![]() ![]() ![]() The single topped the charts in 13 countries, including the United States. " Billie Jean" was the album's second single. The single peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot 100. " The Girl Is Mine", a collaboration with Paul McCartney, was released as the first single from the album. In 1982, Jackson released his sixth studio album, Thriller. With the following singles "Off the Wall" and " She's Out of My Life" also reaching the US top 10, Jackson became the first solo artist to have four singles from the same album reach the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100. Both are certified multi-Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in the United States for sales in excess of 6 million copies. The album Off the Wall (1979) contained five singles, including the chart-topping " Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough" and " Rock with You". ![]() Jackson continued to release singles throughout the 1970s. Jackson's first number-one hit on the chart was " Ben", in 1972. Jackson's first solo entry on the US Billboard Hot 100 songs chart was " Got to Be There", which peaked at number four in 1971. In 2012, Jackson was ranked the fifth best selling singles artist in the United Kingdom with 15.3 million singles sold. In the United States, Jackson amassed 13 Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles (more than any other male artist in the Hot 100 era) and was the first artist to have a top-ten single in the Billboard Hot 100 in five different decades. One of the best-selling artists of all time, his album and single sales as of 2013 stood at 400 million. American singer Michael Jackson released 67 singles as a lead artist, and 10 as a featured artist. ![]()
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