BTS Jimin Shatters K-pop Solo Streaming Records on Spotify with His Debut Solo Album
BTS Jimin has swept away all K-pop solo artist streaming records on the world's largest music platform, Spotify, shining with his popularity.
According to Spotify, "Like Crazy," the title track of Jimin's first solo album, set a new record for K-pop solo artists by reaching 100 million streams on April 22, just 30 days after its release.
Proving its immense popularity, 'Like Crazy' surpassed 178.9 million streams on April 25, while the English version of the same track from the album exceeded 87.14 million streams, bringing the total to over 195 million and putting 200 million streams within reach.
Additionally, "Set Me Free Pt. 2," which was pre-released one week before the official album release, broke 90 million streams in just 38 days since its release on the 23rd, setting the fastest record among K-pop solo artist album tracks.
Jimin's solo album "FACE," which has been receiving great love from the title track to its B-sides, surpassed 300 million streams on Spotify on April 19. This feat, achieved in just 26 days since the album's release on March 24, is the shortest record among all K-pop solo artists.
Notably, "FACE" shortened the previous 60-day record by an astonishing 34 days and continues its record-breaking march by surpassing 350 million streams in the shortest time on April 25.
Jimin's first solo album "FACE" is writing a new history for K-pop solo albums on Spotify with 100 million streams in 5 days, 200 million streams in 14 days, and 300 million streams in 26 days since its release.
"Like Crazy" charted simultaneously in Spotify's "Daily Top Songs Chart" in 72 countries after its release, while "Set Me Free Pt. 2" made its name in 62 countries, boasting strong music popularity.
"Like Crazy" became the first Korean solo artist to reach No. 1 on Spotify's "Global Daily Top Songs" chart (March 26) and maintained its position in the upper ranks of the chart for 33 consecutive days. As of April 25, it held the record for the longest charting on 'Global Daily Artists' for 43 days.
Meanwhile, Jimin, who became the first Korean solo artist to top the Billboard "Hot 100," achieved a remarkable feat with "Like Crazy" and "FACE" by charting on both of the main Billboard charts, "Hot 100" and "Billboard 200," for four consecutive weeks.
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