"APT." now ties Sabrina Carpenter's "Espresso" as the 5th longest-running #1 song by a Female Artist in United World Chart History!
Longest Running No. 1 songs by Female Artists in United World Chart History
1. "Flowers" - 24 weeks
2. "Dance Monkey" - 16 weeks
3. "All I Want For Christmas Is You" - 14 weeks
4. "Easy On Me"/ "Senorita/"Hello" - 13 weeks
5. "Espresso"/ "APT." - 12 weeks
ROSÉ is the 1st Female K-Pop Soloist to debut atop the United World Chart with multiple songs including her debut Solo song "On The Ground" in 2021, and scores the longest run at #1 for a K-Pop Female Act in United World Chart HISTORY! "APT." scored the Biggest Debut of 2024 on the United World chart, and the Biggest Debut by a K-Pop/Asian Act in 2024! It's also the Biggest Debut by a K-Pop Female Act and by an Asian Female Soloist in United World Chart History!
"APT." which was written and composed by Rosé and Bruno Mars along with other contributors, interpolates Toni Basil's hit "Mickey", which reached no.5 on the United World chart in December 1982! "APT." was released through The Black Label and Atlantic Records on 18 October 2024, as the lead single from Rosé's amazing debut studio album, 'Rosie' released on December 6! "APT." is Rosé's first single in over 3 years, and her first release since departing from YG Entertainment and Interscope Records as a solo artist in 2023. The pop-punk banger was inspired by Rosé's favourite Korean drinking game! The tune uses the game's rhythmic chant of apateu (Korean: 아파트) to create a playful and addictive chorus. "APT." was praised by critics for its playful energy, its stomping pop-rock beat and its addictive chanted chorus!
APT" is one of the biggest streaming successes in both the US and globally! It topped the Global Spotify chart for 28 days in 2024, the 4th Longest Run at #1 of the past year! Rosé is the 1st Asian Female to have spent almost 4 weeks atop the chart and the 1st K-pop Act in history to have spent 8 days at #1 on US Spotify! Bruno is the only Artist in history to have occupied the top 2 spots on Global Spotify simultaneously for almost 11 weeks! The song surpassed 100 million streams on Spotify within 7 days of its release, setting the record for the fastest song by a K-pop female solo artist to achieve this, and the 2nd fastest for any K-pop singer! It's the 3rd fastest song to reach 200 Million, 300M, 400M, 500M & 600M! It's the 2nd fastest to reach 700M in just 67 days, the 3rd fastest song to hit 800M, tying JungKook's "Seven" ft. Latto (78 days) and the 5th Fastest MV of All time to reach 900M streams in just 92 days! It's also the Fastest MV by an Asian Act to surpass 900M streams in history, surpassing PSY's "Gangnam Style" (144 days)!
"APT." is #2 on the Billboard Global 200 this week after 11 consecutive weeks at #1. The song ties The Kid Laroi & Justin Bieber's "STAY" for the 4th longest run at #1 on the Global 200 after Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas Is You” (19 weeks, since December 2020), Harry Styles’ “As It Was” (15 weeks, 2022) and Miley Cyrus’ “Flowers” (13 weeks, 2023)! It's the longest running #1 song by an Asian Act in Billboard Global 200 chart history!
"APT." tops the Billboard Global Excl. US for a 12th week with 119.6M streams and 11,000 sold outside the US Jan. 10-16. It's the 4th longest-running No. 1 song on the chart after Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas Is You” (14 weeks) and Miley Cyrus’ “Flowers” and Harry Styles’ “As It Was” (13 each)! It ties as the longest running #1 song by an Asian/K-Pop Act on the Billboard Global Excl. US!
"APT." owns 2 of the top 10 streaming weeks in Global 200 chart history!
Top 10 Streaming Weeks in Billboard Global 200 history!
