India, Nov. 14 -- Michael Jackson's Thriller has returned to No. 1 on Billboard's Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, thanks largely to the album's title track riding on gains from the Halloween holiday.
Thriller rose three spots to the top place on the list, with the set earning 55,000 equivalent album units for the Oct. 29 - Nov. 5 tracking week, an 89% increase from the prior week, according to Luminate.
Of the 55,000 units, streaming activity contributed 32,000 units (a figure representing 34.2 million official on-demand streams of the album's songs), traditional album sums provided 22,000 units and 1,000 units were from track-equivalent album units.
The latest surge marks the album's 40th week at No. 1 on Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, following...