Michael Jackson Albums Ranked Worst to Best

[@goodvibestv707]

Invincible is one of MJ's most slept on albums of all times. It got Joints like Butterflies & You are My Life that is still on my playlist 🔥

[@3rdGenerationCancer]

Naw it really wasn't a good album

[@goodvibestv707]

​@@3rdGenerationCancerwell I guess we all got different taste of music 🙄

[@DoctorOfLawOrSomething]

That Butterfly remix with Eve was smooth.

[@JamesSmith-ov5um]

Break of Dawn and Heaven Can Wait are still amazing! The album did had a lot of misses though

[@DaSpeakaBoxx]

That album was amazing!!! Listen to it again😅

[@reylopez8433]

BAD will always be my fav album from MJ. He proved he was able to make any type of song and hang with the best in any genre of music.

[@3rdGenerationCancer]

It's funny that people are saying this cause I thought I was one of few that believes Bad is MJ's best work

[@hamaadjennings]

​@@3rdGenerationCancerI'm part of the list

[@Drfeelinu]

Liberian girl my fave Mj song & smooth criminal fave music video

[@frederickifill3107]

Absolutely

[@MitchCorr]

​@@DrfeelinuLiberian Girl supremacy! 🔥

[@co30walkk]

Invincible is a very good underrated Album for sure.

[@jvonte07]

BAD & Dangerous will always be my top 2 albums of all time by MJ. RIP to the greatest entertainer ever. 🐐🎩

[@terrellgrant1570]

Agreed

[@Iffy028]

Prince and MJ never collaborating together for a song is the biggest missed opportunity ever. I always envision a VMA performance with the two doing a performance of Beat It and When Doves Cry. They’re both my bread and butter for classic popular music.

[@jaharar8879]

I always say this!!! RIP Prince and Mike two great talents that will never be replaced

[@kenj280]

Bad was supposed to be a duet.

[@trustnoone3007]

I think "Blood on the Dance Floor" should've been talked about here or at least mentioned.

[@Thaeffintruth]

agreed!

[@GreenAdam313]

I guess they’re counting it as a “compilation album”, since it contained songs that were either remixed or canned from other albums

[@CarlC259]

I feel like BOTDF is underrated. Only 5 songs long outside of the History remixes, but all 5 songs are great imo.

[@itsactuallytony5699]

It’s technically a remix album

[@goodvibestv707]

Michal Jackson From Off The Wall, To Dangerous, He Was Untouchable 🐐 #RIPMJ 🙏

[@nicholassimon1419]

How is MJ’s catalog slept on?

[@ritadaniel7132]

Truth

[@nicholassimon1419]

@@goodvibestv707 that’s one album out of many, that’s not a catalog

[@AlexAtuh]

FINALLY!! SOMEONE GETS IT!

[@MrEOM41]

Invincible and Xscape ( which is posthumous) are also great projects

[@Braylon1997]

Thriller is his magnum opus. Enough said. But I love his work such as Off the Wall and Bad.

[@Alonelydreamerk]

Bad was after thriller😅

[@davidrichards6059]

I think Off the Wall is his best album.

[@colepitt2184]

Bad was after Thriller so what do you mean??🤣

[@FunkSwaggMusiK]

Bad came out after

[@AM_9924]

Off the Wall is probably my favourite MJ album and possibly the greatest disco album ever recorded. Michael was a one off talent. Incredible artist.

[@AlexAtuh]

It wasn’t even disco, listen to all that other trash that came that was called “disco” then listen to off the wall again, sounds were drawn from disco music but that album was so ahead of it’s time you couldn’t put it in that disco category, a pop album more than anything

[@SideEyeee_]

@@AlexAtuhoff the wall is NOT a pop album at all. it really was mainly a disco album. 💀

[@antoniolugo4727]

Bad is a masterpiece in my opinion

[@3rdGenerationCancer]

Mine as well. Definitely MJ's most consistent and creative album

[@antoniolugo4727]

@@3rdGenerationCancer me you both

[@nicolesherman8974]

Y’all real asf for going through all 10 of his albums 🔥🔥

[@leatherface964]

My top 3: 1. Off the Wall 2. Thriller 3. Bad

[@HMTWNHERO510]

Agreed

[@JoseSala04]

Agreed.

