Blackpink’s Rose sets record on Billboard’s global chart

Rose of Blackpink broke a record on Billboard’s Global 200 excl. US chart, as her Bruno Mars collaboration “APT.” topped the chart for the 15th time, according to the latest chart published Monday in the US.

The previous week, it matched the record set by Mariah Carey’s Christmas classic “All I Want for Christmas Is You." On the Global 200, it slipped down to No. 2, ending its chart-topping streak at 12 weeks.

“APT.” is spending its 16th week on the Hot 100, ranking No. 6, down three rungs from the two preceding weeks. It hit the main singles chart at the highest spot for a K-pop female solo artist.

It has sat at No. 2 on the UK’s Official Singles Chart for six weeks in a row, after debuting at No. 4.

Le Sserafim logs 100m Spotify streams with ‘Good Parts’

Le Sserafim surpassed 100 million streams on Spotify with “Good Parts” as of last week, Source Music said Tuesday.

It is the group’s 12th song to do so.

“Good Parts” is a B-side from its second EP “Antifragile” which came out in October 2022. Sakura and Yunjin participated in writing the lyrics for the song, which encourages listeners to embrace imperfection.

Meanwhile, the group is gearing up to bring out a new album in March, around seven months after its fourth EP “Crazy.” The title track from the mini album hit Billboard’s Hot 100 at No. 76 while the album entered the Billboard 200 at No. 7 and topped Oricon’s Daily Album Ranking.