K-pop singer-songwriter IU (real name: Lee Ji-eun) debuts at No. 36 on Billboard's Emerging Artists chart (dated May 16), thanks to her new single "Eight," featuring BTS member SUGA.The track debuts at No.
1 on the World Digital Song Sales chart and No. 13 on the all-genre Digital Song Sales survey with 7,000 downloads sold, according to Nielsen Music/MRC Data.
The song marks IU's first No. 1 on the former tally and her seventh top 10.The single also earns SUGA his first solo No. 1 on World Digital Song Sales.
BTS boasts a record 19 No. 1s on the chart.Notably, "Eight" is the sixth song to debut at No. 1 on World Digital Songs this year, after Red Velvet's "Psycho"; Younha's "Winter Flower," featuring RM (also of BTS); BTS' "Black Swan" and.
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