MUSIC
BTS Jungkook's 'Dreamers' is popular on US
On the 21st (Korean time), iHeartRadio's 'Most Requested Live', a famous American radio program, announced the top 30 songs most requested by listeners, ranked by ranking.
Among these, 'Dreamers', the official soundtrack for the '2022 FIFA World Cup' released by Jungkook on November 20th, boasted extreme popularity, taking first place as the most requested song by listeners.
The most requested songs by listeners were Flowers by Miley Cyrus in 2nd place, Nonsense by Sabrina Ann Lynn in 3rd place, and I'm a Mess (with YUNGBLUD) by Avril Lavigne in 4th place. ), and in 5th place were many popular songs by world-class pop stars, including Calm Down by Rema
In addition, as of the 20th (local time), 'Dreamers' showed off its strong popularity by ranking first on the 'Daily Top 12' chart of Philippine radio '96.7 K-Lite FM', beating out prominent hit songs.
On the 17th, 'Dreamers' rose to first place on '96.7 K-Lite FM's 'Daily Top 12' chart once, showing its strong potential that will not cool down.
In addition, 'Dreamers' also took first place on 'The Big 10' chart on the 14th of 'Barangay FM 92.7' operated by GMA Network, a private broadcasting station in the Philippines, showing off its popularity in the local area.
Previously, 'Dreamers' ranked 7th in the 'Most Requested Songs of 2022' in the year-end summary of 'Most Requested Live', about a month after its release.
After its release, 'Dreamers' ranked first on 'Most Requested Live' as the most requested song by listeners for 'more than 5 weeks'.
'Dreamers' is also the 'first' official World Cup soundtrack in history, making history by sweeping the Billboard Digital Song Sales Chart at No. 1 and reaching No. 1 on the World Digital Song Sales Chart for 'two consecutive weeks'.
'Dreamers' is a 'first' in World Cup song history, ranked first in more than 100 countries on 'iTunes' on the first day of release, and surpassed 100 million streams on 'Spotify' in 35 days, becoming one of the world's leading music sources. It is becoming a global hit on the platform.
Meanwhile, Jungkook was awarded 'Male Artist of the Year 2022' at the 'Philippine KPOP Awards', the largest fan festival K-pop convention event in the Philippines held on December 30th last year. By winning the award, he proved his enormous influence, popularity, and reputation as a local artist.
Reporter Junho Yoon, Ten Asia delo410@tenasia.co.kr
