Jennie Tops Billboard's Adult Pop Airplay Chart With 'Dracula'

[KIM Hyun-sik, Edaily Reporter] Blackpink member Jennie and Australian psychedelic rock band Tame Impala‘s collaboration song “Dracula” topped the US Billboard Adult Pop Airplay chart.

Blackpink member Jennie(photo=OA Entertainment)

According to Billboard’s website on the 28th, “Dracula” rose two spots from the previous week to rank first on the latest weekly Adult Pop Airplay chart.

“Dracula” is a song released by Tame Impala, a one-man band, in October last year. After the remix version featuring Jennie was released in February, it gained attention on short-form platforms and succeeded in climbing the Billboard chart. The song ranked fifth on the main single chart, the Hot 100.

Adult Pop Airplay is a sub-chart that ranks songs based on the number of broadcasts on adult-targeted radio stations in the US. On the 27th (local time), the US economic magazine Forbes covered the latest Billboard chart news and noted that “Dracula” became the second song related to a Korean artist to top the Adult Pop Airplay weekly chart, following “Golden”.

“Golden”, which previously topped the chart, is the OST of the Netflix animation “K-Pop Demon Hunters”. K-pop producers Teddy, IDO, and 24 composed the song, and Korean-American singer EJAE wrote the lyrics and performed the vocals.

Forbes said, “Although K-pop has achieved great commercial success in the US, it has remained relatively weak in the radio market. Jennie set another career-first record with this achievement”.

Meanwhile, Jennie released her new song “Less than a Lover” on the 24th. Since its release, the song ranked first on the iTunes Top Song charts in 27 countries worldwide, including the Philippines, Indonesia, and Brazil. OA Entertainment, her agency, said this is the highest number of first-place rankings among K-pop solo songs released this year.