Most streamed songs by K-pop acts on Spotify (release year)
2012: Gangnam Style 354M
2013: No More Dream 135M
2014: Boy in Luv 192M
2015: I Need U 286M
2016: Blood, Sweat, & Tears 451M
2017: DNA 523M
2018: FAKE LOVE 589M
2019: Boy With Luv 939M
2020: Dynamite 1.5B
2021: Butter 1B
"Proof" by BTS has recorded 177,590 total preorders in KTown4U making it the 2nd most preordered BTS album of all-time on the site following Map of the Soul:7.
Top 10 Best-Selling Albums of All-Time in South Korea in comparison with their digital points and Spotify streams (11.21.22 update)
#BTS
#StrayKids
#SEVENTEEN
In April 2022, BTS was the first Korean act to perform at the Grammys. Their PTD on Stage revenued $75M+ just from 11 shows: In May 2022, BTS was invited to the White House despite not being Americans. In June 2022, Proof topped various album charts around the world (3.3M copies)
"Candy" by
@NCTsmtown_DREAM
is now the 3rd Longest Charting Boygroup song in the Top 10 of MelOn TOP100, spending 1,135 hours, surpassing BTS' Butter (1,132 hours).
#1
Still Life – 2,146 Hr
#2
Permission to Dance – 1,639 Hr
#3
#Candy
– 1,135 Hr (still counting)
Melon releases its Hall of Fame data. As of January 18, BTS is the only member of the Diamond Club for surpassing 10 billion streams. BTS has a total of 12.18B streams with over 11.8M cumulative listeners across their entire discography.
#BTS
has now spent 400 consecutive days on Spotify Daily Top Artists Global Top 10 (still charting at
#5
). They are the first and only group to achieve this milestone.
I simply find it funny that people are now pulling hairs over a category that was easily ignored for years. I thought people want the best dance performance award.
Best-selling single album records on Hanteo
Overall: Butter
#BTS
(2.3M)
Group: Butter
#BTS
(2.3M)
Female group: After LIKE
#IVE
(1.3M)
Soloist: The Astronaut
#JIN
(887k)
Female soloist: LALISA
#LISA
(847k)
BTS released 1 anthology album with 2 versions (no Japanese releases nor repacks) but still ended up being the highest male act and group on the list. Other Kpop stans shouldn’t talk about them unless their faves managed to do this with one release too.
BTS really said, “what Inkigayo?” We’re going to perform solo at Lollapalooza, sold out Coldplay stadium concert, and FIFA World Cup Opening Ceremony.
✔️North America
✔️South America
✔️Asia - Middle East
방탄소년단 ‘정국’이 2022 FIFA 카타르 월드컵 공식 사운드트랙과 월드컵 개막식 공연에 참여합니다. 많은 기대 부탁드립니다!
Proud to announce that Jung Kook is part of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 Soundtrack & will perform at the World Cup opening ceremony. Stay tuned!
#FIFAWorldCup
To be honest, I think it's the sales inflation that caused the ALOTY criteria to be changed. I said before that it's only a matter of time before things change. Everybody is being a million-seller nowadays that it took away the prestige of such accomplishment.
Most streamed OSTs by Korean acts on Spotify
#1
Sweet Night 260.3M
#2
Stay With Me 222.5M
#3
Christmas Tree 179.1M
#4
With you 160.5M⬆️
#5
Stay Alive 159.4M⬇️
#6
Beautiful 136.7M
#7
Dream Glow 128.9M
#8
Heartbeat 120.7M
#9
It's Definitely You 113.5M⬆️
#10
Everytime 112.2M⬇️
Singers who were included in the list of "50 people who made KBS shine for the past 50 years"
#8
BTS
#23
Cho Yong-pil
#36
IU
#41
Na Hoon-a
#42
Girls' Generation
Most viewed MV teasers in the first 24 hours on YouTube:
#1
Dynamite - 30.2M
#2
Butter - 28.3M
#3
Permission To Dance - 16.4M
#4
Boy With Luv Teaser 1 - 16.1M
#5
Pink Venom - 15.8M 🆕
I got curious about how many hit songs each of the best-selling albums on SK has domestically & internationally. It's difficult to gauge bec there are several parameters that could be used like streams, awards, certs, etc. For now, I limited it to Gaon points & Spotify streams.
Most streamed OSTs by Korean acts on Spotify
#1
Sweet Night 273.4M
#2
Stay With Me 231.2M
#3
Christmas Tree 211.5M
#4
With you 160.5M
#5
Stay Alive 178.9M
#6
Beautiful 140.9M
#7
Dream Glow 131.2M
#8
Heartbeat 123.6M
#9
It's Definitely You 120.7M
#10
Yours 116.8M🆕
"The Astronaut" by JIN reaches a new peak of
#4
(+39) on Billboard Japan Hot 100. It surpasses NAYEON's POP! (peak
#5
) as the highest charting song by a Kpop soloist on the chart in 2022.
