BTS-Coldplay collab ¡°My Universe¡± tops Billboard Hot 100, further pushes Hybe stock

2021.10.05 14:08:24

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[Photo by James Marcus Haney x Heo Jae Young x Kim So Jung]

K-pop superstar BTS snagged the No.1 Billboard Hot 100 song chart with ¡°My Universe,¡± its collaborative new single with Coldplay.

¡°My Universe¡± launched at No.1 on Billboard Hot 100, dethroning The Kid LAROI and Justin Bieber¡¯s ¡°Stay¡± that had stayed at No.1 for six straight weeks, according to Billboard on Monday.

It marks the sixth Hot 100 No.1 for BTS since the seven-member K-pop boy group took the top spot with ¡°Dynamite¡± in September 2020. Since then, ¡°Savage Love (Laxed – Siren Beat)¡± scored the No.1 place in October 2020, ¡°Life Goes On¡± in December, ¡°Butter¡± in June 2021 and ¡°Permission to Dance¡± in July.

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Coldplay revisited Hot 100 No.1 after ¡°Viva La Vida¡± peaked the chart in 2008.

It is also the BTS¡¯ fifth No.1 Hot 100 debut. BTS ties for the most first-place arrivals with Drake and Ariana Grande, according to Billboard.

The song premiers atop the Digital Songs Sales chart and the Hot & Alternative Songs. It is BTS¡¯ first No.1 at the Hot & Alternative Songs chart. The track begins at No.21 on Streaming Songs chart.

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¡°My Universe¡± also debuts atop the Rolling Stones Top 100 Songs chart. BTS has become the first Korean act to top the chart.

As of 1:43 p.m. on Tuesday, shares of BTS label Hybe jumped 2.23 percent to 298,000 won ($250.8) in Seoul on another feat ahead of the group¡¯s U.S. tour.

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