BTS ‘Jungkook’s first solo song ‘Seven’ has set a new standard for K -pop solo artists by surpassing 2.4 billion streams on Spotify.Released in July 2023, the song was a ‘music monster’ in itself that swept the global market with just one song.

As of the 24th, ‘Seven’ has recorded 2.41288 billion cumulative streams.Although it has been about a year since its release, it still maintains over 2 million streams per day, proving Jungkook’s global popularity.

‘Seven’ became the first Asian artist and the sixth song worldwide to surpass 2.4 billion streams.It has been on Spotify’s main chart, ‘Weekly Top Songs Global’ for 101 consecutive weeks, the first and longest-running record for an Asian solo artist.
Immediately after its release, it proved its title as a ‘record maker’ by achieving 100 million, 900 million, 1 billion, and 1.1 billion streams on Spotify in the fastest speed of all time, and on the ‘Daily Top Song Global’ chart, it ranked #1 for a total of 71 days as the first Asian artist.On the ‘Weekly Top Song Global’ chart, it also achieved the record of 9 consecutive weeks at #1, the longest for a male singer song in 2023.



In addition to the Spotify record, ‘Seven’ debuted at No.1 on Billboard’s main single chart ‘Hot 100’ and remained on the chart for 15 weeks.It also ranked No.1 on ‘Billboard Global(Excluding the U.S.)’ for 9 consecutive weeks and ‘Global 200’ for 7 consecutive weeks.Maintaining No.1 on both charts for 7 consecutive weeks is the first and longest-term record for an Asian singer.
It entered the UK Official Singles Chart ‘Top 100’ at number 3, making history by staying there for 14 weeks, the first time for a K -pop solo song.

In addition to “Seven, “ Jungkook also has other globally streaming top-ranked songs, including “Standing Next to You” (1.2 billion), his collaboration with Charlie Puth, “Left and Right” (1 billion), and “3D” (over 900 million).With 9 billion cumulative streams on his personal Spotify account alone, he also holds the title of the Asian artist who achieved this in the shortest amount of time.
American pop culture magazine ‘Complex’ added more meaning to ‘Seven’ by selecting it as the ‘No.1 Best K -Pop and Rap Collaboration of All Time’.

Jungkook shook up the global music market with just one song.’Seven’ is not just a simple hit song, but also a symbol that deeply engraved Jungkook’s name in world music history.


Reporter Yang com -mo hmyang0307@donga

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