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ROSÉ and Bruno Mars’ “APT.” rules the Billboard Global Excl. U.S. chart for a record-extending 17th week. The collaboration first led the list in November.
Meanwhile, Lady Gaga and Mars’ “Die With a Smile” posts an 11th week atop the Billboard Global 200 chart, dating to its first frame at No. 1 last September.
The Billboard Global 200 and Global Excl. U.S. charts, 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.
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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.
“APT.” holds atop Global Excl. U.S. with 84.2 million streams (down 5% week-over-week) and 7,000 sold (down 9%) outside the U.S. Feb. 28-March 6.
“Die With a Smile” is steady at No. 2 after 10 weeks atop Global Excl. U.S. beginning last September; Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us” keeps at its No. 3 best; Billie Eilish’s “Birds of a Feather” ascends 5-4, after three weeks on top in August; and Lamar and SZA’s “Luther” dips to No. 5 from its No. 4 high.
“Die With a Smile” continues atop the Global 200 with 112.4 million streams (down 6%) and 8,000 (down 3%) worldwide. The song ties for the fifth-longest No. 1 run since the chart began, matching The Kid LAROI and Justin Bieber’s “Stay.” The only hits to lead longer: Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas Is You” (19 weeks), Harry Styles’ “As It Was” (15), Miley Cyrus’ “Flowers” (13) and ROSÉ and Mars’ “APT.” (12, beginning in October).
The Global 200’s top five is static, with “APT.” at No. 2; “Luther” at its No. 3 high; “Not Like Us” at No. 4, following four weeks at No. 1 beginning last May; and “Birds of a Feather” at No. 5, after three weeks at No. 1 last August.
The Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl. U.S. charts (dated March 15, 2025) will update on Billboard.com tomorrow, March 11. 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 X, formerly known as Twitter, and Instagram.
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Two of the core members of sprawling K-pop boy band SEVENTEEN, vocal unit leader and producer/singer WOOZI and performance unit leader and dancer/rapper HOSHI, have teamed up to release their first single album, Beam. The three-track EP from the group’s “mastermind duo” dubbed HOSHI X WOOZI dropped on Monday (March 10) as the logical follow-up to “Bring It,” a B-side from SEVENTEEN’S second studio album, 2017’s Teen, Age.
The collection kicks off with the slinky “PINOCCHIO,” a Billie Eilish-like whispery ballad that features additional vocals from SE SO NEON’s SO!YoON!, which slides into the banging lead single, “96ers.” With a mix of boy band pop and hip-hop bounce, the song is accompanied by a video in which the men dance and pose like art pieces in a swank gallery as they relish being on display, singing about first meeting as “runny-nosed kids” in middle school, then graduating from newbies to OGs.
“WOOZI and I have always been inseparable since we were young,” HOSHI said in a statement. “We’ve long dreamed of working as a unit, and now that we can finally present BEAM to the world, I’m beyond excited. This album truly reflects the kind of music we want to create, so we’re planning to fully enjoy ourselves on stage.”
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WOOZI added, “It’s an incredible experience to release a new album with my closest friend in life. We had an absolute blast working on it, and I believe that energy is what makes this album so honest and true to us.”
The EP wraps up with another high-energy, dance floor-ready house track, “Stupid Idiot.”
This year marks the 10th anniversary for the SEVENTEEN — which also features S.COUPS, JEONGHAN, JOSHUA, JUN, WONWOO, THE 8, MINGYU, DK, SEUNGKWAN, VERNON and DINO — who earlier this year released “Bad Influence,” their collab with Pharrell Williams that soundtracked the producer’s Louis Vuitton 2025 Paris menswear show. Last year, SEVENTEEN released their 21-track greatest hits collection, 17 Is Right Here, followed by the Spill the Feels EP in November.
Listen to Beam and watch the “96ers” video below.
Will Bruno Mars and Lady Gaga take No. 1 from Kendrick Lamar and SZA? Tetris Kelly:This is the Billboard Hot 100 top 10 for the week dated March 15. Back in the top 10 is “Nokia.” At nine is Teddy Swims. Chappell Roan holds on to eight, as does Billie Eilish to No. 7. “APT.” to […]
BLACKPINK‘s JENNIE snares Dua Lipa in her glittery web in the trippy video for the K-pop superstar’s solo track “Handlebars.” The dreamy visual for the mid-tempo tune directed by BRTHR (Charli XCX, the Weeknd) dropped on Monday morning (March 10) and it opens with JENNIE using a two-wheeled metaphor to lament her proclivity for falling […]
JENNIE couldn’t say enough good things about Doechii during her Monday (March 10) visit to The Jennifer Hudson Show, where the BLACKPINK star also opened up about her debut solo album and avoided giving spoilers on her girl group’s upcoming world tour. While speaking to host Hudson about working with the Swamp Princess on “ExtraL” […]
While BLACKPINK did not debut until the summer of 2016, Korean label YG Entertainment first introduced JENNIE to the world in early 2012 by releasing a photo of the then-16-year-old K-pop hopeful with the caption “Who’s That Girl?” on its company blog. The watchful online community of music fans instantly fell in love with her, […]
j–hope feat. Miguel‘s “Sweet Dreams” tops this week’s new music poll. Music fans voted in a poll published Friday (March 7) on Billboard, choosing the BTS star’s fresh song with an R&B veteran as their favorite new music release of the past week. There was tough competition in this week’s poll, but the latest from j-hope managed to […]
JENNIE’s debut solo album ‘Ruby’ is out now, and the global pop star celebrated the release with a concert at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. Keep watching to see an inside look at the concert! What do you think of ‘Ruby’? Let us know in the comments below! Tetris Kelly: We celebrated the release […]
j-hope is doing it all now that he’s completed his mandatory military service for South Korea. And as the BTS superstar is preparing to hit the road for his Hope on the Stage Tour, he’s sharing how serving his country gave him time to consider what’s ahead for him.
