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Billie Jean Spotify streams & play count

Michael JacksonThriller19824:53

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Spotify streams

3,361,251,361

Spotify's lifetime play count for this recording, read 8 Nov 2026, 00:30 UTC.

Popularity
93 / 100
Spotify's 0–100 score

History

Play count history

One reading so far: 3,361,251,361 plays on 8 Nov 2026. A reading is added each day the store refreshes, and the change per day is drawn from the second one on.

Play count history: each daily reading of the lifetime count, newest first, and its change from the reading before it.
Day (UTC)Lifetime playsChange
3,361,251,361First reading

Track details

Released
Track number
6
Duration
4:53
Explicit
No
Tempo
117.1 BPM
Language
English

Genres

  • Disco
  • Pop Rock
  • Pop
  • Soul
  • R&B
  • Dance Pop
  • Soul Funk
  • Dance
  • Funk
  • Children's Music

Moods

  • Upbeat
  • Spooky
  • Nostalgia
  • Classy
  • Happy
  • Energetic

Tempo, language, genres, moods and credits are the API's track insights, strongest first, read .

Credits

Main Artist
Michael Jackson
Producer
Quincy Jones
Conductor
Jeremy Lubbock

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Michael Jackson's other tracks this site keeps a page for, most played first. Michael Jackson's artist page

For developers

Get Billie Jean's play count from the API

One request returns the play count above as JSON: GET /tracks?ids=5ChkMS8OtdzJeqyybCc9R5&include=playcount. Read its reference.

For many tracks, GET /tracks takes up to 50 ids in one call.

No code: Spotify Play Count Scraper on Apify (opens in a new tab) exports play counts for a list of links to CSV or JSON. How play counts work.

Frequently asked questions

How many streams does Billie Jean have on Spotify?

Billie Jean by Michael Jackson had 3,361,251,361 streams on Spotify as of 8 Nov 2026 (UTC). The count is Spotify's own lifetime play count for this recording.

When was Billie Jean released?

30 Nov 1982, on the album Thriller.

Who wrote and produced Billie Jean?

Producer: Quincy Jones. Composer: Michael Jackson. Lyricist: Michael Jackson. Conductor: Jeremy Lubbock.

What genre is Billie Jean?

The API's track insights tag it Disco, Pop Rock and Pop, strongest first.

What is the tempo of Billie Jean?

117.1 BPM, from the API's track insights.