Michael Jackson released “Billie Jean,” the second single from Thriller. Jackson said that he always had a sense that the song would be a hit and he was correct. It peaked at No. 1 on the Billboard ...

Michael Jackson's "Billie Jean" is about a man who may have fathered a child with a groupie. One of Jackson's brothers explained the song's connection to Motown founder Berry Gordy.

Michael Jackson once shut down an entire supermarket for a staged shopping trip with disguised friends and staff to experience a ‘normal’ errand.

Featuring Jackson’s videos for “Billie Jean” and two weeks later for “Beat It” widened the video-clip channel’s appeal as much as airplay on MTV widened the appeal of Michael Jackson.

Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global ... U.S., where it’s risen as high as No. 146. Jackson dropped “Billie Jean” in 1983, and it didn’t take long before it became ...