[@jsmacks11]

1. Thriller 2. Off the Wall 3. Bad (Dangerous a close 4th) .

[@maccagrabme]

Yes, Off the Wall is stunning.

[@alexbrookner5331]

I think you hit the nail leatherface

[@StreetsDisciple01]

Invincible started dubstep. I don't disagree with its placement, but the album is underappreciated. Don't Walk Away, Whatever Happens, Speechless, Break of Dawn, and others are great, underrated tunes.

[@ajrenaissance]

Unbreakable is a banger! I don’t think Invincible is his best album but people treat like it isn’t good. It didn’t live it up Michael Jackson standards but any artist would kill to have an album of that quality. Invincible is so underrated.

[@tihbahjin4840]

Whatever Happens grabbed me right away and never let go

[@juicyjames9558]

@@ontheturningawayheartbreaker is dubstep.

[@ianh.f3354]

Triumph and destiny technically don’t count but they both are some of MJs best works

[@JoseSala04]

They are. I rank them higher than his 90's/00's albums. As great as Dangerous is, Triumph just goes hard, plus it is a more focused album.

[@dominiquepitts9125]

Off The Wall is hands down Mike's best album in my opinion

[@irRASSINal1]

I agree! It's his greatest work for sure

[@AppleHead__]

​@irRASSINal1 same for Bad each song its a hit you cant even skip a song from that album Thriller its too overrated idk I feel like Bad should have been the Number 1 album from the world

[@benniecurrie]

Yessss. @@irRASSINal1 Can't Help it is his No. 1 vocal on my list which is Off the Wall, Thriller, Invincible, Dangerous, Bad and after that, I'm not really trying to rank them as much as just plumb his best recordings.

[@brycedownpitch]

Every song off that album is a hit; that's very rare.

[@jsmacks11]

It was his best from a Funk/Disco/R&B standpoint. Also I think it was his best sounding album from a mixing standpoint as I think this was Quincy's biggest influenced album. It was his last album where he started branching out. Thriller was a continuation of Off the Wall but also throwing more diverse and well placed Pop songs.

[@iyube217]

I think “Songs in the Key of Life” by Stevie Wonder and the classic Stevie years changed the way artists made albums. This was my favorite and most agreeable list so far! Great work!

[@Fleezy81]

If they do a Stevie Wonder list......imma donate!

[@bigzizzo]

Stevie is the 🐐.

[@starchedownon84s]

I agree. My personal favorites by Sir Wonder are "Talking Book "and "Music of My Life"

[@mauricefromyt]

I love all Michael Jackson albums

[@deontaedouglas]

Same

[@pritpala]

Oh wow. Never had such a detailed account of MJ’s solo Motown Albums before. Thanks for this.

[@matthewennis3591]

Off the wall is my favorite but I can admit Thriller is his best. Not to mention Human Nature and Billie Jean will always be my favorite MJ songs

[@BennettYancey]

While I’m waiting on these ads to play, first, thank you for this ranking! Second, I feel like Thriller AND Off the Wall should be tied for #1 because there’s an argument almost equally for each of those albums to be #1. Lastly, the run of albums he made from 1979-1991…whew! Amazing work!

[@underdogglory2530]

Come on now, it's Halloween. What do you expect? In my opinion, the first 2 solo albums are definitely within the number 1 spot! RIP MJ

[@nazbernard]

"Burn this Disco Out", "Get on the Floor", and "Girlfriend" don't sound like repeats off the album

[@jbizz80]

Yeah, I didn't care for her critiques there.

[@bigzizzo]

Agreed! They definitely don’t.

[@asadkhan6971]

Maybe it’s my age and the nostalgia, but Off The Wall is in a league of its own. It’s a perfect album.

[@maccagrabme]

Yes it's stunning.

[@cloficc7234]

Dangerous will always be No. 1 in my book!

