JungKook’s debut solo single "Seven" ft. Latto tops the United World Chart for a 7th consecutive week with 362K points with 308,000 from streaming, 21,000 from sales (up 17%) and 33,000 from airplay (up 9%)! Jungkook breaks the record for the 1st K-Pop Act to spend 7 straight weeks at #1 in UWC history! "Seven" debuted atop the United World Chart with massive points of 630,000, marking the Biggest Debut for any K-Pop Act in history and the Biggest Solo Debut since Ed Sheeran's "Perfect" which landed at #1 in December, 2017 with 631,000 points!
"Seven" was written by Andrew Watt, Cirkut, JonBellion, Latto & Theron Makiel Thomas. Released on July 14, 2023, through Big Hit Music, "Seven" was produced by Watt and Cirkut and is a romantic UK garage, pop song about wanting to spend all of one's time with one's lover. An explicit version of the song was also released.
"Seven" debuted atop the daily Global Spotify Chart with almost 16 million streams, recording the most opening-day streams for a male artist and collab in history and the biggest debut in 2023! Jungkook became the first K-pop act to reach #1 on the U.S. Spotify chart and the first Korean solo artist to debut atop the global chart! He is the 1st Asian Act to top the Global Spotify chart for over 50 days! It is the Fastest Male Song to reach 100M, 200M, 300M, 400M, 500M & 600M streams on Spotify!
"Seven" has scored 7 weeks atop the Billboard Global 200, debuting with 269,000 downloads sold and 217.1 million streams worldwide (July 14 - 20), surpassing MileyCyrus' "Flowers" for the Biggest Week for a song by a solo artist since the chart's inception! It also earned the 2nd biggest overall streaming week of all time, behind only "Butter" by BTS which earned 289.2 million streams for the week dated June 5, 2021!
Seven" is both Jungkook and Latto's 1st Billboard Global 200 #1! "Seven" is the Longest charting song by an Asian Act at #1 on the Billboard Global 200.
"Seven" is 1st song of 2023, to debut atop both the Billboard Global 200 and the Global Excl'US and spend its first 7 weeks atop both rankings. It became the first song, since the Global Excl. US chart's inception, to achieve four consecutive weeks of over 100 million streams in territories outside of the US!
Longest charting song by K-pop act atop the Billboard Global Excl US.
The song debuted atop the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States, joining Jimin's "Like Crazy" as the only songs by K-Pop Soloists to top the chart in Hot 100 history. “Seven” has spent a 7th consecutive week on the Billboard Hot 100!
It was the 2nd best-selling digital song and 4th most-streamed song of its release week, additionally debuting at #30 and #33 on the Adult Pop Airplay and Pop Airplay charts, respectively. "Seven" is Jungkook's first number one and top-10 entry on the Hot 100 and Latto's first number one on the chart after peaking at #3 with "Big Energy" in April 2022.
"Seven" debuted at #3 on the UK Singles Chart, setting new records as the highest debuting single by a solo Korean act in history, surpassing the record set by bandmate Jimin, who peaked at #8 with "Like Crazy" a few months earlier. Jungkook tied with BTS for the highest Singles Chart debut and peak of all time! BTS debuted at #3 with "Dynamite" in 2020, and "Butter" and "My Universe" in 2021! "SEVEN" is the 1st song by a K-Pop Soloist to spend its first 7 weeks in the top 30 of the Official Singles Chart! The song rebounds 26-24 this week! In Japan, with only three days tracking, "Seven" debuted at #2 on the Billboard Japan Hot 100 chart issue dated July 19, 2023, for the period July 10–16. It was the most downloaded song of its release week.
"Seven" also hit #1 in Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Latvia, Malaysia, MENA, the Philippines, Singapore, Taiiwan & Vietnam and reached the top ten in Australia, Austria, Bolivia, Canada, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Greece, Ireland, Japan, Lithuania, Luxembourg, MENA, New Zealand, Paraguay, Peru, Portugal, Romania, South Korea, and Switzerland! The song has been certified Gold in Canada for 40,000 sales units!
Dua Lipa's "Dance The Night", the lead single from 'Barbie The Album', holds at its peak at No. 2 on the United World Chart for a 6th consecutive week with 244,000 points! "Dance the Night" is #15 this week on the UK Official Singles Chart, after reaching #1 last week, becoming her 4th #1 single, and has already surpassed 200,000 sales units in the UK! The song holds at #5 on the ARIA chart in Australia after peaking at 3. It has reached #5 in New Zealand! It has reached #7 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming the singer's 5th top-ten single in the US! In Canada, "Dance the Night" reached #4 on the Canadian Hot 100, becoming the singer's 4th top-five song! "Dance the Night" has also reached #1 in Argentina, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Latvia, Luxembourg & Ukraine, and has peaked in the top-ten in Austria, Brazil, Chile, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, France, Germany, Iceland, Lebanon, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Panama, Paraguay, Poland, Russia, Singapore, Slovakia, Suriname, Switzerland & Uruguay. The song has bbeen certified Platinum in Canada & New Zealand, Gold in Australia, Italy, Portugal & Spain, and silver in the UK!
