BTS's Kim Taehyung, aka V, makes his debut on Billboard's Hot 100 US chart during the most challenging time of the year for new songs to chart.
'Christmas Tree' debuts at #79 on the Billboard's Hot 100 chart, making it the 1st and only Korean OST to ever enter the chart.
The record-breaking OST for the Korean drama series 'Our Beloved Summer' also becomes V's 1st solo entry on the chart.
V accomplished this without any promo and while facing tough competition from mainstream Christmas songs flooding the charts.
V's "Christmas Tree" debuts at No. 79 on this week's #Hot100. It earns the @BTS_twt member his first career solo entry on the chart.
— billboard charts (@billboardcharts) January 4, 2022
'Christmas Tree' by RECORD MAKER V writes Billboard history as the first K-OST & Christmas song by a Korean artist to enter the Hot 100 Chart! Congratulations Taehyung ♡ pic.twitter.com/ufCsiLUca2
— BTS V UNION (@VGlobalUnion) January 4, 2022
Taehyung becomes the 3rd soloist of BTS to enter the Hot 100 chart, after members J-Hope and Suga.
Three members of @BTS_twt have now earned solo entries on the #Hot100:#JHope ("Chicken Noodle Soup")#Suga/#AgustD ("Girl of My Dreams," "Daechwita")#V ("Christmas Tree")
— billboard charts (@billboardcharts) January 4, 2022
This comes after 'Christmas Tree' became the #1 best-selling song in Billboard's US Digital Song Sales chart, with over 23,500 copies sold on it's debut week.
V, one of the seven singers of #BTS, debuts his new single “Christmas Tree” at No. 1 on the Digital Song Sales chart, easily landing the bestselling tune in the largest music market in the world as the new year begins https://t.co/YI3dP3xhAo pic.twitter.com/9ontn9jpdx
— Forbes (@Forbes) January 4, 2022
Kyunghee Kim, one of the songwriters who worked on 'Christmas Tree' celebrated the news and shared Taehyung's latest achievements on the Hot 100 and Digital Song Sales chart on Instagram.
“Crazy. Crazy. Huge. Massive. Thanks” - Kyunghee Kim
Songwriter of Christmas tree, Kim Kyunghee shared the song’s achievements on his instagram stories!
— ً (@OurPrideV) January 4, 2022
🔗https://t.co/pZ3lUx9oIw pic.twitter.com/pXLMRdV7yW
Congratulations, Kim Taehyung!
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