'Thriller' Video Gets a Home in National Film Registry of the Library of Congress

Michael Jackson's original "Thriller" video will be a part of 25 films that are set to be inducted into the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress for 2009. "Thriller" will be the first music video to be inducted into the Registry.

"Thriller" is the 14-minute accompanying music video to Jackson's hit song of the same name. It was released on December 2nd, 1983. It won 2 Grammy Awards for Best Video, Long Form and Best Video Album, in addition to 4 MTV Awards.

The video was directed by John Landis and produced by George Folsey Jr. The video starred Jackson, Ola Ray, and Vincent Price. The rights to "Thriller" were eventually sold to the Nederlander Organization to be produced as a musical.

Michael Jackson, one of the most widely beloved entertainers and profoundly influential artists of all-time, leaves an indelible imprint on popular music and culture.

Five of Jackson's solo albums - "Off the Wall," "Thriller," "Bad," "Dangerous" and "HIStory," all with Epic Records, a Sony Music label - are among the top-sellers of all time and "Thriller" holds the distinction as the largest selling album worldwide in the history of the recording industry with more than 70 million units sold. Additionally, singles released from the Thriller album sold more than 100 million copies worldwide, another all time record.

During his extraordinary career, he sold an estimated 750 million records worldwide, released 13 No.1 singles and became one of a handful of artists to be inducted twice into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The Guinness Book of World Records recognized Jackson as the Most Successful Entertainer of All Time and "Thriller" as the Biggest Selling Album of All Time. Jackson won 13 Grammy Awards and received the American Music Award's Artist of the Century Award.

 

 

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