K-pop superband BTS member Jungkook has set a new US record and swept iTunes charts with his World Cup song ‘Dreamers’.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Being tapped to perform at the opening ceremony in Qatar, the ‘Euphoria’ singer debuted the full-English song on Sunday, ahead of his live performance of the song.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As soon as the song was released, it shot to the top of iTunes charts in numerous countries all over the world, reports aceshowbiz.com.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Just 13 hours after it first dropped, the single had already reached No. 1 on iTunes Top Songs charts in at least 102 different regions, including the world’s eight biggest music markets, the United States, the United Kingdom, Japan, France, Canada, Australia, Germany and Italy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Additionally, ‘Dreamers’ set the new record for the fastest official FIFA World Cup song to hit No. 1 on the iTunes Top Songs chart in the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The song took only 2 hours and 11 minutes to top the chart, according to South Korea’s News Herald.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jungkook later performed ‘Dreamers’ at Albaite Stadium in Alcor, Qatar. Kicking off the performance solo, he was joined onstage Qatari singer Fahad Al Kubaisi halfway through the song.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Clad in a sparkly black jacket, he showed off his energetic dancing moves along with a bunch of backup dancers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Look who we are, we are the dreamers\/ We make it happen, ’cause we believe it,” he sings in the motivational single.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Look who we are, we are the dreamers\/ We make it happen ’cause we can see it.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Besides Jungkook, who was billed as the main act, and Fahad Al Kubaisi, the World Cup opening ceremony featured Hollywood actor Morgan Freeman, who delivered a speech about the “emotions that connect us all now.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He added: “We gather here as one big tribe and Earth is the tent we all live in.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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