Actually, it's just not Michael Jackson during that time. He's actually with the rest of the Jackson 5 who made this album:
Album Title: Moving Violation
Title:
Forever Came Today
Moving Violation
(You Were Made) Especially For Me
Honey Love
Body Language (Do The Love Dance)
All I Do Is Think Of You
Breezy
Call Of The Wild
Time Explosion
As a group, they had 10 top forty hits from 1971-1975
Lady Marmalade-LaBelle
In the USA, they had 14 Top Forty hits beginning with "Killer Queen" in 1975 and ending with "Somebody to Love" in 1993.
they had 20 top forty hits, beginning with "Can't get it out of my head" in 1975, and ending with "Calling America" in 1986
Michael Jackson....not even close 36 top 40 hits vs. 1
none
1.Michael Jacksons'- Thriller 2. ACDC's- Back in Black 3. Meat Loaf- Bat Out of Hell 4. Pink Floyd- Dark side of The Moon 5. The Eagles- Their Greatest Hits (1971-1975) 6. Dirty Dancing (Compliation) 7. Whitney Houston- The Bodyguard 8.Andrew Lloyd Webber- The Phantom of the Opera 9.Backstreet Boys- Millenium 10.Bee Gees- Saturday Night Fever
None Their only top 40 entry was "Pictures of Matchstick Men" in June, 1968
between 1971 (got to be there) and 1996 (they don't care about us) he had 36 top 40 hits
If you're talking about his first single to reach the top ten, then that would be "Got To Be There" which reached #4, but if you're talking about his first number one, then that would be "Ben".
Name them 27 from 1971-1996.
Man In The Mirror, You Are Not Alone, Thriller, Human Nature, Rock With You, One More Chance and Ben