Michael Jackson’s “Billie Jean” has reached No. 1 on the Billboard Global 200, more than 43 years after its debut. The track surged thanks to renewed interest from the ongoing biopic Michael.
The song collected 51.5 million streams and 3,000 sales worldwide in the tracking week ending May 14. It marks Jackson’s first time at the summit and the longest climb to No. 1 in the chart’s history, arriving in its 144th week on the ranking that launched in 2020.