Michael Jackson’s ‘Thriller’ Scares Up 40th Week at No. 1 on Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Chart

Michael Jackson’s *Thriller* returned to No. 1 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart after Halloween revived interest in its title track. The album’s 40th week at the top brings it closer to SZA’s *SOS*, which holds the chart record with 46 weeks.

For the week ending 5 November, *Thriller* earned 55,000 equivalent album units, up 89% from the previous week; streaming accounted for 32,000 units, from 34.2 million on-demand streams. It also rose to No. 2 on the all-genre Billboard 200, its highest position there since 1984. Jackson has now spent 101 weeks at No. 1 on the R&B/Hip-Hop chart, second only to the Temptations’ 109.