1⃣ 289.2 - "Butter" - BTS
2⃣224.5M - “APT." - ROSÉ & Bruno Mars
3⃣ 217.1M - Seven - Jungkook ft. Latto
4⃣ 217.1M - "Flowers" - MileyCyrus
5⃣ 212.1M - "Pink Venom" - Blackpink
6⃣ 207.5M - "APT" - ROSÉ. & Bruno Mars
7⃣ 197.9M - "All I Want For Christmas Is You" -MariahCarey
8⃣192.5M - “Last Christmas" - Wham!
9⃣ 185. 6M - "Flowers" - Miley Cyrus
10 179.1M - "Flowers" - Miley Cyrus
"APT." debuted with 224.5M streams, the 2nd-Biggest streaming week in Global 200 chart history, after BTS' "Butter" (289.2M), and scored the Biggest streaming week by a K-pop female act in history! "APT." broke the record for the 1st song in Billboard Global 200 chart history to earn at least 200 Million streams for multiple weeks! "APT." is Rosé 2nd No. 1 hit on both charts after "On the Ground" (2021)! It's also Bruno's 2nd No. 1 hit on both charts after "Die With A Smile" ft. Lady Gaga. 'APT." replaced "Die with a Smile", atop both Billboard Global charts and Bruno became the first act to replace himself atop the chart and take the top two spots simultaneously on both charts since Sabrina Carpenter's "Espresso" and "Please Please Please"!
“APT.” holds at its peak of No. 5 on the US Hot 100 and lifts to No. 1 on the Digital Song Sales chart, the best-selling single of the week, becoming Rosé's first and Drake's 11th chart-topper! Rosé joins IU as the only Female K-Pop Act to go to #1 in Billboard Digital Song Sales history and is the 1st Female K-Pop Act in lead credits to top the chart! It's the first song by a K-pop soloist this decade to spend multiple weeks in the Hot 100 Top 5. It's also the song by a K-pop Soloist with the most weeks inside the Billboard Hot 100 Top 10 this decade! "APT." has just hit #1 on US Pop Radio and is now the highest-peaking song by a K-pop act in US Pop Radio history! ROSÉ is the 1st Female K-pop Artist to enter the Billboard Radio Songs Top 10!
“APT.” is the fastest song by a K-pop Soloist and K-Pop Female Act to reach RIAA platinum certification (85 days)
1⃣ “APT.” — 85 days
2⃣ “Seven” — 115 days
3⃣ “Gangnam Style” — 123 days
"APT." holds at its peak at #2 on the Billboard Canadian Hot 100 in its 13th week on the chart! It's the longest-running top 10 song by a K-pop act this decade! “APT.” has now been certified 2x platinum in Canada for selling over 160,000 units in the country, becoming the first song by a K-pop female soloist and fastest song by a K-pop female act to reach this Milestone in history!
“APT.” holds at #2 on this week's Circle Digital chart after a Milestone 10 weeks at #1! With just 2 months of tracking, “APT.” was #25 on the Circle Digital year-end chart for 2024 with 343,476,235 points! "APT." dips 1-2 on this week's Circle streaming chart and scores a 13th week at #1 on the Circle Global K-Pop chart! It was the #1 song of 2024 on the Circle Global K-pop Year-end Chart, with less than 3 months of tracking. Apt." achieved a perfect all-kill in 2024, reached No. 1 on all real-time, daily, and weekly charts in the country, giving both Bruno and Rosé their first ever PAK! Rosé is the first K-Pop Soloist of the decade to earn this milestone both as a Soloist and as part of a group!
In Japan, the song topped the Billboard Japan Hot 100 chart for 4 weeks, the first non Japanese song in over 11 years to top the chart since The Wanted's "Glad You Came" in 2013, and the 5th overall. It's the first non Japanese song to spend multiple consecutive weeks atop the chart (3)! "Apt." is the first song by a non-Japanese artist to spend 2 consecutive weeks atop Japan's Oricon Streaming Chart, since BTS' "Permission to Dance" in 2021! "APT." is the fastest song by a non Japanese female act to reach 100 million streams In Japan (10 weeks), surpassing ILLIT’s “Magnetic” (11 weeks)!
