Thriller 25 Official Release & Information Thread

[Chell]

From Sony BMG USA

The Biggest Album Ever just got bigger. The 25th Anniversary Edition of Thriller celebrates this ground-breaking album with 7 bonus tracks, six of which are previously unreleased. The new tracks include exclusive remixes from Kanye West, Fergie, will.i.am and Akon along with a previously unreleased track from the Thriller sessions, "For All Time," newly mixed and mastered by Michael Jackson. Also included is a BONUS DVD with new, digitally restored versions of the three videos from the album as well as the Michael Jackson's groundbreaking performance of "Billie Jean" on the "Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever" television special (first broadcast on NBC May 16, 1983).

Track Listing:

1. Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'
2. Baby Be Mine
3. The Girl Is Mine (with Paul McCartney)
4. Thriller
5. Beat It
6. Billie Jean
7. Human Nature
8. P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)
9. The Lady In My Life
10. Vincent Price (bonus track)
11. The Girl Is Mine 2008 with will.i.am
12. P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing) 2008 with Michael Jackson and will.i.am
13. Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' 2008 with Michael Jackson, Akon and will.i.am
14. Beat It 2008 with Fergie
15. Billie Jean 2008 with Kanye West
16. For All Time (unreleased track from original Thriller sessions)

Bonus DVD
The Videos

1. Thriller
2. Beat It
3. Billie Jean
4. Billie Jean performance from Motown 25: Yesterday, Today and Forever

The Japanese Edition of Thriller 25 will have “Got The Hots” as an additional track.

You can pre-order Thriller 25th Anniversary from major music stores in your country, Amazon and Sony BMG in your country.

Versions available:

The new Thriller 25 album will be available in three different versions
CD + Bonus DVD with the classic album cover featuring the debut of the Moonwalk from the Motown 25 celebration and a 20 page booklet

CD + Bonus DVD with a newly designed "zombie" album cover featuring the debut of the Moonwalk from the Motown 25 celebration and a 20 page booklet

A hardbound case + book deluxe edition with a 48 page booklet as well as the CD + Bonus DVD

A 2 Disc Vinyl is also available.


Confirmed release dates for Thriller 25:


Austria, Germany, Switzerland
February 8, 2008

Australia
February 9, 2008.

France, UK, Netherlands
February 11, 2008

USA
February 12, 2008

Mexico
February 12, 2008

Finland
February 13, 2008

Japan
February 20, 2008


The Girl Is Mine 2008 with will.i.am single release




The Girl is Mine 2008 with will.i.am was released as a digital download in January to Europe, and is now available as a CD single in the UK, Germany, France, Austria and Switzerland.

The Girl is Mine 2008 was released in Australia on the 5th of April as a physical single.

Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’ 2008 with Akon single release



Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’ 2008 was released in January as a digital download in the United States, Australia, Sweden. Physical release details are in the posts below.


Where to find more information?

Michael Jackson official websites have been updated to reflect promotion and information regarding Thriller 25:

Michael's official Sony Website

Michael's Official Myspace

Michael's Official Facebook

Michael's Official YouTube

Michael Jackson's Black Planet

Michael Jackson's Imeem

Amazon.com also has a special Michael Jackson page to promote Thriller 25 with photos and facts.

Official Thriller 25 teaser:


Cover Art and Message from Michael:








Keep checking this thread as we will update it with new information and release dates.

[Marni]

Tomorrow Feb 12th, a 30 track Super Deluxe Edition of Thriller 25 will be available for purchase and download through Amazon.com and iTunes in your country.

Tracklisting:

1. Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'
2. Baby Be Mine
3. The Girl Is Mine
4. Thriller
5. Beat It
6. Billie Jean
7. Human Nature
8. P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)
9. The Lady In My Life
10. Vincent Price Excerpt From "Thriller" Voice-Over Session (Thriller 25th Anniversary Voice-Over Session)
11. The Girl Is Mine 2008 with will.i.am (Thriller 25th Anniversary Remix Featuring will.i.am)
12. P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing) 2008 with will.i.am (Thriller 25th Anniversary Remix Featuring willi.i.am)
13. Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' 2008 with Akon (Thriller 25th Anniversary Remix Featuring Akon)
14. Beat It 2008 with Fergie (Thriller 25th Anniversary Remix Featuring Fergie) Michael Jackson
15. Billie Jean 2008 Kanye West Mix (Thriller 25th Anniversary Remix Featuring Kanye West)
16. For All Time (unreleased track from the original Thriller sessions) (Previously unreleased track from the Thriller sessions)
17. Voice-Over Intro Quincy Jones Interview #1
18. Someone In The Dark
19. Voice-Over Intro Quincy Jones Interview #2
20. Billie Jean (Home Demo From 1981)
21. Quincy Jones Interview #3
22. Voice-Over Intro Rod Temperton Interview #1
23. Quincy Jones Interview #4
24. Voice-Over Intro Voice-Over Session From Thriller/Voice-Over Session From Thriller
25. Voice-Over Intro Rod Temperton Interview #2
26. Quincy Jones Interview #5
27. Carousel (Album Version)
28. Voice-Over Intro Quincy Jones Interview #6
29. Billie Jean (Underground Mix)
30. Thriller (Instrumental)

