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Billie Jean Spotify streams & play count

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Spotify streams

3,361,251,361

Spotify's lifetime play count for this recording, read 8 Nov 2026, 11:20 UTC.

Last day
+2,245,077
since 7 Nov 2026
Last 7 days
+15,932,510
since 1 Nov 2026
Popularity
93 / 100
Spotify's 0–100 score
Charting today
36 markets

History

Play count history

8 readings from 1 Nov 2026 to 8 Nov 2026: +15,932,510 plays over 7 days. Each bar is the difference between two readings a day apart; a gap is a day without such a pair.

2 Nov 2026: +2,985,471 plays3 Nov 2026: +2,314,937 plays4 Nov 2026: +2,052,338 plays5 Nov 2026: +2,052,424 plays6 Nov 2026: +2,132,071 plays7 Nov 2026: +2,150,192 plays8 Nov 2026: +2,245,077 plays
Play count history: each daily reading of the lifetime count, newest first, and its change from the reading before it.
Day (UTC)Lifetime playsChange
3,361,251,361+2,245,077
3,359,006,284+2,150,192
3,356,856,092+2,132,071
3,354,724,021+2,052,424
3,352,671,597+2,052,338
3,350,619,259+2,314,937
3,348,304,322+2,985,471
3,345,318,851First reading

Spotify Charts

On the charts today

36 positions across 36 markets, from each market's latest chart in the store. Streams are the chart's own count for its day.

ChartRankStreams that day
Global Top 200#282,171,215
Switzerland Top 200#1316,590
New Zealand Top 200#2514,453
Germany Top 200#39122,423
Australia Top 200#4076,968
Luxembourg Top 200#431,015
Belgium Top 200#4520,937
Austria Top 200#4611,074
United Kingdom Top 200#55114,390
Sweden Top 200#5729,510
United Arab Emirates Top 200#584,019
Ireland Top 200#6513,814
Netherlands Top 200#6746,490
Norway Top 200#6815,545
Canada Top 200#7260,781
United States Top 200#73392,394
Iceland Top 200#891,141
Chile Top 200#9641,780
Denmark Top 200#10813,856
Lithuania Top 200#1152,352
Estonia Top 200#1251,348
Israel Top 200#1279,421
Latvia Top 200#1271,743
Saudi Arabia Top 200#1274,604
Ukraine Top 200#1376,403
Costa Rica Top 200#1447,982
France Top 200#14774,128
Portugal Top 200#15411,901
Bolivia Top 200#1615,301
Spain Top 200#16164,428
Kazakhstan Top 200#1615,291
Peru Top 200#16326,579
Italy Top 200#16950,399
Hungary Top 200#1737,681
Romania Top 200#1926,806
Slovakia Top 200#1994,078

Track details

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

Genres

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

Moods

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

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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  6. Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough1,060,463,299 plays
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  9. Human Nature633,384,585 plays
  10. Love Never Felt So Good524,436,690 plays

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=7J1uxwnxfQLu4APicE5Rnj&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), 2,245,077 more than at the reading a day earlier. 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 Pop Rock, Pop and Disco, strongest first.

What is the tempo of Billie Jean?

117.1 BPM, from the API's track insights.