Look closely at this image. This is Michael Jackson in 1978. Can you see him? A young man, barely out of his teens, standing on the precipice of a future he could never have imagined. He was just 20 ...

You watch a 14-minute music video and suddenly the way music appears on television feels different forever. The debut of Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” on MTV in 1983 fused cinematic storytelling, ...

On Feb. 26, 1983, a genre-blending album quietly reached No. 1 on the U.S. charts—and then refused to let go. Thriller, the groundbreaking release from Michael Jackson, didn’t just dominate sales; it ...