BTS is no stranger to setting standards and achieving extraordinary milestones with their music. Now the members have officially started promoting their solo products officially. And the same achievements are repeating for their individual activities.
Contrary to the initial speculations of netizens that BTS will become less popular as a solo, the new achievements of the solo members have made everyone admire. This week alone, the three BTS members hit various milestones as solo artists, showing that their influence as artists is not limited to just a group.
Here is a summary of the outstanding achievements of BTS's solo artists this week:
1. RM:
The first is the achievements of leader RM - who recently released his first solo album. With the new album Indigo, RM has broken old records and set new ones since its release.
On December 21, he crossed 1 billion streams across all credits on Spotify, joining j-hope and Suga on the list. But even more importantly, his album peaked at #3 on the Billboard 200, making him the first Korean solo artist to break into the top 5!
This is also the highest achievement of a Kpop solo artist to date. Along with the unique music quality and the investment in each song, Indigo is truly an album worthy of success when celebrating the final years of RM's 20s.
2. Jungkook
Next, it is impossible not to mention Jungkook when he had a successful year with his songs. Although he has not officially released a solo album, Jungkook has made a strong impression with solo songs and songs combined with foreign artists. He released “Stay Alive (Prod. SUGA of BTS) for webtoon 7Fates: Chakho, featured on “Left And Right” with Charlie Puth, and also became the first Asian artist to sing the official song of the song. FIFA with "Dreamers".
This week he became the most streamed Korean soloist on Spotify. He also became the fastest Korean act to achieve 700 million streams on the platform. In particular, there is the record of "Left and Right" as the most streamed song by a Korean solo artist on this platform.
That shows the huge influence of BTS's golden maknae. In light of these huge successes, it is assumed that Jungkook will soon have even more success with the release of his solo album.
3. V
Just a few days ago, V unexpectedly released a cover of “It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas” on Christmas Day in 2023. He gave ARMY the best holiday gift possible.
Although it is only a cover version as a gift for fans, the song has achieved even more achievements than the solo songs of some Korean artists. Specifically, after the surprise release, the cover became a worldwide trend at number 1 on YouTube for two consecutive days in both Music Video and Music categories.
The cover also topped SoundCloud’s New & Hot chart and Top 50 Song chart across all music genres. With that, he extended his own record as the Korean act with the most #1 hits on the Soundcloud Global chart.
Although fans were worried at first about the release of duplicate songs or solo albums by the members, this past week alone has proven that each member has the ability to touch hearts according to their needs. their own way with authentic music. BTS and ARMY have always proven that their success comes from the music and from the combined individuals, not just based on the common brand.