[@3rdGenerationCancer]

Really 🥴. Bad will MJ's strongest effort

[@maccagrabme]

It depends on when you were born. Oldies will say Off The Wall.

[@JalenTheCreative]

DANGEROUS will always be my favorite MJ album. its nothing but back to back bangers, who is it, give into me, the moody aura of the album >>>

[@jackson-ch]

I like Off The Wall and Dangerous the best to listen to from start to finish. If I had to pick individual favorite songs from an album, most of them would be from HIStory - although I wouldn't put the album as a whole at No. 1. They Don`t Care About Us, Stranger in Moscow, Earth Song, Money, This Time Around, Scream or 2 Bad are absolutely great.

[@DJ_PHILCO79]

Mj The Best King 🤴 of Pop

[@chaza.2891]

Prince on Smooth Criminal as a guitarist, not necessarily vocal would have made the world explode. Imagine a guitar solo in the video at the break...

[@ronicacrutchfield2989]

You got to do Prince next! Yes he had 39 albums, but I faith in you! Lol

[@thomashard5452]

While I love prince......he fell off even earlier than MJ - My last song I absolutely love by him was from the EP - "The most beatiful girl in the world" Previous to that I loved Diamonds and Pearls!

[@ronicacrutchfield2989]

@@thomashard5452 you missed out! He had some really good songs and albums in the 2000s, and 2010s. I loved Lotus Flower, 3121, Planet Earth, Art Official Age, and his last album before his death...Hit N Run Phase 2 was 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@KuruptJTV]

Love the list and the info. I KNOW ya'll have to have a Prince list coming. LOL

[@DM11Music]

Xscape is a pretty good album, the best posthumous release we've got since MJ's death. Which isn't saying much because we've only got two posthumous albums, but Xscape is actually really good with most of the songs coming from the Invincible sessions.

[@bencromwell707]

1. Bad 2. Thriller 3. Off The Wall 4. Dangerous 5. Invincible Another Great List Keep Up The Great Work #Fact

[@nicolesherman8974]

Fun fact: Whitney was suppose to be on Bad with I just can’t stop loving you, but Clive Davis put a halt to it.

[@lanceyvalentino]

Just like Prince was suppose to be on the Bad song but he didnt like the opening lyric 😂😂

[@thomashard5452]

If you are so smart, who sang the song with him on the bad tour? I'll wait and googling is not fair!

[@SarBChild]

This was huge! Knocked it out the park. Stevie Wonder should be the Thanksgiving countdown edition, that’ll take awhile to complete. 😅🫡

[@kinginc2000]

No way Off The Wall wasn't number 2 it Number 1. Besides thriller, no other album in his discography touches these two albums.....

[@donb.loneleo770]

R.I.P. MJ 🐐 Man is such a icon like it can't be understated imo. People all over the world and different ages know who he is TILL THIS DAY and that was the case before the internet. Also you can rank the top 4 in any way really, all are classic bodies of work

[@shemmarstorms7325]

So we gonna forget Micheal did Blood On The Dancefloor? Songs like the album title, 2 Bad, Morphine, Is It Scary, Ghosts Classic! ❤❤❤❤❤

[@randysine752]

Michael Jackson Is The King Of Music!,R.I.P. King Of Pop we love and miss you 1958-2009

[@wesleydevos3185]

No, he is not. Quincy Jones is.

[@KSoloLoso]

if you do this you gotta include his solo albums with Motown

[@camronshean1758]

17:32 Michael Jackson planned duets with Whitney Houston, Aretha Franklin and Barbra Streisand for his album Bad but none of those collaborations ended up happening. It did increased the hype for the album though

[@blackamerican40]

Thriller showed just how powerful a black artist could be! All races talked about that album and the Thriller video.

