Song

Billie Jean

Key: F# minor
Camelot: 11A
BPM: 117.2

Key confidence high · relative A major (11B) · BPM confidence high · half-time 58.6 · measured from the full recording · 2026-09-12

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As of 2026-10-19, "Billie Jean" by Michael Jackson has charted in 120 markets across 7 platforms, peaking at #1 (EE) on the Rotation chart. Measured from the full recording, it reads F# minor (11A) at 117.2 BPM.

Markets: 120
First seen: 2026-06-17
Latest chart date: 2026-10-19
Peak: #1 ee

Started in 41 markets, now in 120.

Why it's moving

vault release: registered 1999, first charted 2026-09-16
Plays up 250% in Panama, with gains in 11 countriesOct 10–15
#200 on Shazam in 2 countriesOct 19
Turned around worldwide: was slipping 2.5 places a day, now climbing 2 places a dayOct 12–16
Turned around in Argentina: was slipping 0.5 places a day, now climbing 2 places a dayOct 12–16
Climbed #200 → #48 in SwedenOct 12–15

Signal breakdown

Velocity55.6

Play growth92.6

Breadth48.7

Acceleration82.0

Discovery10.0

New entry0.0

Sources moving5

Score 70.5

The cited reason

The renewed interest in "Billie Jean" appears tied to the Michael Jackson biopic "Michael" (2026), which features a prominent Billie Jean performance scene, and an accompanying wave of TikTok content—including a "Billie Jean" trend and viewers reacting to the biopic's Billie Jean sequence—that surfaced in the weeks leading up to the mid-September gain (2026-08 to 2026-09). This screen exposure and social-media momentum align with the song's rising Shazam and play counts, though the exact release/premiere date could not be independently confirmed.

filmDrafted 2026-09-16Confidence 0.45

Citations

In culture

Every place this record has lived. A solid chip states a fact and carries the citation that earns it; a dashed one is a connection somebody drew, and carries their name instead.

Written by Michael Jackson source
Covered The Countdown Singers source
Covered Belle and Sebastian source
Covered Chris Cornell source
Covered Dan Tepfer Trio source
Covered Berk & The Virtual Band source
Covered Krezip source
Covered Peter Doherty source
Covered U2 source
Covered Coldplay source
Covered Joey DeFrancesco source
Covered Фонограф source
Covered Dave Stryker source
Sampled by Michael Jackson, Billie Jean (The Legendary Performance from Motown 25: Yesterday, Today and Forever)source
Sampled by FDB, Billie Jean Meets Saturday source
Sampled by Kanye West & Kid Cudi, Can’t Look in My Eyes source
Sampled by S Club 7, Don’t Stop Movin’source
Sampled by Aaliyah, Got to Give It Up source
Sampled by Cacola, iPod source
Sampled by KatazTrophee, Lookin Like Aquaman source

Across markets · earliest pickup first

Every date here is the date the source chart covers, never the date we fetched it. Sources publish on different lags: the Spotify mirror runs about two days behind, TurnTable publishes weekly. One recording, one history: this table also counts the rows sources published under 1 other handle of this record (remasters, official videos).

MarketFirst seenLatestDaysPeakRank path
Estoniaee · applemusic applemusic_kworb deezer spotify2026-06-172026-10-17#27121#1
#27
Icelandis · applemusic spotify2026-06-172026-10-17#68118#2
#68
Netherlandsnl · applemusic applemusic_kworb deezer shazam spotify2026-06-172026-10-19#24108#2
#24
Australiaau · applemusic applemusic_kworb shazam spotify2026-06-172026-10-17#33117#3
#33
Switzerlandch · applemusic applemusic_kworb deezer spotify2026-06-172026-10-19#61108#3
#61
United Kingdomgb · applemusic applemusic_kworb deezer spotify2026-06-172026-10-19#19116#3
#19
Venezuelave · applemusic deezer shazam spotify2026-06-172026-10-19#1099#3
#10
Canadaca · applemusic applemusic_kworb deezer shazam spotify · 2 cities2026-06-172026-10-17#50111#4
#50

Worldwide feeds · not markets

A source's own worldwide chart. These are feeds, not places, so they are kept out of the market count above.

MarketFirst seenLatestDaysPeakRank path
Global feedglobal · applemusic_kworb deezer spotify youtube2026-06-172026-10-19#59123#1
#59
World feedworld · shazam2026-07-202026-10-19#16377#54
#163

City pickups

City charts record their parent country as the market, so these do not add to the market count above. One line per country: how many of its rooms picked the song up, and the best of them.

us 3 cities · best #40 orlando
ca 2 cities · best #47 edmonton
ru 2 cities · best #42 moscow

Listen

YouTube

Apple Music

Elsewhere

Editions

Identity

ISRC: USSM19902991
Slug: michael-jackson__billie-jean
Sources: applemusic, applemusic_kworb, deezer, jiosaavn, shazam, spotify, youtube

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