BTS' new song Dynamite is on course for Number 1 on Official UK Singles Chart
BTS’ new song Dynamite is off to an explosive start on this week’s Official Singles Chart, taking an early lead at Number 1 following its release last Friday (Aug. 21).
The track, which hears the group name-drop everyone from Lebron James to King Kong, is their first entirely English language single.
Dynamite notched up 1.7 million streams in its first 48 hours, and is currently 1,700 chart sales ahead of Joel Corry & MNEK’s five-week chart-topper Head & Heart. As things stand, Dynamite could be BTS’ first Official UK Number 1 single, or their first UK Top 10.
BTS have scored two chart-topping albums in the UK: Map Of The Soul: Persona made them the first Korean act to top the UK charts in April 2019, while Map Of The Soul: 7 hit the summit in February this year. View BTS’ Official UK Chart history in full here.
Meanwhile, British rapper Headie One could also be making his strongest chart debut yet this week with Ain’t It Different, currently at Number 4. The track features AJ Tracey and Stormzy and serves as the lead single from him upcoming debut album Edna.
The final Official Chart Top 40 will be unveiled on BBC Radio 1’s Official Chart with Scott Mills this Friday from 4pm, with the full Official Singles Chart Top 100 published on OfficialCharts.com from 5.45pm.
Official Chart: First Look Top 20
| NEW | 1 | DYNAMITE | BTS |
| 1 | 2 | HEAD & HEART | JOEL CORRY FT MNEK |
| 2 | 3 | WAP | CARDI B FT MEGAN THEE STALLION |
| NEW | 4 | AIN'T IT DIFFERENT | HEADIE ONE/AJ TRACEY/STORMZY |
| 3 | 5 | LIGHTER | NATHAN DAWE FT KSI |
| 5 | 6 | WATERMELON SUGAR | HARRY STYLES |
| 4 | 7 | LAUGH NOW CRY LATER | DRAKE FT LIL DURK |
| 6 | 8 | MOOD SWINGS | POP SMOKE FT LIL TJAY |
| 7 | 9 | WEST TEN | AJ TRACEY & MABEL |
| 10 | 10 | SAVAGE LOVE (LAXED - SIREN BEAT) | JAWSH 685 & JASON DERULO |
| 9 | 11 | SECRETS | REGARD & RAYE |
| 8 | 12 | GREECE | DJ KHALED FT DRAKE |
| 11 | 13 | GO CRAZY | CHRIS BROWN & YOUNG THUG |
| 14 | 14 | LOOKING FOR ME | PAUL WOOLFORD & DIPLO/LOMAX |
| 12 | 15 | DANCING IN THE MOONLIGHT | JUBEL FT NEIMY |
| 21 | 16 | KINGS & QUEENS | AVA MAX |
| 19 | 17 | TAKE YOU DANCING | JASON DERULO |
| 17 | 18 | HOLIDAY | LITTLE MIX |
| 16 | 19 | HEAVEN ON MY MIND | BECKY HILL & SIGALA |
| 18 | 20 | ROCKSTAR | DABABY FT RODDY RICCH |
Article image: Big Hit Entertainment
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crunch2k
A few years ago I never thought this would happen and now it still just blows my mind how much BTS and kpop as a whole have grown. I don't think they will manage to maintain this position as they tend to be a lot more front loaded in sales but still this is very impressive!
Augustus Doministrix
Too much throwaway modern-day tuneless and awful rap sh it in the chart as usual. As for WAP, I know people like what they like but I don’t understand how anyone can like that, one of the worst songs around in the charts right now. Terrible, ABSOLUTE SHI TE. No substance whatsoever and just, completely god-awful.
Not a BTS fan myself, they’re ok (don’t like k-pop in general) but their new one Dynamite is actually pretty good, best thing they’ve done in my opinion. 👍
M
Maria
About time we had some think good in our charts well done bts 👏💜👏💜
R
Riley
Not really much good to say about this update, Becky hill falls, head & heart at 2 :/
Zsuzsanna Peach
Yessss lets gooooo!!
Piran
Unsurprisingly, the OCC Twitter page has gone wild, haha! :P
🧡 oliviasnoodles 🍜
i just took a look and had a giggle! XD
Piran
Their reaction is so fun to watch! :P
🧡 oliviasnoodles 🍜
i actually haven't heard dynamite yet (i need to though) but i really don't like bts. sorry! :/
doublethumb
This is really a western song though. It's been written by two UK writers also. Personally I think it's really good. Give it a go :-)
🧡 oliviasnoodles 🍜
i’ll give it a listen. i need to cover it anyways lol.
🧡 oliviasnoodles 🍜
oh no, bts is number 1, ksi, pop smoke and cardi b are dropping, and ava max's terrible song is climbing up fast... well, this week blows.
Rector
That's impressive but I don't think it's gonna stay. Good for them though! It's a decent song.
Piran
Elsewhere, I like seeing 'Ain't It Different' on course for to be the other big debut of the week, but I'm gutted that 'Dancing In The Moonlight' probably won't peak in the Top after all! :/
Piran
I don't see 'Dynamite' staying at #1 on Friday (streaming outside of YouTube is dropping for it fast!), but it might be the best-selling song of the week & it'll probably give them their first ever Top 10, which no Korean group has done to date, so that's still awesome for them! :D
Rob Parkinson
Hi Piran, I doubt this will be top 3 by Friday but it does show they are growing as band and could well get a no.1 in the future. I've not listened to it yet myself but will have tongive it a try
Piran
Hey Rob! :)
Yeah, while BTS will inevitably fall throughout the week, it does prove that they're getting so much bigger as a group & I expect that to continue in the future.
Please let me know what you think of 'Dynamite' when you've heard it!
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well surprised but so happy it's not WAP.
Piran
'Head & Heart' took it in the end.
Piran
Oh wow... what a huge achievement for K-Pop! :O