Holiday remix of BTS’s ‘Dynamite’ lands at No. 9 on Billboard’s Hot 100 singles chart

Boy band BTS released a holiday remix version of its hit song ″Dynamite″ on Dec. 11. [BIG HIT ENTERTAINMENT]

BTS’s hit song "Dynamite" returned to the top 10 on Billboard’s Hot 100 singles chart thanks to the release of a holiday remix, Billboard announced on Tuesday.

The band’s English-single released in August jumped to ninth place this week from 24th last week. During the aggregation period, "Dynamite" saw its music sales increase by 227 percent and streaming by 7 percent.

The holiday remix version of “Dynamite” released on Dec. 11 has a sound reminiscent of a traditional Christmas carol.

"Dynamite" also topped the Billboard Global Chart, which tallies the world's most popular songs excluding the United States.

Pop star Taylor Swift’s latest full-length album “Evermore” released on Dec. 11 topped Billboard’s 200 album chart following its release while lead track “Willow” landed at No. 1 on the Hot 100 singles chart.

BY KIM YEON-AH [kim.yeonah@joongang.co.kr]