{"id":166178,"date":"2026-05-07T10:34:24","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T17:34:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/?p=166178"},"modified":"2026-05-07T10:34:24","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T17:34:24","slug":"bts-jungkook-reaches-7-billion-spotify-streams-with-golden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/bts-jungkook-reaches-7-billion-spotify-streams-with-golden\/","title":{"rendered":"BTS\u2019 Jungkook reaches 7 billion Spotify streams with \u201cGolden\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Jungkook of BTS<\/strong> has reached 7 billion <strong>Spotify<\/strong> streams with his debut solo album, \u201c<strong>Golden<\/strong>,\u201d Big Hit Music announced on Thursday, May 7, 2026. This achievement makes the album the first solo project by an Asian artist to hit 7 billion plays on the streaming platform. According to the agency, \u201cGolden\u201d reached the mark in 904 days, setting a new speed record for a studio album by an Asian act. The project has continued to perform strongly 3 years after its initial release, thanks to hits like \u201cSeven\u201d and \u201cStanding Next To You.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\uc815\uad6d (Jung Kook) &#039;Standing Next to You&#039; Official MV\" width=\"1240\" height=\"698\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UNo0TG9LwwI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The album was already a major success when it arrived three years ago. \u201cGolden\u201d debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 and stayed on the chart for 25 weeks. It also sold more than 2 million copies in its first week globally, showing Jungkook\u2019s strong global reach as a solo artist. The 11-song album was later included by Talk of the Charts among the \u201cTop 20 Albums With the Most Powerful Hit Songs of the 2020s.\u201d The project helped Jungkook build a clear solo identity while keeping the global fan base that stayed by his side as BTS member.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: GOLDEN\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/5pSk3c3wVwnb2arb6ohCPU?si=zoAqVIGvTGaTy9Bc7moICA&amp;utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The milestone comes as another important chapter to Jungkook\u2019s solo career while BTS remains active as a group. The boy band began touring North America in late April 2026 and is scheduled to perform three concerts in Mexico City from Thursday, May 7, 2026, to Sunday, May 10, 2026. Their stadium performances in the country are expected to bring a major economic boost to the region, with Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum welcoming the group\u2019s members at Palacio Nacional.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jungkook of BTS has reached 7 billion Spotify streams with his debut solo album, \u201cGolden,\u201d Big Hit Music announced on Thursday, May 7, 2026. This achievement makes the album the first solo project by an Asian artist to hit 7 billion plays on the streaming platform. According to the agency, \u201cGolden\u201d reached the mark in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3104,"featured_media":166181,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2264,16,7],"tags":[49,933],"tmauthors":[3734],"class_list":{"0":"post-166178","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"category-kpop","9":"category-news","10":"tag-bts","11":"tag-jungkook"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166178","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3104"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=166178"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166178\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":166185,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166178\/revisions\/166185"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/166181"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=166178"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=166178"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=166178"},{"taxonomy":"tmauthors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tmauthors?post=166178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}