[@AGES_OFFICIAL]

Respectfully.. 1. Thriller 2. BAD 3. Dangerous 4. HIStory 5. Off The Wall 6. Invincible As good as Off The Wall is, there are a handful of artists in 1979 that made Disco music of that same quality. Not a single other artist could have made Thriller, BAD or Dangerous. Even Dangerous's use of new jack swing completely eclipses what a Keith Sweat or Bobby Brown were doing within a similar soundscape. HIStory's sonic versatility and subject matter alone give it an edge over Off The Wall. May he continue to rest in peace 🕊️... forever the goat

[@bigmaryfan193]

My Ranking 1. Thriller 2. Off The Wall 3. Dangerous 4. Bad 5. Got to be there 6. History 7. Invincible 8. Ben 9. Forever Michael 10. Music & Me

[@3rdGenerationCancer]

Motown albums of the 60s and early 70s were mostly cover songs of other artists and groups including other Motown acts

[@jayfriday9485]

‘music & me’ was a tender and poignant album, with ‘euphoria’ being the standout quirky jam. I feel it’s underrated and better than both ‘forever, Michael’ and ‘Ben’ definitely wouldn’t have placed it at the bottom. I’m glad ‘thriller’ is number one. it’s my favourite 💜I’m not really an albums person, and this one serves as a collection of greatest hits singles. the best being; ‘wanna be startin’ somethin’, ‘billie jean’, ‘beat it’, ‘human nature’ and ‘thriller’. I can’t wait to see the documentary next month.

[@TheEminemGuy]

10- Music And Me 09- Ben 08- Forever Micheal 07- Invincible 06- Got To Be There 05- HIStory 04- Dangerous 03- Thriller 02- Off The Wall 01- Bad

[@avace917]

I think Prince should've played guitar on Dirty Diana. Prince and MJ apparently met at the Hit Factory in NYC while Michael was working on History to discuss a collaboration which obviously didn't happen

[@trustnoone3007]

Maaaaan I loved "Moonwalker",the movie, that was inspired from "Bad".

[@bigzizzo]

The video game was 🔥🔥🔥 too.

[@blunteastwood]

I thought R. Kelly wrote "You Are Not Alone". Is it a surprise that it might sound similar to "I Believe I Can Fly"?

[@Grr8jon]

You're right. He co-wrote it.

[@bencromwell707]

Do A Twista & E-40 & Too $hort Tha Dogg Pound List Next

[@preposteroussvideos]

This Is really one of my favourite channels of all time

[@erickthefantabulous1]

This popped out of nowhere. I guess because I've been listening to some old school today. including watching some Jackson 5# stuff, but you did an excellent job very articulate, and you actually know what you're talking about? So you did your research.I'll give you're review if that's what you want to call it five stars Keep up the good work, young lady , PS as person who actually lived through what you're talking about. very impressive !

[@SuperKamiGuru98]

1. Bad 2. Dangerous❤ 3. Thriller

[@MusicJunkiePlus]

Nice list! Do Prince, Whitney, Madonna and George Michael some time soon. 80’s icons are forever

[@HoneyDimon]

Definitely George Michael! He’s just been inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and deserves to be talked about so much more than he is! He’s one of the music giants and yet he isn’t talked about as much as other artists :(

[@acgaming1932]

Dangerous is personally my favorite Michael Jackson. Songs like Dangerous, Who Is It, Remember The Time, Black or White, Heal the World, and Jam are amazing Bad is a close second

[@matthewallen194]

To me, 'Ben' is MJ's best Motown era solo album.

[@keyz_inc7305]

We all know what's the number one rated album of all time.🐐📀📀📀📀

[@seanelliott13]

New Edition would be dope!!!

[@jasongrant5551]

Even though invincible was a great album, and often slept on, it’s hard to compare that to the other albums. It just shows how great his other albums were.

[@Grr8jon]

Holy crap never knew about the music and me album. Thank you.

[@janettehernandez1384]

You forgot to mention Blood On The Dance Floor History In The Mix and you also forgot to mention that Michael Jackson was the first black artist to have his videos in heavy rotation on MTV.

[@jamarlbryant1445]

Michael Jackson is one of my favorite artists love his music my favorite albums from him are thriller, invincible and off the wall is good too 🔥🔥.

