Not Jung Kook or PSY, this is the solo artist whose Korean song reached 1 billion streams the fastest on Spotify

Recently, Like Crazy – Jimin’s (BTS) solo debut song has surpassed 1 billion streams on this platform. After more than 1 year since the official personal promotion with the album FACE and theme song Like Crazy, Jimin also entered the “billion streams club”. The huge achievement continues the list of unprecedented music records for the main dancer of BTS.

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Like Crazy only took 377 days to reach 1 billion streams. Jimin is the fastest Kpop solo artist with a Korean song to reach this number in Spotify history.

Like Crazy It only took 377 days to reach 1 billion streams. Accordingly, Jimin is the Kpop solo artist whose Korean song reached this number the fastest in Spotify history. While in the army, Jimin received many congratulations from the Army. Fans are extremely proud of the boys’ ability to “clear the game”. Even though BTS is on a break from activities, they are still continuously achieving new musical achievements, with both group and solo products.

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With Like Crazy, Jimin is also the first Kpop solo artist to go straight to the top of the Billboard Hot 100.

The milestone of 1 billion streams on the world’s largest music platform is not the only huge achievement Jimin has achieved. With Like Crazy, He is also the first Kpop solo artist to go straight to the top position Billboard Hot 100. At the end of 2023, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) noted Like Crazy achieved Platinum certification when exceeding 1 million copies sold in the US market.

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BTS members are holding streaming milestones that are difficult to break, in which Jung Kook owns the fastest song to reach 1 billion streams in history – 108 days

It can be said that with their current achievements, BTS has “outlined” Kpop. While Jimin is the solo artist whose Korean song reached 1 billion Spotify streams the fastest in history, Jung Kook owns the song Seven Fastest to reach 1 billion streams after only 108 days of release, surpassing even a super hit Flowers by Miley Cyrus.

Jimin and Jung Kook both marked their debut at #1 Billboard Hot 100. BTS created a record and the members “followed” to break the record, it took a long time to find a group of juniors capable of doing this.