Agust D's D-2 becomes the first album by a Korean soloist in history to surpass 600 million streams on Spotify
Posted by ObsessedWithKpop1,802 pts Saturday, September 17, 2022
Agust D's second mixtape reached 600 million streams on Spotify.
On September 16th, 2022, BTS SUGA's mixtape under his alias Agust D reached a new milestone, making history as the most streamed album by a Korean Soloist on the platform.
D-2 surpassed 600 million streams in 847 days.
The mixtape broke countless records after the release:
The first album by a Korean Soloist to reach #1 on iTunes in all big music markets where iTunes was available (US, UK, Germany, Japan, France, Canada, Australia, Brazil).
The highest charting album by a Korean Soloist on Album Charts in Australia, Italy, Scotland, Ireland, New Zealand, Norway, Netherlands, Sweden, Lithuania, France, Finland, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Austria, Denmark, Switzerland, Estonia, Spain, Hungary, and Canada.
The first album by Asian Soloist to chart on Album Charts in Slovakia, Denmark, and enter the Top 10 in Australia.
The first album by a Korean Soloist to chart an entire album on Global Spotify Chart and chart 9/10 tracks on US Spotify Chart.
At the time of the release, it became the highest charting and the first album by a Korean Soloist to enter the Top 15 on Billboard 200 Chart; the mixtape debuted at #11.
7 songs from the album debuted at the same time on Rap Digital Song Sales Chart; he was the only Korean Soloist to achieve this.
Gained 42.9M streams in its first week on Spotify, earning the biggest opening week for a Korean Soloist when it was released.
Became the fastest album by an Asian Act to reach #1 in 100 countries, doing so in only 77 days.
10 songs from the album debuted at the same time on both World Digital Song Sales Chart and Digital Song Sales Chart.
The mixtape was praised by the Ministry of Culture, Kim Bo Hee (a music anthropologist), Goh Beom Joon (a high-rank official in the National Gugak Center), Kim Tae Hoon (a president of the Korea Institute of Craftwork, Design & Culture), Choi Joon Sik (a professor of Korean Studies), Kim Young Woon (a president of Korean Traditional Music Broadcasting).
he's really impressive to achieve this with a mixtape