BTS V's self-produced song "Blue & Grey" creates history debuting at #13 on Billboard Hot 100; becomes this week's best-selling track globally

BTS V's self-produced song "Blue & Grey" created history, debuting #13 on this week's Billboard Hot 100. It is the highest charting BTS B-side track of all time.

Billboard Hot 100: #13(new) Blue & Grey,
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Blue & Grey is #13 on Billboard Hot 100 chart making it the highest charting B-Side track of BTS All time to reach this milestone. A huge congratulations goes to PRODUCER V 🔥
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The track also debuted #9 on Billboard Global 200 Singles Chart, becoming the best-selling download globally this week (sold 87,000) surpassing even the title track "Life Goes On" (sold 84,000).

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Blue & Grey (87k) surpassed Life Goes On (84k) globally, becoming BTS' best selling download around the world for this week 😲🎊
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In addition, "Blue & Grey" became BTS's best-selling B-side track in the United States, debuting#2 in Billboard digital song sales chart with 69,000 copies.

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V received massive appreciation globally for his beautiful song "Blue and Grey", where he conveyed his raw emotions through a soft tender ballad, which reflects melancholic colors.

Reviews and recognition for Blue & Grey: a thread
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On the recent Weverse Magazine interview, V shared his raw emotions regarding the toughest times when he wrote "Blue & Grey", which was originally intended for his mixtape

The song was originally intended for V's upcoming mixtape, but was encouraged to be added in the "BE" album.

V said 'Blue & Grey' was originally for his mixtape but after the members listen to it and decided to put it in the BE album and he changed the lyrics in Korean.
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The song not only received worldwide love and appreciation from the critics and viewers, it also broke multiple records worldwide debuting high on several charts in multiple countries.

- #12 on Rolling Stone's Top Songs Chart (highest charting B-side track from BE)

- #2 Best Seller of 2020 on Amazon

-#66 on UK Official Singles Chart

-#9 UK singles Sales Chart

- #98 on Billboard Japan Hot 100 with only 3 days of tracking

- #60 on Billboard Japan Top Download Charts

- #82 on Billboard Japan Top Streaming Charts

- #64 on Canadian Hot 100

- #5 on Canadian Digital Sales Chart

- #2 on Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam and Singapore Top 30 Digital Tracks

- #3 on Philippines Top 30 Digital Tracks

- 13 on Thailand Top 30 Digital Tracks