{"id":592213,"date":"2026-05-19T09:49:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T09:49:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/592213\/"},"modified":"2026-05-19T09:49:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T09:49:11","slug":"michael-jacksons-billie-jean-hits-no-1-on-billboard-global-200","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/592213\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Jackson\u2019s \u2018Billie Jean\u2019 Hits No. 1 on Billboard Global 200"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tMore than 43 years after its release, Michael Jackson<\/a>\u2019s \u201cBillie Jean\u201d is the biggest song in the world, rising two spots to No. 1 on the Billboard Global 200<\/a> chart. The song has surged from No. 65 three weeks earlier as the biopic Michael continues to draw moviegoers, topping the latest box office<\/a> over its fourth weekend of release.<\/p>\n

\n\tMeanwhile, BTS\u2019 \u201cSwim\u201d adds a sixth week atop the Billboard Global Excl. U.S.<\/a> chart.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cBillie Jean\u201d totaled 51.5 million streams (up 7% week over week) and 3,000 sold (down 3%) worldwide May 8-14, according to Luminate.<\/p>\n

\n\tJackson, who died in 2009, is No. 1 on the Global 200 for the first time. Meanwhile, \u201cBillie Jean\u201d shatters the record for the longest rise to the top, reigning in its 144th week. (The chart began in September 2020.) It bests Djo\u2019s \u201cEnd of Beginning,\u201d which led at last<\/a> in its 94th week in January, boosted by related buzz for Netflix\u2019s Stranger Things.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cBillie Jean\u201d also dates back the furthest among all Global 200 No. 1s, having been released on Jackson\u2019s album Thriller in November 1982; it dominated the U.S.-based Billboard Hot 100 for seven weeks in March-April 1983.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe next-oldest songs to have led the Global 200: Wham!\u2019s \u201cLast Christmas,\u201d from 1984; Kate Bush\u2019s \u201cRunning Up That Hill (A Deal With God),\u201d from 1985, driven<\/a> by its own Stranger Things tie-in; Mariah Carey\u2019s \u201cAll I Want for Christmas Is You,\u201d from 1994 (for a record 20 weeks); and Justin Bieber\u2019s \u201cBeauty and a Beat,\u201d featuring Nicki Minaj \u2014 the No. 1 song the past two weeks. Bieber played Coachella in Indio, Calif., on both April 11<\/a> and April 18<\/a>, with the song, a No. 5 hit on the Hot 100 in 2013, part of his April 11 set.<\/p>\n

\n\tFellow Thriller classic \u201cBeat It\u201d hits the Global 200\u2019s top five (7-5), up 7% to 39.6 million streams worldwide. (It topped the Hot 100 for three weeks in April-May 1983.)<\/p>\n

\n\tElsewhere in the top five of the Global 200, BTS\u2019 \u201cSwim\u201d holds at No. 2 after leading in its first four weeks on the chart in April and Tame Impala and JENNIE\u2019s \u201cDracula\u201d keeps at No. 4 after reaching No. 2.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cSwim\u201d continues at No. 1 on Global Excl. U.S. with 46.9 million streams (down 6%) and 3,000 sold (down 8%) outside the U.S.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cBeauty and a Beat\u201d repeats at No. 2 after two weeks atop Global Excl. U.S. earlier this month; \u201cBillie Jean\u201d is steady at its No. 3 best; \u201cDracula\u201d is a non-mover at No. 4 after hitting No. 2; and \u201cBeat It\u201d remains at its No. 5 high.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Billboard Global 200 and Global Excl. U.S. charts rank songs based on streaming and sales activity culled from more than 200 territories around the world, as compiled by Luminate. The Global 200 is inclusive of worldwide data and the Global Excl. U.S. chart comprises data from territories excluding the United States.<\/p>\n

\n\tChart ranks are based on a weighted formula incorporating official-only streams on both subscription and ad-supported tiers of audio and video music services, as well as download sales, the latter of which reflect purchases from full-service digital music retailers from around the world, with sales from direct-to-consumer (D2C) sites excluded from the charts\u2019 calculations.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe latest charts, dated May 23, 2026, will update on Billboard.com tomorrow, May 19. For both tallies, the top 100 titles are available to all readers on Billboard.com, while the complete 200-title rankings are visible on Billboard Pro, Billboard\u2019s subscription-based service. For all chart news, you can follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both X, formerly known as Twitter, and Instagram.<\/p>\n

\n\tLuminate, the independent data provider to the Billboard charts, completes a thorough review of all data submissions used in compiling the weekly chart rankings. Luminate reviews and authenticates data. In partnership with Billboard, data deemed suspicious or unverifiable is removed, using established criteria, before final chart calculations are made and published.<\/p>\n


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