“The Astronaut” by BTS’ Jin was a song that Jin wanted to express his gratitude to his fans, a song that said goodbye for a little while but I will always be thinking about you when I ‘m away. The song released on 28th October hit the ground running by hitting the top spot on the US iTunes in less than 2 hours, it had the highest sales on Hanteo’s history record and alreadt topped 100 #1s on Itunes.
The song is this week’s top selling song debuting on the #1 spot on the Billboard chart. The song surpassed the late Juice Worlds “In My Head”, Rihanna’s “Lift Me Up”, Taylor Swift’s “Anti-Hero” and Sam Smith & Kim Petra’s “Unholy” Other achievements include #1 Billboard Digital Song Sales, #1 Billboard World Digital Song Sales, #1 Billboard Emerging Artists, #6 Billboard Global 200 Excl. US, #10 Billboard Global 200 and #51 Billboard Hot 100.
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