BTS' "Dynamite" returns to the top of the United World Chart after eight weeks with 243.000 points (up 12%)! It's the 9th non-consecutive week at no.1! On Monday, BTS’ “Dynamite” returned to No. 1 on the Billboard Global 200 for a record-tying 4th week with 55.6 million streams and 18,000 sold worldwide in the Jan. 1-7 tracking week. It now ties with
Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas Is You" for the longest run at No. 1 since the Billboard Global 200 chart began. It also holds at #1 on the Global Excl. U.S. chart for a record-extending 8th week, topping both Billboard Global charts simultaneously for a 4th week, the longest double run at #1 in history! "Dynamite" is the Group's first english language track, and debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, becoming the band's first number-one single in the United States and making history with BTS becoming the first all-South Korean act and 2nd Asian Act to top the Hot 100! The song sold 265,000 downloads in its first week, marking the biggest pure sales week since Taylor Swift's "Look What You Made Me Do" (2017)! "Dynamite" stayed atop the Hot 100 for three total weeks. In South Korea, "Dynamite" topped the Gaon Digital and streaming charts for an amazing 11 non-consecutive weeks, the longest run at the top of all korean songs in 2020! In Japan, the song hit #1 on Billboard Japan's Streaming Songs chart on September 7, 2020, with over 10 million streams! In its 11th week, the song surpassed 100 million cumulative streams, becoming the fastest song in history to do so and only the 2nd song by a foreign artist in Japan besides Ed Sheeran's "Shape of You"! In the UK Singles Chart, "Dynamite" debuted at #3, the group's highest UK chart position so far! The song also hit #1 in Colombia, Hungary, Israel, Latvia, Lithuania, Malaysia, Mexico, Peru, Scotland & Singapore, peaking at #2 in Australia, Brazil, Canada, Estonia & UAE, at #3 in Russia, #4 in Belgium, New Zealand & Switzerland, #5 in Uruguay, #6 in Guatemala, Ireland & Panama, #7 in Bolivia & Slovakia, #8 in Germany & the Netherlands, #9 in Costa Rica & Czech Republic and #10 in Argentina, Greece & Iceland. "Dynamite" debuted at #1 on Spotify Global with 7.778 million streams, marking the biggest opening-day for a song in 2020, surpassing Taylor Swift's "Cardigan" (7.742 million streams)! It's the only song in 2020 to sell over 1 million downloads, scoring the biggest global sales debut of 2020!
The Weeknd's "Blinding Lights" lifts 4-3 in its 58th week on the chart with 201.000 points, its highest position since August last year, extending its record for most weeks in the Top 10! it's the 53rd week inside the United World Top 10, a unique record in the chart's history! Released in November 2019, "Blinding Lights" topped the United World Chart for 17 weeks. It leads the YEAR-END CHART 2020 with a total of 15,302,000 points!
