[2] articles as well? These two articles also mention MJDangerous whose real name is Guillaume Vieira. And it has been cited in pages like Michael Jackson, List of best-selling albums, and List of best-selling music artists as well. Are you going to go remove these sources from those pages as well? TheWikiholic (talk) 05:21, 9 July 2022 (UTC)
- Originally I didn't know who exactly the "expert" was, much later I found out. Overall I support the removal, just maybe first others editors should pitch in with other opinions. Dhoffryn (talk) 05:48, 9 July 2022 (UTC)
- I don't think these sources should be eliminated, although they quote MJ Dangerous and his websites, there is other information that the authors of the articles write, that there is a huge discrepancy between the certified sales and the exaggerated sales figures that have been spread thanks to the Michael Jackson fan clubs. In the case of this Blogo site, sales are solely and exclusively estimative coming from MJ Dangerous and therefore should be disregarded.--Markus WikiEditor (talk) 17:12, 9 July 2022 (UTC)
- Since you have been conspiratorially bringing “Michael Jackson fan clubs” to the equation, perhaps you can check the older tweets by the authors of the WSJ and Newyorker? They are two known jaded Michael Jackson haters and they have expressed it multiple times through their tweets in the past. Wikipedia's reliability cannot be decided based on what you are saying, especially since the newyorker piece solely revolves around MJ Dangerous. TruthGuardians (talk) 18:20, 9 July 2022 (UTC)
- I don't think these sources should be eliminated, although they quote MJ Dangerous and his websites, there is other information that the authors of the articles write, that there is a huge discrepancy between the certified sales and the exaggerated sales figures that have been spread thanks to the Michael Jackson fan clubs. In the case of this Blogo site, sales are solely and exclusively estimative coming from MJ Dangerous and therefore should be disregarded.--Markus WikiEditor (talk) 17:12, 9 July 2022 (UTC)
References
- ^ Bialik, Carl (July 15, 2009). "Spun: The Off-the-Wall Accounting of Record Sales". The Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original on March 10, 2015. Retrieved December 17, 2021.
- ^ Wyman, Bill (January 4, 2013). "Did Michael Jackson's Thriller Really Sell a Hundred Million Copies?". The New Yorker. Archived from the original on September 28, 2015. Retrieved May 26, 2013.
Release Date[edit]
Wasn't "Thriller" released on November 30, 1982? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:481:8600:5260:d193:a99e:6a70:d04 (talk) 16:18, 17 September 2023 (UTC)
- No. There are a number of people who incorrectly believe 80s releases only came out on Tuesdays. But those folks are mistaken—as documented again and again in contemporaneous news articles and music industry magazine advertisements. alainsane (talk) 18:46, 18 September 2023 (UTC)
Thriller 25[edit]
"With the arrival of Halloween that November, Thriller 25 spent an eleventh non-consecutive week atop the US catalog chart." Halloween occurs on October 31st. Porterc5 (talk) 13:50, 4 January 2024 (UTC)
- Fixed. Thanks. Popcornfud (talk) 14:10, 4 January 2024 (UTC)
See also (+ Victory Tour)[edit]
I didn't find anywhere in the article mention of the Jackson's Victory Tour. It should be added in the 'See also' section. 72.174.131.123 (talk) 02:20, 11 February 2024 (UTC)
Semi-protected edit request on 27 May 2024[edit]
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The article is incorrect on one fact: “Thriller” only won 7 Grammy Awards, not 8. Michael won his 8th Grammy in 1984 for Best Children’s Recording for the “ET Storybook” album, which obviously is not connected to “Thriller”. Uncaray (talk) 05:22, 27 May 2024 (UTC)
- Not done:
- By my count, it won:
- Record of the Year
- Album of the Year
- Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male
- Best Engineered Recording, non-classical
- Producer of the Year (non-classical)
- Best R & B Performance, Male
- Best Rhythm & Blues Song
- Best Rock Vocal Performance, Male
- The production award didn't go to Jackson, (it went to Bruce Swedien) but it DID go to the album.
- PianoDan (talk) 16:52, 27 May 2024 (UTC)
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