"Bad Decisions" by benny blanco, BTS, and Snoop Dogg debuts at
#100
on Melon 24Hits chart. This is BTS' 28th song to enter the chart since its creation in 2020, the most for any idol group.
In October 2022, they brought ~500k tourists to Busan for their concert bringing in millions of won for SK economy. Oh, what did I forget? They have 7 credited group songs charting simultaneously on Melon right now (never below 5 in 2022), the most for any idol group.
Depending on the album type, the question is will we see the first double million seller soloist of the 2000s century? The last double million seller soloist was Jo Sung-mo in 1999 if I'm not mistaken
Fun fact: BTS has now charted 17 new songs on Melon 24Hits. This means all their new songs (including Skit) that were released after the reform except for Butter (MGR) and Butter (Holiday remix) have charted. They also hold the record for most entries among idol groups. 🙇🏻♀️
I’ve seen a lot of threads like this on my tl but I gotta say V stands for viral because this is a very long thread and all have a min of 1M views with one having 13M+ views. Like???
These 4th gen bg k-charts takes I’m seeing on the tl are just so funny. 2 of the most important music apps now in Korea are Melon and YT Music. If you see who’s charting better on both of them, then, you know who’s charting better domestically lol
.
@BTS_twt
now holds the Top 4 longest charting songs by an idol group in Melon Weekly Chart history!
#1
Spring Day - 310 weeks*
#2
Boy With Luv - 161 weeks
#3
Dynamite - 127 weeks*
#4
(+1) Butter - 88 weeks*
Checked the K-charts and noticed that BTS is also credited for Dreamers. This means all ULs, streams, and index points of the song will be counted both for Jungkook and BTS just like Left and Right. There was confusion about this on award show predictions so clarifying it now.
For a 5M sales to make sense, at least for the title track
Spotify top 10 with 4-5M filtered streams
AM Global top 50
30-40M views on YouTube
All K-charts top 10
All J-charts top 10
Charting on QQ Music, etc
All tracks on Spotify Global and K-charts, at least one bside on AM…
Most streamed OSTs by Korean acts on Spotify
#1
Sweet Night 225.1M
#2
Stay With Me 200M
#3
Beautiful 123.7M
#4
Dream Glow 120.9M
#5
Heartbeat 110.9M
#6
Christmas Tree 109.9M
#7
Everytime 101.3M
#8
Stay Alive 101.3M
#9
It's Definitely You 98.6M
#10
It's You 90.4M
Most streamed 2022 songs by K-pop acts on Spotify (so far)
#1
Left and Right 359M (+1.7M)
#2
Pink Venom 279M (+1.6M)
#3
Yet To Come 192M (+691k)
#4
LOVE DIVE 179M (+528k)
#5
Shut Down 169M (+1.9M)
I just realized that BTS past SOTYs are here in the top 40 (Spring Day 2017, BWL 2019, Dynamite 2020, Butter 2021). Kpop stans would always deny they deserved their awards but their longevity on the charts in the big year of 2022 prove they deserve to be called SOTY.
Sunday's gonna really be interesting with how little the difference is. HITSDD predicted 133k for The Album and it debuted with 110k on BB200. Also, Bad Bunny was predicted to have 95k last week but ended up with 97k on BB200 so the 1k difference makes this really interesting.
TTH playlisting, a little radio push, and distributing albums on time don’t require the members doing anything 💁🏻♀️ Asking HYBE/BH for these things doesn’t make one a manti because these things are basic. These are HYBE/BH/Geffen’s JOB.
"Fearless" by LE SSERAFIM rises to a new peak of
#19
(+3) on Melon Daily Chart. It is the 2nd song by a group formed in 2022 to enter Melon Daily Top 20.
[DEBUT] "Attention" by NewJeans - 7PM KST
#1
Bugs
#18
Genie
#20
Melon
Attention is the first debut song by an idol group to debut straight in Melon Top 100 this decade.
Most streamed OSTs by Korean acts on Spotify
#1
Sweet Night 243.8M
#2
Stay With Me 211.5M
#3
Christmas Tree 148.3M
#4
Stay Alive 134.9M
#5
Beautiful 130.3M
#6
Dream Glow 125.2M
#7
Heartbeat 116.3M
#8
With you 113M⬆️
#9
Everytime 106.8M⬇️
#10
It's Definitely You 106M⬇️
But bfr… Melon is owned by Kakao which is competing with HYBE right now. Why would they allow “chart manipulation” of their biggest competitors on their own platform? Also, payola for bsides and OST… Like???
