- ♪ Shining through the city
with a little funk and soul ♪
- It's a huge week for the fellows of BTS,
who've just notched their
very first number one
on the billboard hot 100
as their new song, Dynamite
debuts at the summit.
- ♪ Light it up like dynamite, woah ♪
- The seven member, South Korean act
rules the hot 100 with its
first, all English language
single after previously reaching a
number four high with ON in March.
They also reached the top
10 of the hot 100 with
Boy With Luv featuring Halsey
number eight in April, 2019
and Fake Love at number 10 in June 2018.
BTS first appeared in the chart dated
October 7th, 2017 with DNA.
- BTS is additionally the
first all South Korean group
to lead the hot 100.
Among South Korean soloists,
number two hot 100 best
with Gangnam Style for seven weeks
in October through November 2012.
♪ [Singing in Korean] ♪
- BTS boasts four career number one albums
in the billboard 200
chart and holds the record
for the most weeks at number
one on the social 50 chart,
adding its 194th week on top this week.
♪ [WAP - Cardi B.] ♪
- In other chart news, Cardi B's WAP
featuring Megan Thee
Stallion dips at number two
on the hot 100 after
spending its first two weeks
on the chart at number one.
Drake's Laugh Now Cry
Later featuring Lil Durk
slips to number three after
debuting at number two a week earlier.
DaBaby's seven week
hot 100 leader Rockstar
featuring Roddy Ricch
descends three to four,
and The Weeknd's Blinding
Lights backpedals four to five.
All right, for more on the charts
and of course, for all things BTS,
you can head to billboard.com
and until next time
for billboard news, I'm Chelsea Briggs.
