BTS Breaks Record As "Dynamite" Soars To Top 10 Of Billboard's Pop Songs Radio Airplay Chart

Nov 02, 2020

BTS’s “Dynamite” has risen to score a spot in the Top 10 of Billboard’s Pop Songs radio airplay chart, making history for all-South Korean acts!

Billboard has announced that the song rises from No. 11 to No. 9 with a 6 percent gain on the chart for the week ending on November 7. This is the 11th week that “Dynamite” has spent on the Pop Songs chart, which measures total weekly plays on approximately 160 mainstream top 40 radio stations.

Before “Dynamite,” BTS’s highest peak on the chart was No. 22 with “Boy With Luv” (featuring Halsey) last year.

Billboard reports that BTS has now achieved the highest ranking on the Pop Songs chart for an all-South Korean act, because they’ve surpassed the No. 10 peak reached by PSY’s “Gangnam Style” in October 2012.

Meanwhile, Billboard also announced that BTS’s “Dynamite” takes No. 2 on both the recently-launched Global 200 and Global Excl. U.S. charts. It’s down one spot from last week as Ariana Grande’s “Positions” debuts at No. 1 on both charts.

The two charts rank songs based on sales and streaming data compiled by Nielsen Music/MRC Data from more than 200 territories. The Global 200 ranks the most popular tracks internationally, while the Global Excl. U.S. chart is ranked based on data from territories excluding the United States.