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NEW YORK, NY - FEBRUARY 7: Michael Jackson accepts an award from CBS and The Guinness Book Of World Records celebrating "Thriller" as the largest-selling album of all time (25 million) February 7, 1984 at the New York Metropolitan Museum of Natural History in New York City. This event is taking place 11 days after he suffered hair and scalp burns filming a Pepsi Cola commercial. (Photo by Yvonne Hemsey/Getty Images)

NEW YORK, NY - FEBRUARY 7:  Michael Jackson accepts an award from CBS and The Guinness Book Of World Records celebrating "Thriller" as the largest-selling album of all time (25 million) February 7, 1984 at the New York Metropolitan Museum of Natural History in New York City. This event is taking place 11 days after he suffered hair and scalp burns filming a Pepsi Cola commercial. (Photo by Yvonne Hemsey/Getty Images)