It's only natural that current hits have a lot more views than old songs. That was always the case and always will be.
But when I compare MJ's views to other artists of his generation he is doing very well. I'm mainly on Spotify and he is doing very well there as well. Yes, there are some current artist who have songs with more spins or who have more followers but that is only natural.
A couple of weeks ago I made a little statistics from Spotify, so you can see how MJ compares to others:
MJ's account is followed by 1,619,378 people (actually, it was a couple of weeks ago and now it's 1,687,831).
His most played song is Billie Jean with 74,481,116 spins.
Other artists (first number is the number of their followers, second is the number of spins for their most popular song):
Madonna 788,476 (Top song: Like A Prayer 16,165,911 spins)
Elvis Presley 707,445 (Top song: Suspicious Minds 22,440,707)
The Beatles 555,944 (Top song: Ain't She Sweet 2,722,709 - note: this is not so representative as only few Beatles songs are on Spotify)
Prince 259,061 (Top song: When Doves Cry 9,759,272)
Janet Jackson 117,634 (Top song: That's The Way Love Goes 6,519,163)
Queen 1,444,119 (Top song: Bohemian Rhapsody 61,970,266)
Freddie Mercury 30,420 (Top song: Living On My Own 2,700,339)
Bob Marley 1,132,970 (Top song: Three Little Birds 32,476,728)
Stevie Wonder 464,627 (Top song: Superstition 32,849,144)
David Bowie 688,549 (Top song: Under Pressure 17,864,566)
Mariah Carey 580,934 (Top song: All I Want For Christmas Is You 60,762,424)
Whitney Houston 475,667 (Top song: I Will Always Love You 33,235,505)
Marvin Gaye 325,517 (Top song: Ain't No Mountaing High Enough 30,625,796)
George Michael 176,400 (Top song: Careless Whisper 16,609,638)
Bon Jovi 579,570 (Top song: Livin' On A Prayer 44,570,295)
Guns N' Roses 837,562 (Top song: Sweet Child O' Mine 43,380,720)
Metallica 985,561 (Top song: Enter Sandman 29,739,216)
Led Zeppelin 633,490 (Top song: Stariway To Heaven 14,526,736)
Pink Floyd 730,751 (Top song: Wish You Were Here 22,503,421)
Nirvana 1,108,196 (Top song: Smells Like Teen Spirit 74,501,773)
Bruce Springsteen 773,759 (Top song: Dancing in the Dark 24,735,093)
John Lennon 126,921 (Top song: Happy Xmas (War Is Over) 11,342,341)
Genesis 168,776 (Top Song: Invisible Touch 8,464,831)
U2 864,229 (Top song: With or Without You 52,264,130)
Bryan Adams 294,974 (Top song: Summer of '69 29,126,693)
Elton John 469,113 (Top song: Your song 34,125,365)
Radiohead 948,268 (Top song: Creep 51,187,551)
Sting 299,870 (Top song: Fields of Gold 24,803,554)
Rolling Stones 1,005,728 (Top song: Sympathy for the Devil 33,960,663)
Eagles 152,435 (Top song: Hotel California 21,275,073)
Bob Dylan 632,540 (Top song: Like a Rolling Stone 23,579,901)
Aretha Franklin 239,579 (Top song: Respect 25,789,321)
Additionally:
Jackson 5 134,364 (Top song: I Want You Back 29,621,750)
Jacksons 30,420 (Top song: Blame It on the Boogie 15,240,796)
Current top artists and their number of followers:
Bruno Mars 2,765,495
Taylor Swift 2,453,431
Beyoncé 2,405,218
Adele 2,394,979
Justin Bieber 2,333,017
Usher 2,149,985
Justin Timberlake 1,310,325
Lady Gaga 1,252,119
Sam Smith 893,494
Typically a current top hit can have 150-250 million spins. But again, that is natural - that is why they current hits. Obviously this does not mean that these songs will stand the test of time like Billie Jean did.