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Rosalía and Rauw Alejandro each add a new top 10 to their Billboard charts career history as “Beso” debuts at No. 4 on the Hot Latin Songs ranking dated April 8. The new achievement is their first as a couple, following five top 10s collaborative entries for Rosalía, and eight for Rauw Alejandro.
In total, “Beso” is Rosalía’s seventh top 10, and the 10th for Rauw Alejandro.
“Beso” is from the pair’s joint three-song release, RR, which arrived March 24 through Duars/Columbia/Sony Music Latin. The track, previously teased on Rosalía’s TikTok account on March 16, was accompanied by its music video, in which the couple announced their engagement.
The reggaetón-pop tune traces its high debut on the upper region on Hot Latin Songs — a blend of airplay, digital sales, and streaming activity– largely to 9.1 million official U.S. streams earned during the March 24-30 tracking week, according to Luminate. The sum makes for a No. 38 start on the all-genre Streaming Songs chart and a No. 4 on Latin Streaming Songs.
“Beso” also sold 2,000 downloads during the same period, making it the top-selling Latin song of the week with a No. 1 debut on Latin Digital Song Sales and a No. 36 on Digital Song Sales. On the former, it becomes Rosalía’s sixth No. 1 and Rauw’s fourth.
Radio, the third metric that contributes to Hot Latin Songs, also adds to “Beso’s” high start. The song registered 3 million in audience impressions in its third week. As such, it starts at No. 44 on the all-genre Latin Airplay chart.
“Beso” concurrently captures multiple top 10 entries across Billboard charts: No. 6 on Latin Pop Airplay, No. 10 on the Billboard Global 200, No. 7 on the Global Excl. U.S. chart. Plus, it makes its first chart appearance on Latin Rhythm Airplay at No. 17 and on the all-genre Billboard Hot 100 tally, at No. 52.
Brooklyn rappers Lola Brooke and Billy B each score their first career entry on the Billboard Hot 100 chart (dated April 8), as “Don’t Play With It” debuts at No. 69.
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The song, originally released in May 2021 via Team Eighty/Arista Records (and billed as by Lola Brooke featuring Billy B), opens with 17.1 million radio airplay audience impressions (up 19%), 5.7 million U.S. streams (up 124%) and 600 downloads sold (up 194%) March 24-30, according to Luminate.
Spurring the song’s latest gains is its new remix, released March 24, with Latto and Yung Miami (both credited as lead artists on the Hot 100; Billy B is billed as featured).
The track concurrently jumps 22-11 on Hot Rap Songs and 33-21 on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs.
Radio wise, the song rises 8-5 on Rap Airplay, 10-6 on Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay and 13-9 on R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay and holds at its No. 20 high on Rhythmic Airplay. On the all-genre-format Radio Songs chart, the song rises 48-44.
TikTok has been a factor in the song’s growing profile, as a portion of the track has been used in nearly 450,000 videos on the platform. Another version, a mash-up with 50 Cent’s “Candy Shop,” has been used in nearly 600,000 clips. (TikTok does not contribute directly to Billboard‘s charts.)
Brooke and Billy B are both newcomers to Billboard’s charts, as “Play” became both acts’ first entries.
Brooke has been releasing music since 2018, starting with her breakout single “Bipolar.” She also appears on a new remix, released March 17, of Hitkidd, Gloss Up, K Carbon, Slimeroni and Aleza’s “Shabooya,” which ranks at No. 15 on Rap Airplay, No. 17 on Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay, No. 19 on R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay and No. 24 on Rhythmic Airplay.
In December, Future brought out Brooke during his New Year’s Eve show at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center, generating a viral clip during her hometown performance and earning a co-sign from Missy Elliott on Twitter. Brooke signed to Arista, in collaboration with Team Eighty Productions, the following week.
“Lola is the rare talent whose presence matches her message,” Arista CEO David Massey said at the time. “Her music is larger than life, but her vision is just as powerful.”
