ROSÉ & Bruno Mars’ ‘APT.’ Joins BTS’ ‘Dynamite’ as Only K-Pop Hits to Go Top Five on Pop Airplay Chart

ROSÉ and Bruno Mars’ “APT.” joins the lofty company of BTS’ “Dynamite” as the only songs by acts prominent in K-pop (Korean pop) to have reached the top five on Billboard’s Pop Airplay chart.

“APT.” ascends two spots to No. 5 on the latest, Jan. 18-dated Pop Airplay chart. “Dynamite” peaked at No. 5 on the radio ranking in December 2020.

“APT.” marks the first Pop Airplay chart entry for ROSÉ as a soloist; star K-pop quartet BLACKPINK has charted two tracks (reaching a No. 21 best) with her as a member.

The Pop Airplay chart ranks songs by weekly plays on over 150 mainstream top 40 radio stations monitored by Mediabase, with data provided to Billboard by Luminate.

A select five K-pop hits have climbed to the Pop Airplay top 10, beginning with PSY’s “Gangnam Style” in 2021. That viral smash and “APT.” are the only such songs billed to solo artists. Here’s a recap:

Pop Airplay chart reporter KMVQ (99.7 Now) San Francisco leads all panelists with more than 1,300 plays to date for “APT.,” dating to the single’s Oct. 18, 2024, release. WHTZ (Z100) New York, KIIS (102.7 KIIS-FM) Los Angeles and SiriusXM’s TikTok Radio have also given the song prominent exposure.

“APT.” – from ROSÉ’s album Rosie, her first apart from BLACKPINK – concurrently crowns the Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl. U.S. charts for an 11th week each. On the Billboard Hot 100, the song holds at its No. 5 high, with ROSÉ having become the first female K-pop artist to have reached the chart’s top five.