#12 Michael Jackson, 'Thriller' (1982)

As far as am I’m concerned, this is the #1 record. At least, this is my #1 record. The follow up to ‘Off The Wall’ saw Michael Jackson reunited with producer, Quincy Jones. That album had been an incredible success, having sold 10 million copies, but Jackson was disappointed that it never won Album Of The Year at the Grammys. In 1980, when Rolling Stone refused to put him on the cover of their magazine, he responded, “I've been told over and over that black people on the cover of magazines doesn't sell copies ... Just wait. Some day those magazines are going to be begging me for an interview. Maybe I'll give them one, and maybe I won't.” His goal was to top ‘Off The Wall’ and create an album where every song was killer.