{"id":862242,"date":"2026-08-20T17:20:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T17:20:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/862242\/"},"modified":"2026-08-20T17:20:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T17:20:10","slug":"michael-jacksons-billie-jean-no-1-on-top-gabb-music-songs-2nd-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/862242\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Jackson’s ‘Billie Jean’ No. 1 on Top Gabb Music Songs 2nd Month"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tFor the second month in a row, Michael Jackson<\/a>\u2019s \u201cBillie Jean\u201d is No. 1 on the Top Gabb Music Songs chart, reigning on the July 2026 list over challenges from Zara Larsson<\/a>, Ella Langley<\/a> and more.<\/p>\n

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\n\tBillboard has partnered with Gabb Wireless, a phone company for kids and teens, to present a monthly chart, which launched in October 2024, tracking on-demand streams via its Gabb Music platform. Gabb Music offers a vast catalog of songs, all of which are selected by the Gabb team to include only kid- and teen-appropriate content. Gabb Music streams are not currently factored into any other Billboard charts.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cBillie Jean\u201d ascended to the top spot in June 2026 after debuting at No. 3 on the May 2026 survey. The 1983 track\u2019s resurgence is courtesy of the release of the biopic Michael, which drove multiple Jackson songs onto various weekly and monthly Billboard charts, with \u201cBillie Jean\u201d rising as high as No. 15 on the May 23, 2026, Billboard Hot 100<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n\tFive Jackson songs are among the 25-position July 2026 Top Gabb Music Songs chart in all, with \u201cBillie Jean\u201d followed by \u201cBeat It,\u201d which drops two spots to No. 4.<\/p>\n

\n\tIts descent is due to the rise of two songs to the chart\u2019s top three: Larsson\u2019s \u201cLush Life\u201d and Langley\u2019s \u201cChoosin\u2019 Texas.\u201d \u201cLush Life\u201d leaps to No. 2, a new peak after reaching No. 3 on the April 2026 list, while \u201cChoosin\u2019 Texas\u201d returns to the top three after last hitting No. 3 in March, amid its now-18-week run atop the Hot 100.<\/p>\n

\n\tOlivia Rodrigo<\/a>\u2019s \u201cThe Cure,\u201d a No. 11 debut for the June Top Gabb Music Songs tally, rises four positions to a new peak of No. 7, and Malcolm Todd<\/a>\u2019s \u201cEarrings\u201d sports July\u2019s top debut at No. 9. July\u2019s also the time when the latter earned its best week yet on the Hot 100, hitting No. 20 on the July 25 ranking.<\/p>\n

\n\tShakira<\/a> and Burna Boy<\/a>\u2019s 2026 FIFA World Cup anthem \u201cDai Dai\u201d joins \u201cEarrings\u201d as a Top Gabb Music Songs debut for July at No. 11, one spot ahead of the premiere for Descendants: Wicked Wonderland cut \u201cMad,\u201d performed by Leonardo Nam and Rita Ora<\/a>, at No. 12.<\/p>\n

\n\tSee the full chart below.<\/p>\n

\t\tTop Gabb Music Songs\t<\/p>\n

\u201cBillie Jean,\u201d Michael Jackson (=)<\/p>\n

\u201cLush Life,\u201d Zara Larsson (+6)<\/p>\n

\u201cChoosin\u2019 Texas,\u201d Ella Langley (+2)<\/p>\n

\u201cBeat It,\u201d Michael Jackson (-2)<\/p>\n

\u201cOrdinary,\u201d Alex Warren (-2)<\/p>\n

\u201cDemons,\u201d Josiah Queen (-2)<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Cure,\u201d Olivia Rodrigo (+4)<\/p>\n

\u201cChicago,\u201d Michael Jackson (-2)<\/p>\n

\u201cEarrings,\u201d Malcolm Todd (debut)<\/p>\n

\u201cBeautiful Things,\u201d Benson Boone (-1)<\/p>\n

\u201cDai Dai,\u201d Shakira & Burna Boy (debut)<\/p>\n

\u201cMad,\u201d Leonardo Nam & Rita Ora (debut)<\/p>\n

\u201cMaggots for Brains,\u201d Olivia Rodrigo (=)<\/p>\n

\u201cDeja Vu,\u201d Olivia Rodrigo (+6)<\/p>\n

\u201cHate That I Made You Love Me,\u201d Ariana Grande (-8)<\/p>\n

\u201cGod\u2019s Plan,\u201d Drake (=)<\/p>\n

\u201cHoneybee,\u201d Olivia Rodrigo (+2)<\/p>\n

\u201cSmooth Criminal,\u201d Michael Jackson (-8)<\/p>\n

\u201cRiptide,\u201d Vance Joy (-2)<\/p>\n

\u201cDrivers License,\u201d Olivia Rodrigo (debut)<\/p>\n

\u201cBoston,\u201d Stella Lefty (debut)<\/p>\n

\u201cYour Way\u2019s Better,\u201d Forrest Frank (-4)<\/p>\n

\u201cJuliet,\u201d JVKE, Bryant Barnes & Emilio Piano (debut)<\/p>\n

\u201cUp!,\u201d Forrest Frank & Connor Price (-3)<\/p>\n

\u201cBad,\u201d Michael Jackson (-10)<\/p>\n

\n\tDROPS: \u201cPurple,\u201d Olivia Rodrigo; \u201cI Knew It, I Knew You,\u201d Taylor Swift; \u201cStargazing,\u201d Myles Smith; \u201cDusty Bibles,\u201d Josiah Queen; \u201cEnd of Beginning,\u201d Djo; \u201cGabriela,\u201d KATSEYE<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"For the second month in a row, Michael Jackson\u2019s \u201cBillie Jean\u201d is No. 1 on the Top Gabb…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":862243,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[64,63,62986,45089,134,9607,136,9057],"class_list":["post-862242","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-billboard-family","tag-chart-beat","tag-entertainment","tag-genre-pop","tag-music","tag-music-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/862242","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=862242"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/862242\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/862243"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=862242"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=862242"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=862242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}