Songs · Billboard Hot 100

Thriller

Michael Jackson

Entered Feb 11, 1984 · peaked at #4 on Mar 3, 1984 · 26 weeks on the chart, last seen Nov 15, 2025

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UK Singles Chart · #10, 60 wkBillboard Hot 100 · #4, 26 wk
Record Power
41.0
share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
Weeks at #1
0
never number one
Top-ten weeks
6
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on chart
26
February 1984 – November 2025

Ranked by Record Power, part of the ChartReign Power model — not a chart published by anyone else. How it works →

The run

Position by week; a gap is a spell off the chart.

What it earned each artist

Record Power is the song's own figure. Power contributed is what the song earned each artist's Career Power: a featured credit takes its reduced share, and a week where the artist had other songs charting is split between them.

ArtistCreditCredit sharePower contributed
Michael Jacksonprimary100%44.9

The top ten the week it peaked

See Mar 3, 1984 on the timeline →
  1. #1JumpVan Halen
  2. #299 LuftballonsNena
  3. #3Girls Just Want To Have FunCyndi Lauper
  4. #4ThrillerMichael Jackson
  5. #5Nobody Told MeJohn Lennon
  6. #6Karma ChameleonCulture Club
  7. #7Somebody's Watching MeRockwell
  8. #8Wrapped Around Your FingerThe Police
  9. #9Let The Music PlayShannon
  10. #10I Want A New DrugHuey Lewis & The News

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