Third South Korean Soloist To Enter Billboard's Hot 100

Date: october 7, 2019

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j-hopeโ€™s โ€œChicken Noodle Soup (feat. Becky G)โ€ debuted at no. 81 on Billboardโ€™s Hot 100 for the week ending on October 12. According to Nielsen, โ€œChicken Noodle Soupโ€ recorded 9.7 million U.S. streams and 11,000 downloads from September 28 to October 4.

With this achievement, j-hope not only becomes the first BTS member to chart on the Hot 100 but is the third South Korean soloist overall to enter Billboardโ€™s Hot 100 chart (following PSY and CL).