[@KSoloLoso]

Fun Fact for QB: Q Tip paid homage to Michael Jackson Rock With You video on QTip Move video #ripmJ #ripjdilla and qb if you do the recap of mike albums can you do the story behind hot street album and how the album became the famous thriller album

[@JamesSmith-ov5um]

How does Girlfriend sound like Burn This Disco Out and Get On The Floor?

[@GreeshmaPradeep-cy2mc]

His all songs are awesome 👌 👏 👍 😍 💖 🙌

[@jaykaynum5569]

Tinashe (Albums/Mixtapes). Brandy Unreleased music and Hip Hop group M.O.P. Would be a crazy video

[@HipHopProductions_1]

My fav gotta be dangerous

[@terrellgrant1570]

Ben wasn’t about a childhood friend it’s about a rat 🐀

[@samadreason2667]

I agree with this list this is how I would've rank Michael Jackson albums

[@theuntouchabletee4470]

i asked Michael's nephew Taj what was MJ's favorite song from Off the Wall he told me it was Burn This Disco Out he also said he wanted 3T to remake that song because he felt it did not get enough shine

[@varienscot7366]

That's amazing.

[@TheMindlessIntellectual89.]

I honestly think that Bad was his best album Thriller was just first and last blockbuster album of its time and era

[@Kasu-AL]

This documentary is awesome bro! I wish more young people could watch this so that they can learn more about the history of music. Especially the part where MTV wasn’t playing Black artists

[@sierrac4157]

My mom told me about that. Mtv refused to play black artists smh

[@santiastronomo]

🏆My Rankings🏆: 🥇1. Invincible (10/10) 🎩 🥈2. Bad (9.8/10) 🥊 🥉3. Thriller (9.7/10) 🎃 4. HIStory (9.2/10) 🧨 5. XSCAPE (9/10) ☄ 6. Off The Wall (8.8/10)🕺 7. Dangerous (8/10) 🎭 8. Blood On The Dance Floor (7.5/10) 💉 9. Michael (7/10) 👨🏿‍🦱 🌟KING OF POP 🌟

[@avace917]

Off The Wall is my favorite MJ album closely followed by Thriller. Bad to me is more of a visual album meaning that I liked it more after all the videos came out

[@blakebrown84]

I would say from Off The Wall is a masterpiece because he had hits like Don’t Stop Til’ You Get Enough and Rock With You were all #1 hits that still get play on the radio today. Thriller has to be the most selling albums of all-time because it was a masterpiece to me. We still love that album today, so there were some unreleased songs that could’ve been hits. Bad album was incredible good, but it didn’t have the same success as the first two albums. He ended up worked with Stevie Wonder twice in the same year. Quincy Jones produced all of the first three albums and he had worked with Paul McCartney a couple of times. The years went by he and Quincy Jones parted ways due to disagreement over songs. Dangerous was definitely a classic album, so he decided to work with Teddy Riley as his producer and songwriter. He wanted to make sure every song was a hit, so he did just that with his brainstorming. History album was a double album with mostly of all his greatest hits and some new songs. Invincible was definitely the most slept on album ever made and I owe this album and I liked that album. This Is It was supposed to be the greatest tour of his life, so that day never came because he died before the tour started. If you ask me what is my favorite Michael Jackson album…I’m definitely gonna give you my opinion. Just like what if you ask what is my favorite Michael Jackson song? He doesn’t get enough credit for his work as a record producer and songwriting credits.

[@for-house-stark]

Bad didn't have the same success as thriller and off the wall? Bad literally had FIVE number ones. It sold more than 65M worldwide. It was the biggest selling album of 1987 and 1988. Won two grammy awards. BAD became the 2nd biggest selling album of all time by 1991. BAD is also the 2nd biggest selling album of the 80s. BAD was a massive success and was far more successful than off the wall

[@irina1296]

Bad was much more successful and impactful than Off the Wall.

