The classic, which spent 37 weeks at No. 1 in 1983-84, surged sparked by Halloween.

Michael Jackson in "Thriller," 1983. Courtesy Everett Collection

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Michael Jackson ’s Thriller vaults 13-2 on the Billboard 200 (dated Nov. 14), scoring its highest rank on the list since the spring of 1984, when it logged its 37th and final week at No. 1 on the April 14-dated list. Thriller continues to hold the record for the most weeks atop the list for an album by a singular artist. (Only the film soundtrack to West Side Story spent more weeks at No. 1: 54, in 1962-63.)

The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the U.S. based on multi-metric consumption as measured in equivalent album units, compiled by Luminate. Units comprise album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA).…