MUMBAI: From winning 4 MTV VMAs to now achieving its first No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart.
BTS just blast in at No.1 on the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart with its first all-English-language single, “Dynamite”. BTS, which comprises members J-Hope, Jimin, Jin, Jungkook, RM, Suga and V, is additionally the first all-South Korean group to lead the Hot 100.
The success of “Dynamite” is nothing short of a paradigm shift for the way Western listeners regard non-Western artists.
.@BTS_twt earns their first #Hot100 No. 1 with “Dynamite,” making them the first all-South Korean act to top the chart. https://t.co/K2QMIGS8vr
— billboard (@billboard) August 31, 2020
.@BTS_twt’s “Dynamite” debuts at #1 on this week’s Billboard Hot 100, becoming their first chart-topping hit.
— It’s the first song by an Eastern act to began atop the ranking and the highest-charting song ever for a Korean act in the US. pic.twitter.com/Lp5hBfT9kg— BTS Charts (@ChartBTS) August 31, 2020
"Dynamite," released Aug. 21 at midnight ET, roars in with 33.9 million U.S. streams and 300,000 sold in its first week, ending Aug. 27, according to Nielsen Music/MRC Data. It also drew 11.6 million radio airplay audience impressions in the week ending Aug. 30.