J-Hope earns his seventh No. 1 on Billboard’s World Digital Song Sales chart as “Spaghetti,” his new collaboration with Le Sserafim, debuts high on multiple rankings. WONJU, SOUTH KOREA – OCTOBER 17: J-Hope of BTS poses for photographs after being discharged from military service at the army’s 36th Infantry Division on October 17, 2024 in Wonju, Gangwon-do province, South Korea. J-Hope is the second BTS member to complete the 18-month mandatory military service, which is required for all able-bodied male citizens in South Korea before they turn 28. (Photo by Han Myung-Gu/Getty Images)
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BTS is currently working on new music, and an album and global tour from the beloved K-pop boy band are expected in 2026. Throughout this current year, J-Hope — one of the seven singers that make up the Grammy-nominated act — has been delivering one solo tune after another, keeping fans guessing as to whether he has another EP or album coming sometime soon.
In addition to tracks he fronts and completely solo efforts, J-Hope also occasionally lends his talents and star power to songs powered largely by other acts. The South Korean superstar scores a new hit across a variety of Billboard charts this week alongside fellow K-pop troupe Le Sserafim, as “Spaghetti” gets off to a strong start, thanks largely to an impressive first-week sales sum.
J-Hope and Le Sserafim’s New Hit “Spaghetti”
“Spaghetti” serves as the title track and lead single from Le Sserafim’s single album of the same name. In Western music markets, a single album is essentially just a single, as it includes one focus cut and a B-side. In the South Korean music industry, single albums are treated more like EPs, as short collections of songs.
The Spaghetti single album is fronted by the song of the same name, and it also features “Pearlies (My Oyster Is the World).” It is “Spaghetti” that becomes a top seller in the U.S. Luminate reports that in its first tracking period, the collaboration sold just under 5,000 copies across the country.
J-Hope’s New Single Debuts at No. 1
That sum is easily enough for Le Sserafim and J-Hope to conquer the World Digital Song Sales chart, Billboard’s tally that has been home to many of K-pop’s biggest names for well over a decade. The tune takes over from “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” by Israel “IZ” Kamakawiwo’Ole, which has spent more than 800 weeks on the tally, many of them at the summit.
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PARIS, FRANCE – JANUARY 20: J-Hope of BTS is seen outside Dior, during the Paris Fashion Week – Menswear Fall Winter 2023 2024 : Day Four on January 20, 2023 in Paris, France. (Photo by Edward Berthelot/Getty Images)
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J-Hope collects his seventh No. 1 as a soloist as “Spaghetti” arrives in first place on the World Digital Song Sales chart. Throughout his career, he’s sent 24 tunes to the tally, only two of which have failed to spend any time inside the top 10 — and only barely.
Here is a rundown of all of J-Hope’s solo No. 1s on the World Digital Song Sales chart:
- “More”
- “Spaghetti” with Le Sserafim
- “Neuron” with Gaeko and Yoon Mirae)
- “Rush Hour” with Crush
- “Arson”
- “Chicken Noodle Soup” with Becky G
- “Daydream”
J-Hope and Le Sserafim Trail Only Taylor Swift
“Spaghetti” also manages to become one of the top new entrants on the Digital Song Sales chart, where it kicks off its time at No. 4. The ranking is compiled in the same manner as the World Digital Song Sales list, but it includes all styles of music.
Le Sserafim and J-Hope score the second loftiest debut this frame, behind only Taylor Swift’s “Opalite,” the second track from her album The Life of a Showgirl to become available for purchase individually.
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As “Spaghetti” arrives, J-Hope earns his lucky thirteenth top 10 on the Digital Song Sales chart. He remains in third place among all K-pop acts with the greatest number of placements inside that uppermost tier. J-Hope is one win behind his BTS bandmate Jung Kook, while the boy band leads all artists from that part of the world with an astounding 36 top 10 smashes.
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“Spaghetti” is also, unsurprisingly, a worldwide success. The tune opens at No. 3 on the Billboard Global Excl. U.S. chart, which favors international acts, as sales and streaming activity from the United States are not factored into where a title lands. The cut doesn’t perform quite as well on the Billboard Global 200, where American consumption is included. On that latter list, “Spaghetti” opens at No. 6.
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On the Hot 100, the most important songs ranking in America, “Spaghetti” starts its time right in the middle, at No. 50. J-Hope is now up to nine solo appearances on the tally, with “Spaghetti” standing as his second-highest-reaching entry. This past summer, J-Hope was joined by rapper GloRilla, and the two sent “Killing It Girl” to No. 40 on the list, marking his first trip on his own to the top 40.
Le Sserafim Rises to a New Career High on the Hot 100 With “Spaghetti”
MANCHESTER, ENGLAND – NOVEMBER 10: Huh Yun-jin, Kim Chae-Won, Kazuha, Sakura Miyawaki and Hong Eun-Chae of the group Le Sserafim attend the MTV EMAs 2024 held at Co-op Live on November 10, 2024 in Manchester, England. (Photo by Anthony Devlin/Getty Images for Paramount)
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Le Sserafim, like J-Hope, has thus far performed most impressively on the World Digital Song Sales chart, where “Spaghetti” earns the troupe its third No. 1, following “Hot” and “Crazy.” The band appears on the Digital Song Sales ranking for the first time, and also hits a new high point on the Hot 100. “Spaghetti” outpaces both “Crazy” and “Easy,” which spent short turns on the list in 2024 and peaked at Nos. 76 and 99, respectively.
Source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/hughmcintyre/2025/11/06/j-hope-returns-to-no-1-without-bts—but-not-alone/
