BTS earned the Guinness world record for the best-selling album in South Korea with their 2021 release Map of the Soul: 7. It also became the first album in Korean history to be certified 5x Million on Circle Chart (Gaon) and The Korea Music Content Association (KMCA) for surpassing 5 million sales in November 2022.
Thanks to these new feats, LISA is now the K-Pop Soloist with the Most Guinness World Records in history (7 in total), surpassing legend PSY (5 in total). The incredible Guinness World Records set by Lisa are as follows: 1) First Solo K-pop Winner at the MTV Video Music Awards.
Only Korean music act to top the Billboard charts with six albums. They are currently the only Korean group to have topped the Billboard 200 list with six different albums. BTS earned the title on 25 June 2022 after their latest album Proof debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 list.
BTS Officially Breaks Own Guinness World Record For Most-Streamed Group On Spotify. BTS has officially extended their own Guinness World Record for the most streamed group on Spotify!
Last year, Blackpink broke BTS's YouTube record for the most views in a single day, a feat that was previously thought impossible.
NewJeans have become the fastest K-pop group to reach 1billion streams on Spotify, breaking a Guinness World Record that was previously held by BTS ' Jungkook and BLACKPINK 's Lisa.
On 22 May 2023, 393 days after making his solo debut on the platform, BTS vocalist Jimin (South Korea, b. Park Ji-min) reached 1 billion streams on Spotify to smash the 409-day record set by bandmate Jung Kook two months earlier.
K-pop legends BTS reach 31 billion streams on Spotify to smash own record | Guinness World Records.
After Drake achieved the first hit with over a billion streams on Spotify with his 2016 track “One Dance” from his Views album, it wasn't long before more artists began to follow suit. The streaming platform compiled its Billions Club Playlist in 2021, featuring every song to achieve the milestone.
Music data sources have reported that Jimin's Spotify profile has now surpassed 1 billion streams across all credits, becoming the fastest Korean/K-pop solo artist in history to reach this milestone. It took him 393 days to achieve these numbers, breaking the previous record of 409 days.
As of June 2023, a total of 419 songs have surpassed one billion streams on Spotify, 34 have surpassed two billion, and just 2 have surpassed three billion in the platform's history.
1. 'Blinding Lights' by The Weeknd (3.59 billion streams) The Weeknd is the reigning king of Spotify, with his track racking up more than 3.4 billion views on the platform.
NewJeans have broken the Guinness World Record for the fastest K-pop act to reach a billion streams on Spotify. The girl group – comprising Minji, Hanni, Danielle, Haerin and Hyein – only have six songs on the streaming platform: Attention, Hurt, Hype Boy, Cookie, Zero, Ditto and OMG.
#Jimin's "Like Crazy" has now surpassed 100 million streams on Spotify. Fastest solo song by a K-pop soloist to reach this milestone.
At no.1 was SUGA's D-2 with 750 million streams, followed by Jimin's FACE with 554 million streams, J-Hope's Hope World with 526 million streams, and at no. 4th is RM's mono with 511 million streams.
NewJeans Break Guinness World Record for Fastest K-Pop Act to Hit 1 Billion Spotify Streams. The achievement comes just 219 days after the group's formal debut.
Canadian rapper Drake is the most-streamed artist in Spotify's history. American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift is the most-streamed female artist in Spotify's history.
How much money did 'Here Comes the Sun' generate on Spotify? Music distribution company Ditto Music, headquartered in Liverpool and New York, estimates that "Here Comes The Sun" has generated about $4.37 million from 1 billion Spotify streams, based on U.S. streaming rates.
The billion-view mark was first passed by Gangnam Style in December 2012. On January 13, 2022, Pinkfong's "Baby Shark" became the first video to hit 10,000,000,000 views, being the most watched video on YouTube ever.
Just last week, Miley Cyrus' track "Flowers," released in January, became the fastest song in Spotify history to reach 1 billion streams. Tricia Rice, Spotify's lead for label and music partnerships, expressed admiration for The Beatles' success to USA Today.
How many streams on Spotify = $1000? On average, you'll have to earn 300,000 to 350,000 streams to generate roughly $1000.
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'My Universe' has surpassed 1 billion streams on Spotify, making it BTS' fourth song to achieve that milestone.
BTS' Jimin has spent 47 days on Spotify Global Daily Top Artists chart, making him the first K-Pop soloist to maintain such a record in history of the chart.