Ben (album)

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Ben
Studio album by Michael Jackson
Released	August 4, 1972
Recorded	1971–1972
Genre	R&B, soul, pop/rock[1]
Length	31:15
Label	Motown
Producer	Hal Davis
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Michael Jackson chronology
Got to Be There (1971/1972) Ben (1972) Music & Me (1973)
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Original pressing

Ben was the second full-length solo album by American singer Michael Jackson, released in August 1972, seven months after his debut Got to Be There. The title track "Ben" was a million-seller hit single and Jackson's first US #1.

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"Ben" is a number-one hit song recorded by the teenager Michael Jackson for the Motown label in 1972. The song, the theme of a 1972 film of the same name (the sequel to the 1971 killer rat movie Willard), spent one week at the top of the U.S. pop chart. It also reached number-one on the Australian pop chart, spending eight weeks at the top spot. The song also later reached a peak of number seven on the British pop chart.

The song became the first of thirteen number-one pop hits for Jackson in the United States and his first number-one as a solo artist.

Later included on Jackson's album of the same name, "Ben" was nominated for a Golden Globe and an Academy Award for Best Song.

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