Billie Jean

Michael Jackson’s 1983 single was the first video by a Black artist to receive heavy rotation on MTV, breaking a racially discriminatory programming policy that had excluded Black musicians from the network. Jackson performed the moonwalk for the first time while singing it at the Motown 25 television special, and it reached #1 in 10 countries simultaneously, achieving sales 40% higher than #4 'Bohemian Rhapsody' in its first year. With over 10 million copies sold globally, it remains the best-selling single of the 1980s.