Taylor Swift's 'Cruel Summer', the 5th single from her 2019 album 'Lover' holds at its peak at no.3 on the United World chart with 221,000 points! Swift wrote and produced the song with American musicians StVincent and JackAntonoff. "Cruel Summer" went viral this year, reappearing on several charts, including the US Hot 100. As a result, Republic Records released the song to US contemporary hit radio on June 20, 2023, as the fifth single from Lover. "Cruel Summer" has since peaked at #1 in the Philippines and Singapore, and in the top 10 in Australia, Canada, Indonesia, Israel, Japan, Latvia, Malaysia, Netherlands, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom, as well as the US, where it has reached #3 on the Hot 100 and #1 on Pop Airplay! It has already been certified Platinum in New Zealand, Portugal & the UK and Gold in Greece.
Doja Cat's new hit "Paint The Town Red" lifts 7-4, reaching a new peak in its 4th week on the United World chart, scoring 214,000 points, this week's Largest Points Increase. ! "Paint The Town Red" interpolates Dionne Warwicks 1964 Hot 100 Top 10 hit 'Walk On By'. The song was released as the 2nd single off Doja Cat's 4th studio album, 'Scarlet' and made Spotify history as the first-ever solo female rap song to top the platform's US Top 50 chart and the fastest solo female rap song to amass 100 million streams in Spotify history! In the United States, "Paint the Town Red" has so far peaked at #5 on the Billboard Hot 100 and topped the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs! It has reached #1 this week on Pop Radio in the US! "Paint the Town Red" is #2 on this week's UK Singles Chart, becoming Doja Cat's 4th top ten hit in the UK! It went straight to #1 in Australia, Czech Republic, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, New Zealand, Slovakia & Switzerland and is a top 10 hit in Austria, Canada, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway & Sweden!
Puerto Rican Star Myke Towers' former chart-topping single "Lala" dips 4-5 in its 9th week on the United World Chart, scoring another 188,000 points on the chart! It was first released in March 2023 and later as track 22 from his third studio album 'La Vida Es Una'. The song achieved commercial success in July, hitting #1 in Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Peru & Spain and has reached the Top 10 in Bolivia, Guatemala, Mexico Portugal, & Uruguay and #4 on US Hot Latin Songs! "Lala" has been certified Gold in Spain for 30,000 units!
Olivia Rodrigo's former chart-topping single "Vampire" dips 5-6 in its 9th week on the United World Chart, scoring another 176,,000 points after lifting to #1 on the Uk official chart with Olivia becoming the Female Artist with the Most UK #1 hits this decade (3)! "vampire" is the lead single from Olivia's upcoming 2nd studio album, Guts (2023). Rodrigo co-wrote the song with its producer Dan Nigro. The song debuted at #1 on the US Billboard Hot 100, with 35.5 Million streams, 26,000 sales 17,000 physical units; 9,000 digital downloads and 26.3 million radio airplay audience impressions in its first week. It also debuted atop the US Streaming Songs chart and the Canadian Hot 100, her 3rd #1 in the country, and has also reached #1 in Australia, Ireland, Israel, New Zealand, and is a top 10 hit in Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Latvia, Lebanon, Luxembourg, Malaysia, the Netherlands, Norway, the Philippines, Portugal, Singapore, and Vietnam. It has been certified Platinum in Canada, Gold in New Zealand & silver in the UK!
