"APT." which was written and composed by rosé and brunomars 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 hugely awaited debut studio album, 'Rosie' (2024). It's her 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) 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 over 2 weeks with Rosé becoming the 1st K-pop Act in history to have spent 8 days at #1 on US Spotify! Bruno is now the only Artist to occupy the top 2 spots on Global Spotify simultaneously for over 3 weeks! The song surpassed 100 million streams on Spotify within 7 days of its release, setting the record for 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 surpass 200 million streams in Spotify history (15 days) and has now surpassed 300 Million streams, becoming the most streamed 2024 song by a K-pop female soloist in just 24 days!
The song debuted at No. 1 on both the Billboard Global 200 and the Global Excl. US! It's Rosé & Bruno's 2nd No. 1 hit on both charts after "On the Ground" (2021) and "Die with a Smile" (2024) respectively. Rosé is the first member of BLACKPINK with multiple No. 1 songs as a Soloist on the chart. 'APT." replaced Bruno's amazing collab with Lady Gaga, "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" earlier this year. "APT." debuted with the 2nd-Biggest streaming week in Global 200 chart history, after BTS' "Butter" (289.2M streams) and scored the Biggest streaming week by a Solo artist and by a K-pop female act in history! "APT." tops the Billboard Global 200 for a 3rd consecutive week, with 162.2 million streams and 14,000 sold worldwide Nov. 1-7, after breaking the record last week for the 1st song in Billboard Global 200 chart history to score at least 200 Million streams for multiple weeks (2)! It's now the song by a K-pop Female Act with the most weeks at #1 on Billboard Global 200 (3), surpassing “Pink Venom” (2 weeks)!“APT.” also tops the Global Excl. U.S. for a 3rd week, with 145.1 million streams and 10,000 sold outside the U.S. Nov. 1-7, and ties “Pink Venom” as the Song by a K-Pop Female Act with the longest Run at #1 on the Billboard Global Excl. US chart (3 wks)!
In the US, "Apt." debuted at #8 on the Billboard Hot 100 with 25 million streams, 3.2 million in airplay audience and 14,000 sold in the US, becoming Rosé's 1st and Bruno's 20th top-ten hit in the country respectively. Rosé became the 1st K-pop Female Act in history to reach the Hot 100 top ten, joining PSY, BTS, Jimin, and Jungkook as the only K-pop acts to enter the top ten! Rosé also scored the Biggest Streaming Debut for a K-Pop Soloist in Hot 100 history! Bruno is the 25th act with 20 or more Hot 100 top tens! He is one of just 7 artists to reach this milestone since he scored his first top-ten entry in 2010! “APT.” is #15 on this week’s Billboard Hot 100, extending it’s record for the song by a K-Pop Female Act with the most weeks in the Hot 100 top 20! It's now also the 2024 song by a Female K-Pop Act with the most weeks on Billboard Hot 100, surpassing “Mantra” and “CRAZY” (2 weeks each)! It is also the 2024 song by a K-Pop Act with the most weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 top 20, surpassing Jimin's “Who” (2 weeks).
In Australia, where Rosé was brought up, the song debuted atop the ARIA Singles Chart, making Rose the first solo K-pop star to top the chart since Psy's "Gangnam Style" (2012). She became the first solo female K-pop star to ever top the chart, having also previously topped the chart as a member of Blackpink with "Pink Venom" (2022). "Apt." is #1 for a 3rd week, now the first song by a Korean Act with multiple weeks in the top spot since "Gangnam Style"!
In New Zealand, "APT." debuted atop the official New Zealand Singles Chart, becoming Rosé's 1st chart topper in her country of birth as well as Bruno's 6th. It scores a 3rd consecutive week atop the chart, becoming the 1st song by a K-Pop Act to spend multiple weeks at #1!
In the UK, the song debuted at No. 4 on the UK Singles Chart, with Rosé becoming the first K-Pop Female Soloist to score a top-ten single on the chart! Rosé broke her own record the 2nd week for the highest position of any female K-pop solo artist in UK chart history, rising to a new peak at No. 2! It's #3 this week.
In Ireland, it's the 1st song by a K-Pop Female to hit the Top 10, reaching a new peak at #7 (+2) in its 3rd week!
In Germany, “APT.” lifts 7-5 in its 3rd week on the German Official Singles chart, becoming the highest-charting song by a K-Pop Act this decade and the 2nd highest in history after “Gangnam Style”!
In South Korea, the song has been #1 on the Circle Digital, Streaming & Global K-Pop chart for the past 2 weeks and topped the Download chart in its 2nd week. "Apt." has won 7 first-place awards on South Korean music programmes and 2 weekly Melon Popularity Awards!
"APT." has so far reached:
#1 - Australia, Bolivia, Central America, Chile, Costa Rica, Honduras, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Israel, Malaysia, MENA, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, UAE & Venezuela
#2 - Canada, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Paraguay, Peru, Saudi Arabia & UK
#3 - Argentina & Japan (Hot 100)
#4 - Chile, Colombia, Greece, Latvia, Mexico, North Africa & Panama #5 - Austria, Germany, Japan (Oricon), Luxembourg & Switzerland
#6 - Egypt, Latin America & Peru
#7 - Brazil, Ireland & Romania
#8 - Lithuania, Norway & US Hot 100
#9 - Bulgaria & Uruguay
#10 - Kazakhstan, Slovakia & Turkey
#11 - Czech Republic
#14 - Argentina
#15 - Croatia, Iceland, Lebanon & Puerto Rico
#16 - Dominican Republic, France & Romania
#17 - Suriname
#19 - Russia
#20 - South Africa
#22 - Colombia, Poland & Sweden
#23 - Estonia & US Pop Airplay
#24 - Hungary
#26 - US Pop Airplay
#27 - the Netherlands
#31 - Finland & Spain
#33 - Denmark
#39 - Belgium (Wallonia & Flanders) & US Adult Pop Airplay
#48 - Nigeria
#54 - Italy
#87 - Belarus
#111 - Ukraine
"APT." has been certified Gold in Australia for 35,000 units and Gold in Canada for 40,000!
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