Dracula with Jennie: 22 weeks in the Hot 100 top 10

Last checked 2026-10-30

Short answer

22 weeks: that is how long 'Dracula' by Tame Impala & JENNIE has spent in the Billboard Hot 100 top 10, which Korean outlets call the longest run for a K-pop artist. On the chart dated 31 October 2026 it sits at No. 8 in its 56th chart week, because Billboard credits the February remix to the original single's entry.

What happened Hot 100 dated 31 Oct 2026: No. 8, 22nd week in the top 10, 56 weeks on chart.
Why it matters Korea Herald, Korea JoongAng Daily and Korea Times call it the longest top-10 run by a K-pop artist, past BTS's 'Butter' at 15 weeks.
How it works Billboard folds a remix into the original entry, so the 6 February 2026 duet inherited a chart history that began on 4 October 2025.
What to watch The next Hot 100, dated 7 November, arrives Tuesday 3 November. MAMA Awards are 20 to 21 November in Osaka; 'Dracula' is not nominated.

Key facts

Hot 100, chart dated 31 Oct 2026	No. 8, last week No. 5, peak No. 5, 56 weeks on chart (Billboard)
Weeks in the top 10	22, of which 18 are consecutive since the 4 July 2026 chart
Previous K-pop record	BTS 'Butter', 15 weeks in the top 10 (passed on the 19 Sept 2026 chart)
Radio Songs	No. 1 for a fifth week on the 24 Oct chart, 63.7 million audience (Billboard)
Release dates	Original single 26 Sept 2025; Jennie remix 6 Feb 2026 (Columbia Records)
Global 200	Peak No. 2 in April 2026; No. 18 on the 31 Oct chart, 54th week

The number: 22 weeks in the top 10

The Korea JoongAng Daily and the Korea Times, both reporting on 28 October, count 22 weeks in the Hot 100 top 10 for 'Dracula'. On the chart dated 31 October 2026, published 27 October, the song is No. 8, down from No. 5, with a peak of No. 5 and 56 weeks on the chart. Billboard's page shows those figures. The UK Official Charts Company's licensed republication of the Hot 100 for the week of 28 October to 3 November lists the same.

The week before was the high point. On the chart dated 24 October, 'Dracula' rose 6-5, tying the No. 5 peak it first reached on 18 July, in its 55th chart week. The Korea Times described that as rising one spot to tie its peak. A week earlier, on the 17 October chart, it had climbed 10-6, and the Korea Herald counted that as the song's 20th week in the top 10, calling it the longest run for a K-pop artist.

Two counting notes. The Korea Herald called the 17 October chart the song's 53rd chart week; Billboard's own page gives 54 for that chart and 56 for 31 October, and we use Billboard's figures. The 'K-pop record' framing comes from the Korean press; Billboard's recaps report the chart figures without ranking it against other K-pop acts.

31 Oct chart: No. 8, 56 weeks on chart, 22nd week in the top 10
24 Oct chart: No. 5, tying the peak, 55 weeks on chart
17 Oct chart: No. 6, 54 weeks on chart by Billboard's count
Ella Langley's 'Choosin' Texas' is No. 1 on the 31 Oct chart; Tate McRae's 'Housewife' debuts at No. 2

How does a February remix inherit a year of chart history?

The answer is a Billboard rule, not a loophole. The Hot 100 folds a song's versions into one entry: album version, radio edit, remix. Only a remix judged to be effectively a new song, with changed structure, lyrics or melody, gets its own line. The Jennie duet keeps the bones of Kevin Parker's original, so it joined the existing entry rather than starting fresh. When the duet became the version driving most of the activity, the billing changed to 'Tame Impala & JENNIE'. Billboard's chart page shows the result: one entry, 56 weeks, now credited to Tame Impala & JENNIE.

That is why the clock started long before Jennie arrived. The original 'Dracula' came out on 26 September 2025 and debuted on the Hot 100 at No. 55 on the chart dated 4 October 2025. By the time Columbia's release notes for Tame Impala's album 'Deadbeat' went out on 17 October 2025, the label said the single had already entered the Hot 100, with its biggest debuts yet at AAA and Alternative radio. The solo version peaked at No. 24 during the Halloween season.

The remix was released on 6 February 2026. Billboard lists the cowriters as Kevin Parker, JENNIE, Sarah Aarons and Carly Gibert, and notes the solo version arrived in October 2025 and the duet in February 2026. So the 56-week figure measures the composition's life on the chart, not the duet alone.

Why does it not behave like a typical K-pop chart run?

K-pop singles usually arrive with a bang. Fan-driven sales and streaming push a debut high, then the number falls fast once the release week passes. Jungkook's 'Seven' is the textbook case cited in secondary summaries: No. 1, then No. 9, then No. 30 in three weeks, for two top-10 weeks in total.

'Dracula' did the opposite. It never debuted in the top 10. It climbed. In April 2026 it hit No. 2 on the Billboard Global 200 while sitting at only No. 15 in the United States, lifted at first by short-form video. Its first US top-10 week came on the chart dated 16 May, at No. 10; that same week it was only No. 23 on Radio Songs and No. 18 on Pop Airplay. Then radio caught up. On 7 July it topped Pop Airplay, the mainstream top 40 chart, a first for both acts, while reaching a then-new Hot 100 peak of No. 8 and No. 3 on Radio Songs. On the Radio Songs chart dated 26 September it reached No. 1 with 62.6 million in airplay audience for 11 to 17 September, again a first for both acts.

