Idol (BTS song)

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"Idol"
Single by BTS
from the album Love Yourself: Answer
ReleasedAugust 24, 2018
Studio
  • Dogg Bounce
  • The Rock Pitt
Genre
Length3:43 (original)
4:20 (remix)
Label Big Hit
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Pdogg
BTS singles chronology
"Fake Love"
(2018)		"Idol"
(2018)		"Waste It on Me"
(2018)
Nicki Minaj singles chronology
"Goodbye"
(2018)		"Idol"
(2018)		"Woman Like Me"
(2018)
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Idol"
Pdogg3:43
Digital bonus track
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Idol" (featuring Nicki Minaj)
  • "Hitman" bang
  • Ali Tamposi
  • Onika Maraj
  • Pdogg
  • RM
  • Roman Campolo
  • Supreme Boi
Pdogg4:20

Credits and personnel

Korean version

Adapted from the liner notes of Love Yourself: Answer . [66]

Usage in media

"Idol" is featured in the heavily panned YouTube Rewind 2018: Everyone Controls Rewind . [67]

"Idol" was the goal song for South Korea during the 2022 FIFA World Cup. [68]

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Chart (2018)Position
South Korea (Gaon) [105] 70
Chart (2019)Position
Japan (Japan Hot 100) [106] 92
South Korea (Gaon) [107] 49
Chart (2020)Position
South Korea (Gaon) [108] 164

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [109] Gold35,000‡
South Korea (KMCA) [110] Platinum2,500,000*
United Kingdom (BPI) [111] Silver200,000‡
United States (RIAA) [112] Platinum1,000,000‡
Streaming
Japan (RIAJ) [113] Platinum100,000,000†
South Korea (KMCA) [114] Platinum100,000,000†

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.
† Streaming-only figures based on certification alone.

Release history

RegionDateFormatVersionLabelRef.
VariousAugust 24, 2018Original Big Hit [115]
United KingdomOctober 12, 2018 Contemporary hit radio Nicki Minaj Remix
 [116]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ The Korea Popular Music Awards were jointly established in 2018 by the Korea Singers Association, the Korea Entertainment Producer's Association, the Recording Industry Association of Korea, the Federation of Korean Music Performers, and the Korea Music Copyright Association. [40]

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