Blackpink May Be About To Beat Its Own Radio Record

Blackpink’s “Jump” rises from No. 30 to No. 23 on Billboard’s Pop Airplay chart, marking the group’s second-best showing ever at U.S. pop radio. INDIO, CALIFORNIA – APRIL 15: (L-R) Jisoo, Lisa, Jennie, and Rosé of BLACKPINK perform at the Coachella Stage during the 2023 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival on April 15, 2023 in Indio, California. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for Coachella)

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A month ago, Blackpink kicked off a new era with a hugely anticipated and high-energy single. The South Korean girl group dropped “Jump” in July, and the hard electronic cut quickly became a global sensation, as is the case with everything the four women release.

“Jump” is on the decline on several Billboard charts in America, but the song is picking up steam at pop radio. As it advances significantly, Blackpink cements its status as one of the most successful K-pop girl groups of all time – again.

Blackpink’s Ascent on the Pop Airplay Chart

“Jump” leaps from No. 30 to No. 23 on the Pop Airplay chart, the most competitive of the three pop radio rankings published by Billboard every frame. In its fourth turn on the tally, “Jump” coincidentally becomes the fourth-highest-rising hit of all time by a K-pop girl group, and it could easily increase its standing again.

Fifty Fifty Still Leads

So far, just one tune credited to a girl group known primarily for creating K-pop has reached the top 10 on the Pop Airplay chart. “Cupid” became a breakout smash for Fifty Fifty, flying all the way to No. 7. “Golden,” which is credited to fake girl group Huntr/X as well as Ejae, Audrey Nuna and Rei Ami, the actual human singers from the KPop Demon Hunters soundtrack, currently appears at No. 20, and just like Blackpink’s “Jump,” it is quickly ascending.

“Jump” sits just two spaces behind another Blackpink track, “Ice Cream,” the group’s collaboration with Selena Gomez. That composition still stands as the outfit’s highest-rising win, as it stalled at No. 21 several years back.

“Jump” Could Soon Leap to a Historic New High

At the rate that “Jump” has been surging, it could tie, or perhaps even pass, “Ice Cream” in a few days, or maybe another week or two. Last frame, when “Jump” counted No. 30 as its high point, the tune ranked as the fifth-highest-peaking hit by any K-pop girl group on the Pop Airplay chart. In fourth place was “I Do” by (G)I-dle, which only made it to No. 26 before turning around and then quickly disappearing.

Blackpink’s New Single Remains a Top 10 Win

While “Jump” is on the downswing, the Blackpink cut still lives inside the top 10 on almost every Billboard tally on which it appears. The tune holds inside the highest tier on both the Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl. U.S., as well as a trio of genre-specific rosters in America: the Hot Dance/Electronic Songs, Dance Streaming Songs, and Dance Digital Song Sales charts, where it currently appears at Nos. 3, 5, and 7, respectively.