Miley Cyrus' monster hit "Flowers" rebounds 9-7 on the United World Chart, scoring another 164,000 points in its 33rd week on the chart after topping the list for a record-breaking 24 weeks, the longest run at #1 for any Artist in the history of the United World Chart! The song is a massive commercial success, breaking several records and becoming Cyrus' biggest hit so far! It broke the record as the most streamed song in a week on Spotify during both its first and 2nd week, and is still the fastest song in Spotify history to reach 200M, 300M, 400M, 500M, 600M, 700M, 800M, 900 and a BILLION streams, doing so in 112 days! It spent its 1st 6 weeks atop the Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl. US, the first song to top both charts for 6 consecutive weeks since HarryStyles’ “As It Was” reigned atop both charts for 9 weeks in a row in April-June 2022. "Flowers" spent 13 weeks at #1, on the Global 200, tying Mariah Carey's “All I Want for Christmas Is You” for the 2nd most weeks atop the chart after Harry Styles’ “As It Was” (15 weeks)! "Flowers" has so far scored 8 weeks atop the chart with over 100M streams, the most frames over 100M from a song’s debut since The Kid LAROI and Justin Bieber’s “Stay” which scored 9 weeks of over 100 million globally in 2021! "Flowers" has spent 13 weeks atop the Billboard Global Excl. U.S. chart, tying Harry Styles’ “As It Was” for the longest reign since the list began in September 2020! "Flowers" spent 8 non consecutive weeks at #1 on the US Hot 100, Miley's 2nd #1 after "Wrecking Ball in 2013! "Flowers debuted at #1 on the Canadian Hot 100, Miley's 2nd chart-topper after "Wrecking Ball" and landed atop the Official UK Singles Chart with 92,000 chart units, powered by its 9.9 million streams, the biggest first week since Harry Styles' "As It Was" in April 2022! The song outdid itself in its 2nd week at #1, scoring 121,000 chart units and over 13 Million streams! It's Miley's' third UK #1 after "We Can't Stop" and "Wrecking Ball", both from 2013. It's the N1 song of 2023 in the UK, holding at #38 in its 33rd week on the chart! In Australia "Flowers" debuted atop the ARIA Singles Chart, becoming Cyrus's first #1 single ever, and held atop the chart for a 12 weeks. It's the #1 song down under of 2023 so far, at #17 in its 33rd week on the chart! "Flowers" has reached #1 in 40, countries including Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Japan (Billboard), Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, MENA, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Paraguay, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Singapore, Slovakia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland & Vietnam! It's a Top 10 hit in Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Italy, Lebanon, Malaysia, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico, Spain, Suriname, Taiwan & Uruguay! The song has already been certified 2x Diamond in Brazil, Diamond in France & Poland, 7x Platinum in Hungary, 5x Platinum in Australia, 4x Platinum in Spain & Switzerland, 3x Platinum in Canada, Italy, Mexico, New Zealand & Portugal, 2x Platinum in Belgium, Denmark & the UK and Platinum in Austria & Germany! It has been certified 2x Platinum in Greece for 4 Million streams and Platinum in Switzerland for 8M streams!
"Flowers" lifts 42 -40 on the United World All Time Chart with 11,372,000 points. Its the #1 song of 2023 by far and now the 9th biggest female solo song of ALL TIME on the chart!
Billie Eilish's "What Was I Made For?" the 4th single from 'Barbie The Album' holds at #8 in its 7th week on the United World chart after peaking at 5! The song has reached #1 in Australia, Ireland, Switzerland, and the UK and is a Top 10 hit in Austria, Belgium (Flanders), Canada, Czech Republic, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Latvia, Luxembourg, Malaysia, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, the Philippines, Singapore, Slovakia & Sweden! It has been certified Gold in Canada & New Zealand, and Silver in the UK!
Miley Cyrus's new song "Used To Be Young" scores this weeks Hot Shot Debut, landing at #9 on the United World chart with 147,000 points! Released on August 25, 2023, by Columbia Records, it appears on the digital reissue of Cyrus's eighth studio album Endless Summer Vacation (2023). The song was written by Cyrus, Aldae and Michael Pollack, and was co-produced by Miley, Pollack and Shawn Everett! Miley announced that "Used to Be Young" is dedicated to her "loyal fans" for "loving every version of her" and said she chose to release the song on August 25, 2023, as it marked a decade to her controversial 2013 MTV VMAs performance and the release of her single "Wrecking Ball" in 2013. The song was written in 2021 during the initial stages of development of her 8th studio album, Endless Summer Vacation (2023)! The song has so far reached #6 in Belgium (Flanders), #7 in Ireland, and is a Top 20 hit in Australia, New Zealand, Norway & the UK!
NewJeans' "SuperShy" holds at #10 on this week's United World chart after peaking at 4, and scores another 147,000 points! "Super Shy" was released for digital download and streaming by ADOR through YG Plus as the first single from the group's 2nd EP, 'Get Up', on July 7, 2023. Written by Gigi, Kim Dong-hyun, Erika de Casier, Kristine Bogan, producer Frankie Scoca and NewJeans member Danielle, "Super Shy" expresses the nervousness and awkwardness felt when falling in love and confessing for the first time. Directed by Shin Hee-won, the music video features NewJeans starting flash mobs and performing across Lisbon, Portugal.
"Super Shy" reigns atop Korea's Circle Digital & Streaming charts for an 7th consecutive week! It's NewJeans' 3rd x #1 song in Korea. Internationally, it became their best-performing track on several charts, reaching #1 in Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore & Taiwan. The song was a top 10 hit in Indonesia, Japan (Billboard Hot 100), the Philippines & Vietnam! The song also became their highest-charting track on the Billboard Global 200 (2), the UK Singles Chart (52), and the US Billboard Hot 100 (48)!
