Michael Jackson's Thriller has reclaimed the top spot on Billboard's Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart for the first time since 1984, pushed by the streaming surge that followed the Michael biopic 's April 24 premiere. The album earned 62,000 equivalent album units during the tracking week of May 1-7, a 36 percent jump from the 45,000 units it posted the prior week, according to Billboard . Streaming activity accounted for 48,000 of those units, equal to 50.3 million official on-demand audio and video streams, according to data platform Luminate. Traditional album sales contributed another 13,000 units. The May 16 return marks Thriller 's 38th total week at No. 1 on the ranking, extending its own record for the most weeks atop the chart by a male artist. The album originally spent 37 consecutive weeks at No. 1 in 1983-84 after its November 1982 release, a record that stood for 42 years until SZA 's SOS surpassed it in June 2025. SOS holds the overall chart record with 46 weeks at No. 1.…