India, May 5 -- Michael, the biopic of pop legend Michael Jackson, has not just broken the bank at the box office, but also brought MJ's music from the 70s and 80s into the spotlight once again. Since the release of the film last week, the King of Pop's songs like Beat It, Billie Jean, Bad, and Thriller have started climbing the streaming charts again. Interestingly, the interest in Michael's songs is so high that the late pop star has become the number 1 artist in the world yet again, 17 years after his death, beating active pop superstars by a staggering margin.

Data analytics agency Kworb prepares the Global Digital Artist Ranking each month, ranking singers and performers based on how many times their songs are streamed across major ...