[talk] For 7 consecutive years... BTS sets record for most streaming this year

The group BTS has achieved significant results on global charts for seven consecutive years.


According to the '2024 Wrapped Year-End Settlement' campaign announced by Spotify, the world's largest music streaming platform, on the 5th, BTS ranked first as the K-pop artist with the most global streams this year, with 3.9 billion streams. With this, BTS has become the K-pop artist with the most global streams for 7 consecutive years since 2018.

BTS also dominated the domestic charts. Jimin was selected as the most streamed singer in Korea for the second consecutive year. Jungkook (3rd) and V (5th) also ranked in the rankings, and BTS ranked 8th.

Many of the most streamed albums in Korea are occupied by solo albums by BTS members. The most streamed album was Jimin's "MUSE." Jungkook's "GOLDEN" (2nd) and "3D: The Remixes" (4th) followed, while Suga's solo album "D-DAY" released as Agust D ranked 8th.


Meanwhile, BTS holds several K-pop firsts and fastest records on Spotify: They are the only K-pop artist to surpass 41 billion cumulative streams and the first group to reach the 41 billion milestone in the platform's history.