This is actually doing better than what I expected for an OST release on Christmas eve. V is probably one of the BTS members who is ready for a proper solo debut chartwise. (Not that I’m saying he needs/wants to but just putting out my observations)
The current streams and sales are low to debut on the Hot 100. If it indeed goes
#1
on BB200, it will join the list of
#1
albums with no Hot 100 entry.
I don’t know why this account has a constant erasure of Christmas Tree when it’s also a 2021 release. It had 566k+ streams yesterday.
TOP 44 SPOTIFY STREAM 2021
NOV 21
#1
#COLDPLAY
&
#BTS
"MY UNIVERSE"
#2
#LISA
"MONEY"
#3
#BTS
"BUTTER"
#4
#V
“Christmas Tree”
#5
#BTS
"PTD"
Most streamed OSTs by Korean acts on Spotify
#1
Sweet Night 225.9M
#2
Stay With Me 200.4M
#3
Beautiful 124M
#4
Dream Glow 121.1M
#5
Christmas Tree 111.5M⬆️
#6
Heartbeat 111.1M⬇️
#7
Stay Alive 102.8M
#8
Everytime 101.5M
#9
It's Definitely You 98.9M
#10
It's You 90.6M
@MinalinaJi
Two fandoms are now calling pre-release singles are b-sides. If we go by this route then Dynamite and Butter (because it was released before the single album) are also b-sides 😭😭😭
Most streamed OSTs by Korean acts on Spotify
#1
Sweet Night 230.7M
#2
Stay With Me 203.5M
#3
Beautiful 125.8M
#4
Christmas Tree 122.3M⬆️
#5
Dream Glow 122.2M⬇️
#6
Heartbeat 112.8M
#7
Stay Alive 112.2M
#8
Everytime 103M
#9
It's Definitely You 100.9M
#10
It's You 91.9M
When you look at the YT chart, the songs/videos are mostly by Latin or Indian artists. This is one area where we could see Kpop is falling behind despite the flashy or big budget videos. Increase in album sales really do not equate that the genre is rising.
“Album of the Year is awarded for a whole album, and the award is presented to the artist, featured artist, songwriter, producer, recording engineer, and mastering engineer with significant contributions to that album.”
So yes, Music of the Spheres counts also as a BTS nom.
Most streamed OSTs by Korean acts on Spotify
#1
Sweet Night 225.4M
#2
Stay With Me 200.2M
#3
Beautiful 123.8M
#4
Dream Glow 121M
#5
Heartbeat 111M
#6
Christmas Tree 110.5M
#7
Stay Alive 101.8M ⬆️
#8
Everytime 101.4M ⬇️
#9
It's Definitely You 98.7M
#10
It's You 90.5M
Love Dive is the biggest domestic hit and on the top 5 of the biggest international hit by a kpop act this year. Stop questioning if it deserves SOTY or not. IT IS. End of discussion.
Ridiculous!!!! LOVE DIVE is without doubt the best performing song ghis year by farrrrrrr impact while its thebest performing song with insanely good longevity in last 2years! Like its charting in almost all charts even in apple music global better than one group can dream for.
Oh I just saw that It's Definitely You is at 98M streams already on Spotify. When it crosses 100M, V will be the first Korean artist with 3 OSTs crossing the 100M mark. Right now, he and Punch have 2 OSTs each.
Top female acts of 2022 (survey by Sports Chosun)
#1
NewJeans
#2
IVE
#3
(G)I-DLE
#4
LE SSERAFIM
#5
IU
#6
BLACKPINK
#7
Song Ga-in, Younha
#9
aespa
#10
KARA, TWICE
[1st Realtime All-Kill] "Attention" by NewJeans - 12AM KST
#1
Bugs (+1)
#1
Genie (=)
#1
Melon (=)
#1
FLO (+1)
"Attention" by NewJeans is the first debut song by an idol group to have a RAK following WannaOne's Energetic in 2017.
Song of the Year 2022 (survey by JoyNews24; 214 responses)
#1
LOVE DIVE (62 votes)
#2
Attention (30 votes)
#3
TOMBOY (21 votes)
#4
Pink Venom (12 votes)
#4
Hype Boy (12 votes)
#6
After LIKE (10 votes)
#6
At That Moment (10 votes)
#8
Feel My Rhythm(9 votes)
#8
Still Life (9 votes)
Was just looking at the k-charts after so long and I'm surprised to see that Hype Boy is already charting higher than After Like on most platforms despite being released earlier. Hype Boy is really the biggest 2022 hit that never reached
#1
and will never be a SOTY contender.
ARMYs, I have a question. Do you think BigHit is promoting or will promote Run BTS as a second single because it just appeared as a sponsored/ad post on my Tiktok?