BTS has become the first K-pop group to top the Rolling Stone Top 100 Songs chart with the song 'My Universe' with Coldplay.
One of the most impressive handshakes in recent times in the music world is definitely Coldplay and BTS. With a good friendship and empathy in music and artistic ideas, Coldplay and BTS overcame geographical obstacles to jointly release the single 'My Universe' on September 14. The song with beautiful melody and meaningful lyrics has touched the hearts of many listeners and is considered one of the best BTS collabs ever.
Converging enough outstanding elements plus the influence from the names of two big groups in the world, of course many people also expect the best possible performance for 'My Universe' on music charts. number. And today, this song debuted at No.1 of the Billboard Hot 100 - the 2nd No.1 song for Coldplay after 13 years and the 6th BTS song to do the same.
However, there is an achievement in another US chart that is even more impressive but not everyone pays attention to it, which is Rolling Stone's chart system. Accordingly, on October 4 (US time), Coldplay x BTS's 'My Universe' was confirmed to have reached No.1 on the Rolling Stone Top 100 Songs chart during the tracking week from September 24 to September 30. The song that has usurped the heavyweights and ranked No.1 last week is 'Way 2 Sexy' by Drake feat. Future, Young Thug.
For those who love US-UK music, it probably won't be too strange to Rolling Stone chart even though this chart was only released in 2019. Similar to Billboard Hot 100, this chart also reflects popular songs. Favorite weekly in the US. The ranking criteria will be based on Song Units (song units) - the total number of streams and sales. The difference between this chart and the Hot 100 is that there is no airplay radio score, in addition, the percentage of streams is also higher than sales.
Rank of 'My Universe' on Rolling Stone Top 100 Songs chart
According to data released by Rolling Stone, 'My Universe' recorded 8.5 million streams and 136,000 sales. The Song Units score is 203.6k. In addition, this chart also revealed 'Top Cities' - the cities or regions in the US where the song received the most enthusiastic support. The 3 locations of 'My Universe' are: No.1: San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA ; No.2: Honolulu ; No.3: San Diego, CA.
No.1 of 'My Universe' on Rolling Stone Top 100 Songs chart is a very meaningful milestone for the careers of both groups, as this is the first No.1 of Coldplay and BTS on this chart. In addition, BTS also made history when becoming the first Korean artist to top Rolling Stone's Top 100 chart.
Coldplay x BTS - 'My Universe' MV
This achievement has made many BTS fans feel proud, the reason is because everyone understands that this chart is inherently 'difficult' and is not labeled as 'following the market' like the Billboard Hot 100. In fact, after When BTS continuously topped the Billboard Hot 100, there was a flow of public opinion that boycotted Billboard and said that the Rolling Stone chart was much more transparent because it gave a higher proportion of music streaming criteria than sales and eliminated radio (to avoid suspicions). doubt payola). They think that BTS will never be able to top the Rolling Stone chart, and the truth is that Big Hit's boy group has never been No.1 on this chart.
However, in the end, 'My Universe' was able to climb the main road to No.1 on the Rolling Stone Top 100 Songs chart, like a "cold water" for those who used to mock BTS for manipulating Billboard and saying that Rolling Stone is more believable. Some BTS fans even wonder if there will be people who criticize Rolling Stone in the future, as they did with Billboard.
BTS is under a lot of pressure when continuously leading the Billboard Hot 100 and is also suspected of manipulating this chart. So will the criticism now turn to the Rolling Stone chart?
BTS's achievements on the Rolling Stone chart have become a hot topic on Korean online forums. Besides BTS being the first K-pop artist to top this chart, Knet also praised the group for breaking previous prejudices. Especially with the fact that 'My Universe' has a lot of lyrics in Korean, and that has left a good mark on Kpop as well as pride for Korean netizens on international music charts.
Some comments from Knet:
- The song is a masterpiece, and the members' voices are good, so I keep listening to it
-Is this also the first time that Coldplay has reached No.1 on this chart..??
- Wow, that's great!! Congratulations Coldplay and BTS.
-I just found out that Rolling Stone has a music chart.
- BTS is the best!!!!!! Congratulations to BTS and Coldplay!!
- King Kong, kick the drum, rolling on like a Rolling Stone!!
- This is the first No.1 for both artists, it's amazing!!
- Congratulations, BTS is even the first Korean artist to do this
- Is Rolling Stone's chart similar to the Billboard Hot 100?
- For those who don't know, this chart doesn't include radio, nor does it have SNS views like Youtube. Only sales and streams are counted, and the stream rate is higher, so it's difficult. That's why BTS has never had No.1 on this chart before.
- Rolling Stone released this chart in 2019, and BTS has never had No.1 here. This chart is not easy to enter! Congratulations to BTS and Colplay!!
Rolling Stone only created this chart in 2019, but the truth is that it is harder to get high here than on the Billboard Hot 100.
