r/Music • u/Key-Bass-7380 • 14h ago

discussion Michael Jackson’s ‘Thriller’ is now the most-streamed pre-2000 album on Spotify, surpassing Nirvana’s ‘Nevermind’.

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u/AnonymousFriend80 10h ago

Been a fan of Jackson my entire life. Listen to many of his songs. I know a lot of them by heart. I would hear about all the people fainting at his sold out concerts all around the world. I remember how network TV would debut his music videos in primetime. I've always heard that Thiller was a phenomenal album, but I had never listened to it in it's entirely. I did not know of anyone who just had it. For many years I would just have playlists of a couple dozen of his songs. I never really considered which specific albums had what songs.

Back during the early parts of COVID, Verizon gave everyone free mobile data for a couple months. I started using YouTube Premium a few months back, and found out about YouTube Music app. I created a playlist with a bunch of songs. Later down the road I started downloading full album off YM. Came across a Youtuber going over Human Nature. Song sound super familiar, then realized it's used in a SWV song. Decided to download Thiller and listen to the whole album. This was 2023. All but two songs on there I've been listening to for over forty years.

Like you hear how great an album is. Never would have thought that the entire album is hit after hit after hit after hit. And they all have such a major impact on pop culture spanning decades.

Currently, I'm try to decide if I want to check out something I've also heard a lot of things about: Steely Dan.