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Michael Jackson\u2019s \u201cBillie Jean\u201d debuts at No. 23 on the R&B\/Hip-Hop Streaming Songs chart, earning the late superstar a seventh career appearance on the list. AUSTRALIA – NOVEMBER 01: Photo of Michael JACKSON; Portrait of Michael Jackson, wearing hat and sunglasses (Photo by Bob King\/Redferns)<\/p>\n
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Michael Jackson’s<\/a> catalog is filled with songs that have stood the test of time and which countless millions of people know every word to. Tunes like \u201cI Want You Back,\u201d \u201cBeat It,\u201d \u201cThriller\u201d and \u201cMan in the Mirror,\u201d among so many others, are still counted among the most successful pop and R&B tunes of all time.<\/p>\n One Jackson classic is on the rise again in America. The decades-old cut even manages to reach one Billboard tally for the first time more than a decade after the singer’s passing.<\/p>\n \u201cBillie Jean\u201d Debuts as a Streaming Smash<\/p>\n \u201cBillie Jean\u201d<\/a> launches on the R&B\/Hip-Hop Streaming Songs chart this week. The tune opens at No. 23 on the 25-spot ranking, which looks only at the most successful cuts on platforms like Spotify, Apple Music and others, and that Billboard classifies specifically as R&B, hip-hop or rap throughout the United States.<\/p>\n Seven Career Hits for Michael Jackson<\/p>\n Throughout his lifetime, and in the years following, Jackson has reached the R&B\/Hip-Hop Streaming Songs ranking with seven different tracks, now including \u201cBillie Jean.\u201d Only two of those tunes landed on the tally during Jackson’s lifetime, according to Billboard, though technically streaming music didn’t exist in the \u201990s when both \u201cThey Don’t Care About Us\u201d<\/a> and \u201cWhy,\u201d a collaboration with 3T, reached the roster.<\/p>\n \u201cThriller\u201d Remains His Biggest Streaming Win<\/p>\n Jackson’s four other modern appearances on the tally have all brought him to the top 10. He’s climbed highest with \u201cThriller,\u201d which peaked at No. 3 and has spent 12 frames on the roster, the most among all Jackson cuts.<\/p>\n The late talent has also cracked the top 10 posthumously with \u201cLove Never Felt So Good\u201d with Justin Timberlake, \u201cSlave to the Rhythm\u201d and \u201cDon’t Matter to Me,\u201d<\/a> fronted by Drake, as those cuts climbed to Nos. 5, 6 and 8, respectively.<\/p>\n \u201cBillie Jean\u201d Also Returns to Another Roster<\/p>\n As \u201cBillie Jean\u201d opens on the R&B\/Hip-Hop Streaming Songs roster, the track returns to one other U.S.-based Billboard list, the R&B Streaming Songs chart. Jackson’s tune reenters the list at No. 12.<\/p>\n The famous composition can also be found on both the Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl. U.S., where \u201cBillie Jean\u201d climbs to Nos. 87 and 98, respectively, after sitting inside the lower half of both 200-spot rosters just days ago.<\/p>\n Thriller and \u201cBillie Jean\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cBillie Jean\u201d was promoted as the second official single from Jackson’s blockbuster album Thriller. The tune was pushed in early 1983, only a few months after Thriller arrived in full. \u201cBillie Jean\u201d followed \u201cThe Girl Is Mine\u201d and preceded career-dominating smashes like \u201cBeat It,\u201d \u201cWanna Be Startin\u2019 Somethin\u2019\u201d<\/a> and the title track.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Michael Jackson\u2019s \u201cBillie Jean\u201d debuts at No. 23 on the R&B\/Hip-Hop Streaming Songs chart, earning the late superstar…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10318,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3936],"tags":[124919,124924,124921,124922,77,124917,124915,124918,124923,124916,124920,269,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-353870","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-billie-jean-billboard-global-200","9":"tag-billie-jean-first-chart-appearance","10":"tag-billie-jean-rb-streaming-songs","11":"tag-billie-jean-viral-2025","12":"tag-entertainment","13":"tag-michael-jackson-billie-jean-2025","14":"tag-michael-jackson-billie-jean-streaming-chart","15":"tag-michael-jackson-chart-history","16":"tag-michael-jackson-posthumous-chart","17":"tag-michael-jackson-rb-hip-hop-streaming-songs","18":"tag-michael-jackson-streaming-debut","19":"tag-music","20":"tag-uk","21":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115049127755375365","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353870","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=353870"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353870\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10318"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=353870"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=353870"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=353870"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}