BTS V's 'Winter Ahead' and 'White Christmas' Take Over Global Charts

[Star News | Reporter Moon Wan-sik] View original image BTS V's 'Winter Ahead' and 'White Christmas' dominate global charts BTS V has hit the global music charts with a special gift he prepared for this winter.

The carol 'White Christmas (with V of BTS)' by V and Bing Crosby, which was released on the 6th (local time), topped the iTunes 'Top Song' charts in 43 countries (regions), including France, Japan, Finland, and Brazil, as of 6 am on the 7th.

This song is a reinterpretation of part of Bing Crosby's famous song 'White Christmas', which was released in 1942 and is still loved worldwide to this day, sung by V in his own unique way. As a timeless collaboration between two icons, V and Bing Crosby, it has garnered a lot of attention even before its release.

View original image BTS V's 'Winter Ahead' and 'White Christmas' Dominate Global Charts The digital single 'Winter Ahead (with PARK HYO SHIN)' featuring V and Park Hyo Shin, released on November 29, also ranked high on major music charts around the world. The song entered the UK Official Singles Chart at number 86 on the 6th, and showed its power by rising to number 1 and 2 in 'Single Downloads' and 'Single Sales', respectively.
The success continued on Spotify, the world's largest music streaming platform. "Winter Ahead (with PARK HYO SHIN)" debuted at 29th place on "Weekly Top Song Global" (compiled from November 29 to December 5) released on the 6th. It is the highest ranking song among the new entries on the chart this week. In addition, "Love Me Again," a track from V's solo album "Layover," released in September of last year, has been on the chart for 69 weeks at 112th place.

Meanwhile, V has been releasing songs every winter, such as 'Snow Flower (feat. Peakboy)', 'Christmas Tree', and 'Wherever Ur (ft. V of BTS)'. This year, he has prepared duet songs with legendary vocalists Park Hyo-shin and Bing Crosby that are full of the end-of-year atmosphere. You can appreciate V's jazzy vocals through two songs full of a warm atmosphere.

V's 'Winter Ahead' and 'White Christmas' featuring legendary vocalists Park Hyo-shin and Bing Crosby have topped major charts around the world!

I hope that you will continue to release many great duet songs with various vocalists in the future!