“APT” by ROSÉ and Bruno Mars. achieved a feat previously held only by supergroup BTS with their song “Dynamite”.

“APT.” made the top five Advertising billboard‘s Pop Airplay chart, a 40-song chart released weekly that tracks the most popular songs in pop music on more than 150 top 40 mainstream radio stations monitored by Mediabase, with data provided to Billboard by Luminate.

“APT.” moves up two spots into the chart’s top five in the latest weekly chart on Jan. 18, marking a feat K-pop hasn’t seen since BTS’ “Dynamite” reached number five in December 2020.

The feat also marks ROSÉ’s first entry onto the Pop Airplay chart with her solo music, as BLACKPINK previously placed two songs on the chart, with a best of No. 21.

Only five K-pop hits have ever made the top 10 on Pop Airplay, with PSY’s “Gangnam Style” kicking off the succession in 2021. “Gangnam Style” and “APT.” they are the only tracks to achieve the record with solo artists.

The complete list of the top five K-pop hits in the top 10 of Pop Airplay here:

  • No. 5, “APT.”, ROSÉ & Bruno Mars, 18 January 2025
  • No. 5, “Dynamite,” BTS, December 19, 2020
  • No. 7, “Cupid”, Fifty Fifty, 5 August 2023
  • No. 7, “Butter,” BTS, August 7, 2021
  • No. 10, “Gangnam Style”, PSY, October 27, 2012