The King of Pop reigns endlessly. Regardless of coming from a very completely different period of media, Michael Jackson‘s seminal “Beat It” music video has develop into the newest clip to succeed in one billion views on YouTube, as confirmed by the streaming large on Wednesday (Nov. 29).
“Beat It” is Jackson’s third music video to enter the Billion Views Membership, following the Moonwalk-featuring “Billie Jean” and 1996’s “They Don’t Care About Us.” For the interval of Nov. 17-23, MJ ranked at #58 on YouTube’s U.S. Prime Artists chart and at #96 on their World Prime Artists chart.
Practically 15 years faraway from his tragic passing, Michael Jackson continues to earn new chart achievements off the energy of his timeless catalog. Earlier this month (on the chart dated Nov. 11), Jackson’s unintended Halloween anthem “Thriller” re-entered the Billboard Scorching 100 at No. 21, marking the sixth consecutive 12 months that the tune has reappeared on Billboard’s marquee singles chart. Throughout its authentic chart run, the monitor reached No. 4.
In a matter of days (Dec. 2), a brand new documentary commemorating 40 years of Jackson’s historic Billboard 200-topping Thriller album will premiere on Showtime and Paramount+. Scores of chart-topping artists, together with Usher, Mary J. Blige, Maxwell and Mark Ronson, are slated to look for interviews within the new movie, which can even embody beforehand unseen footage of the making of the album.
In fact, “Beat It” seems on Thriller as one of many album’s seven Scorching 100 high 10 hits alongside “Billie Jean” (No. 1), “The Woman Is Mine” (with Paul McCartney, No. 2), “Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’” (No. 5), “Human Nature” (No. 7), “P.Y.T. (Fairly Younger Factor)” (No. 10) and the aforementioned title monitor.
Have fun the King of Pop’s newest achievement by watching the official “Beat It” music video above.