In France, "APT." holds at its peak at #3 on the SNEP official French singles chart, now the first song by a K-pop act to reach the top 5 since PSY’s “Gangnam Style” in 2012, and the only K-pop female song to enter the Top 10 in history! It has been certified Platinum in France for over 200,000 sales units in the country. It’s the fastest song by a K-pop act this decade to reach this Milestone!
"APT." holds at its peak at #2 for a 4th week on the Official UK chart extending its record as the longest-running UK top 5 hit by a K-pop act in history (12 weeks)! “APT.” rises to a new peak at #1 (+1) on the official streaming chart, and is now the first song by a K-pop Female Act to top the chart in UK Official chart history. “APT.” is back #1 on the UK Big Top 40!
"APT." holds at its peak at #3 on the official Irish IRMA chart! it's the 1st song by a K-Pop Female to hit the Top 10!
In Australia where Rosé was brought up, “APT.” is #1 on the ARIA chart for a 10th week, and is the longest-running #1 song released in 2024, surpassing Sabrina Carpenter's "Taste" (8 weeks) and the longest-running No. 1 duet since Elton John and Dua Lipa's "Cold Heart (Pnau remix)" (2021)! It's the longest-running #1 song by a K-pop act in Australian history, surpassing PSY's "Gangnam Style" (7 weeks)! It's also the 1st song by a K-Pop Act to top the ARIA chart since "Gangnam Style" in 2012, and for multiple weeks! Rosé is the first K-pop Female Soloist to ever top the chart, having also previously hit #1 as a member of Blackpink with "Pink Venom" in 2022! "APT." is now 2x Platinum in Australia for over 140,000 sales units, becoming the fastest song by a K-pop act to reach this Milestone in history! It's Bruno's 4th song to top the chart and his longest-running #1 surpassing "Uptown Funk" (6 wks)!
“APT.” remains at #1 on the New Zealand singles chart for a 10th week, surpassing Bruno Mars & Lady Gaga's “Die With A Smile” as the longest-running No. 1 song released in 2024! It's Rosé's first No. 1 and Bruno's 6th No. 1 song.
“APT.” lifts to a new peak at #1 (+2) on the Netherlands official singles chart, and is now the first and only song by a K-pop act to reach #1 since “Gangnam Style” in 2012!
ROSÉ & Bruno Mars “APT.” scores a 3rd week at #1 on the official German singles chart, surpassing PSY’s “Gangnam Style” as the longest-running #1 song by K-pop act in history!
"APT." spends a 2nd week at #1 on the Official Swiss singles chart! It joins "Gangnam Style" as the only song by a K-pop act to top the official Swiss Singles chart in history and the first and only song by a K-pop female act to top the chart!
"APT." weekly chart Peaks so far:
#1 - Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bolivia, Bulgaria, Central America, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Estonia, Germany, Guatemala, Honduras, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Israel, Japan, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Malta, MENA, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, North Macedonia, Panama, Paraguay, Philippines, Poland, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Singapore, South Korea, Switzerland, Taiwan, Turkey, UAE, Ukraine & Venezuela
#2 - Belarus, Belgium (Wallonia), Canada, Greece, Iceland, Lebanon, Peru, Saudi Arabia, Slovakia, Sweden, UK & Uruguay
#3 - Belgium (Flanders), France, Ireland, Norway, Puerto Rico & Slovenia
#4 - El Salvador, Moldova & North Africa
#5 - Czech Republic, Hungary & US (Hot 100)
#6 - Denmark, Egypt & Portugal
#7 - Brazil
#8 - Italy, Serbia & South Africa
#13 - Croatia
#15 - Finland & Spain
#16 - Suriname
#35 - Nigeria
"APT." has been certified 2xPlatinum in Australia (140,000 units), 2x Platinum in Canada (160,000), Platinum in France (200,000), New Zealand (30,000), Portugal (10,000), US (1M) and Gold in Austria (15,000), Italy (50,000), Japan (50M streams), Spain (30,000) & the UK (400,000)!
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