For years, Jimin has been a shining star, thriving on Spotify as a Korean/Okay-pop soloist since earlier than his official solo debut. For example, he has the most streamed solo songs/B-sides, specifically ‘Filter‘ and ‘Lie‘ from BTS’ ‘MOTS:7’ (2020) and ‘WINGS’ (2016) albums, respectively, a feat that he achieved with no lively solo promotions. Now that he has formally debuted as a soloist, he’s shining even brighter than ever earlier than, reaching sure milestones that no different Korean solo artist has ever achieved on Spotify, the world’s largest music streaming platform.
For instance, on releasing his first solo album, he turned the primary and solely Korean solo artist to succeed in #1 on Spotify World Day by day Prime Songs chart and to succeed in Prime 5 on Spotify USA Day by day Prime Songs chart, in addition to incomes the most important debut for a Korean solo track by a Korean solo artist in quite a few nation charts together with on huge music markets like USA, UK and France amongst others [refer here and here]. Three months later, the data are nonetheless pouring in as he reaches new milestones with completely different releases.
For one, as of the Spotify replace on June 6, Jimin’s first western collaboration mission, ‘Angel Pt.1‘ OST for the Quick X soundtrack, spent its twentieth day contained in the Prime 50 songs on Spotify World Day by day Prime Songs, making it the longest charting OST by a Korean act within the Prime 50 of this chart.
Secondly, as of the Spotify replace on June 19, ‘Like Loopy‘ spent its eightieth day contained in the Prime 50 on Spotify World Day by day Prime Songs chart, making it the longest charting track by a Korean solo artist on this chart, not simply among the many 2023 releases however in historical past. Whereas together with group songs, ‘Like Loopy’ is presently seventh among the many longest charting songs by Korean acts within the Prime 50 of this chart.
As of the replace on June 18, ‘Like Loopy’ spent its 87th day on Spotify World Day by day Prime Songs chart (together with days it was not within the prime 50), to turn out to be the longest-charting Korean solo track by a Korean solo artist, and the third longest charting track by a Okay-pop solo artist on the chart.
In the meantime, ‘Like Loopy’ has now surpassed 250 million streams on Spotify, turning into the quickest solo track by a Korean solo artist to succeed in this milestone. Each variations of ‘Like Loopy’ have exceeded 400 million streams.
Congratulations Jimin!
