Jennie's Dracula Climbs to No. 6 on Hot 100 as Top 10 Run Reaches 20 Weeks

A rebound backed by 62.5 million radio impressions

Jennie and Tame Impala's collaboration "Dracula" climbs from No. 10 to No. 6 on the Billboard Hot 100 dated October 17, 2026, extending its reported total inside the top 10 to 20 weeks. The song also holds No. 1 on Radio Songs for a fourth week, with 62.5 million audience impressions, essentially unchanged from the previous week.

The four position rise puts "Dracula" one place below its No. 5 peak. It is the first Hot 100 top 10 hit for both the BLACKPINK member and the Australian act, and the latest milestone extends what is reported as the longest top 10 run by a K-pop artist.

The song is also reported to be spending its 53rd week on the Hot 100. That chart history follows two releases: Tame Impala's original solo recording in October 2025 and a version featuring Jennie in February 2026. The full chart run therefore should not be read as 53 weeks since Jennie's version arrived.

The chart preview was published on Monday, October 12, ahead of the scheduled October 13 update for charts dated October 17. Alongside its Hot 100 rebound, "Dracula" records its 40th week at No. 1 on Hot Dance/Electronic Songs and its 22nd week leading Hot Rock & Alternative Songs.

What the 20 week milestone means

The latest reports agree on the main development: "Dracula" has risen from No. 10 to No. 6 after previously reaching No. 5. The distinction between total weeks and consecutive weeks in the top 10, however, needs care.

One account describes the milestone as 20 consecutive weeks. An earlier report describes a return to No. 10 from No. 14 after the song had first reached the top 10 the previous month. That earlier departure means the song's entire history in the region has not been uninterrupted. Without a complete weekly chart history, the safest description is 20 reported weeks in the top 10, rather than an independently established consecutive streak.

The No. 5 peak is Jennie's highest Hot 100 position reported to date. Her latest No. 6 placement is a recovery toward that peak, not a new career high. Those are different achievements: one measures the song's best single week, while the other shows its ability to remain near the top over time.

From an October release to an October rebound

The collaboration's progress stretches across roughly a year, with its original release preceding Jennie's involvement. Reports connect the February version's renewed popularity to short video platforms, followed by expanding radio support.

The main milestones show how that progress developed:

• October 2025: Tame Impala releases the original solo version of "Dracula."
• February 2026: The version featuring Jennie arrives.
• July 4 chart: The song ranks at No. 10 on the Hot 100, then its highest position.
• July 11 chart: "Dracula" reaches No. 1 on Pop Airplay, a first for both credited acts.
• July 14 report: The song rises from No. 8 to a new Hot 100 peak of No. 5.
• September 26 chart: It reaches No. 1 on Radio Songs and returns to No. 5 on the Hot 100.
• October 17 chart: It rebounds to No. 6 and records a fourth week atop Radio Songs.

The July coverage also connected Jennie's three consecutive headline appearances at major European festivals, including Madrid's 2026 Mad Cool Festival, with her global chart momentum. No figures isolate how much those performances contributed to the American chart result.

Radio support is broad, not just large

"Dracula" first reached No. 1 on Radio Songs on the chart dated September 26, drawing 62.6 million audience impressions during September 11 through 17, according to data attributed to Luminate. The latest figure of 62.5 million is just 100,000 lower, a difference of roughly 0.16% across those two reported snapshots.

Audience impressions estimate exposure to a song through radio listening. They are not a count of distinct people: a listener can hear the same recording more than once. Radio Songs measures that reach across formats, while Pop Airplay tracks plays on mainstream Top 40 stations.

The song's radio history extends beyond those two lists. By the September 26 chart, it had led Adult Pop Airplay for nine weeks, following seven weeks at No. 1 on Pop Airplay and two weeks atop Alternative Airplay. It had also reached No. 2 on Adult Alternative Airplay and the top 15 on Adult Contemporary.

These results show support across several station audiences. Earlier in its rise, "Dracula" had reached No. 18 on Pop Airplay and No. 23 on Radio Songs. Its later No. 1 positions mark a substantial expansion from those initial milestones.

A rare crossover between pop and alternative radio

When "Dracula" reached No. 1 on Pop Airplay in July, it became the second song that year to lead that chart after topping Alternative Airplay, following sombr's "Back to Friends." Only 7% of Pop Airplay No. 1 songs since the chart began in October 1992 had led both lists.

That comparison gives the collaboration a more specific distinction than simply being a popular radio song. It succeeded on two formats whose leading records do not usually overlap. Recent examples included Lola Young's "Messy" in 2025, and Myles Smith's "Stargazing" and Hozier's "Too Sweet" in 2024.

The genre song charts tell a related, but separate, story. Hot Dance/Electronic Songs and Hot Rock & Alternative Songs combine multiple measures of consumption rather than radio alone. "Dracula" has advanced from 25 and seven weeks at No. 1, respectively, in the July coverage to 40 and 22 weeks in the latest update.

