BTS RM’s ‘No. 2’ debuts at No. 1 on Billboard’s Hot Trending Songs; 3 others in top 10 


RM, leader of Grammy-nominated K-pop group BTS, debuted on top of Billboard’s Hot Trending Songs chart with three others in the top 10.

He released his first studio album “Indigo” on Dec. 2 containing 10 tracks that saw him collaborating with other artists including Epik High’s Tablo and Anderson .Paak.

BTS' RM (Twitter)

Billboard's Hot Trending Songs chart dated Dec. 10 (Billboard)

According to Billboard, three songs in the album debuted in the first three places on the Dec. 10-dated Hot Trending Songs chart.

His song “No.2” with singer-actress Park Ji-yoon debuted at No. 1 on the Hot Trending Songs chart while “Forg_tful” with Kim Sa-wol entered at No. 2 and “Lonely” made it to No. 3.

RM’s other song “Hectic” with Colde debuted at No. 7 on the chart.

On the other hand, BTS member J-Hope’s “Future,” a song in his debut solo album “Jack in the Box” that was released in July, is No. 8 on the Hot Trending Songs chart. K-pop boy band Stray Kids’ “Venom” placed 10th.

The Hot Trending Songs charts are powered by Twitter and “track global music-related trends and conversations in real-time across Twitter, viewable over either the last 24 hours or past seven days. A weekly, 20-position version of the chart, covering activity from Friday through Thursday of each week, posts alongside Billboard’s other weekly charts on Billboard.com each Tuesday.”