J-Hope has set a new record for a Korean solo artist on the U.S.Billboard charts.

According to the latest chart(dated as of the 28th)released by Billboard, an American music media outlet, on the 24th, BTS J-Hope’s new song “Killin ‘It Girl(feat.GloRilla)” entered the main song chart “Hot 100” at number 40.This is J-Hope’s 8th solo song to enter the chart and a new record for the most entries by a Korean solo singer.J-Hope also broke his own record for the highest ranking on the “Hot 100” for a solo song with this song.Until now, his best performance was 60th place for his 2023 solo single “on the street(with J Cole)”.

J-Hope has shown off his prowess by placing all three songs from his solo single project this year on the ‘Hot 100’.The first one he released, ‘Sweet Dreams(feat.Miguel)’, ranked 66th, and ‘MONA LISA’ ranked 65th.The finale of his solo single project, ‘Killin’ It Girl(feat.GloRilla)’, ranked the highest, proving his popularity that grows hotter with each successive promotion.

‘ Killin ‘It Girl(feat.GloRilla)’ also showed strong performance on sub-charts.It ranked 2nd on ‘Global(excl.US)’ and 3rd on ‘Global 200’, both at the top.This is the first time J-Hope has entered the ‘Top 5’ of both charts.’MONA LISA’ also re-entered ‘Global(excl.US)’ at 150th place.In addition, ‘Killin’ It Girl(feat.GloRilla)’topped’ Digital Song Sales ‘.

This week’s Billboard charts showed the remarkable advancement of BTS members.Jin’s second mini album “Echo” ‘s title song “Don t Say You Love Me” ranked 34th on the “Global 200,” while Jimin’s second solo album “MUSE” ‘s title song “Who” (87th)and Jungkook’s solo single “Seven(feat.Latto)” (99th)also maintained their rankings.The three songs ranked 19th, 48th, and 57th, respectively, on the “Global(excluding the US)” chart.

Meanwhile, J-Hope’s ‘Killin’ It Girl(feat.GloRilla)’is a Hip - hop genre song that expresses the thrill of falling for someone at first sight.The song entered the UK Official Chart’ Official Singles Top 100’ (dated 20th-26th)at number 30 on the released on the 21st, achieving the highest ranking for a J-Hope solo song.


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