Rose tops Billboard's global charts for 3rd consecutive week with 'APT.'

BLACKPINK's Rose has claimed U.S. Billboard's global charts for the third consecutive week with "APT.," her collaborative single with American pop star Bruno Mars.

Billboard said on social media platform X on Monday (U.S. time) that the song maintained the top position on both the Billboard Global 200 and the Billboard Global Excl. U.S., following its debut atop the two weekly charts.

"APT.," which dropped on Oct. 18, is a prerelease from Rose's highly anticipated first solo full-length album, titled "rosie," scheduled for release on Dec. 6.

The upbeat pop-punk track, inspired by a popular Korean drinking game, known as the "apartment game," is gaining international popularity with its catchy chorus that repeatedly features the word "apartment," pronounced as "apateu," a Korean abbreviation of the word.

The song had garnered 162.2 million streams during the latest charting period, down 22 percent from the previous week, according to Billboard. Digital song sales were tallied at 14,000, a 21 percent drop from a week ago.

The digital single has reached No. 8 on the Hot 100, while its music video, featuring both Rose and Mars, amassed over 300 million views within just 22 days and six hours, becoming the fastest video by a K-pop soloist to reach the milestone, according to Rose's agency, The Black Label. (Yonhap)