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Rosé (left) and Bruno Mars are creating a global sensation with their duet song ‘Apartment‘. Photo source = Rosé SNS
Rosé, who briefly left the group Blackpink and went solo, is attempting to set a new record for a K-pop female singer on the UK’s Official Singles Chart. Until now, PSY was the only K-pop singer to rank first on the chart, but since then, no group or singer has reached the top. Rosé came close to that record.
On the 31st, the UK Official Charts announced in an analysis article published on its website that the song ‘Apartment’ sung by Rosé and Bruno Mars will rank 2nd in the recent Top 100 Singles Chart (November 1 – November 7). expected. Following its entry into 4th place last week, analysis predicted that it would rise 2 notches in a week. The UK Official Chart is considered one of the world’s two largest pop charts along with the US Billboard. If ‘Apartment’ ranks 2nd within two weeks of entering the Official Singles Chart Top 100, there is growing confidence that a leap to the top is possible.
Official Charts recently predicted that new American singer-songwriter Gigi Perez’s ‘Sailor Song’ and American pop star Lady Gaga’s new song ‘Disease’ will take first and third place in the top 100 single charts, respectively. . Thanks to the strong sensation of ‘Apartment’, which is expected to take second place, an analysis was also released showing that it is possible to take first place in the future.
So far, the only K-pop singer to take first place on the official single chart is PSY with ‘Gangnam Style’ in 2012. Compared to the album chart, the single chart, which actively reflects the latest popular trends, rarely gave up its top spot even when K-pop was recognized as a global popular genre.
BTS also achieved the achievement of ranking first in the Official Album Chart Top 100, but never ranked first on the single chart, where popularity is more important. BTS’ highest record in the top 100 single chart is 3rd place, achieved by ‘Dynamite’ and ‘Butter’. BTS’s Jungkook also ranked 3rd on the single chart with his solo song ‘Seven’ released last year, but failed to rise further.
If Rosé ranks second in the top 100 singles chart, it will be her best performance in 12 years since Psy. If it rises to first place, it will rewrite K-pop history. Rosé has already topped the Official Album Chart Top 100 with Blackpink’s second full-length album ‘BORN PINK’. If ‘Apartment’ tops the top 100 single chart, she will become the first K-pop singer to rank first on both the album and single charts.
Thanks to the increasingly hot ‘Apartment’ craze, expectations are also growing for Rosé’s first solo full-length album, Ilbaem, which will be released on December 6th.
A scene from the music video for Rosé’s solo song ‘Apartment’. Photo provided by The Black Label