Billboard named Brooke its R&B/Hip-Hop Rookie of the Month in February.
Singer-songwriter Omar Apollo hits No. 1 on Billboard’s Emerging Artists chart (dated April 8), leading for the first time thanks to his debut studio album, Ivory.
Originally released in April 2022 via Warner Records, the set re-enters the Billboard 200 chart at No. 74 with 13,000 equivalent album units earned (up 265%) March 24-30, according to Luminate, exceeding its original No. 128 peak. The album’s vinyl edition arrived March 24, sparking 9,000 sold on vinyl in the tracking week.
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Ivory concurrently debuts at No. 3 on the Vinyl Albums chart, and re-enters Top Album Sales at No. 12, a new best.
The set contains Apollo’s breakout single “Evergreen,” which reached No. 51 on the Billboard Hot 100 in October (becoming his first career entry), as well as No. 6 on Adult Alternative Airplay and No. 33 on Pop Airplay.
Elsewhere on Emerging Artists, South Korean group NMIXX debuts at No. 2 thanks to its debut EP Expergo. The set debuts at No. 122 on the Billboard 200 (10,000 units), plus No. 5 on World Albums and No. 13 on Top Album Sales.
The Emerging Artists chart ranks the most popular developing artists of the week, using the same formula as the all-encompassing Billboard Artist 100, which measures artist activity across multiple Billboard charts, including the Hot 100, Billboard 200 and the Social 50. (The Artist 100 lists the most popular acts, overall, each week.) However, the Emerging Artists chart excludes acts that have notched a top 25 entry on either the Hot 100 or Billboard 200, as well as artists that have achieved two or more top 10s on Billboard’s “Hot” song genre charts and/or consumption-based “Top” album genre rankings.
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Jimin jumps from No. 10 to No. 1 on the Billboard Artist 100 chart (dated April 8), becoming the top musical act in the United States for the first time, thanks to his new solo album, FACE, and its breakout track, “Like Crazy.”
The set, released via BigHit Music/Geffen/Interscope Records, debuts at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 with 164,000 equivalent album units, according to Luminate. The last artist to debut as high with a first charting effort was Olivia Rodrigo, whose LP Sour debuted at No. 1 in June 2021.
The new album’s “Like Crazy” concurrently blasts in at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, becoming Jimin’s first solo No. 1 outside BTS, which has scored six leaders.
Jimin also becomes the first South Korean soloist top the Hot 100.
All seven members of BTS have scored solo Hot 100-charting songs, with Jimin the first to reach No. 1. Here’s a look at every entry on the chart by a BTS member so far, listed chronologically:
Artist Billing, Title (Peak Position, Date):
J-Hope feat. Becky G, “Chicken Noodle Soup” (No. 81; Oct. 12, 2019)
Agust D (Suga’s alternate billing), “Daechwita” (No. 76; June 6, 2020)
Juice WRLD & Suga, “Girl of My Dreams” (No. 29; Dec. 25, 2021)
V, “Christmas Tree” (No. 79; Jan. 8, 2022)
Jung Kook, “Stay Alive” (No. 95; Feb. 26, 2022)
PSY feat. Suga, “That That” (No. 80; May 14, 2022)
Charlie Puth feat. Jung Kook, “Left and Right” (No. 22; July 9, 2022)
J-Hope, “More” (No. 82; July 16, 2022)
J-Hope, “Arson” (No. 96; July 30, 2022)
JIN, “The Astronaut” (No. 51; Nov. 12, 2022)
RM with Youjeen, “Wild Flower” (No. 83; Dec. 17, 2022)
TAEYANG feat. Jimin, “Vibe” (No. 76; Jan. 28, 2023)
J-Hope with J. Cole, “On the Street” (No. 60; March 18, 2023)
Jimin, “Set Me Free, Pt. 2” (No. 30; April 1, 2023)
Jimin, “Like Crazy,” (No, 1; April 8, 2023)
Jimin is the first solo member of BTS to hit No. 1 on the Artist 100, and is the only member of the group to have reached the chart.
