Jackson holds the record of longest span of number ones for a male act in the Billboard Hot 100 with a span of 25 years and seven months.Jackson's " You Are Not Alone" made him the first artist to have a song debut atop the Billboard Hot 100 in September 1995.Jackson had more number-one singles than any other recording artist in the 1980s with nine singles.Jackson became the first artist to simultaneously top Billboard's album chart and the number one single on both the pop and R&B charts, with Thriller and " Billie Jean" in the week of March 5, 1983.His first number-one single, " Ben", topped the Billboard Hot 100 in October 1972. Jackson became the first recording artist to land number one singles in three decades after " Black or White" topped the Billboard Hot 100 in December 1991.Jackson's Bad is only one of two albums where five singles off one album topped the Billboard Hot 100.Jackson was the first artist to launch seven top ten singles off one album.
This made Jackson the only solo artist to achieve such feat. Additionally, eight of the top nine positions on Top Pop Catalog Albums were owned by Jackson, with a ninth held by a Jackson 5 hits collection. marking the first time any catalog album outsold the number one album on the Billboard 200. In July 2009, three of Jackson's albums ( Number Ones, The Essential Michael Jackson and Thriller) claimed the top three positions on Billboard's Top Pop Catalog Albums and Top Comprehensive Albums charts in the week following the singer's death.Jackson's Bad (1987) remained at top 5 on the Billboard 200 album chart for thirty-eight weeks, setting a record for the longest run at top five by an album from a male solo artist.Thriller is currently the second best-selling album of all time in the United States and the second most certified album after the Eagles' Their Greatest Hits (1971-1975), with total units of 34 million sold to date.It is only one of two albums to have sold more copies in the United States than any other in two separate years, topping the sales charts in 19. Jackson's Thriller (1982) remained at the top on the Billboard 200 album chart for thirty-seven weeks, setting a record for the longest run at number one by a studio album.As part of the Jackson 5, he topped the charts with "I Want You Back" on the week of January 31, 1970. Jackson (aged 11 years, 155 days or 11 years, 5 months, and 2 days) is the youngest vocalist ever to top the Hot 100.See also: List of artists who reached number one in the United States and List of Billboard Hot 100 chart achievements and milestones
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