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More than 43 years after its release, Michael Jackson’s “Billie Jean” is the biggest song in the world, rising two spots to No. 1 on the Billboard Global 200 chart. The song has surged from No. 65 three weeks earlier as the biopic Michael continues to draw moviegoers, topping the latest box office over its fourth weekend of release.
Meanwhile, BTS’ “Swim” adds a sixth week atop the Billboard Global Excl. U.S. chart.
“Billie Jean” totaled 51.5 million streams (up 7% week over week) and 3,000 sold (down 3%) worldwide May 8-14, according to Luminate.
Jackson, who died in 2009, is No. 1 on the Global 200 for the first time. Meanwhile, “Billie Jean” shatters the record for the longest rise to the top, reigning in its 144th week. (The chart began in September 2020.) It bests Djo’s “End of Beginning,” which led at last in its 94th week in January, boosted by related buzz for Netflix’s Stranger Things.
“Billie Jean” also dates back the furthest among all Global 200 No. 1s, having been released on Jackson’s album Thriller in November 1982; it dominated the U.S.-based Billboard Hot 100 for seven weeks in March-April 1983.
The next-oldest songs to have led the Global 200: Wham!’s “Last Christmas,” from 1984; Kate Bush’s “Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God),” from 1985, driven by its own Stranger Things tie-in; Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas Is You,” from 1994 (for a record 20 weeks); and Justin Bieber’s “Beauty and a Beat,” featuring Nicki Minaj — the No. 1 song the past two weeks. Bieber played Coachella in Indio, Calif., on both April 11 and April 18, with the song, a No. 5 hit on the Hot 100 in 2013, part of his April 11 set.
Fellow Thriller classic “Beat It” hits the Global 200’s top five (7-5), up 7% to 39.6 million streams worldwide. (It topped the Hot 100 for three weeks in April-May 1983.)
Elsewhere in the top five of the Global 200, BTS’ “Swim” holds at No. 2 after leading in its first four weeks on the chart in April and Tame Impala and JENNIE’s “Dracula” keeps at No. 4 after reaching No. 2.
“Swim” 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.
“Beauty and a Beat” repeats at No. 2 after two weeks atop Global Excl. U.S. earlier this month; “Billie Jean” is steady at its No. 3 best; “Dracula” is a non-mover at No. 4 after hitting No. 2; and “Beat It” remains at its No. 5 high.
The 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.
Chart 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’ calculations.
The 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’s subscription-based service.
Luminate, 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.