A week ago, he became the seventh member of the septet to rule the Emerging Artists chart. (He graduates from the survey this week, due to his new Billboard 200 and Hot 100 success, per chart rules).
Jimin is also the first South Korean soloist to crown the Artist 100. The South Korean groups to lead the list: BTS (21 weeks), BLACKPINK, Stray Kids (two each), SuperM, TOMORROW X TOGETHER and TWICE (one each).
Among other Artist 100 chart moves, Lana Del Rey vaults 29-5 thanks to her new album, Did You Know There’s a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd, which opens at No. 3 on the Billboard 200 (115,000 units), marking her ninth top 10. Fall Out Boy re-enters at No. 8 thanks to its new LP So Much (For) Stardust, which starts at No. 6 on the Billboard 200 (64,000 units), becoming the act’s seventh top 10.
The Artist 100 measures artist activity across key metrics of music consumption, blending album and track sales, radio airplay and streaming to provide a weekly multi-dimensional ranking of artist popularity.
Even while on break, BTS scores a supremely fab week on the Billboard Hot 100.
As previously reported, Jimin’s “Like Crazy” blasts in at No. 1 on the Hot 100 chart (dated April 8), marking his first leader – and the first for a member of the superstar South Korean pop group. He’s also the first South Korean solo artist to lead the list.
With BTS having tallied six Hot 100 No. 1s, and Jimin notching his first, BTS joins The Beatles and The Supremes as the only groups with at least six leaders and at least one member having led the list solo.
The Beatles boast a record 20 Hot 100 No. 1s, while all four members have reigned solo: Paul McCartney (nine No. 1s), George Harrison (three), John Lennon and Ringo Starr (two each).
(Notably, on this date – April 4 – in 1964, The Beatles became the first act to monopolize the Hot 100’s entire top five. Drake, in 2021, and Taylor Swift, in 2022 – as she secured each spot in the top 10 – have each since matched the milestone.)
The Supremes amassed 12 Hot 100 leaders, while Diana Ross added six solo.
Here’s a recap of each group’s Hot 100 No. 1s and all the chart-toppers by their respective soloists.
BTS:
“My Universe,” with Coldplay, 2021
“Permission To Dance,” 2021
“Butter,” 2021
“Life Goes On,” 2020
“Savage Love (Laxed – Siren Beat),” with Jawsh 685 & Jason Derulo, 2020
“Dynamite,” 2020
Jimin:
“Like Crazy,” 2023
The Beatles:
“The Long and Winding Road”/“For You Blue,” 1970
“Let It Be,” 1970
“Come Together”/“Something,” 1969
“Get Back,” with Billy Preston, 1969
“Hey Jude,” 1968
“Hello Goodbye,” 1967-68
“All You Need Is Love,” 1967
“Penny Lane,” 1967
“Paperback Writer,” 1966
“We Can Work It Out,” 1966
“Yesterday,” 1965
“Help!,” 1965
“Ticket To Ride,” 1965
“Eight Days a Week,” 1965
“I Feel Fine,” 1964-65
“A Hard Day’s Night,” 1964
“Love Me Do,” 1964
“Can’t Buy Me Love,” 1964
“She Loves You,” 1964
“I Want To Hold Your Hand,” 1964
Paul McCartney:
“Say Say Say,” with Michael Jackson, 1983-84
“Ebony and Ivory,” with Stevie Wonder, 1982
“Coming Up (Live at Glasgow),” with Wings, 1980
“With a Little Luck” (Wings), 1978
“Silly Love Songs” (Wings), 1976
“Listen to What the Man Said” (Wings), 1975
“Band on the Run,” with Wings, 1974
“My Love,” with Wings, 1973
“Uncle Albert”/“Admiral Halsey,” with Linda McCartney, 1971
George Harrison:
“Got My Mind Set on You,” 1988
“Give Me Love – (Give Me Peace on Earth),” 1973
“My Sweet Lord”/“Isn’t It a Pity,” 1970
John Lennon:
“(Just Like) Starting Over,” 1980-81
