Tame Impala and BLACKPINK’s Jennie have a record on their hands. Their collaboration Dracula is reported to have logged a 16th consecutive week inside the Billboard Hot 100 Top 10, holding at No. 6 for a second straight week, according to Billboard’s chart preview ahead of the published ranking.
If that holds, the track passes the 15-week Top 10 mark BTS set with Butter and becomes the longest-running Top 10 song by or featuring a K-pop act. It is a durability record rather than a debut-week spike, and it explains how a song that peaked at No. 5 is now writing itself into the K-pop chart book.
Dracula Lands a Reported 16th Week in the Top 10
Billboard’s chart preview showed Dracula (with JENNIE) staying at No. 6, extending its stay inside the Top 10 to 16 weeks. The full Hot 100 ranking was due to publish the following day, which means the figure comes from the preview and was still awaiting official confirmation.
The song’s peak remains No. 5. It has never hit No. 1, and that detail sits at the center of the story: this is a track that has refused to leave the upper tier of the chart.
The count covers any position inside the Top 10, so a week at No. 6 stacks up exactly like a week at the top of the chart. That is how a song can keep building a longevity record without ever reaching the summit.
The BTS Record That Just Got Rewritten
Before this week, the benchmark belonged to BTS. Butter spent 15 weeks inside the Hot 100 Top 10, the longest such run recorded for a K-pop act. Dracula now sits one week past it.
The exact wording of the record matters. It covers songs by or featuring a K-pop artist, and Tame Impala is the lead act on Dracula. Jennie’s feature is what pulls the track into that category, making this a crossover milestone rather than a solo one.
This is chart history, not a rivalry. The two songs reached the Top 10 in entirely different ways, and 16 weeks measures staying power above all: sustained weekly U.S. consumption that keeps a track near the top long after its release week has passed.
From Tame Impala Solo Cut to a Jennie Collaboration
None of this happened overnight. Dracula has been moving for nearly a year, through two releases, a second life on short-form video, and a steady climb back up the chart.
- October 2025: Dracula arrives as a Tame Impala solo track and becomes the act’s first Hot 100 hit, peaking at No. 30. Loser follows at No. 91 and My Old Ways at No. 56. Album Deadbeat debuts at No. 4 on the Billboard 200 and the Official U.K. Albums Chart, and No. 2 on Australia’s ARIA chart. The song also reached No. 1 on Billboard’s Alternative Airplay.
- Feb. 1, 2026: Tame Impala frontman Kevin Parker wins Best Dance/Electronic Recording at the Grammy Awards in Los Angeles for End of Summer, his second straight win in the category.
- Feb. 3, 2026: Parker announces that Jennie will contribute vocals to an updated version of the song.
- Feb. 6, 2026: Dracula (with JENNIE) is released through Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment. The single carries two tracks, the Jennie version at 3:29 and the original at 3:25, for a total runtime of 6:55.
- Sept. 14, 2026: Billboard’s chart preview places the song at No. 6, its 16th week inside the Top 10.
On the remix, Jennie layers her vocals over several verses and the chorus and adds new lyrics of her own. That version arrived after the original had already made its chart impact, and it sent the song climbing again.
Why 16 Weeks Hits Harder Than a Big Debut
A long Top 10 run is a different animal from a huge debut week. Songs that start high often fade fast, while 16 weeks means the track keeps drawing meaningful weekly numbers months after release. That reflects repeat listening rather than a one-time fan push.
The two artists behind it arrived from opposite directions. Tame Impala waited nearly two decades for a Hot 100 hit, then landed three across a single album cycle. Jennie built her U.S. chart profile on her own timeline: her debut solo album Ruby arrived in March 2025 and debuted at No. 7 on the Billboard 200, producing Hot 100 entries including ExtraL featuring Doechii and Like JENNIE.
Reports tie the remix’s momentum to short-form video platforms, where the track caught on again and climbed. That is reported momentum, not proven cause. What is certain is that the K-pop record book now carries a new entry in a category BTS has defined for years.
The record also reframes what a K-pop chart milestone can look like. The previous benchmark came from a song built by a K-pop group alone, while this one belongs to a collaboration with an Australian alt-pop act. This run is one of the clearest examples yet of K-pop chart history being written across genre lines.
What to Watch Next for Dracula
The immediate question is whether the streak reaches a 17th week. The next Hot 100 update is the place to check, and it will also lock in the 16-week figure as an official chart record rather than a preview number.
Nothing beyond the Hot 100 has been confirmed. There is no word yet on how the track is performing on other Billboard rankings or whether another version is in the works.
For now, the song remains easy to find: Dracula (with JENNIE) is out via Columbia Records, with the Jennie version and the original Tame Impala cut on the same two-track single. The next chart refresh decides whether the record stretches further.