Michael Jackson's 'Billie Jean' Ties Record With Five Weeks at No. 1 on R&B Streaming Songs Chart

" The track has now spent 22 weeks on the chart and first reached No. 1 roughly one month earlier, marking Jackson's third leader on the ranking. Forbes reported that "Billie Jean" debuted on the R&B Streaming Songs chart in April 2013.

"Thriller" first appeared on the chart in October 2013 and reached No. 1 in 2014. It has accumulated 90 weeks on the list while also logging five weeks at the summit. Jackson's 2018 collaboration with Drake, "Don't Matter to Me," reached No.

1 for one week that year. Forbes reported that "Billie Jean" has now tied that five-week mark and is positioned to extend the record in the coming days. "Human Nature" reached No. 2 the same week "Billie Jean" first topped the chart earlier in June.

"Chicago," from the posthumous album Xscape, has held at No. 2 in recent weeks after climbing on the strength of renewed interest tied to the biopic Michael. Jackson occupies 10 of the 15 positions on the current R&B Streaming Songs chart.

The top four spots belong to his recordings: "Billie Jean" at No. 1, "Chicago" at No. 2, "Beat It" at No. 3 and "Human Nature" at No. 4. The remaining Jackson tracks on the chart are "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough" at No.

6, "Dirty Diana" at No. 8, "Rock With You" at No. T. (Pretty Young Thing)" at No. 12, "Smooth Criminal" at No. 13 and "Bad" at No. 14. "Chicago" reached No.

17 on the all-style Streaming Songs chart, marking new peaks on both tallies.