{"id":409138,"date":"2026-04-21T00:34:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T00:34:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/409138\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T00:34:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T00:34:13","slug":"bts-blocks-a-k-pop-superstar-from-a-new-solo-no-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/409138\/","title":{"rendered":"BTS Blocks A K-Pop Superstar From A New Solo No. 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" top-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1776731653_441_0x0.jpg\" alt=\"K Pop Band BTS Visits &quot;Today&quot; Show\" data-height=\"2826\" data-width=\"3980\" fetchpriority=\"high\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0\"\/><\/p>\n<p>NEW YORK, NEW YORK &#8211; FEBRUARY 21: (L-R) Jimin, Jungkook, RM, J-Hope, V, Jin, and SUGA of the K-pop boy band BTS visit the &#8220;Today&#8221; Show at Rockefeller Plaza on February 21, 2020 in New York City. (Photo by Cindy Ord\/WireImage)<\/p>\n<p>WireImage<\/p>\n<p>Several weeks before the musician known as Tame Impala \u2013 AKA Kevin Parker \u2013 released the act&#8217;s latest album, Deadbeat, the man behind the moniker dropped the tune \u201cDracula\u201d as a single from the then-forthcoming full-length. Months later, in early February of 2026, a remix was shared with the world that includes <a class=\"color-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/hughmcintyre\/2026\/04\/15\/jennie-makes-chart-history-with-another-american-radio-smash\/\" data-ga-track=\"InternalLink:https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/hughmcintyre\/2026\/04\/15\/jennie-makes-chart-history-with-another-american-radio-smash\/\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"Blackpink singer Jennie\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Blackpink singer Jennie<\/a>. Once she hopped on board the rising track, it became a true global phenomenon. <\/p>\n<p>The past several weeks have been incredibly exciting for the title as it has climbed over and over. \u201cDracula\u201d nearly conquers both of Billboard\u2019s global rosters, missing out on leading by just one or two spaces, as another hugely popular K-pop favorite runs the show.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDracula\u201d Brings Jennie to New Global Chart Highs<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDracula\u201d flaps its wings and flies to never-before-seen positions on both the <a class=\"color-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/billboard-global-excl-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/billboard-global-excl-us\/\" aria-label=\"Billboard Global Excl. U.S.\">Billboard Global Excl. U.S.<\/a> and the <a class=\"color-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/billboard-global-200\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/billboard-global-200\/\" aria-label=\"Billboard Global 200\">Billboard Global 200<\/a>. The first of those rankings looks at the most-consumed songs in every nation except the United States, with sales and streaming helping determine where a piece of music lands. The Billboard Global 200 does take into account listening from people based in the United States. This time around, \u201cDracula\u201d improves from No. 4 on the two rosters to the runner-up space on the Billboard Global Excl. U.S., and to No. 3 on the Billboard Global 200.<\/p>\n<p>BTS\u2019s \u201cSwim\u201d Blocks Jennie\u2019s \u201cDracula\u201d From No. 1<\/p>\n<p>In both instances, BTS leads the charge with its worldwide smash <a class=\"color-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=b4iVv91Z6lY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=b4iVv91Z6lY\" aria-label=\"\u201cSwim.\u201d\">\u201cSwim.\u201d<\/a> That track, the first single from the septet\u2019s comeback album Arirang, is one of eight No. 1s from the boy band on the tallies, and with three frames on the charts already to its credit, \u201cSwim\u201d ranks as one of the act\u2019s most successful. <\/p>\n<p>On the Billboard Global Excl. U.S., \u201cDracula\u201d sits at No. 2, while on the Billboard Global 200, \u201cBabydoll,\u201d a year-old single shared by Dominic Fike that has gone viral in 2026, hits a new high point of No. 2.<\/p>\n<p>Jennie\u2019s New Single Matches \u201cMantra\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cDracula\u201d is Jennie\u2019s second single to stall in second place on the Billboard Global Excl. U.S. In the fall of 2024, her own \u201cMantra\u201d also missed out on running the show by one spot. She has conquered the tally on her own, but only once. \u201cYou &amp; Me\u201d opened at the summit in October 2023, almost exactly a year before \u201cMantra\u201d nearly doubled that sum, and it still stands as her only leader thus far.<\/p>\n<p>Jennie Ties Her Own Solo Career High<\/p>\n<p>Looking at the Billboard Global 200, Jennie has yet to conquer the tally, and in fact, she\u2019s never surged higher than where she sits at the moment. <a class=\"color-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0UPDBODtxzw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0UPDBODtxzw\" aria-label=\"\u201cDracula\u201d\">\u201cDracula\u201d<\/a> ties \u201cMantra\u201d as it hits No. 3, and the two now jointly claim the honor of being her biggest hits.<\/p>\n<p>Blackpink Has Already Charted Multiple No. 1s<\/p>\n<p>Blackpink, the outfit that launched Jennie and her bandmates Jisoo, Lisa, and Ros\u00e9 to superstardom, has claimed multiple rulers. \u201cPink Venom,\u201d \u201cShut Down,\u201d and \u201cJump\u201d all debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Global 200 over a period of nearly three years. The outfit has sent those same three tracks to the peak position on the Billboard Global Excl. U.S., as well as \u201cLovesick Girls.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jennie Scores Multiple Hits Alongside \u201cDracula\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jennie currently fills three spaces on both the Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl. U.S. Her second-highest-rising win on the entirely-planet-spanning list is \u201cOne of the Girls,\u201d which also credits both The Weeknd and Lily-Rose Depp. Over on the Billboard Global Excl. U.S., her highest-rising hit, aside from \u201cDracula,\u201d is her own \u201cLike Jennie.\u201d Both of those tracks make a home on the two rosters.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"embed-base color-body color-body-border link-embed embed-0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/hughmcintyre\/2026\/04\/15\/jennie-makes-chart-history-with-another-american-radio-smash\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Jennie Makes Chart History With Another American Radio Smash\" data-ga-track=\"forbesEmbedly:https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/hughmcintyre\/2026\/04\/15\/jennie-makes-chart-history-with-another-american-radio-smash\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ForbesJennie Makes Chart History With Another American Radio SmashBy Hugh McIntyre<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEW YORK, NEW YORK &#8211; FEBRUARY 21: (L-R) Jimin, Jungkook, RM, J-Hope, V, Jin, and SUGA of the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":409139,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[93,61,60,278,179808,179812,179811,179813,179805,179806,179809,179807,179814,179810],"class_list":{"0":"post-409138","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-ie","10":"tag-ireland","11":"tag-music","12":"tag-tame-impala-billboard-global-200","13":"tag-tame-impala-bts-swim","14":"tag-tame-impala-deadbeat-album","15":"tag-tame-impala-dominic-fike-babydoll","16":"tag-tame-impala-dracula-billboard","17":"tag-tame-impala-dracula-song","18":"tag-tame-impala-global-excl-us","19":"tag-tame-impala-jennie-dracula","20":"tag-tame-impala-jennie-mantra","21":"tag-tame-impala-kevin-parker-dracula"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409138","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=409138"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409138\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/409139"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=409138"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=409138"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=409138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}