Jennie joins Rosé in a small group of solo successes

Jennie's first Hot 100 top 10 made her the second BLACKPINK member to reach that region as a solo artist, after Rosé. Rosé's collaboration with Bruno Mars, "APT.," reached No. 3, two places above the No. 5 peak reported for "Dracula."

BLACKPINK consequently became the fifth all female group with two members who reached the Hot 100 top 10 as solo artists. The others were Destiny's Child, through Beyoncé and Kelly Rowland; Fifth Harmony, through Camila Cabello and Normani; the Go-Go's, through Belinda Carlisle and Jane Wiedlin; and the Runaways, through Lita Ford and Joan Jett.

The Pop Airplay achievement places BLACKPINK in a different group. Jennie followed Rosé, whose "APT." spent five weeks at No. 1 in 2025, making BLACKPINK the fourth group with multiple members who had topped Pop Airplay as solo artists. Destiny's Child, Fifth Harmony and One Direction had also done so.

These milestones should not be confused with BLACKPINK's chart results as a group. By the July report, BLACKPINK had accumulated four Pop Airplay entries since 2020. The September report said the group had not yet appeared on Radio Songs, even as Jennie's collaboration reached its summit.

How Kevin Parker built Dracula

"Dracula," released through Columbia Records, credits Kevin Parker, Jennie, Sarah Aarons and Carly Gibert as songwriters. Parker was the sole producer. Aarons described a lengthy writing process in which Parker brought together parts of separate ideas.

Aarons, one of the song's credited writers, explained that an earlier idea contained a section she considered the chorus, while Parker called it the prechorus. A second song supplied the Dracula concept. Describing Parker's decision to combine them, she said:

He mashed that into that one line from this other idea, and I was like, 'Oh damn, that's kind of sick.'

Her account gives the recording a history beyond its February release with Jennie. The central idea developed through several versions before the collaboration became a chart hit.

Parker had already reached major radio charts through work on other artists' recordings. As a writer and producer, he helped make Dua Lipa's "Houdini," which peaked at No. 7 on Radio Songs and No. 6 on Pop Airplay, and "Illusion," which reached No. 7 on Pop Airplay. "Dracula" brought Tame Impala its first No. 1 on both radio charts under its own artist credit.

Why a radio leader can rank sixth on the Hot 100

The Hot 100 combines American streaming, radio airplay and sales. Its streaming measure includes official audio and video, while its sales measure includes physical singles and digital tracks from qualifying retailers. Digital single purchases from direct sales websites are excluded from the calculation described in the latest chart account.

That combination explains why leading Radio Songs does not automatically mean leading the Hot 100. Taylor Swift's "Patient Zero" holds No. 1 for a second week with 17.4 million streams, 26.1 million radio impressions, 8,000 downloads and 134,000 copies sold on CD during October 2 through 8.

"Dracula" has more than twice the reported radio audience of "Patient Zero," 62.5 million against 26.1 million, yet ranks five places lower on the Hot 100. The latest figures do not give comparable streaming or sales totals for "Dracula," so they cannot establish exactly which component drove its four position climb.

The surrounding competition is also strong. Ella Langley's "Choosin' Texas" holds No. 2 after 24 weeks at No. 1. Drake and Don Toliver's "Solar Eclipse" debuts at No. 5, immediately above "Dracula," becoming Drake's 91st Hot 100 top 10. Swift's latest leader is her 16th No. 1 and her tenth to spend at least two weeks at the summit.

A Korean stage reunion alongside the chart milestone

Jennie's latest chart result follows a separate live appearance in Korea. On the Saturday before the Monday preview, she surprised fans by joining The Weeknd on stage for "One of the Girls," their 2023 recording with Lily-Rose Depp.

That earlier collaboration also appears in Jennie's American radio history. "One of the Girls" reached No. 48 on Radio Songs in 2024, before "Dracula" took her to No. 1 on the same chart.

The timing puts a familiar collaboration beside a newer commercial milestone, but no evidence establishes that the Korean performance affected the latest ranking. The confirmed development is the rebound to No. 6; the next scheduled step identified in the preview is publication of the complete October 17 charts on October 13.

Key Points

• "Dracula" rises from No. 10 to No. 6 on the Hot 100 dated October 17, 2026, below its No. 5 peak.
• The song has a reported 20 weeks in the top 10 and 53 weeks on the chart, although accounts differ on whether the top 10 milestone is consecutive.
• It leads Radio Songs for a fourth week with 62.5 million audience impressions.
• It records 40 weeks atop Hot Dance/Electronic Songs and 22 atop Hot Rock & Alternative Songs.
• The collaboration gave both Jennie and Tame Impala their first Hot 100 top 10 and their first No. 1 on Pop Airplay and Radio Songs.
• Jennie also joined The Weeknd in Korea to perform "One of the Girls" before the latest chart preview.