Billie Jean

"Billie Jean" is a 1983 hit single from Michael Jackson's Thriller album. 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. The song was replaced at number one by another Jackson single, "Beat It" that April. 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".

Sources

• Moonwalk — by Michael Jackson, Edited by Jackie Onassis (Doubleday 1988, ISBN: 0385247125)
• The Michael Jackson Story — by Nelson George (Dell 1983, ISBN: 0440155924)
• Trapped: Michael Jackson and the Crossover Dream — by Dave Marsh (Bantam 1985, ISBN: 055334241X)
• Thriller ? Special Edition (Epic Records, 2001 — Selected Interviews)
• Michael Jackson: The Ultimate Collection (Epic Records, 2004 — Liner Notes)