MICHAEL JACKSON - BILLIE JEAN
"Billie Jean" is a 1983 hit single from Michael Jackson's Thriller album. It is often viewed as the song that triggered his success.
A number-one hit on the Billboard Hot 100, the song was also the number-one R&B single for nine weeks in the United States and is widely acknowledged as one of Michael Jackson's most critically acclaimed songs.
It was voted best single of the year in The Village Voice Pazz & Jop critics' poll, and received two Grammy Awards in 1984 in categories: Best Male R&B Vocal Performance and Best New Rhythm & Blues Song.
It was nominated for Record of the Year and Song of the Year, along with "Beat It", at the Grammy Awards of 1984.
On March 6, 2006, "Billie Jean" was re-released as a single in the UK as part of Visionary - The Video Singles. It went on to become the highest charting UK Visionary single, reaching #11 in the UK Top 40, a very respectable position in a download dominant chart - downloads of re-releases are not counted in chart position.
