BLACKPINK’s Rosé made a ground-breaking comeback and how! Her collaborative track with Bruno Mars, ‘APT’ is dominating the music scene and charts like wildfire. The K-pop songstress has smashed several records with the track and now she has scripted another piece of history. She now is the first K-pop soloist to break into the Top 10 of the Billboard Radio Song chart.
‘APT’ enters the top 10 on the Radio Songs chart this week, ranking between Nos. 1 and 10 for the first time. The track climbs from No. 18 to No. 10, scripting history as it manages to enter the uppermost tier on the highly competitive list. Additionally, Rosé is the first solo artist to make K-pop music to reach the top 10 on the coveted chart.
Meanwhile, only one other K-pop musical act has reached the top 10 on the Radio Songs chart in the past. Global septet BTS entered the list with their single ‘Dynamite.’ The track soared to tenth place several years ago. Now, Rosé is tied with the septet. Notably, she may end up soaring higher given the growing popularity of her track.
Moreover, the track recently created K-pop history. The BLACKPINK songstress dethroned PSY’s ‘Gangnam Style.’ ‘APT’ is now the fastest K-pop track to cross 700 million views on YouTube. The duo has broken the record previously held by PSY’s 2012 raging global phenomenon, ‘Gangnam Style.’
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On December 28, 2024, BLACKPINK’s Rosé and Bruno Mars’ chartbuster ‘APT’ crossed an impressive 700 million views on YouTube. Released on October 18, 2024, the track achieved this momentous milestone in just 70 days and 13 hours. This milestone crowns the track as the fastest K-pop music video to cross the threshold. Previously, the record was held by PSY’s hit track ‘Gangnam Style’ which took 118 days to rack up the views. His record remained unbeaten for a whopping duration of 12 years.
Meanwhile, in related news, the collaborative track bagged the coveted Song of the Year award at the 2024 Asia Artist Awards.