“I think the period of rest that naturally came with the situation actually became an opportunity for more exploration,” the global star told Rolling Stone in a new interview published Friday (March 7). “I found a lot of new inspiration and got to spend much time thinking about the future. I also started making plans for what I want to do once I complete my military service.”
What’s more, he added, time in the military helped shape him. “I still believe that experiences are invaluable. The thoughts I had during those times have become an inseparable part of me, nurturing and shaping who I am today,” he told the publication. “Ultimately, they have influenced the stories I tell, the music I aspire to create, my choreography and the overall aspects of my work, deepening my understanding of my own thoughts.”
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j-hope completed his time in uniform in October, and became the second member of BTS to finish his service. (Jin, who was first to start military duties, was discharged in June; the rest of the K-pop group — V, Suga, RM, Jimin and Jung Kook — are all expected to complete their service this year, with full group activities resuming after.) By January, j-hope was already teasing that not only was he releasing new solo music this year, but that he was hitting the road as well. After a series of shows in Seoul and late February and early March, he’ll be taking Hope on the Stage to Brooklyn, N.Y., for a pair of shows beginning on March 13, with the tour also making stops in Chicago, Los Angeles, Mexico City, Singapore, Bangkok and more before ending June 1 in Osaka, Japan.
As for that new music he teased? It was a new single titled “Sweet Dreams,” featuring Miguel, who j-hope told Rolling Stone he has “respected greatly” for a long time. Said the star of working with the R&B singer-songwriter, “We got in touch, and despite the challenges of it being around the holiday season, he was so kind and eager to collaborate. I remember sending him a personal text to thank him.”
The “Chicken Noodle Soup” singer also shared that his BTS bandmates have also had a chance to listen to his new track. “I played the song for all of the members. I made sure to share it with them when each of them was on their military leave, and I felt proud to be able to play it for them first,” he told the publication. “I was very happy that everyone liked it.”
Next up for j-hope is his solo debut performance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on Monday, March 10. Miguel will be appearing alongside the K-pop star.
JENNIE might be one of the most famous K-pop idols on the planet, but even she loses her nerve around Rihanna.
While guesting on an episode of Chicken Shop Date posted Friday (March 7), the BLACKPINK star opened up about fangirling over the Fenty mogul when they met — or at least she tried to, but even the memory of it made her trip over her words. “For me, it was Rihanna,” JENNIE replied when host Amelia Dimoldenberg asked which celebrity has made her the most starstruck so far.
“Yeah, I … yeah,” the South Korean singer continued, stuttering. “See me mumbling? I can’t even talk about her.”
JENNIE’s Chicken Shop Date visit arrives on the same day she dropped her debut solo album, Ruby. Featuring singles “Mantra,” “Love Hangover” featuring Dominic Fike and “ExtraL” with Doechii, the 14-track project makes the Idol star the final BLACKPINK bandmate to release a solo set of songs amid the group’s break, which is set to end in July when the foursome embarks on a world tour.
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Speaking of BLACKPINK, JENNIE isn’t the only one of the band members who’s obsessed with Ri. LISA recently told Wall Street Journal Magazine that the “Umbrella” singer is one of her biggest inspirations due to her “swag, her style, her music, her stage performance.” The Thai rapper even sang “Take a Bow” for her BLACKPINK audition — although she says she was so nervous at the time, she messed up the words.
While on Chicken Shop Date, JENNIE also talked all things love and romance, revealing she considers herself to “be very romantic,” even if it’s rare for her to catch feelings for someone, she says.
“I don’t like cute guys,” the performer added. “Sexy guys don’t know that they’re sexy, but cute guys know that they’re cute.”
When she has fallen in love, however, JENNIE revealed to Dimoldenberg that it’s always been at first sight. “That’s been my life,” she said. “I know instantly whether it’s gonna work or not.”
Watch JENNIE on Chicken Shop Date above.