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Beat it, Michael: ‘Thriller’ just gave up its title of best-selling album of all time
The Eagles can sing this vict’ry song. They’ve earned it. The band’s greatest-hits album has topped Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” to retake its crown as the best-selling album ever, the Recording Industry Association of America revealed Monday, according to the Associated Press. “Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975” is now certified 38x platinum, topping 33x platinum for “Thriller.” In third place, “Hotel California,” also by the Eagles, has reached 26x platinum, or 26 million sales and streams. The RIAA in 2013 started to account for streams and downloads in their calculations. “We are grateful ... (full story)