“Whatever Gets You Thru the Night,” with the Plastic Ono Nuclear Band, 1974
Ringo Starr:
“You’re Sixteen,” 1974
“Photograph,” 1973
The Supremes:
“Someday We’ll Be Together” (Diana Ross & The Supremes), 1969
“Love Child” (Diana Ross & The Supremes), 1968
“The Happening,” 1967
“Love Is Here and Now You’re Gone,” 1967
“You Keep Me Hangin’ On,” 1966
“You Can’t Hurry Love,” 1966
“I Hear a Symphony,” 1965
“Back in My Arms Again,” 1965
“Stop! In the Name of Love,” 1965
“Come See About Me,” 1964
“Baby Love,” 1964
“Where Did Our Love Go,” 1964
Diana Ross:
“Endless Love,” with Lionel Richie, 1981
“Upside Down,” 1980
“Love Hangover,” 1976
“Theme From Mahogany (Do You Know Where You’re Going To),” 1976
“Touch Me in the Morning,” 1973
“Ain’t No Mountain High Enough,” 1970
On April 4, 1998, Trisha Yearwood’s “Perfect Love” began a two-week run at No. 1 on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart, marking her fifth of five leaders.
The song was penned by Sunny Russ and Stephony Smith and produced by Tony Brown. It was released from Yearwood’s (Songbook) A Collection of Hits, which in September 1997 debuted as her first of four No. 1s on the Top Country Albums chart.
Yearwood was born Sept. 19, 1964, in Monticello, Ga. In 1984, she graduated from Young Harris College with an associate degree in business. Prior to signing with MCA Records in 1990, she worked various jobs in Nashville, including as a receptionist at MTM Records, and attended Belmont University.
Yearwood’s debut single, “She’s in Love With the Boy,” ruled Hot Country Songs for two weeks starting in August 1991. In 2021, a 30th anniversary surprise celebration was held at the Grand Ole Opry (where she was inducted as a member in 1999). She was presented with a special award by Carly Pearce revealing that the song ranked as the most-heard country song by a woman since Luminate began in 1990.
Now 58 and married to superstar Garth Brooks since December 2005, Yearwood is active in music, TV and writing, having authored a series of cookbooks.
Her most recent Hot Country Songs hit, a remake of Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper’s A Star Is Born ballad “Shallow,” with Brooks, hit No. 27 in June 2021.
“You lose your filter … that’s not so good,” Yearwood, in 2019, told Billboard, with a laugh, about her current mindset at this point in her life and career. “But, you also lose your inhibitions. There’s a freedom that comes with time that allows you to just have fun.”
Miracles do happen.
After several weeks staring at the U.K. chart summit, Calvin Harris and Ellie Goulding’s “Miracle” (Columbia) lifts into top spot on the chart blast.
“Miracle” leaps over Miley Cyrus’ “Flowers” (Columbia), which holds at No. 2, and Ed Sheeran’s “Eyes Closed” (Atlantic), down 1-3, to take top spot on the Official Chart Update.
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It’s tight at the top. According to the Official Charts Company, just 2,000 chart units separate the top three at the midweek stage.
In its three weeks on the chart, “Miracle” has never gone higher than No. 2, thanks to the 10-week unbroken reign by “Flowers,” which came to an end last Friday (March 31).
If it does capture the crown when the Official Chart is published late Friday (April 7), “Miracle” would give Harris his 11th No. 1, and first since “Promises” with Sam Smith in 2018; and Goulding her fourth U.K. chart leader. As a pair, Harris and Goulding previously landed hits with 2012’s “I Need Your Love” (peaking at No. 4) and 2014’s “Outside” (No. 6).
