The King of Pop Michael Jackson continues to lead the way in “firsts”; first African American crossover on MTV, first mini-movie video, first video premiered and screened in movie theaters, the list is endless. His artistry has been the first in breaking all sorts of unbelievable records not to mention sells globally.

Now his iconic music video Thriller has been officially inducted for preservation in the 2009 National Film Registry of the Library of Congress becoming the first music video in history to be bestowed this honor!

Here's the National Film Preservation Board's explanation for the choice:

“Because of the way the recording industry is evolving and changing, we thought it would be good to go back to the development of an earlier seismic shift, which was the development of the music video.”

Thriller is one of those video's that just-does-not-get-old, its still as entertaining today as it was 20 years ago, it makes total sense it was chosen for preservation, now future generations will enjoy it and learn from it. 

Here's Thriller!       

HERE's the full list of inducted films for 2009.