Breaks the K-pop female record, reaching the top of the world’s two major charts
[알파경제=김다나 기자] Blackpink’s Rosé ranked 8th on the U.S. Billboard main single chart ‘Hot 100’ with her collaboration song ‘APT.’ with pop star Bruno Mars, renewing the highest ranking for a K-pop female singer.
Billboard announced on the 29th through its official SNS that ‘Apartment’ entered the ‘Top 10’ along with Billie Eilish’s ‘Birds of a Feather’ (3rd place) and Sabrina Carpenter’s ‘Espresso’ (5th place).
This is an achievement that surpasses the 13th place that Blackpink recorded with ‘Ice Cream’, a collaboration with Selena Gomez in 2020. When limited to solo female artists, the previous highest record was 51st place achieved by Blackpink member Jennie with ‘One of the Girls’ with The Weeknd and Lily-Rose Depp.
Rosé thus became the fifth K-pop singer to enter the top 10 of the ‘Hot 100’, following BTS, Jimin, Jungkook (1st place), and PSY (2nd place).
According to Billboard, ‘Apartment’ recorded 25 million streams, 3.2 million airplays, and 14,000 sales during this chart period.
‘Apartment’, which ranked 4th on the UK’s Official Singles Chart and settled at the top of the world’s two major charts, is also standing out in the global music market. It swept the charts, including No. 1 on Spotify in the U.S., No. 1 on Global Spotify’s ‘Top Song’ chart, No. 1 on China’s QQ Music, and No. 1 on the iTunes ‘Top Song’ chart in 40 countries around the world.
Rosé expressed her thoughts through SNS, “What is happening in the world? This is crazy. I am grateful to ‘Number One’ (Rosé’s fandom), ‘Blink’ (Blackpink’s fandom), and everyone. This is my dream come true.” revealed. Bruno Mars also sent a congratulatory message on social media.
Kim Do-heon, a popular music critic, said, “‘Apartment’ entering 8th place on the ‘Hot 100’ is a very good achievement in itself.” “It was predicted.
Meanwhile, the ‘Apartment’ music video exceeded 100 million views in just 5 days of its release, and currently has 180 million views and is expected to reach 200 million views soon. This song is scheduled to be released in December rosé This is a pre-released song from solo’s 1st full-length album ‘Rosie’.
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