Radio is the slow engine here. All-format airplay turns over far more slowly than a streaming spike. By the 24 October chart, Billboard's Gary Trust reported 'Dracula' topping Radio Songs for a fifth week with 63.7 million audience, up 2%, after 62.5 million the week before. It also led Hot Dance/Electronic Songs for a 41st week and Hot Rock & Alternative Songs for a 23rd. A song that climbs through radio can hold a top-10 position long after its streams fade, and that is the mechanism behind a 22-week count that no release-week spike could produce.

Is the run really consecutive?

Not quite. Korean roundups give a running count of 22 weeks; Billboard's chart pages show the song left the top 10 twice, missing three weeks in all. 'Dracula' entered at No. 10 on the 16 May chart, held No. 10 on 23 May, then fell to No. 25 on 30 May and No. 14 on 6 June. It returned to No. 10 on 13 June, dipped to No. 18 on 27 June, and came back to No. 10 on 4 July. It has been in the top 10 every week since.

The accurate statement is 22 total top-10 weeks, of which the current streak is 18, from the 4 July chart through 31 October. Wikipedia's Billboard-sourced top-ten list records the same: entry 16 May, peak No. 5 on 18 July, 22 weeks as of the 31 October issue. By either reading, it is well past the previous K-pop mark.

How does it compare with BTS, Rosé and Jungkook?

Be precise about which record this is. It is the longest top-10 run. It is not the highest peak, and not the longest chart run overall. BTS's 'Dynamite' spent 13 non-consecutive weeks in the top 10 as of the 9 January 2021 chart. That was the K-pop record at the time. 'Butter' passed it with 14 straight weeks in August 2021 and finished with 15. 'Dracula' overtook 'Butter' on its 16th top-10 week, the chart dated 19 September 2026. The Korea Herald first reported that on 15 September.

On peak, 'Dracula' trails. 'Dynamite', 'Butter' and 'Seven' all reached No. 1. Rosé & Bruno Mars's 'APT.' entered the top 10 on 2 November 2024, peaked at No. 3 on 1 February 2025 and logged 14 top-10 weeks: a higher peak than 'Dracula' with fewer weeks. Total chart weeks are a different measure again, and the 56 for 'Dracula' includes the solo version's run before the remix existed.

Song	Weeks in Hot 100 top 10	Peak
'Dracula' (Tame Impala & JENNIE)	22	No. 5
'Butter' (BTS)	15	No. 1
'APT.' (Rosé & Bruno Mars)	14	No. 3
'Dynamite' (BTS)	13	No. 1
'Gangnam Style' (PSY)	12	No. 2
'Seven' (Jungkook)	2	No. 1

Top-10 weeks and peaks as reported by Soompi, Korea Herald and Billboard-sourced lists; 'Dracula' through the 31 Oct 2026 chart. 'Seven' and 'APT.' counts come from secondary summaries.

What to watch next, and what is not confirmed

The next Hot 100, dated 7 November, is due on Tuesday 3 November. Billboard dates each chart by the Saturday ending the following week, so the 31 October chart covers the tracking week ending around 22 October. Also on the calendar: the 2026 MAMA Awards on 20 and 21 November in Osaka. Nominations went out on 12 October. Jennie is nominated for Best Vocal Performance Solo for 'Less than a Lover', her own 2026 single, and BLACKPINK for Album of the Year for 'DEADLINE' and Best Female Group. 'Dracula' is not in the published nominee list.

For readers tracking the wider K-pop picture, the same Korean roundups noted Katseye's 'Animal' at No. 28 on the 24 October Hot 100 and PLAVE's 'Hyperdrive' at No. 31 on the Billboard 200 dated 31 October.

Two things are unconfirmed as of this update. Billboard's weekly recaps give only the Radio Songs audience, so we do not have October streaming or sales figures. The last confirmed counts on Hot Dance/Electronic Songs and Hot Rock & Alternative Songs are 41 and 23 weeks at No. 1, on the 24 October chart; the 31 October positions are not yet confirmed.

3 Nov: Hot 100 dated 7 Nov published
20 to 21 Nov: MAMA Awards, Osaka; Jennie nominated for 'Less than a Lover', not 'Dracula'
Unconfirmed: October streaming and sales figures; 31 Oct genre-chart positions

FAQ

How many weeks has 'Dracula' been in the Hot 100 top 10?

22 weeks as of the chart dated 31 October 2026. The run is not unbroken: four top-10 weeks in May and June, two short exits, then 18 straight weeks from the 4 July chart.

What is the peak position of 'Dracula' on the Hot 100?

No. 5, first reached on the chart dated 18 July 2026 and tied on the 24 October chart. The song fell to No. 8 on the 31 October chart.

Why does the remix count the original song's chart weeks?

Billboard combines versions of a song into one Hot 100 entry unless a remix is effectively a new composition. The Jennie duet, released 6 February 2026, therefore inherited the chart history that began with the original's No. 55 debut on 4 October 2025, giving 56 weeks on chart.

Which K-pop song previously held the top-10 record?

BTS's 'Butter' with 15 weeks, after it passed 'Dynamite' at 13 in August 2021. 'Dracula' overtook 'Butter' on the chart dated 19 September 2026, the Korea Herald reported.

Is 'Dracula' nominated at the 2026 MAMA Awards?

No. The nominee list announced on 12 October includes Jennie for Best Vocal Performance Solo for 'Less than a Lover' and BLACKPINK for Album of the Year and Best Female Group. The ceremony is on 20 and 21 November in Osaka.

Sources

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