Michael Jackson artist popular songs |
| blue # = weekly pop chart |
| 1 | Got To Be There | 2 | Dec 1971 |
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| 2 | Rockin' Robin | 2 | Apr 1972 |
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| 3 | I Wanna Be Where You Are | 11 | Jul 1972 |
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| 4 | Ben | 1 | Oct 1972 |
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| 5 | With A Child's Heart | Jun 1973 |
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| 6 | We're Almost There | Mar 1975 |
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| 7 | Just A Little Bit Of You | 19 | Jul 1975 |
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| 8 | Dreamer | Sep 1977 |
| The Jacksons Featuring Michael Jackson |
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| 9 | Ease On Down The Road | 18 | Oct 1978 |
| Diana Ross & Michael Jackson |
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| 10 | You Can't Win | Mar 1979 |
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OFF THE WALL. The next few songs are from the album Off The Wall except One Day In Your Life.
In 1979,
Michael Jackson released his first adult solo album Off The Wall on the heels of the
number 2
relative comeback song by
The Jacksons,
Shake Your Body (Down To The Ground), which of course, included Michael Jackson singing.
Off The Wall produced two number one hits, Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough, which was styled much like Shake Your Body, and
Rock With You, the biggest hit off the album.The songs Off The Wall and She's Outta My Life then made the top 10. This gave Michael Jackson the second single disk studio album to have four top 10 hits -- something that only Fleetwood Mac had done before. Off The Wall spent months at number 2 on the Billboard album charts, with The Wall by Pink Floyd keeping it from reaching number one. |
| 11 | Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough | 1 | Oct 1979 |
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| 12 | Rock With You | 1 | Jan 1980 |
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| 13 | Workin' Day And Night | Feb 1980 |
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| 14 | Off The Wall | 5 | Apr 1980 |
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| 15 | She's Out Of My Life | 8 | Jun 1980 |
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| 16 | Girlfriend | Aug 1980 |
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| 17 | One Day In Your Life | May 1981 |
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THRILLER.
The next few songs are from the album Thriller except Say Say Say and Happy.
In 1982, Michael Jackson released his album Thriller, and the first release was the ballad The Girl Is Mine with Paul McCartney. The Girl Is Mine became a number one song at Christmas, and the dance rock music was yet to come. Thriller became the top studio album of all time, producing three number one hits. In addition, Thriller was the first single disk studio album to produce more than four top 10 hits -- in fact, it produced seven. In the meantime, Michael Jackson returned the favor to Paul McCartney and performed the duet Say Say Say on Paul's album, producing another number one song. |
| 18 | The Girl Is Mine | 1 | Dec 1982 |
| Michael Jackson/Paul McCartney |
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| 19 | Billie Jean | 1 | Feb 1983 |
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| 20 | Beat It | 1 | Apr 1983 |
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| 21 | Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' | 3 | Jul 1983 |
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| 22 | Happy (Love Theme From Lady Sings The Blues) | Jul 1983 |
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| 23 | Human Nature | 5 | Sep 1983 |
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| 24 | Say Say Say | 1 | Nov 1983 |
| Paul McCartney And Michael Jackson |
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| 25 | P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing) | 9 | Nov 1983 |
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| 26 | Thriller | 3 | Mar 1984 |
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other sources |
| 27 | Somebody's Watching Me | 2 | Mar 1984 |
| Rockwell With Michael Jackson |
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| 28 | Tell Me I'm Not Dreamin' (Too Good To Be True) | 24 | Jun 1984 |
| Jermaine Jackson And Michael Jackson |
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| 29 | Farewell My Summer Love | 30 | Jun 1984 |
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| 30 | Girl You're So Together | Sep 1984 |
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BAD. Following songs through Leave Me Alone are from the album Bad, except Get It.In 1987, Michael Jackson released the album Bad. Bad was the first single disk studio album to attain five number one hits. Over the next year and a half, there were seven top 20 songs from Bad, the biggest being Man In The Mirror. |
| 31 | I Just Can't Stop Loving You | 1 | Sep 1987 |
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| 32 | Bad | 1 | Oct 1987 |
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| 33 | The Way You Make Me Feel | 1 | Dec 1987 |
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| 34 | Man In The Mirror | 1 | Mar 1988 |
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| 35 | Get It | May 1988 |
| Stevie Wonder & Michael Jackson |
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| 36 | Dirty Diana | 1 | Jun 1988 |
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| 37 | Another Part Of Me | 11 | Sep 1988 |
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| 38 | Smooth Criminal | 5 | Dec 1988 |
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| 39 | Leave Me Alone | Mar 1989 |
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| 40 | Liberian Girl | Jul 1989 |
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DANGEROUS. The next few songs are from the album Dangerous, except Whatzupwitu.
