Jackson currently holds a record for the longest span of top forty singles on the Billboard Hot 100 in a span of 46 years and eight months, with his debuting solo single, " Got to Be There", entering the chart on November 6, 1971, and his posthumous duet with Drake, " Don't Matter to Me", first charting on July 14, 2018.Jackson has 30 top ten singles on the Billboard Hot 100, with Drake, Madonna, the Beatles, and Rihanna having more.Including Pre- Hot 100, Jackson follows Elvis Presley for the most number ones by a male artist and ranks fifth overall. Jackson has had 13 number-one singles on Billboard's Hot 100, making him the male artist with most No.Jackson holds the record of longest span of number ones for a male act in the Billboard Hot 100 with a span of 25 years and seven months.Jackson's " You Are Not Alone" made him the first artist to have a song debut atop the Billboard Hot 100 in September 1995.Jackson had more number-one singles than any other recording artist in the 1980s with ten singles.Jackson became the first artist to simultaneously top Billboard's album chart and the number one single on both the pop and R&B charts, with Thriller and " Billie Jean" in the week of March 5, 1983.His first number-one single, " Ben", topped the Billboard Hot 100 in October 1972. Jackson became the first recording artist to land number one singles in three decades after " Black or White" topped the Billboard Hot 100 in December 1991.Jackson's Bad is only one of two albums where five singles off one album topped the Billboard Hot 100.Jackson was the first artist to launch seven top ten singles off one album.This made Jackson the only solo artist to achieve such feat. Additionally, eight of the top nine positions on Top Pop Catalog Albums were owned by Jackson, with a ninth held by a Jackson 5 hits collection. marking the first time any catalog album outsold the number one album on the Billboard 200. In July 2009, three of Jackson's albums ( Number Ones, The Essential Michael Jackson and Thriller) claimed the top three positions on Billboard's Top Pop Catalog Albums and Top Comprehensive Albums charts in the week following the singer's death.Jackson's Bad (1987) remained at top 5 on the Billboard 200 album chart for thirty-eight weeks, setting a record for the longest run at top five by an album from a male solo artist.Thriller is currently the second best-selling album of all time in the United States and the second most certified album after the Eagles' Their Greatest Hits (1971-1975), with total units of 33 million sold to date.It is only one of two albums to have sold more copies in the United States than any other in two separate years, topping the sales charts in 19. Jackson's Thriller (1982) remained at the top on the Billboard 200 album chart for thirty-seven weeks, setting a record for the longest run at number one by a studio album.As part of the Jackson 5, he topped the charts with "I Want You Back" on the week of January 31, 1970. Jackson (aged 11 years, 155 days or 11 years, 5 months, and 2 days) is the youngest vocalist ever to top the Hot 100.See also: List of artists who reached number one in the United States and List of Billboard Hot 100 chart achievements and milestones Selected countries US chart records and achievements 2 Other records and achievement worldwide.1.10 Irish chart records and achievements.1.9.1 Jackson's New Zealand number ones.1.9 New Zealand chart records and achievements.1.8 Swiss chart records and achievements.1.7 Norwegian chart records and achievements.1.6 Australian chart records and achievements.1.5 Canadian chart records and achievements.1.4 Spanish chart records and achievements.1.3 French chart records and achievements.