Jennie Misses Out On Making K-Pop History By One Space

Jennie and Tame Impala's "Dracula" rises to a caller highest of No. 2 connected Billboard's Radio Songs chart, astir becoming the 2nd K-pop No. 1. South Korean vocalist Jennie Kim poses during a photocall up of the Chanel Women's Haute-Couture Spring/Summer 2025 postulation arsenic portion of the Fashion Week successful Paris, connected January 28, 2025. (Photo by Thibaud MORITZ / AFP) (Photo by THIBAUD MORITZ/AFP via Getty Images)

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K-pop euphony typically performs champion connected the charts successful the United States acknowledgment to patient sales. Both soloists and groups person demonstrated that they tin waste immense numbers of albums and songs whenever they merchandise thing new. In fact, immoderate of the biggest names successful the genre rack up income sums that galore homegrown favorites based successful different styles cannot attack successful today’s streaming-focused euphony industry.

Some K-pop artists besides execute good connected platforms specified arsenic Spotify and Apple Music, though they often way hip-hop superstars and awesome popular acts. Radio is wherever South Korean musicians still person the astir room to grow. Programmers person been slow to adopt K-pop and drawback up pinch the activity that has taken complete the U.S., but breakout hits are gradually changing that. This week, a K-pop creator astir claims an highly uncommon No. 1 connected Billboard’s astir competitory power roster, but she is alternatively blocked from the acme by only 1 rung.

Jennie and Tame Impala Rises to No. 2

“Dracula,” Jennie’s collaboration pinch Tame Impala, rises from No. 3 to a caller highest of No. 2 connected the Radio Songs chart. One of respective airplay rosters successful America, the Radio Songs database reports the 50 tracks of immoderate genre that rack up the top full assemblage impressions each week. A title whitethorn win acknowledgment to a immense number of spins, aliases possibly owed to its fame successful the largest markets.

Olivia Dean Blocks Jennie From No. 1

Jennie and Tame Impala extremity 1 abstraction short of the acme arsenic Olivia Dean continues to norm the Radio Songs chart. Her azygous “So Easy (To Fall successful Love)” holds astatine No. 1 for a 2nd play aft climbing to the loftiest spot only past week.

Dean’s way grounds connected the ranking is perfect. She has placed only 2 singles connected the roster, and some person commanded it for aggregate frames. “Man I Need” brought Dean to the Radio Songs floor plan for the first clip past October. The tune yet climbed to No. 1 successful February and ruled for 3 periods. “So Easy (To Fall successful Love)” whitethorn lucifer that tally successful only a matter of days should it clasp successful the highest rung for 1 much frame.

Jennie Has Scored Her Two Radio Songs Chart Hits

“Dracula” gave Tame Impala its first quality connected the Radio Songs floor plan erstwhile it debuted successful April. Jennie had reached the tally erstwhile before, alongside The Weeknd and Lily-Rose Depp. The 3 musicians collaborated connected “One of the Girls,” which was featured successful the tv bid The Idol. That tune launched connected the Radio Songs roster successful March 2024 and ne'er climbed higher than No. 48 connected the 50-position list.

“Golden” Remains the Only K-Pop No. 1 connected the Radio Tally

So far, only 1 way that tin beryllium classified arsenic K-pop has climbed each the measurement to the highest position of the Radio Songs chart. “Golden,” taken from KPop Demon Hunters, reached No. 1 past year. The blockbuster earned the fictional K-pop woman group Huntr/x, arsenic good arsenic Ejae, Audrey Nuna and Rei Ami, their first champions connected the ranking.

Jennie Is Part of an Extremely Small Group of K-Pop Acts

“Dracula” is 1 of only 4 tracks that tin beryllium classified arsenic K-pop — aliases that are attached to musicians typically known for creating K-pop euphony — to break into the apical 10 connected the Radio Songs chart.

Fellow Blackpink vocalist Rosé climbed each the measurement to No. 4 pinch “Apt.,” her collaboration pinch Bruno Mars. BTS became the first K-pop enactment to people a Radio Songs apical 10 erstwhile “Dynamite” danced arsenic precocious arsenic No. 10.