MUSIC
YG Baby Monster enters the US Billboard main chart
According to the latest chart released by the US Billboard on the 5th (local time), Baby Monster's debut digital single 'BATTER UP' entered the Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl. US charts at 101st and 49th, respectively.
The U.S. Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global are ranked based on streaming and music sales (downloads) collected in over 200 regions around the world.
This is an achievement achieved in just 8 days after debut. Additionally, it immediately settled in the top 50 on the Billboard Global Excl. US chart. In addition, Baby Monster ranked 5th on the 'World Digital Song Sales Chart' and 1st place on 'Lyric Find Global' with 'BATTER UP', successfully charting in a total of 4 categories.
Immediately after its release at 00:00 on the 27th of last month, the 'BATTER UP' sound source swept the iTunes Song Charts in 21 countries, and swept the top of China's QQ Music's 'Music Index Chart', 'Rising Daily Chart', and 'KPOP Weekly Chart'.
The 'BATTER UP' music video ranked as YouTube's 'most viewed video in 24 hours' and recorded 22.59 million views in just one day, a new record for a K-pop group's debut. Since then, it has topped the global YouTube daily popularity chart for five consecutive days, reaching the top of the weekly chart, and has now surpassed 70 million views, with a steep upward trend and is on the verge of surpassing 100 million views.
Kim Se-ah, Ten Asia reporter haesmik@tenasia.co.kr
