BLACKPINK’s Rosé and Bruno Mars are keeping the party going with “APT.” while Jimin is rising through the ranks with his catchy song “Who”!
According to the latest Billboard chart (dated November 16), “APT.” and “Who” maintained their momentum on the HOT 100.
Rosé and Bruno Mars’ “APT.”
Rosé and Bruno Mars’ “APT.” spent the third week in the Top 15 on Billboard HOT 100. It debuted at #8 and settled at No. 13 in its second week. Moreover, “APT.” topped the Billboard Global 200 and Global 200 (Excl. US) for three consecutive weeks.
Rosé secured third place on the UK Official Singles Chart with “APT.” on November 8, slipping one spot from its previous ranking. Released on October 18, the song initially debuted at number 4 on the Top 100 chart before rising to number 2 last week.
Notably, PSY remains the only K-pop artist to reach number 1 on this chart with his iconic hit “Gangnam Style.”
The 27-year-old singer has made history as the K-pop solo artist to reach 300 million YouTube views in the shortest time, surpassing 100M views on day 5 and 200M views on day 11. This feat breaks an 11-year record, beating PSY’s “Gentleman” by three days.
BTS Jimin’s “Who”
BTS Jimin’s “Who,” dropped on July 19, charted on Billboard HOT 100 for the 16th week. For the week ending November 16, the song jumped 11 places to No. 44 this week.
Last week, “Who” secured the 55th spot, and prior to that, it maintained a position in the Top 40 for 14 weeks. It has surpassed the record set by Jungkook’s “Seven” and PSY’s “Gentleman,” which charted for 15 weeks.
In addition, it ranked No. 13 and No. 12 on Billboard Global 200 and Global 200 (Excl. US) respectively. On the other hand, his second solo album “MUSE” ranked #2 on #137 on Billboard 200 and No. 2 on World Albums.
Jimin’s “Who” is on track to make history as the fastest solo song by a male artist to reach 1 billion Spotify streams, challenging Harry Styles’ “As It Was” for the top spot.
On another note, Rosé is dropping the studio album “rosie” on Dec 6 whereas Jimin is set to be discharged from the military on June 11.
