Michael Jackson released “Billie Jean,” the second single from Thriller. Jackson said that he always had a sense that the song would be a hit and he was correct. It peaked at No. 1 on the Billboard ...

Maybe Tomorrow became a favorite of crate-digging hip ... “I’ll Be There,” the song that fully revealed Michael Jackson as an expressive ballad singer in addition to his natural touch ...

Cynthia Erivo, Herbie Hancock, Jacob Collier, Janelle Monáe, Lainey Wilson, Will Smith, and Stevie Wonder all took the Crypto ...

New viewers watched MTV because they’d heard how great the Michael Jackson videos were; at the same time, MTVs core audience was blown away by videos featuring a type of music they weren’t ...