Its stupid. There are more thriller albums out there. They redefined streaming as album sales. So if you stream an eagles song ten times its an album sale. You did not even need to buy it. And since the eagles album is a greatest hits album its singles are counted both for the greatest hits and the actual original album. When you count album sales the winner is Jackson. If you count downloads it the eagles. But even they will disappear as new stars are shooting up the charts. Taylor could put out a greatest hits record and the eagles would be gone in a few years by this counting.
And “Thriller” was all Quincy Jones. MJ just sang on it.
“There’s so many things you should have told her,
But night after night you’re willing to hold her, just hold her.
Tears on your shoulder.”
New kid in town - Best song on Hotel California
Used to be my favorite group. Then, Don Henly ... vile liberal (redundant, I know).
Greatest hits albums don’t count :P
Led Zep II
Cream - Wheels of Fire
Beatles - White Album
Beatles - Sgt Peppers
Carole King - Tapestry
Pink Floyd - The Wall
Tommy - The Who
All worthy but not pop enough to be at the top.
Worldwide, Jackson may still be on top.
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I have to wonder, though, who's still buying Eagles albums.
Either you bought the album years ago when you were young, or you don't care about mom and dad's music, right?
Watched the Eagles documentary a while back on Netflix. I had no idea that Glenn Frey was such a dick.