[@blakebrown84]

He was a child star and it effect him so much that he wasn’t able to enjoy life outside of music

[@mr219gip5210]

Salute to the King Of Pop MJ, Rest In Paradise 🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@6foot8aquarius]

Yea the list was fine until you put Off the Wall THIRD???? SMH

[@SmurfENT1]

GOAT 🐐 🐐 No Debate PS : PLEASE DO A LIST FOR NEW EDITION !!!! 😁😁😁

[@RRNumber4]

The King of pop and the king of hearts The king of music/entertainment Rest in peace 1958-2009 🙏🏾

[@mezahmk]

finally my boy can not be depressed

[@robertb.7772]

"Blood On The Dancefloor" was also a good album. It was a Remix-Album, but it had five original songs on it!

[@Noway900]

Yo the editing on these videos be killing me. I love the lists but it be taking me out of it 😂

[@CulturalistTheory]

👀 elaborate bro…Where can we improve?

[@Noway900]

1:03-1:07 13:22-15:02 I love ya videos and know firsthand the time and effort it takes into creating them. I can't wait for future videos and can't wait till one day ya are reviewing my catalog! CONTINUE TO IMPROVE AND BE GREAT

[@CulturalistTheory]

@@Noway900respect appreciate that

[@Clouden3]

10. Forever Michael 9. Got To Be There 8. Music & Me 7. Ben 6. Off The Wall 5. Invincible 4. Dangerous 3. Bad 2. History 1. Thriller

[@ozzyjimenez9017]

Personally for me, Invincible would be his third best album.

[@hope76]

Best DANGEROUS

[@31StudioAnimations]

my ranking 9. Forever Michael 8. History 7. Ben 6. Bad 5. Got to be There 4. Thriller 3. Off the Wall 2. Dangerous 1. Invincible

[@InfectiousGroovePodcast]

My ranking for MJ albums: 1) HIStory 2) Bad 3) Dangerous 4) Thriller 5) Invincible

[@deyoncew3311]

10. Ben 9. Forever, Michael 8. Invincible 7. History 6. Music & Me 5. Got To Be There 4. Dangerous 3. Off The Wall 2. Bad 1. Thriller

[@lanceyvalentino]

Mine would go 1. Bad 2. Thriller 3. Off the Wall 4. Dangerous 5. Invincible

[@xydanmusic]

Thats my top 4 too.

[@Historicutuber]

The Greatest to ever do it!!!!!

[@reddingmalik]

Girl your videos are sooooooo good ❤

[@CulturalistTheory]

🙏🏽🙏🏽

[@reddingmalik]

@@CulturalistTheory do you guys sell merch?

[@CulturalistTheory]

Dropping merch this month! @@reddingmalik

[@MurvMuzik]

Mike is the goat of music

[@salvegaming9599]

1 - Thriller (5 stars) 2 - Dangerous (4.5 stars) 3 - Off The Wall (4.5 stars) 4 - Bad (4.5 stars) 5 - HIStory Continues (4 stars) 6 - Invincible (4 stars) 7 - XSCAPE (3.5 stars) 8 - Ben (3.5 stars) 9 - Forever, Michael (3 stars) 10 - Music & Me (3 stars) 11 - Michael (2.5 stars) 12 - Got To Be There (2.5 stars)

[@ikexbankai]

I go back and forward between Bad & Thriller

[@3rdGenerationCancer]

Bad wins👍🏾

[@nicolesherman8974]

Dangerous is his best album btw. Invincible imo is underrated.

[@iknowthepeople]

I’d argue Bad is much better simply because Dangerous has songs that draw out way too long because of the instrumental breaks

[@marxman300]

It's the best in ur opinion not to everyone else

[@malbrojay4740]

​@@marxman300Right! Lol these people treat their opinions like they're facts.

[@marxman300]

@malbrojay4740 true lmao

[@therealcoop28]

BAD is Michael’s best album imo!!

[@3rdGenerationCancer]

I agree

[@DanielleA2023]

There's no worst album in his catalogue

[@StelioivanBanze]

Even the posthumous?

[@kingjay9929]

Invincible was ahead of its time. Not his most iconic but I believe as whole it aged the best

[@CliffBoothMarley]

1,Bad 2,Off the Wall 3,Thriller 4,Dangerous

[@Stenbrotsgatan]

BAD is what introduced me to MJ, and it will always remain my top album.