Bonus:

31. Billie Jean (short film)
32. Beat It (short film)
33. Thriller (short film)
34. Billie Jean Live Motown 25 (video)
35. Digital Booklet

[Moonwalker3000]

iTunes UK is offering discounts:

[smooth-c]

JAPAN ONLY
Sony BMG Japan is about to release an exclusive Michael Jackson Thriller 25th Anniversary boxed set similar to the "Visionary" release (SKU B000IJ7REA) that hit the stores in Europe two years ago. The "Japanese Singles Box" consists of seven 2-Track-Maxi-CD's



Disc #1: The Girl Is Mine / Can't Get Outta The Rain
Disc #2: Billie Jean / It's The Falling in Love
Disc #3: Beat It / Get On The Floor
Disc #4: Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' / Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' (Instrumental)
Disc #5: Human Nature / Baby Be Mine
Disc #6: P.Y.T / Working Day And Night (2008 Remix)
Disc #7: Thriller / Things I Do For You (The Jacksons Live Edit)

Limited Edition. Available for a short period of time only.
RELEASE DUE TO: 2008/03/26 // EPIC RECORDS // LEGACY RECORDINGS

Sourced from MJ Data Bank

For UK readers and possibly other countries, you can import from the following shops -

CDJapan.co.jp - English
http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=EICP-945

HMV Japan - Japanese, but you may be able to work it out!

http://www.hmv.co.jp/product/detail/2691134

Including delivery to the United Kingdom, the final price of this is around £32 - £35 from both sites.

If any of you find it any cheaper or any other places to get this from, let me know and i'll add it to this listing

[Marni]

Best Buy (US) is offering an exclusive track with purchase of the Thriller 25 album from their stores:

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Bonus track

Thriller: 25th Anniversary Edition celebrates the King of Pop's crowning achievement in style, offering an impressive array of new content that every Michael Jackson fan should own.

In addition to all the album's original tracks, it includes new packaging, two previously unreleased Thriller-era songs, and five remixes featuring such contemporary superstars as Fergie, Akon and will.i.am.

</td><td valign="top"> </td></tr></tbody></table> Save and get free shipping on this new release today. While supplies last, it also includes the Best Buy exclusive bonus track, "Thriller (Def Remix)."

[Marni]

New Press Release from Legacy Records

Michael Jackson's Thriller 25 - The 25th Anniversary Edition of the World's Top-Selling Album of All Time - Is America's #2 Best-Selling Album This Week!!!

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Thriller 25 Rockets to the Top of the Charts... All Over the World!!! Thriller 25 - Already One of 2008's Top-Selling Albums - Enters Billboard Top Pop Catalog Chart At #1, With 10x The Average First Week's Sales of Albums Topping That Chart During The Past 52 Weeks</center>

NEW YORK, Feb. 20 -- Thriller 25 -- the newly-expanded deluxe 25th anniversary edition of Michael Jackson's Thriller, the world's best-selling album of all-time -- is America's #2 Top-Selling Album this week, more than a quarter century after the album's original release. Already shaping up as one of the hottest albums of 2008, Thriller 25 has rocketed into the Top 5 (or better) in a variety of territories across the planet following its worldwide release the week of February 11.

With first week's sales in the United States totaling 165,805 units, Thriller 25 enters the Billboard Top Pop Catalog chart at #1. (During the past 52 week period, the average first week's sales for an album hitting #1 on the Top Pop Catalog chart has been 16.6 thousand pieces; Thriller 25 entered the chart with 10x that number. Because of a technicality in the rules of Billboard charting, Thriller 25 is ineligible to chart on the Top 200. Based on first week's sales, Thriller 25, if eligible, would have entered the Top 200 at #2, nestled between Jack Johnson at #1 and Amy Winehouse at #3.)

Michael Jackson's iconic music film for "Thriller" is currently the #1 music video download on iTunes.

With more than one million copies of Thriller 25 shipped around the world, and re-orders already flooding in, the new edition of Michael Jackson's classic collection has hit #1 in France; #1 in Belgium; #2 in Germany; #2 in Australia; #2 in the Netherlands; #2 in Norway (Thriller's highest position ever in that country); #2 in Sweden; #2 in Switzerland; #3 in the UK; #3 in Denmark; #3 in New Zealand; #4 in Spain; #5 in Austria; #5 in Ireland; #6 in the Czech Republic; and #6 in Italy.

