jennie dropped 'less than a lover' and bodied every soloist of 2026 in ONE day
no bc she woke up, released a single, and immediately went no. 1 on itunes in 27 countries like it was nothing. the girlies never stood a chance and honestly neither did i.
not to be dramatic at 9am but jennie really said 'watch this' and released 'less than a lover' on july 24 and the charts have not recovered since. mother is once again mothering and i am once again unwell.
within a day the single was sitting at no. 1 on itunes' top songs in more than 27 regions — philippines, indonesia, brazil, you name it. that's the most countries any k-pop soloist has topped with a single song all of 2026. ate. left zero crumbs. swept the floor with the crumbs.
and she didn't stop at itunes — the mv shot to no. 1 on youtube's worldwide trending music list AND grabbed the top trending spot in both korea and the u.s. over in china she casually locked no. 1 on qq music, netease cloud, and kugou, then landed at no. 2 on melon's hot 100 for good measure.
her label OA Entertainment put it plainly, calling it "the highest number of regions topped by any K-pop solo song" released in 2026. bestie. the way they said that with their whole chest.
anyway solo jennie remains undefeated and the rest of us remain on the floor. we are so back.
Reported by Soompi. This article is Aegyo Arena's own write-up of that reporting.
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not stray kids casually moving 3 MILLION albums in ONE week like it's a tuesday errand
'this & that' is only the SECOND record of all 2026 to hit 3 mil first-week — these men do not miss and i am exhausted (affectionate)
no bc how are stray kids just casually shifting THREE MILLION albums in a single week like it's nothing. 'this & that' hasn't even been out two weeks and stays are already rewriting the record books. i need a lie down.
per hanteo, the mini blew past 3 million copies in its first week — making it only the SECOND album of ALL of 2026 to pull that off. the other one? bts's 'arirang.' so the entire 3-mil-first-week club this year is stray kids and bts. no notes. just staring.
and it's not even new for them?? this is the FOURTH skz album to bulldoze the 3 million mark in week one, joining '5-STAR,' 'ROCK-STAR' and 'KARMA.' the way they simply keep doing this. serving consistency like it's a subscription service.
'this & that' only dropped august 7, which makes the numbers even more unhinged — barely five days on shelves and already in the history books. mother is mothering, the boys are boying, we are so back.
anyway stays go touch grass (i can't either).
Reported by Soompi. This article is Aegyo Arena's own write-up of that reporting.
Read the original on Soompi →'SWIM' just tied 'butter' as bts's longest-charting hot 100 song and the STAMINA is scaring me
20 weeks on the billboard hot 100 and counting — the song simply refuses to leave and neither do we
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