18 Greatest Hits (Michael Jackson and the Jackson 5 album)

18 Greatest Hits
Michael Jackson looking through a rainy window from the inside
Greatest hits album by
ReleasedJuly 1, 1983[1]
Recorded1969–1974
Length59:37
Label
Michael Jackson chronology
Thriller
(1982)
18 Greatest Hits
(1983)
Farewell My Summer Love
(1984)
The Jackson 5 chronology
The Jacksons Live!
(1981)
18 Greatest Hits
(1983)
Victory
(1984)
Singles from 18 Greatest Hits
  1. "Happy"
    Released: 1983

18 Greatest Hits is a greatest hits album by American singer Michael Jackson and his former family band the Jackson 5. It spent three weeks at the top of the charts in the United Kingdom after its release on July 1, 1983 by Motown and Telstar Records. Featuring 18 songs released between 1969 and 1975, it became Michael's second number one on the UK Albums Chart, right behind Thriller (1982), as well as the Jackson 5's first and only chart-topper there.[2] The album shares cover artwork with the single for "Happy", which was released in Europe to promote it.

  1. ^ "BPI".
  2. ^ "The Jackson 5 | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". Official Charts.