Even on vacation from BTS continue to make history, this time individually and Jungkook has set a new record for South Korean soloists on Spotify Global with the release of his new solo song, “Stay Alive”.
“Stay Alive” is a production by Suga, also from BTS, and was officially released this Friday, February 11th, as part of the official soundtrack of the webtoon “7 Fates: Chakho”, a new format of Korean comics made available on the internet.
Listen to Jung Kook's original soundtrack "Stay Alive (Prod. SUGA of BTS)" for #7FATES_CHAKHO right here on @Spotify's #TeenBeats playlist.
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— BTS_official (@bts_bighit) February 11, 2022
And like everything that involves BTS is great, Jungkook’s new solo track debuted directly in the Top 3 of Spotify Global, in this Saturday’s update, February 12th, with a total of 4.27 million plays on the platform.
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The number makes “Stay Alive” the biggest debut by a South Korean soloist on Spotify Global.
In this Sunday’s update, February13th, “Stay Alive” lost a little breath, but it still appears among the highest positions of the most listened to songs on Spotify Global, ranking 8th with 3.23 million plays on the platform.
In other related news, this time, the boy group made history, once again, by consolidating itself among the most played artists on the music platform.
That’s right! It’s just that with this week’s update, the K-Pop group reached the goal of 23.3 billion plays on their tracks, based on Spotify Wrapped.
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The group achieved an extraordinary milestone within the platform becoming the 10th most streamed artist in Spotify history and the first Asian artist to do so. With this, BTS also becomes the only group to enter the platform’s TOP 10, as all other singers go solo.
Boys appear behind Taylor Swift, with 25.8 billion.
With this, they consolidate not only as artists in the Top 10, but also as the most successful group on the digital platform.
Leading the rankings follow with Drake and his more than 44 billion plays on the global audio platform.
