More than 43 years after its release, Michael Jackson’s “Billie Jean” is the biggest song in the world, rising two spots to No. 1 on the Billboard Global 200 chart. The song has surged from No. 65 three weeks earlier as the biopic Michael continues to draw moviegoers, topping the latest box office over its fourth weekend of release.

Meanwhile, BTS’ “Swim” adds a sixth week atop the Billboard Global Excl. U.S. chart.

“Billie Jean” totaled 51.5 million streams (up 7% week over week) and 3,000 sold (down 3%) worldwide May 8-14, according to Luminate.

Jackson, who died in 2009, is No. 1 on the Global 200 for the first time. Meanwhile, “Billie Jean” shatters the record for the longest rise to the top, reigning in its 144th week. (The chart began in September 2020.) It bests Djo’s “End of Beginning,” which led at last in its 94th week in January, boosted by related buzz for Netflix’s Stranger Things.

“Billie Jean” also dates back the furthest among all Global 200 No. 1s, having been released on Jackson’s album Thriller in November 1982; it dominated the U.S.-based Billboard Hot 100 for seven weeks in March-April 1983.

The next-oldest songs to have led the Global 200: Wham!’s “Last Christmas,” from 1984; Kate Bush’s “Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God),” from 1985, driven by its own Stranger Things tie-in; Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas Is You,” from 1994 (for a record 20 weeks); and Justin Bieber’s “Beauty and a Beat,” featuring Nicki Minaj — the No. 1 song the past two weeks. Bieber played Coachella in Indio, Calif., on both April 11 and April 18, with the song, a No. 5 hit on the Hot 100 in 2013, part of his April 11 set.

Fellow Thriller classic “Beat It” hits the Global 200’s top five (7-5), up 7% to 39.6 million streams worldwide. (It topped the Hot 100 for three weeks in April-May 1983.)

Elsewhere in the top five of the Global 200, BTS’ “Swim” holds at No. 2 after leading in its first four weeks on the chart in April and Tame Impala and JENNIE’s “Dracula” keeps at No. 4 after reaching No. 2.

“Swim” continues at No. 1 on Global Excl. U.S. with 46.9 million streams (down 6%) and 3,000 sold (down 8%) outside the U.S.

“Beauty and a Beat” repeats at No. 2 after two weeks atop Global Excl. U.S. earlier this month; “Billie Jean” is steady at its No. 3 best; “Dracula” is a non-mover at No. 4 after hitting No. 2; and “Beat It” remains at its No. 5 high.

The Billboard Global 200 and Global Excl. U.S. charts rank songs based on streaming and sales activity culled from more than 200 territories around the world, as compiled by Luminate. The Global 200 is inclusive of worldwide data and the Global Excl. U.S. chart comprises data from territories excluding the United States.

Chart ranks are based on a weighted formula incorporating official-only streams on both subscription and ad-supported tiers of audio and video music services, as well as download sales, the latter of which reflect purchases from full-service digital music retailers from around the world, with sales from direct-to-consumer (D2C) sites excluded from the charts’ calculations.

The latest charts, dated May 23, 2026, will update on Billboard.com tomorrow, May 19. For both tallies, the top 100 titles are available to all readers on Billboard.com, while the complete 200-title rankings are visible on Billboard Pro, Billboard’s subscription-based service. For all chart news, you can follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both X, formerly known as Twitter, and Instagram.

Luminate, the independent data provider to the Billboard charts, completes a thorough review of all data submissions used in compiling the weekly chart rankings. Luminate reviews and authenticates data. In partnership with Billboard, data deemed suspicious or unverifiable is removed, using established criteria, before final chart calculations are made and published.

Stop us if you’ve heard this before: Soulja Boy is claiming he has another first to add to his rapper résumé. After seeing Drake drop a trio of albums on Friday (May 15), Big Draco claimed he was actually the first to do it after releasing three mixtapes on the same day on Halloween in 2009.

“I was the first rapper to drop three projects in the same day. Btw,” he wrote to X on Sunday (May 17).

The “Crank That” rapper drew backlash as fans poked fun at not remembering anything from the trio of 2009 mixtapes.

