First South Korean Male Soloist To Break Into The Top 10 Of Billboard's Global 200 Excl. U.S. Chart

Date: February 22, 2022

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Jungkook’s “Stay Alive (prod. by SUGA)” debuted at no. 8 on the Billboard Global Excl. U.S. chart for the week ending on February 26. Not only is it Jungkook’s first solo entry onto the chart, but it is also the first song by a South Korean soloist to enter the top 10 of the chart. Jungkook is the fourth member of BTS to enter the chart.

“Stay Alive” drew 28.6 million streams and sold 45,200 downloads worldwide in its first week (Feb. 11-17), according to MRC Data, making it the best-selling song in the world by a margin of nearly 2:1 (over Dr. Dre’s “Still D.R.E.,” featuring Snoop Dogg, following their performance at the Super Bowl 2022 Halftime Show Feb. 13).

— Billboard

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Congrats, Jungkook! With "Stay Alive," he becomes the first @BTS_twt member to earn a top 10 global hit as a soloist.https://t.co/2jXMRFwalg

— billboard (@billboard) February 25, 2022

Jungkook’s "Stay Alive" debuts at #8 on this week's Billboard Global 200 Excl. US singles chart. It marks his first solo top 10 hit.

— chart data (@chartdata) February 22, 2022