JENNIE has already proved that she can sell albums, dominate streaming platforms and turn songs into viral hits.
But her latest achievement with Tame Impala may be different.
“Dracula” has reached No. 1 on Billboard’s Radio Songs chart, which measures audience reach across U.S. radio stations and formats.
It is the first Radio Songs No. 1 for both JENNIE and Tame Impala.
And that raises a more interesting question:
How did a Tame Impala song featuring a BLACKPINK member become the most-heard song on American radio?
“Dracula” reached 62.6 million radio listeners
According to Billboard and Luminate, “Dracula” drew an estimated 62.6 million U.S. radio audience impressions during the September 11–17 tracking period.
That pushed the song from No. 2 to No. 1 on the Radio Songs chart dated September 26.
This is not simply another K-pop fandom record.
Radio Songs is different from charts driven heavily by purchases, streams or concentrated fan activity.
For a song to climb this high, it needs sustained airplay across American radio.
And “Dracula” did not reach the top overnight.
It entered Radio Songs at No. 49 in April and gradually climbed through the rankings before finally reaching No. 1.
That slow rise may actually be the most interesting part of the story.
The song existed before JENNIE joined it
There is another unusual detail.
“Dracula” was originally released by Tame Impala as a solo song in October 2025.
The version featuring JENNIE arrived months later, in February 2026.
Instead of behaving like a typical K-pop comeback that explodes immediately and then begins to fall, “Dracula” kept building momentum.
The collaboration gave the song a new audience.
Short-form video helped expand its visibility.
Then radio picked it up.
And instead of disappearing after a few weeks, it kept climbing.
By July, “Dracula” had already reached No. 1 on Billboard’s Pop Airplay chart, which tracks mainstream Top 40 radio.
It later topped Adult Pop Airplay as well.
Now it has gone one step further by reaching No. 1 on the broader, all-format Radio Songs chart.
Why does the radio achievement matter?
K-pop is already enormous in the United States.
But American radio has historically been a different challenge.
A dedicated global fandom can generate huge streaming numbers, buy albums and organize downloads immediately after a release.
Radio works differently.
Listeners do not choose every song themselves.
Stations decide what to put into rotation, and songs often need to prove that they can appeal beyond an artist’s core fanbase.
That is why “Dracula” reaching No. 1 is worth paying attention to.
It suggests the song has moved beyond being something only BLINKs or existing JENNIE fans actively seek out.
Millions of Americans may now hear JENNIE while driving to work, sitting in a café or simply turning on the radio — even if they were never searching for K-pop.
It is also a major Hot 100 hit
The radio success is not happening in isolation.
“Dracula” has returned to its peak of No. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100, giving both JENNIE and Tame Impala their first Top 10 hit on the chart.
The song is also continuing long runs at No. 1 on Billboard’s Hot Dance/Electronic Songs and Hot Rock & Alternative Songs charts.
That combination is unusual.
A song connected to psychedelic rock, alternative music, dance music and one of K-pop’s biggest stars is simultaneously finding a home on mainstream American radio.
And perhaps that crossover is exactly why “Dracula” has lasted.
JENNIE’s previous Radio Songs peak was No. 48
The scale of the jump becomes clearer when compared with JENNIE’s previous performance.
Her earlier Radio Songs appearance came with “One of the Girls,” her collaboration with The Weeknd and Lily-Rose Depp.
That song peaked at No. 48 in 2024.
“Dracula” has now taken her all the way to No. 1.
Even BLACKPINK as a group has not yet entered the Radio Songs chart, according to Billboard.
So this is not simply another No. 1 to add to JENNIE’s list.
It represents success in an area where K-pop’s enormous global popularity has not always translated as easily.
So why did “Dracula” become so big?
There probably is not one single reason.
Tame Impala brought an established alternative audience.
JENNIE brought enormous global recognition.
Short-form video gave the collaboration another route to discovery.
And months of steady radio growth allowed the song to reach people far beyond either artist’s most dedicated fans.
That may be the real story behind “Dracula.”
It did not become America’s No. 1 radio song in one dramatic week.
It kept growing.
From a Tame Impala solo release…
to a JENNIE collaboration…
to a viral crossover hit…
and finally to the top of U.S. radio.
For JENNIE, No. 1 is impressive.
But how she got there may be even more important than the number itself.