In 1991, the album Dangerous came out, producing two more number one songs for Michael Jackson, Black Or White and Remember The Time. Dangerous gave Michael Jackson six more top 20 hits, and nine songs that became popular. |
| 41 | Black Or White | 1 | Nov 1991 |
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| 42 | Remember The Time | 1 | Feb 1992 |
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| 43 | In The Closet | 4 | May 1992 |
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| 44 | Jam | 23 | Jul 1992 |
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| 45 | Give In To Me | Mar 1993 |
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| 46 | Heal The World | 10 | Mar 1993 |
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| 47 | Who Is It | 6 | May 1993 |
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| 48 | Whatzupwitu | Jul 1993 |
| Eddie Murphy with Michael Jackson |
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| 49 | Will You Be There | 3 | Aug 1993 |
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| 50 | Gone Too Soon | Dec 1993 |
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HISTORY. The next few songs are from the album History.
In 1995, Michael Jackson released a two-disk album, History Past, Present And Future Book I. The first disk included many of the hits by Michael Jackson above. The second disk included new material, including duets with his sister Janet Jackson. |
| 51 | Scream | 7 | Jun 1995 |
| Michael Jackson & Janet Jackson |
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| 52 | Childhood | Jun 1995 |
| Michael Jackson & Janet Jackson |
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| 53 | You Are Not Alone | 1 | Sep 1995 |
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| 54 | This Time Around | Jan 1996 |
| Michael Jackson Featuring The Notorious B.I.G. |
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| 55 | Earth Song | Jan 1996 |
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| 56 | They Don't Care About Us | Jun 1996 |
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other sources |
| 57 | Why | Oct 1996 |
| 3T Featuring Michael Jackson |
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| 58 | Blood On The Dance Floor | May 1997 |
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| 59 | Stranger In Moscow | Aug 1997 |
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| 60 | You Rock My World | 2 | Sep 2001 |
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| 61 | Cry | 29 | Oct 2001 |
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| 62 | Butterflies | 23 | Jan 2002 |
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| 63 | Break Of Dawn | Feb 2002 |
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| 64 | What More Can I Give? | 23 | Nov 2002 |
| Michael Jackson And Friends |
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| 65 | One More Chance | Jan 2004 |
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| 66 | Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' 2008 | Feb 2008 |
| Michael Jackson With Akon |
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| 67 | The Girl Is Mine 2008 | Feb 2008 |
| Michael Jackson With Will.I.Am |
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| 68 | Beat It 2008 | Mar 2008 |
| Michael Jackson With Fergie |
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| 69 | Smile | Jul 2009 |
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| 70 | This Is It | Oct 2009 |
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| 71 | Breaking News | Nov 2010 |
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| 72 | Hold My Hand | 25 | Dec 2010 |
| Michael Jackson With Akon |
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| 73 | Hollywood Tonight | Apr 2011 |
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| 74 | Je Ne Veux Pas La Fin De Nous (I Just Can't Stop Loving You) | Sep 2012 |
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| 75 | Bad | Nov 2012 |
| Michael Jackson Featuring Pitbull |
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| 76 | Love Never Felt So Good | May 2014 |
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| 77 | Slave To The Rhythm | Jun 2014 |
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| 78 | Love Never Felt So Good | 19 | Jun 2014 |
| Michael Jackson & Justin Timberlake |
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| 79 | Chicago | Aug 2014 |
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| 80 | A Place With No Name | Aug 2014 |
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| Official Michael Jackson site |
