Digital music platform Spotify announced Friday (April 12) that BTS is the first K-pop group, and Asian artist overall, to surpass 5 billion streams on the platform.
The news coincided with the group’s release of Map of the Soul: Persona. The seven-track EP, fronted by the single “Boy With Luv” featuring Halsey, arrives after last year’s Billboard 200 chart-topping duo Love Yourself: Tear and Love Yourself: Answer. “Fake Love,” originally released as a single on the former but also included on the latter, was Spotify’s most-streamed K-pop track of 2018, and has been responsible for more than 219 million of BTS’ 5 billion streams.
To commemorate the album release and the news, BTS will take over Spotify’s Teen Party playlist for the next seven days. Along with BTS and Halsey, the playlistalso features songs from Post Malone, Billie Eilish, Cardi B, Bruno Mars, Jonas Brothers, Ariana Grande and many more. Take a listen to the band’s song choices here:
BTS may be focusing all their attention on their new album Map of the Soul: Persona, which was just released earlier today (Friday, April 12), but the band has yet another reason to celebrate.
The group’s music has now been streamed five billion times on Spotify (according to a report published by Hits Daily Double, which confirmed the figure with the Swedish streaming giant), and they now stand alone in their genre. BTS is the only K-pop act to reach that milestone, proving once again that they are truly in a league of their own, even when it comes to other Korean artists.
BTS benefits from not only unprecedented popularity all around the world, but also a sizable back catalog, both of which helped them rack up the billions of streams. The male vocal group currently has 17 albums listed on Spotify, as well as nine EPs and several standalone singles. All that music makes it easier for them to see their career total play count rise, though five billion streams is still a staggering sum, even for some of the biggest names in the business.
While five billion streams is certainly noteworthy (especially when a group becomes the first in any style of music to do so), but BTS still has a long way to go before they’re even close to being the most-streamed musical act on Spotify. In 2018 alone, Drake, the platform’s most-played artist in the world, saw his music collect 8.2 billion streams. By now, his career total is well into eleven digits, and it shows no sign of slowing down.
Five billion is an astounding number, but it’s important to remember that the figure only represents activity on Spotify. Their videos have also been played billions of times on YouTube, and their music has earned several billion more streams across other sites like Apple Music, Napster, Deezer, and dozens of others.
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