Jung Kook’s ‘Standing Next to You’ Debuts Atop Billboard Global Charts, The Beatles’ ‘Now and Then’ Hits Top 10

Jung Kook’s “Standing Next to You” soars in at No. 1 on both the Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl. U.S. songs charts (dated Nov. 18). He achieves the third solo leader for a BTS member on each survey, following his own “3D” with Jack Harlow, and “Seven” featuring Latto.

Plus, The Beatles bound into the top 10 on both charts with “Now and Then,” which surges from No. 152 to No. 10 on the Global 200 and launches at No. 9 on Global Excl. U.S.

The Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl. U.S. charts, which began in September 2020, rank songs based on streaming and sales activity culled from more than 200 territories around the world, as compiled by Luminate. The Global 200 is inclusive of worldwide data and the Global Excl. U.S. chart comprises data from territories excluding the United States.

Chart ranks are based on a weighted formula incorporating official-only streams on both subscription and ad-supported tiers of audio and video music services, as well as download sales, the latter of which reflect purchases from full-service digital music retailers from around the world, with sales from direct-to-consumer (D2C) sites excluded from the charts’ calculations.

Jung Kook in Good ‘Standing’ Atop Global 200, Beatles Top 10

Jung Kook’s “Standing Next to You” starts at No. 1 on the Billboard Global 200, with 81.6 million streams and 121,000 sold worldwide Nov. 3-9, following its Nov. 3 release. (In addition to its original version, seven mixes of the song arrived Nov. 6: its Future Funk, Holiday, Latin Trap, PBR&B and Slow Jam remixes and its Band Version and instrumental version.)

Jung Kook, from South Korea, earns his third Global 200 No. 1, and the third solo leader for a BTS member; it’s the first with no accompanying acts. Here’s a rundown, ranked by peak position, of BTS members’ 10 Global 200 top 10s outside the act, with BTS as a group having tallied 11 top 10s, including seven No. 1s:

Jung Kook’s “Seven” rebounds 10-2 on the Global 200; Tate McRae’s “Greedy” returns to its No. 3 high from No. 7; Taylor Swift’s “Is It Over Now? (Taylor’s Version) [From the Vault]” falls to No. 4 a week after it debuted at No. 1; and Doja Cat’s “Paint the Town Red” rises 8-5 after four weeks at the summit.

The Beatles blast 152-10 on the Global 200 with “Now and Then,” with 37.6 million streams and 42,000 sold worldwide Nov. 3-9, following its Nov. 2 release. The song debuted a week earlier with 6.4 million streams and 30,000 sold in its first day. A 12-minute film chronicling the track premiered Nov. 2, while the song’s official video premiered Nov. 3.

“Now and Then” (the Fab Four’s first entry since the Global 200 began) is billed as the final Beatles song, first recorded as a demo in 1977 by John Lennon and initially intended for the band’s three-edition Anthology series in the mid-‘90s before being shelved. The song was completed at last by surviving members Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr, among others, after new technology helped extract Lennon’s vocals from the original demo, while George Harrison guitar parts from the initial attempt to finish the track were also incorporated into the song.

Jung Kook No. 1 on Global Excl. U.S., The Beatles No. 9

Jung Kook’s “Standing Next to You” concurrently opens at No. 1 on the Billboard Global Excl. U.S. chart, with 71.2 million streams and 44,000 sold outside the U.S. in its first week.

As on the Global 200, Jung Kook claims his third No. 1 and the third solo Global Excl. U.S. leader for a BTS member (and the first with no accompanying artists). Here’s a recap, ranked by peak position, of BTS members’ 14 Global Excl. U.S. top 10s outside the group, while BTS totals 11 top 10s, including seven No. 1s:

Jung Kook’s “Seven” holds at No. 2 on the Global Excl. U.S. chart; Iñigo Quintero’s “Si No Estás” dips to No. 3 after two weeks in the lead; Tate McRae’s “Greedy” retreats to No. 4 from its No. 3 high; and Jung Kook and Jack Harlow’s “3D” rebounds 11-5.

Plus, The Beatles debut at No. 9 with their first Global Excl. U.S. hit as “Now and Then” begins with 27.1 million streams and 26,000 sold outside the U.S. Nov. 3-9.

The Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl. U.S. charts (dated Nov. 18, 2023) will update on Billboard.com Tuesday (Nov. 14). For both charts, the top 100 titles are available to all readers on Billboard.com, while the complete 200-title rankings are visible on Billboard Pro, Billboard’s subscription-based service. For all chart news, you can follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both X, formerly known as Twitter, and Instagram.

Luminate, the independent data provider to the Billboard charts, completes a thorough review of all data submissions used in compiling the weekly chart rankings. Luminate reviews and authenticates data. In partnership with Billboard, data deemed suspicious or unverifiable is removed, using established criteria, before final chart calculations are made and published.