BTS’ V and Park Hyo Shin’s collab track “Winter Ahead,” has tuned out the noise, placing first as Billboard’s best-selling song this week.
The magazine announced the accomplishment on December 10, on its Digital Song Sales chart.
The single also made a debut at spot #99 on Billboard’s Hot 100, a culmination of the most popular songs in the United States.
The achievement marks Park Hyo Shin’s debut on the Hot 100.
“Winter Ahead” is V’s fifth solo entry on the chart, which includes “Love Me Again,” which peaked at #96, “Christmas Tree” (#79), “FRI(END)S” (#65), and “Slow Dancing” (#51).
On top of that, the track also peaked at #14 on the magazine’s Global Excl. U.S. chart and finished at #33 on the Global 200 this week.
With the latest release, V also re-entered Billboard’s Artist 100 at #88, which marks his 11th total week as a solo artist.
The track, released November 29, is part of V’s Christmas album, in collaboration with Bing Crosby, a jazz musician V has long admired.
“I’m so grateful to have had the chance to be featured in a song with my all-time favorite jazz artist, Bing Crosby,” V said in a statement upon the album’s announcement.
“I grew up listening to his song ‘It’s Been a Long, Long Time’ countless times a day, and I feel incredibly fortunate and honored to have sung along on ‘White Christmas’ with the voice of someone I consider an idol.”
