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Blackpink’s members are currently focused on individual projects before their anticipated reunion and world tour later this year. Each week seems to bring new solo successes for the group, with one member consistently achieving global chart placements. This week, Lisa takes center stage as her new single, “Born Again,” debuts on numerous charts, including a top 10 entry in the UK. The song’s success is driven by Lisa’s immense popularity and the combined influence of featured artists Doja Cat and Raye.
Lisa’s newest song debuted at number five on both the Official Singles Sales and Official Singles Downloads charts in the UK. This is a significant achievement, marking her fourth solo song to reach the top five on both of these charts.
While reaching number five is a strong debut for any artist, including someone as internationally popular as Lisa, it’s not her highest chart entry on these lists. However, “Born Again” is notable because it’s the highest-ranking new entry on both the sales and downloads charts this week, meaning it’s the most popular of all the songs newly released. Essentially, while other songs may be higher on the chart overall, “Born Again” had the strongest first week performance of any new release.
Born Again” also manages to open inside the top 40 on two other U.K. charts … This means the song has debuted (opened) within the top 40 positions on two additional music charts in the United Kingdom. There are multiple charts in the UK that track song popularity, and this line is telling us the song performed well on at least two of them. It’s important to note that “top 40” signifies a good level of popularity; it’s a common benchmark for success.
…though it doesn’t quite hit the top 10. This clarifies that while the song did well enough to enter the top 40 on these two charts, it didn’t reach the even more prestigious top 10 positions. The top 10 is generally considered a mark of significant success.
The collaborative affair came very close to becoming Lisa’s first to enter that impressive region on the main singles ranking… “Collaborative affair” means the song is a collaboration between Lisa and other artists. This part of the sentence highlights that this song nearly achieved a top 10 position on the main UK singles chart (likely the Official Singles Chart). It emphasizes that this would have been a first for Lisa, implying her previous solo or collaborative songs hadn’t reached that level of success on the main chart.
…where it launches at No. 13 this week. This confirms the song’s debut position on the main UK singles chart: number 13. “Launches” or “debuts” refers to the song’s first appearance on the chart. Reaching number 13 is still a strong debut, but just shy of the top 10.
