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SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA – JANUARY 5: Kim Tae-Hyung, Suga, Kim Seok-Jin from Bangtan Boys arrive at … [+]
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Most South Korean musicians who have made a notable impact on the American market Advertising panel The charts (in addition to the World Digital Song Sales ranking, which appears to be regularly dominated by the biggest names in that part of the world) are groups, although only a handful of soloists have also managed to make successful songs and albums. In just the past few years, several names have started making visible appearances on the most important lists, such as Billboard and Hot 100, as well as gender-specific counts.
This week, a South Korean star appears in a Advertising panel radio ranking reserved for the biggest pop musicians in the business, which is now a title that also belongs to him.
Suga, known mainly for his work as one of the seven members of BTS, gains his first success in Advertising panelThis time, the pop song parade of and, with that, he makes history among his countrymen.
The singer and songwriter joins collaborator MAX on the track “Blueberry Eyes”, which in this frame reaches the 40th position in the 40-step count that ranks the tracks that reach the largest audience on several of the top 40 radio stations in the USA. tune is not yet a big hit on the list, but by appearing, Suga doubled the number of South Korean solo musicians who made it to the list at any time.
The only other self-employed South Korean artist who has reached the pop song chart is Psy, who has broken barriers with his worldwide dominant viral sensation, “Gangnam Style”. This song, which helped introduce millions of people to electronic pop music from the Asian nation at the beginning of the past decade, once reached tenth place in the ranking.
“Gangnam Style” still remains the best-rated track among South Korean solo artists in the history of Pop Songs. Only one single from any act in the country went further, as BTS’s “Dynamite” rose to 5th position earlier this year.
Psy and Suga are sure to join other South Korean solo musicians at some point in the future, but at the moment, the two are sitting alone in this very special and exclusive club.