BLACKPINK Rosé And Bruno Mars’s “APT.” Breaks Massive Records Held By BTS, aespa, And More
BLACKPINK‘s Rosé and Bruno Mars are making history with their new collaboration “APT.” This catchy, hit song has been breaking records since it premiered on October 18 — and it shows no sign of stopping!
1. YouTube
At the time of writing, the “APT.” music video has surpassed 127 million views on YouTube, making it a triple threat; it is the fastest K-Pop music video, fastest music video, and fastest collaboration of 2024 to reach 125 million views. It also reached 5 million likes faster than any other music video so far this year.
Among Korean soloists, “APT.” is the second-fastest music video to reach 100 million views on YouTube, second only to PSY‘s “Gangnam Style.” Rosé also broke her own record; her “On The Ground” MV previously held the record for fastest music video by a Korean soloist to reach 100 million views on YouTube this decade.
2. iTunes
Thanks to “APT.”, Rosé now holds several new iTunes records. She holds the record for the most No.1 songs on iTunes by a female K-Pop act in 2024 and the song by a female K-Pop soloist with the most consecutive days (six) at No.1 on the Worldwide iTunes chart. Since “APT.” reached #3 on Worldwide Apple Music, Rosé also holds the record for having the second-highest peak as a K-Pop soloist.
Rosé joins Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande as the only female acts to surpass 60 No.1 on iTunes this year. “APT.” currently sits at No.3 on US iTunes after having achieved No.1 in 63 countries. It is also No.1 on 13 platforms, including Global Spotify, MelOn, and Genie.
3. Spotify
Rosé broke her own record for the biggest streaming day by a K-Pop female soloist on Spotify history by achieving 18.32 million streams! Rosé also now holds the top 5 biggest streaming days for songs by female K-pop acts in Global Spotify’s history: Day 5 (14,596,132), Day 6 (14,317,859), Day 4 (14,180,110), Day 3 (11,580,358), and Day 2 (10,187,478).
As of today, “APT.” has been at No.1 on Global Spotify for four days in a row and has over 14 million streams. It has topped US Spotify for its fourth consecutive day with over 2 million streams. As if that’s not impressive enough, “APT.” now holds the second biggest debut week for a K-Pop act in history on Global Spotify (71.72M), surpassing the previous record holder, BTS’s “Butter” (58.12M).
4. Apple Music
“APT.” is No.1 on Apple Music in 26 countries! Rosé is now the second-highest peaking K-Pop Soloist on Apple Music Worldwide at #3, and “APT.” has reached #1 in 26 countries on Apple Music, becoming the highest-peaking song by a K-Pop Female Soloist in Apple Music US’s history. It is now tied with BTS’s “Dynamite” as the third-highest charting song by a K-Pop act ever on this platform.
5. Billboard
Want more? You got it! “APT.” is set to debut at No.1 on the Billboard Global 200, making it Rosé’s second No.1 hit on the chart. She is the only female K-Pop soloist to achieve No.1 on this chart once, let alone twice!
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6. MelOn
“APT.” scored real-time all-kills on MelOn as well as Bugs, Genie, and FLO. As if this isn’t impressive enough, “APT.” also became the most-streamed song by a female act in one day in 2024 (1.6M), surpassing aespa’s “Supernova” (1.4M). It is also now the first 2024 song on MelOn to surpass 500,000 unique listeners. “APT.” also broke another record held by “Supernova”: the 2024 song with the highest-peaking unique listeners on MelOn.
7. TikTok
“APT.” is the fastest Asian song in history to surpass 1 billion views on TikTok. This record was achieved in just four days.
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