An X Community Note fact-checked Soulja Boy, explaining that Gucci Mane actually dropped three projects two weeks prior to him in celebration of 1017 Day. The trilogy of mixtapes came courtesy of Guwop’s Cold War series.

Drake and Soulja Boy’s relationship dates back to the early portion of both of their careers, as they also collaborated on “We Made It” in 2014. Big Draco admitted he enjoys trolling Drizzy in an interview with Nick Cannon earlier this year.

“I just think it’s funnier ‘cause it’s like you stole my s–t, so now I can just troll you,” he said. “I think he was trying to shout me out. But it’s like, man, you did too much.”

As a pioneer of the internet infiltrating rap in the later aughts, Soulja Boy’s claims tie back to his frustrations with Drake interpolating his “What’s Hannenin” track on 2010’s “Miss Me” featuring Lil Wayne, which landed on his Thank Me Later debut. Big Draco famously went off on Drake about this during his 2018 interview with The Breakfast Club.

Drake made his return on Friday (May 15) with three new album. Iceman serves as the rap-heavy main attraction, which was joined by surprise projects Habibti and Maid of Honour.

Ariana Grande‘s lead Petal single is days away from blooming, with the pop star giving fans their first taste of “Hate That I Made You Love Me” with a teaser posted on Monday (May 18).

Paired with a black-and-white visual piecing together words from the song’s title and photographs of Grande, the ethereal clip sounds almost like falling drops of water, but pitched and processed to sound both musical and off-putting. The teaser does not feature any audible vocals or lyrics from the song.

The snippet comes about 11 days ahead of the release of “Hate That I Made You Love Me” on May 29. The track will be one of 12 on Petal, Grande’s eighth studio album coming July 31.

The Wicked actress coproduced “Hate That I Made You Love Me” with Max Martin and ILYA. When she first announced the track, she called it “one of my favorite songs I’ll ever write.”

Though the entirety of Petal won’t arrive until most of the way through Grande’s fast-approaching Eternal Sunshine Tour, the lead single will drop with plenty of time before the Grammy winner’s first trek in six years kicks off on June 6. She has 41 shows total planned for the outing, which will also feature stops in Los Angeles, New York City, Montreal, Chicago and more North American cities before wrapping with 10 shows at the O2 Arena in London.

Check out Grande’s new teaser for “Hate That I Made You Love Me” below.

Donald Trump’s White House is getting in on Iceman season. While Drake operates north of the border, the Trump administration posted a TikTok on Saturday (May 16) crowning President Trump as the Iceman.

The clip is soundtracked by the outro to Drizzy’s “Make Them Know,” which also finds various reporters shouting out “Iceman” and features Trump walking down a snowy red carpet, fresh out of a chopper. “Iceman baby, freeze the world,” the vocals repeat.

It all ties back to the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, which is also known as ICE. Portions of the clip showcase ICE agents in action, tracking down various individuals. It’s seemingly trying to add the president to the list of those nicknamed Iceman, which includes NBA great George Gervin, Drake and Chicago Bears quarterback Caleb Williams.

OVO fans flocked to the comment section. “Drake literally dissed yall in the album omg,” one person wrote. Another added: “Whole government is a joke!” Others implored Drake to launch another lawsuit.

Billboard has reached out to Drake’s team for comment.

This wasn’t the only social media post made by the White House inspired by Drake’s Iceman album, which arrived Friday (May 15). The Trump Administration posted a MAGA version of Drizzy’s Iceman artwork, except that edition finds the sparkling Michael Jackson glove holding a diamond-encrusted MAGA chain pendant. The post drew heavy backlash from Drake fans in the White House’s comment section.

It wasn’t a surprising move by the White House, which has made a habit of capitalizing on popular music and incorporating hits into its social media posts. In the past, artists such as Sabrina Carpenter and Olivia Rodrigo have slammed the administration for using their music to support clips of ICE’s practices.

The 6 God returned on Friday with a trio of new albums, as Iceman was joined by shorter efforts Habibti and Maid of Honour. Iceman serves as Drake’s first solo LP since 2023’s For All the Dogs, and features Future, 21 Savage and Molly Santana.