ZICO Reacts to Earning His First Billboard No. 1 With ‘Spot!’ Featuring BLACKPINK’s Jennie
ZICO Reacts to Earning His First Billboard No. 1 With ‘Spot!’ Featuring BLACKPINK’s Jennie. With the increasingly global K-pop industry, singer ZICO has become the epitome of a multi-hyphen musician after establishing himself as a rapper, singer, songwriter, producer, boy-band leader, television host and label CEO. And now the 31-year-old can now add Billboard chart-topper to his resume thanks to his latest single, “Spot!” featuring Jennie of BLACKPINK.
“Spot” Released on April 26 2024 to mark the HYBE artist’s first time of dropping a song among other globally focused New Music Friday releases,the song “Spot!” went on to unleashes ZICO’s latest offering as a hook-heavy, feel-good pop/hip-hop hybrid.
Similar to his other singles such as viral smash “Any Song” or “Summer Hate” alongside K-pop legend Rain, the playfully buoyant “Spot!” lets the duo bounce through bars to shout out the many meanings that “hit the spot” can conjure.
“Spot!” sold 1,000 copies in U.S. in its initial April 26-May 2 tracking week, according to Luminate. It also registered 2.5 million official U.S. streams in the same period but the huge commercial success and impact of “Spot!” was not confined to the U.S alone as The collab went on to debuted at No. 24 on the Billboard Global 200 chart with 47 million streams and 5,000 downloads, and also earned a No. 8 debut on the Billboard Global Excl. U.S. with 44.5 million official global streams (excluding U.S. activity) in the tracking week, and 4,000 downloads (excluding U.S. sales).
While sharing his reaction to the good chart news with Billboard, ZICO expressed his gratitude, saying,
“I feel like a new chapter has opened up for me as a musician.”
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