“Miracle,” a throwback rave tune, enjoys a lift following the release of an official music video, and a new “Church Version” featuring Goulding’s vocals recorded in St. Bartholomew The Great, London’s oldest surviving church.
Further down the midweek list, Jisoo is on track to become the first member of BlackPink to land a solo U.K. top 40 hit with “Flower” (Interscope). It’s new at No. 29 on the chart blast. With “Flower” and its ME two-pack, Jisoo became the last of her bandmates, after Rosé, Jennie and Lisa, to release a solo project.
Finally, Tyler, The Creator could nab a fourth top 40 with “Dogtooth” (Columbia). It’s new at No. 37 on the Chart Update.
Boygenius is bouncing to No. 1 on the U.K. chart with The Record (via Interscope), the indie supergroup’s debut LP.
Formed by Julien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers and Lucy Dacus, Boygenius leads an all-new top three on the Official Chart Update, the U.K.’s midweek tally.
If it holds its spot, The Record would give Bridgers her highest-charting U.K. LP, beating the No. 6 best for her 2020 record Punisher. Boygenius’ eponymously titled EP from 2018 didn’t trouble the Official U.K. Albums Chart.
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Meanwhile, Melanie Martinez is on track for a career-best No. 2 with Portals (Atlantic), her third studio release. The U.S. alternative-pop act already has one U.K. top 10 to her name: 2019’s K-12, which peaked at No. 8.
Completing the podium on the Official Chart Update is Australian indie-rock trio DMA’S, with How Many Dreams? (I Oh You/Mushroom Group). Showcasing a reimagined Britpop sound and swagger, DMA’S — comprising Tommy O’Dell, Matt Mason and Johnny Took — last cracked the top 10 with 2020’s The Glow, which peaked at No. 4.
Following a reissue across vinyl, CD and cassette formats, De La Soul’s 1989 debut 3 Feet High and Rising (Chrysalis) could return to the top 10, for a brand new peak. The set, which reenters at No. 4 on the chart update, recently rebounded to a current best No. 12 following the long-overdue rollout of the hip-hop pioneers’ catalog on streaming platforms.
Also new to the top 10 at the midweek stage is The Who With Orchestra – Live at Wembley (Universal Music Recordings), a live recording from the British rock legends’ only U.K. date of their 2019 Moving On Tour. If it stays put, Live at Wembley, recorded with the 57-piece Isobel Griffiths Orchestra, will give Roger Daltrey and Co. their 16th U.K. top 10 album.
Finally, Nigerian singer and songwriter Davido is eyeing a career-best peak with his fourth studio album, Timeless (via Ceremony of Roses). It’s new at No. 8 on the chart blast.
All will be revealed when the Official U.K. Albums Chart is published late Friday (April 7).
Congratulations are definitely in order for Jimin. Not only did the BTS singer score his very first solo No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 with new single “Like Crazy” Monday (April 3), he also became the first solo South Korean artist to ever reach the top spot on the chart.
Luckily, ARMY and fans of Jimin’s solo career alike already have the “congratulations” department covered. Within an hour of the news breaking of the 27-year-old K-Pop star’s tremendous new feat, countless messages of support flooded in on social media — to the point where iterations of Jimin’s name occupied five of the top 30 trending topics on Twitter at the time of publication.
“So utterly proud of how far jimin has come to even getting his first ever #1 on hot100 for his own solo song that is so absolutely insane,” tweeted one proud fan. “Just shows how hard [work] really does pay off when you ACTUALLY make GREAT music.”
“ALL THOSE HOURS AND DAYS HE DEDICATED IN THE STUDIO PAID OFF PARK JIMIN WE ARE SO PROUD OF YOU,” wrote another.
It wasn’t just fans who were quick to congratulate the “Set Me Free Pt. 2” singer for his history-making No. 1. His BTS bandmates also took to social media to virtually pat him on the back, including RM, who served as a co-writer on “Like Crazy.”
