This week BTS made history with their Hot100 No. 1 debut. Here's a full breakdown of the big accomplishment.
The official video for"Dynamite" premiered upon the song's arrival , and the track was available to purchase in the tracking week in its original form and via an EDM remix, acoustic remix and instrumental version . Its original version was also available for purchase on 7-inch vinyl and cassette .With 265,000 downloads sold ,"Dynamite" debuts with the biggest digital sales week since Sept.
Among groups,"Dynamite" sports the biggest weekly digital sales sum since Prince and the Revolution's 1984 classic"Purple Rain" sold 282,000 , following Prince's April 21, 2016, passing. Among songs by groups in tracks' debut weeks,"Dynamite" makes the best digital sales start in five years, since One Direction's"Drag Me Down" opened with 350,000 .BTS earns its first Hot 100 No. 1, and fourth top 10, among 12 visits to the chart.
."We made this song in hopes of giving energy to the listeners. We hope our fans can listen to it to receive the positive energy we tried to incorporate in the song." BTS boasts four career No. 1 albums on the Billboard 200 chart and holds the record for the most weeks at No. 1 on the Social 50 chart, adding its 194th week on top this week.BTS is the first all-South Korean group to lead the Hot 100. Among South Korean soloists, PSY reached a No. 2 Hot 100 best with"Gangnam Style" for seven weeks in October-November 2012.
The history of Asian acts atop the Hot 100 dates back over a half-century, as Japanese-born Kyu Sakamoto became the first Asian artist to top the chart, with"Sukiyaki" for three weeks in June 1963. In October-November 2010, Far*East Movement led the Hot 100, also for three weeks, with"Like a G6," with the act's lineup at the time including two members of Korean heritage.BigHit Entertainment achieves its first Hot 100 No. 1, having, like BTS, hit a previous No.
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