According to the latest announcement of the world's largest streaming platform Spotify, the song "APT." by Rose (Blackpink) and Bruno Mars climbed to No. 1 on the Spotify global daily chart, with 11,580,358 streams on October 20, surpassing the song "Die With A Smile" by Bruno Mars and Lady Gaga.
Rose sets a record as the first female Kpop solo artist in history to reach No. 1 on the global Spotify chart. Previously, only 2 male Kpop solo artists Jungkook and Jimin of BTS had done this.
In Kpop as a whole, Rose is the 5th artist after BTS, Blackpink, Jungkook, Jimin to achieve this achievement. BTS has been in the Top 1 twice with "Dynamite" and "Take Two". Blackpink has climbed to the Top 1 with "Pink Venom" and "Shut Down".
Rose holds the record for the biggest streaming day for a song by an Asian artist in 2024 on Spotify globally, surpassing Jimin's "Who" (10.67 million streams).
On Spotify US, “APT.” also climbed to No. 1 with 1,579,405 streams on October 20. Rose is the first female K-pop artist in history to top this chart.
“APT.” is the song by a female K-pop artist with the most streams in a day on US Spotify, surpassing “Sour Candy” by Blackpink featuring Lady Gaga (1.51 million streams).
"APT." is expected to debut at No. 1 on the Billboard Global 200 and enter the Top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 this week, after hitting No. 1 on Spotify US today.
On the global iTunes chart, “APT.” has maintained the No. 1 position for 3 consecutive days. At the same time, the song climbed to the Top 2 on the US iTunes.
In Korea, “APT.” maintained the “Real Time All-Kill” record for 55 hours, as of 9 p.m. on October 21. The song topped the real-time charts of the top 4 music platforms in Korea: Melon, Bugs, Genie, and Flo.
In addition, except for YouTube, which has not yet announced the rankings, “APT.” has now swept the Top 1 of all real-time and daily charts on the iChart system (Melon, Bugs, Genie, Flo, Vibe). The song also occupied the Top 1 of iChart’s real-time and weekly charts.
If it reaches Top 1 on YouTube Korea in the coming days, “APT.” will achieve its first “Perfect All-Kill” certification.