“I’m proud,” he simply wrote on his Instagram Story, sharing a screenshot of the Hot 100 leaderboard.
J-Hope also shared the screenshot on his Story, along with a string of purple heart emojis.
See the best fan reactions to Jimin scoring his first ever solo No. 1 on the Hot 100 below:
so utterly proud of how far jimin has come to even getting his first ever #1 on hot100 for his own solo song that is so absolutely insane and just shows how hard working work really does pay off when you ACTUALLY make GREAT music— FACE 🪞ia (@vminpinkie) April 3, 2023
YALL DONT UNDERSTAND. JIMIN IS THE FIRST AND ONLY KOREAN SOLOIST TO HAVE REACHED #1 IN THE BB HOT100 HISTORY. THIS IS HUGE. IM SO SO SO PROUD OF JIMIN LIKE IM GONNA WALK BAREFOOT ALL THE WAY TO SEOUL TO GIVE HIM THE BIGGEST HUG RN— ْ (@pjmvelvets) April 3, 2023
Miley Cyrus’ “Flowers” remains the biggest song in the world, as it scores a milestone 10th week at No. 1 on both the Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl. U.S. charts (dated April 8).
Plus, three songs make their first appearances in the tallies’ top 10: Jimin’s “Like Crazy” launches at No. 2 on both lists – marking the highest-charting hit for a BTS member solo on the Global 200 and tying for the best rank among the group’s members on Global Excl. U.S.; Yng Lvcas and Peso Pluma’s “La Bebe” leaps 20-6 on Global Excl. U.S. and 21-7 on the Global 200; and Rosalía and Rauw Alejandro’s “Beso” bounds in at Nos. 7 and 10, respectively.
The Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl. U.S. surveys, which began in September 2020, rank songs based on streaming and sales activity culled from more than 200 territories around the world, as compiled by Luminate. The Global 200 is inclusive of worldwide data and the Global Excl. U.S. chart comprises data from territories excluding the United States.
Chart ranks are based on a weighted formula incorporating official-only streams on both subscription and ad-supported tiers of audio and video music services, as well as download sales, the latter of which reflect purchases from full-service digital music retailers from around the world, with sales from direct-to-consumer (D2C) sites excluded from the charts’ calculations.
Cyrus’ Perfect 10, Three New Top 10s on Global 200
Miley Cyrus’ “Flowers” claims a 10th week at No. 1 on the Billboard Global 200, with 87.7 million streams (down 11%) and 22,000 sold (down 13%) worldwide in the March 24-30 tracking week.
“Flowers” is the fourth song since the Global 200 began to reign for double-digit weeks, joining Harry Styles’ “As It Was” (15 weeks, 2022), Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas Is You” (13 weeks, 2020-23) and The Kid LAROI and Justin Bieber’s “Stay” (11 weeks, 2021).
Jimin’s “Like Crazy” soars onto the Global 200 at No. 2, with 71.2 million streams and 86,000 sold worldwide in its first week, following its March 24 release on the BTS member’s debut solo album FACE, which enters at No. 2 on the U.S.-based Billboard 200 chart.
Jimin achieves the highest-charting Global 200 top 10 for a BTS member as a soloist, and becomes the second member of the superstar South Korean septet – joining Jung Kook – with as many as two solo top 10s; Jimin is the first to do so with both as a lead artist. A week earlier, he notched his first top 10 with “Set Me Free, Pt. 2,” also from FACE. Plus, BTS’ Jin and SUGA have hit the top 10 solo with one song apiece.
Here’s a recap of BTS members’ Global 200 top 10s apart from the group (with BTS having logged 10 top 10s on the chart):
“Like Crazy,” Jimin, No. 2 (to date), April 2023
“Set Me Free, Pt. 2,” Jimin, No. 8, April 2023
“Dreamers (Music From the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022),” Jung Kook, No. 9, December 2022
“The Astronaut,” Jin, No. 10, November 2022
“Left and Right,” Charlie Puth feat. Jung Kook, No. 5, July 2022
“That That,” PSY feat. SUGA, No. 5, May 2022
Rounding out the Global 200’s top five, The Weeknd and Ariana Grande’s “Die for You” holds at No. 3, after reaching No. 2; Karol G and Shakira’s “TQG” falls 2-4, four weeks after it premiered on top; and SZA’s “Kill Bill” dips 4-5, following two weeks at No. 1 in January.
