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Ben is een muziekalbum van Michael Jackson dat uitgebracht is op 3 augustus 1972. Michael Jackson was destijds 13 jaar en het was zijn tweede soloalbum na Got to Be There, die hij zeven maanden daarvoor had uitgebracht. Hij was eveneens nog lid van The Jackson 5.

Ben kwam in de top-10 van de albumlijst Billboard 200 terecht en er zijn miljoenen uitgaves van verkocht. Van het album is maar 1 nummer uitgebracht als single, te weten Ben. Everybody's Somebody's Fool zou de tweede single worden, maar is nooit uitgebracht.

Ben is the second studio album by the American singer Michael Jackson, released by Motown Records on August 4, 1972, while Jackson was still a member of the Jackson 5. It received mixed reviews from contemporary music critics. Ben, however, was more successful on the music charts than Jackson's previous studio album, peaking within the top 10 on the Billboard 200 in the United States. Internationally, the album was less successful, peaking at number 12 in Canada, while charting within the top 200 positions in Australia and France.

The album released one single, the title track "Ben", which was a commercial success on the music charts, topping both the US Billboard Hot 100 and the Australian ARIA charts, giving Jackson his first number-one single domestically and internationally. "Ben" also charted within the top 10 in other territories worldwide. "Everybody's Somebody's Fool" was planned to be released as the second single from the album, but was cancelled for unspecified reasons. Two of the album's songs were "stripped" in 2009 as part of the three-disc compilation Hello World: The Motown Solo Collection.