BLACKPINK‘s Rosé, who created the ‘Apartment’ syndrome around the world, has once again become the protagonist of a ‘New K-Pop Record’. With her mega hit song ‘Apartment’ (APT.), she set a record for the most no. 1s on Billboard’s ‘Global (excluding the US)’ chart.

According to Billboard on the 11th (Korean time), ‘Apartment’, which was released on October 18th of last year, topped the latest ‘Global (excluding the US)’ chart. This is the 15th time that ‘Apartment’ has topped the chart, surpassing Mariah Carey‘s legendary carol ‘All I Want For Christmas Is You’, which spent a total of 14 weeks at No. 1.

The ‘Global (Excl. US)’ chart was introduced as a sub-chart of Billboard in 2020. It ranks songs by aggregating streaming and sales in about 200 countries and regions, excluding the US. For this reason, it is considered a chart where you can see at a glance hit songs that are popular around the world.

Rosé swept the global stage by singing ‘Apartment’, which is based on the ‘Apartment Game’, which is popular in Korea, together with global pop star Bruno Mars. ‘Apartment’ is also showing its power on Billboard’s main chart. Immediately after its release, it ranked 3rd on the main single chart ‘Hot 100’, breaking the highest ranking among all K-pop female artists, and has maintained 6th place on the chart until recently.

Rosé‘s ‘Apartment’ craze continues beyond the US to the UK. ‘Apartment’ ranked 2nd on the UK Official Singles Chart ‘Top 100’, which is considered one of the two major global pop music charts along with Billboard, as of the latest issue (8th). This shows off its prowess of maintaining the top spot on the chart for a whopping 16 weeks.


Reporter Yoo Ji-hye yjh0304@donga.com

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