{"id":11365,"date":"2021-08-23T13:10:49","date_gmt":"2021-08-23T20:10:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/?p=11365"},"modified":"2021-08-23T13:11:20","modified_gmt":"2021-08-23T20:11:20","slug":"bts-has-surpassed-american-artists-on-the-us-chart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/bts-has-surpassed-american-artists-on-the-us-chart\/","title":{"rendered":"BTS has surpassed American artists on the US chart"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What <strong>BTS<\/strong> managed to do in 2021 in the United States, no American artist could. The single \u201c<strong>Butter<\/strong>\u201d hit 12 weeks at #1 on <strong>Billboard<\/strong>&#8216;s <strong>Digital Song Sales<\/strong> chart. It is the biggest lead on the chart in 2021, surpassing local artists.<\/p>\n<p>Digital Song Sales is the <strong>chart<\/strong> that quantifies weekly sales of digital singles in the <strong>United States<\/strong>. In July, \u201cButter\u201d hit a million downloads sold only in the country, more than any other song in 2021. Currently, it has already surpassed 1.4 million.<\/p>\n<p>Here is a list of most weeks songs ranking at the top of Digital Song Sales<\/p>\n<p>01) \u201c<strong>Dynamite<\/strong> \u201d \u2013 BTS : 18 weeks<br \/>\n02) \u201c<strong>Despacito<\/strong>\u201d \u2013 Luis Fonsi &amp; Daddy Yankee feat. Justin Bieber : 17 weeks<br \/>\n03) \u201c<strong>Old Town Road<\/strong>\u201d \u2013 Lil Nas X feat. Billy Ray Cyrus : 16 weeks<br \/>\n04) \u201c<strong>Low<\/strong>\u201d \u2013 Flo Rida feat. T-Pain : 13 weeks<br \/>\n04) \u201c<strong>Uptown Funk<\/strong>\u201d \u2013 Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars : 13 weeks<br \/>\n04) \u201c<strong>Closer<\/strong>\u201d \u2013 The Chainsmokers feat. Halsey: 13 weeks<br \/>\n05) &#8220;Butter&#8221; &#8211; BTS : 12 weeks<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" hcb-fetch-image-from=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=WMweEpGlu_U\" title=\"BTS (\ubc29\ud0c4\uc18c\ub144\ub2e8) &#039;Butter&#039; Official MV\" width=\"1240\" height=\"698\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WMweEpGlu_U?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In other BTS related news, <strong>MTV<\/strong> has started releasing the list of performances from the <strong>VMA<\/strong> 2021 and, for now, has not announced the K-Pop group. With five nominations this year, the K-Pop group is one of the most anticipated names for the <strong>awards<\/strong>. On social media, fans ask for the <strong>performance<\/strong> and speculate whether the group will even attend the ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>This year&#8217;s event will be in person in New York, which may hinder the participation of the BTS, which has remotely fulfilled the international agenda. But nothing prevents the group from <strong>recording<\/strong> and sending their performance to MTV, as they did last year , right? It was the most watched performance of the VMA 2020 .<\/p>\n<p>So far, the only names <strong>confirmed<\/strong> for performances at VMA 2021 are <strong>Camila Cabello<\/strong>, <strong>Lil Nas X<\/strong>, <strong>Lorde<\/strong>, <strong>Machine Gun Kelly<\/strong> and <strong>Olivia Rodrigo<\/strong>. In addition, rock band <strong>Foo Fighters<\/strong> will receive the Global Icon trophy, which should also yield a stage performance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What BTS managed to do in 2021 in the United States, no American artist could. The single \u201cButter\u201d hit 12 weeks at #1 on Billboard&#8216;s Digital Song Sales chart. It is the biggest lead on the chart in 2021, surpassing local artists. 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