"Billie Jean" earned another 224,000 points this week on the United World chart, including 190,000 points from streaming, 29,000 points from sales and 5,000 points from global airplay (up 17%)! It's the third time that 'Billie Jean' has reached the top 3 of the United World chart. The song was 7 weeks at No. 1 in March/April 1983, and placed No.2 on the Year-End Chart 1983. After Michael Jackson's sad passing, it re-peaked at No. 3 in the calendar week 28, 2009! Michael's "Beat It" lifts 8-7 on this week's United World chart scoring another 172,000 points while his iconic hit "Human Nature" lifts to #23 (+3) with 112,000 points! His epic "Smooth Criminal" holds at #35 with 96,000 points while his smash hit "Chicago" enters the chart at #37 with 95,000 points! Michael's self-written "Billie Jean" was released by Epic Records on January 2, 1983, as the 2nd single from Jackson's 6th studio album, 'Thriller' (1982) and was produced by Jackson and Quincy Jones. "Billie Jean" reached #1 in the UK, Australia, Canada, France, Ireland, Switzerland and Belgium, and top ten in many other countries, becoming one of the best-selling singles of 1983, and Michael's best-selling single, helping 'Thriller' become the best-selling album of all time. "Billie Jean" was certified diamond in the US, selling 18 million copies worldwide, becoming one of the highest-selling singles of all time. On May 15, 2026, “Billie Jean” surged back to the top of the international charts, after the huge success of the Biopic 'Michael', and reached No. 1 on the Global Spotify Chart for the very first time. It also reached No. 1 on the Billboard Global 200 shortly afterwards, and #3 on the Billboard Global Excl. US! "Billie Jean" rebounds 8-3 on this week's Billboard Global 200 and holds at its peak at #2 on the Billboard Global Excl'US! Upon its release, "Billie Jean" reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, and topped the Billboard Hot Black Singles chart within three weeks, becoming Michael's fastest-rising No. 1 single since his time as a member of the Jackson 5. It rockets 32-19 on this week's Hot 100 with Michael extending his record as the only artist in history to earn a new Billboard Hot 100 entry in six consecutive decades (1970s–2020s)! Billie Jean lifts 4-3 on this week's Official UK singles chart, after peaking at #1! "Billie Jean" has so far reached #1 in Australia, Belgium (Flanders), Canada, France, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Middle East & North Africa, Spain, Switzerland, the UAE, the UK & the US. It has also reached #2 in Austria, Finland, Germany, Greece, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, New Zealand, South Africa & Sweden, #3 in Bolivia, Ecuador, Italy, Lithuania & Zimbabwe, #4 in Peru & Portugal, #5 in Saudi Arabia, #6 in Norway & Slovakia, #7 in Chile, #8 in Denmark & Jamaica, #10 in Malaysia, #11 in Costa Rica, #12 in Romania, #14 in Czech Republic & North Africa, #15 in New Zealand, #18 in Mexico, #23 in Singapore, #28 in Poland, #36 in Croatia, #38 in Belgium (Wallonia), #47 in Israel, #70 in Kazakhstan & #76 in Japan! It has been certified 3x Diamond in Mexico (1,05M), Diamond in the US (10M), 9x Platinum in Australia (630k), 7x Platinum in New Zealand (210k), 5x Platinum in the UK (3M), 4x Platinum in Denmark (360k) & Spain (400k), 3x Platinum in Portugal (75k), 2x Platinum in Italy (140k), Platinum in Austria (100K) & France (1M) and 3x Gold in Germany (900k) and Gold in Japan (100k) & Spain (20k)! The "Billie Jean" music video, directed by Steve Barron, was the first performance by a black artist to be aired non stop on MTV and helped videos become an integral part of popular music marketing. "Billie Jean" won 2 Grammy Awards and an American Music Award. Billboard ranked it as the No. 2 song for 1983. In 2000, Rolling Stone and MTV ranked "Billie Jean" the 6th-greatest pop song since 1963. Rolling Stone placed it at No. 58 on its list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time in 2004, and at No. 44 in its updated 2021 list. The song was also included in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll.
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