Singer Lim Young-woong has set a new milestone in Melon streaming history by breaking yet another record.
As of the 13th, Lim Young-woong surpassed 11,717,100,000 cumulative streams on Melon, Korea’s largest music platform.This is a record that has accumulated over 100 million additional streams in just 16 days since recording 11.6 billion streams on April 27th, and is the fastest speed and an overwhelming number among solo singers.

With this, Lim Young-woong has established himself as the only solo singer to have made it to the ‘Billions-Dia Club’, the highest level of the ‘Billions Club’ compiled by Melon.Including groups, he is the second after BTS, and first among solo singers.

Lim Young-woong first entered the ‘Billions-Gold Club’, given to artists with between 5 billion and 10 billion cumulative Melon streaming, in January 2023, and joined the ‘Diamond Club’ in June of last year after surpassing 10 billion streams.Since then, he has continued his steady upward trend, and in less than a year, he set another record of 11.7 billion streams.

This record goes beyond simple numbers and proves that Lim Young-woong’s music is widely loved across generations.Not only does every song he release dominate the major charts, but even songs released years ago continue to be streamed for long periods of time, proving the brand value of ‘Lim Young-woong, who you can trust and listen to.’

The power of the fandom ‘Heroic Era’ support cannot be overlooked.Every time a new song is released, the passionate participation of fans has made Lim Young-woong’s record possible.

Meanwhile, Lim Young-woong has solidified his position as a streaming powerhouse with a variety of songs, including OSTs, regular albums, and live concert recordings, such as “Love Always Runs Away” in 2021, “Can We Meet Again?” , “Our Blues”, and “I Really Love You.”

11.7 billion, and next is 12 billion.The eyes of music fans continue to be drawn to Lim Young-woong’s actions, which make us realize the saying, ‘Records are meant to be broken.’



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