One of Korea's most highly anticipated collaborations of the year. 'Eight' by IU (co-written, featured & produced by SUGA) is a digital single released on 6 May 2020. Despite being a Wednesday release, the song still managed to shatter numerous records and set many 'firsts' for both IU and SUGA.
Disclaimer: All achievements listed were made at the point of release of the song/album. Records may not be up to date.
YouTube
- Gathered over 15.7M views and 2.9M likes in its first 24 hours
- Fastest MV by a female Korean soloist to hit 1M likes (1hr 19mins)
- Trended in over 78 countries on Youtube and #1 Worldwide
- 'Eight' audio on YouTube surpassed 25M streams
- Despite being a Wednesday release, it still managed to chart :
- #4 in Global YouTube Top Music Video
- #11 in Global YouTube Top Song Chart
- #1 in South Korea Top Song Chart
- #1 in South Korea Top Music Video
iTunes
- Peaked at #1 on Worldwide iTunes chart
- Peaked at #1 on European iTunes chart
- Achieved #1 in 70 Countries on iTunes
- Reached #1 on the US iTunes Chart
- Stayed at #1 on US iTunes for 26 hours
Spotify
- Biggest opening day on Spotify by a Korean soloist with 3,382,538 streams (unfiltered)
- Eight debuted at #30 on Global Spotify Top 200 Chart with 1,858,886 streams, it ties with 'Filter' as the highest debuting Korean Solo song (filtered)
- 'Eight' peaked at #11 on Global Spotify Viral 50 Chart
- Debuted at #1 in Malaysia Top 50 with 67,300 streams
- Debuted at #1 in Hong Kong Top 50 with 21,401 streams
- Debuted at #8 in India Top 50 with 82,1380 streams
- Debuted at #1 in Singapore Top 50 with 54,624 streams
- Debuted at #1 in Indonesia Top 50 with 259,371 streams
- Debuted at #1 in Philippines Top 50 with 196,913 streams
- Debuted at #1 in Taiwan Top 50 with 60,237 streams
- Debuted at #1 in Thailand Top 50 with 118,986 streams
- Debuted at #1 in Vietnam Top 50 with 44,621 streams
- Fastest song by a Korean Soloist to surpass 10M streams (4 days)
- Fastest song by a Korean soloist to surpass 20M streams (13 days)
- Charted on Global Spotify Top 200 for 23 days
Netease Cloud
- 'Eight' is the best selling foreign song with over 1.1M copies sold
- Sold 100,000 copies in 6 mins
Korea Charts
MelOn
- Fastest song to surpass 50,000 hearts in MelOn's history (34 mins) [Source]
- Fastest song to surpass 100,000 heart in MelOn's history (3 hours) [Source]
- Fastest song to surpass 200,000 hearts in MelOn's history (4 days) [Source]
- Fastest song by a Korean Soloist to surpass 300,000 hearts in MelOn's history and second overall after 'Dynamite' (81 days) [Source]
- IU, BTS and SUGA are the only artist in history to reach over 100,000 unique listeners on MelOn in the first hour of release [Source]
- 'Eight' is the song with the highest unique listeners in its first 24 hours in 2020 and the third highest overall with 1,347,822 ULs [Source]
- 'Eight is the first song to spend 2 consecutive months at #1 on MelOn Monthly Chart since "Love Scenario" (by iKON) achieved this in 2018 [Source]
- 'Eight' holds the record for highest unique listeners in the 1st, 2nd, 3rd & 4th
FLO
- 'Eight' is the first song to debut straight in the Top 100 on Flo in its first hour since Flo's new chart system [Source]
- 'Eight' is the first song to spend over 1000 hours at #1 on Flo since the chart was created [Source]
- 'Eight' is the song with the second most hours spent at #1 on Flo [Source]
Genie
- 'Eight is the fastest song released in 2020 to reach 1 million Unique Listeners on Genie (4 days) [Source]
Bugs
- 'Eight' ranks #1 on Bugs 2020 Top 100 Most Loved Song
Gaon
- 'Eight' achieves a Triple Crown and Double Crown on Gaon Weekly Charts
- 'Eight' achieve a Triple Crown on Gaon Monthly Charts for May
- 'Eight' ranks #1 on Gaon digital chart for June, making it the first song to rank #1 on Gaon for 2 months in a row since Ailee's "I Will Go To You like the First Snow (Goblin OST)" in 2017 [Source]
- 'Eight' has been certified Platinum on Gaon with over 100M streams [Source]
Awards
- 'Eight' won 'Best Collaboration' at 2020 Mnet Asian Music Awards
- 'Eight' won 'Best Rock' at 2020 Melon Music Awards
- 'Eight' has won its 5 Melon Weekly Popularity Awards [Source]
Charts
US Digital Song Sales Chart
- 'Eight debuted at #13 on the US Digital Song Sales Chart with less than 2 days of tracking
World Digital Song Sales Chart
- 'Eight' debuted at #1 on the World Digital Song Sales Chart with less than 2 days of tracking (This is both SUGA's & IU's first song to debut at #1)
Singapore
- IU and SUGA are the first Korean Soloists to debut at #1 on both RIAS International and Regional Chart [Source]
Malaysia
- IU and SUGA are the first Korean Soloists to chart at #1 on Malaysia RIM Chart
Billboard K-Pop Hot 100
- Ties for longest charting song at #1 by a Korean Soloist on the Billboard K-Pop Hot 100 Chart (6 weeks) [Source]
- Second longest charting song at #1 in 2020 after 'Dynamite' (Third overall)
Sales
- Debuted with 6,965 sales in the US with less than two days of tracking [Source]
- Sold over 100,000 units in the US
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