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It was among the first to use music videos as promotional tools the videos for "Billie Jean", "Beat It" and "Thriller" are credited for transforming music videos into a serious art form. The album broke racial barriers in popular music, enabling Jackson's appearances on MTV and meeting with President Ronald Reagan at the White House. It was the best-selling album of 1983 worldwide, and it was the first album to become the best-selling in the United States for two years, in 19. With 32 million copies sold worldwide by the end of 1983, Thriller became the best-selling album of all time. The "Thriller" music video was premiered to great anticipation in December 1983 and played regularly on MTV, which also increased the sales of the album. Following Jackson's performance of "Billie Jean" in Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever, where he debuted his signature moonwalk dance, the sales of the album significantly increased, selling one million copies worldwide per week. They all reached the top 10 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart, setting the record for the most top 10 singles from an album, with "Beat It" and "Billie Jean" reaching number one. Seven singles were released: "The Girl Is Mine", "Billie Jean", "Beat It", "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' ", "Human Nature", "P.Y.T. Thriller became Jackson's first number one album on the US Billboard Top LPs & Tapes chart, where it spent a record 37 weeks at number one, from February 26, 1983, to April 14, 1984. Recording took place from April to November 1982 at Westlake Recording Studios in Los Angeles, with a production budget of $750,000. The album features a single guest appearance, with Paul McCartney becoming the first artist to be featured on one of Jackson's albums. Thriller foreshadows the contradictory themes of Jackson's personal life, as he began using a motif of paranoia and darker themes. With the ongoing backlash against disco, he moved in a new musical direction, resulting in a mix of pop, post-disco, rock, funk, and R&B sounds. Jackson wanted to create an album where "every song was a killer". There is also a 2008 25th anniversary edition of the album. This song consists of 9 of Jackson's songs (11 for the 2008 special edition). Thriller is Michael Jackson's 6th studio album, released by Epic Records on January 2, 1983.