South Korean K-pop group NewJeans hits the Billboard Hot 100 (dated Jan. 21) for the first time, as “Ditto” debuts at No. 96.

The song, released Dec. 19 via ADOR/Geffen/Interscope Records, enters on the strength of 5.1 million U.S. streams (up 62%) in the Jan. 6-12 tracking week, according to Luminate. It concurrently ranks at No. 5 on the Billboard Global Excl. U.S. chart (after hitting No. 4 a week earlier) and No. 9 on the Billboard Global 200 (after reaching No. 8). The song became the act’s first of two top 10s on the tallies – “OMG” becomes its second on each chart this week. “Ditto” also ranks at No. 7 on World Digital Song Sales (after rising to No. 4 two weeks earlier).

TikTok has been a big factor in the song’s growing popularity, as the track has been used in nearly 300,000 clips on the platform to date. (TikTok does not currently contribute directly to Billboard’s charts.)

NewJeans are not just newcomers to Billboard’s charts, but to the music scene entirely. The group was founded by Min Hee-jin, CEO of ADOR (a newly created subsidiary under the HYBE labels umbrella). The act released its first single, “Attention,” on July 22. The track debuted on Global Excl. U.S. (Aug. 13) at No. 174 and surged to a No. 34 high two weeks later. Concurrent with the song’s chart arrival, the group’s debut four-track EP NWJNS arrived at No. 22 on Heatseekers Albums, before hitting No. 9 two weeks later. The EP also reaches a new No. 10 best on this week’s World Albums chart.

After “Attention,” the group has charted four more songs on Global Excl. U.S., with “Cookie” (No. 198 peak in August) and “Hype Boy” (No. 32, September) preceding its two top 10s.

The five-piece group comprises Danielle, Haerin, Hanni, Hyein and Minji. Minji co-wrote “Ditto” with Hongchul Cho, Yiva Dimberg, Oohyo and 250. 250 (real name Hohyung Lee) also produced the track solo. He’s previously produced songs for BTS, E SENS, iTZY and NCT 127.

NewJeans additionally climb 7-4 on the latest Emerging Artists chart, reaching the top five in its ninth week on the survey.

- 뉴진스 Ditto가 빌보드 HOT100 (1.21 발표)차트에서 96위로 첫 데뷔

- 12월 19일 릴리즈된 해당 곡은, 2023.1.6~12 일주일동안 미국내에서 510만건의 스트리밍을 발생시킴

- 현재 Ditto는 빌보드 글로벌200차트에서 9위 (지난주 8위) / 미국제외 글로벌200차트 5위 (지난주 4위)

  World Digital Song Sales차트 7위 (2주전 해당차트 피크 4위)

- 틱톡에서 해당곡은 30만건 이상의 컨텐츠생산을 보여주며 폭발적 인기를 얻고 있음 (틱톡은 빌보드HOT100 차트 순위 선정과 무관)

- 뉴진스는 빌보드차트에서 신인이 아니지만, 음악계에서는 완전한 신인임

   Attention, HypeBoy, Cookie의 그동안 빌보드 글로벌200 차트에서의 이력 소개

- 1집 NewJeans는 이번주 World Albums chart에서 10위에 랭크

- 어도어 CEO인 민희진과 프로듀서 250에 관한 간략한 소개