Following its first full week in the market, j-hope’s “Chicken Noodle Soup” makes the Billboard Hot 100.
The song starts at #81 on this week’s edition of the chart, which ranks songs from all genres based on activity from sales, streams and radio airplay.
In this case, “Chicken Noodle Soup” generated almost all its activity on the sales and streaming fronts. The song actually starts at #9 on the all-genre Digital Song Sales chart.
Thanks to “Chicken Noodle Soup,” j-hope becomes the first BTS member to score a Hot 100 entry outside the group. The song meanwhile becomes Becky G’s sixth entry on the chart.
— As “Chicken Noodle Soup” arrives on the key song charts, the principals fare well on the individual artist charts.
Becky G earns #100 on the Artist 100, while reaching a new peak of #3 on the Social 50. Only j-hope’s group BTS (#1 for a 147th week) and EXO (#2) appear higher on this week’s Social 50.
j-hope meanwhile re-enters the Emerging Artists chart at #9.