Global response to the release of Thriller 25, the newly expanded deluxe 25th anniversary edition of Michael Jackson's Thriller, the world's top- selling album of all-time, reached a fever pitch across the planet with surprise hit singles, an ongoing 40-episode "ThrillerCast" podcast event, the premiere of the "Thrillicious" Sobe Life Water ad campaign at the Super Bowl, the presentation of a Lifetime Achievement Award to Michael Jackson at the NRJ Music Awards at Cannes and a host of upcoming events and surprises.

In one of the most groundbreaking aspects of the Thriller 25 campaign, fans will soon be able to go online and star in Michael's signature "Thriller" video. Using newly developed technology from innovative media company Big Stage, fans can create photo-realistic 3-D avatars of themselves to be inserted into Michael's role in the classic clip. (Full details TBA.)

The Michael Jackson Thriller 25th anniversary celebration runs throughout 2008 with a multi-faceted global marketing campaign featuring high-profile television, radio and online events around the world and the major re-launch of Michael's official website, http://www.michaeljackson.com/

Originally released in the US on November 30, 1982 by Epic Records, Thriller, Michael Jackson's sixth solo album and second with producer Quincy Jones, first entered the Billboard Top 200 album chart at #11 in December 1982. The original Thriller went on to spend an astounding 80 consecutive weeks in the American Top 10, 37 of those at #1, while making history as the first and only record to be America's top-selling album two years running (1983 and 1984). Thriller has been certified 27x platinum by the RIAA, giving it Double Diamond Award status in the US. In 1985, the Guinness Book of Records named Thriller the Best Selling Album of All Time, an achievement which remains unsurpassed to this day.

Source: MJJR.net / Legacy Media Relations / Sony BMG

[Marni]

Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' single was physically released today in Germany. Please check this thread for more details.

Thank you to Sony BMG Germany

Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' remixes are now available on iTunes United States and Germany. Please check your country's iTunes for more information and purchase.

[Marni]

Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' single was physically released in AUSTRALIA. Please check this thread for more details.


Released March 29, it’s available from Sanity:

http://www.sanity.com.au/product/pro...sp?sku=2105917

Tracklist:

Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' 2008 With Akon

Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' 2008 With Akon (Johnny Vicious Club-radio Remix)

Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' 2008 With Akon (Johnny Vicious Full Club Remix)


Source: Sony Music Australia / Maximum-Jackson




The Girl Is Mine 2008 will also be released in Australia, on 5th of April.

It is available now on iTunes Australia!

The physical single can can be purchased from Sanity, here.

Track Listing:

1. Girl Is Mine 2008 With Will.i.am
2. Girl Is Mine 2008 Club Mix Featuring Will.i.am
3. Girl Is Mine (Original Demo)

Source: Sony BMG / Maximum-Jackson

[Marni]

Thriller 25th Anniversary: The Book

Released October 30 (US & Japan and Europe)




Description from Amazon:


MICHAEL JACKSON THRILLER 25TH ANNIVERSARY!

The party ain't over yet! Michael Jackson celebrates the 25th anniversary of Thriller, the world's largest selling album of all time, and the biggest milestone in pop music ever. THRILLER - the music, the videos, the looks and the dance moves that changed music forever.

February 12th, 2008 saw the release of Michael Jackson's Thriller album in a special 25th anniversary edition featuring all classic Thriller hits digitally remastered, a bonus DVD with Jackson's electrifying appearances and dance moves from the Thriller era PLUS brand-new tracks and remixes of Thriller's biggest hits with guest stars such as Akon, Fergie, Kanye West, and will.i.am.

Now, the party continues: THRILLER 25th Anniversary - The Book celebrates the iconic King of Pop and the world's biggest selling album of all time. More than 180 exclusive, high quality, digitally remastered and glossy photographs make this book a visual journey back to the iconic times of Thriller: Behind the scenes in the studio recording THRILLER, making the revolutionary short films, being on a victorious tour, Grammy's most glorious night, and much more.

FEAT. EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEWS: Quincy Jones (Executive Producer, Thriller); Rod Temperton (Songwriter, Thriller); John Landis (Director, Thriller - The Short Film); Tamara Conniff (Editiorial Director, BILLBOARD); Matt Forger (Sound Engineer, Thriller); Bruce Swedien (Sound Engineer, Thriller); and many more.


To pre-order or buy, please follow one of the links:

UK:
Blackwell
Waterstones

US:
Amazon US
Buy.com
Borders
Barnes and Noble

Australia:
dstore
fishpond

Source: Amazon/ ML Publishing / Maximum Jackson

Cover image provided by ML Publishing.

If you have any more information on the release or other outlets, please let us know and we will add them to this thread. Thanks.

Thriller 25 Book!

Check this thread for further updates.

[Marni]

Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' single was digitally released in the UK, June 16th.


The tracks available on iTunes for the EP / Single are:

Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' 2008 With Akon

Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' 2008 With Akon (Johnny Vicious Club-radio Remix)

Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' 2008 With Akon (Johnny Vicious Full Club Remix)

CLICK HERE to purchase.

Source: iTunes / Maximum-Jackson