Yng Lvcas and Peso Pluma’s “La Bebe” bounds 21-7 on the Global 200 with 61 million streams (up 90%) and 1,000 sold (up 66%) worldwide March 24-30. The song was released by Yng Lvcas independently in December 2021; its remix with Peso Pluma arrived March 17 on Warner Latina. (All versions of the song are combined into a singular listing on Billboard’s charts.) Both artists, from Mexico, rank in the top 10 for the first time.
Also in the Global 200’s top 10, Rosalía and Rauw Alejandro’s “Beso” debuts at No. 10, with 50 million streams and 3,000 sold globally in its first frame. Rosalía, from Spain, and Alejandro, from Puerto Rico, add their third top 10 apiece on the chart.
‘Flowers’ Grows to 10th Week Atop Global Excl. U.S.
As on the Global 200, Miley Cyrus’ “Flowers” amasses a 10th week at No. 1 on the Billboard Global Excl. U.S. chart, with 67.9 million streams (down 12%) and 12,000 sold (down 13%) outside the U.S. March 24-30.
“Flowers” is the second song since Global Excl. U.S. originated to rule for at least 10 weeks, after Harry Styles’ “As It Was” (13 weeks, 2022).
Jimin’s “Like Crazy” roars onto the Global Excl. U.S. chart at No. 2, with 61.4 million streams and 48,000 sold outside the U.S. in its first week.
The song ties for the highest-charting Global Excl. U.S. hit for a BTS member solo, while Jimin matches Jung Kook for the most solo top 10s on the survey – three each – by members of the group, with Jimin the first with three as a lead artist on each song. Jin and SUGA have also reached the region apart from the group.
Here’s a rundown of BTS members’ top 10s as soloists on Global Excl. U.S. (where, as on the Global 200, BTS has collected 10 top 10s):
“Like Crazy,” Jimin, No. 2 (to date), April 2023
“Set Me Free, Pt. 2,” Jimin, No. 8, April 2023
“Vibe,” TAEYANG feat. Jimin, No. 9, January 2023
“Dreamers (Music From the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022),” Jung Kook, No. 4, December 2022
“The Astronaut,” Jin, No. 6, November 2022
“Left and Right,” Charlie Puth feat. Jung Kook, No. 2, July 2022
“That That,” PSY feat. SUGA, No. 2, May 2022
“Stay Alive,” Jung Kook, No. 8, February 2022
Karol G and Shakira’s “TQG” retreats 2-3 on Global Excl. U.S., four weeks after it debuted at No. 1; The Weeknd and Ariana Grande’s “Die for You” slips to No. 4 from its No. 3 best; and Rema and Selena Gomez’s “Calm Down” descends 4-5, following two weeks in command in January.
Yng Lvcas and Peso Pluma’s “La Bebe” blasts 20-6 on Global Excl. U.S., led by 47.5 million streams (up 87%) outside the U.S. The acts make their initial appearances each in the top 10.
Plus, Rosalía and Rauw Alejandro’s “Beso” debuts at No. 7 on Global Excl. U.S., with 41.1 million streams and 1,000 sold outside the U.S. in its first week. Alejandro earns his fifth top 10 on the chart and Rosalía posts her fourth.
The Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl. U.S. charts (dated April 8, 2023) will update on Billboard.com tomorrow (April 4). For both charts, the top 100 titles are available to all readers on Billboard.com, while the complete 200-title rankings are visible on Billboard Pro, Billboard’s subscription-based service. For all chart news, you can follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram.
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