'SPOTIFY KING JIMIN' trends on Twitter after 'With You' sets a new record as Spotify's Most-Streamed Korean OST of 2022
Posted by pjms_gina54,688 pts Monday, October 24, 2022
The release of Jimin's first ever official project outside of BTS, 'With You, which was an OST collaboration with Ha Sungwoon, has seen the artist soar to the top of the music industry, making a name for himself and becoming one of the most impactful Korean solo artists presently. Even though it was Jimin's debut official solo project, the song broke numerous records on various major music platforms both in South Korea and internationally despite being an unpromoted song as well as having a much less tracking period both on its debut day and debut week, proving Jimin's potential and impact as a soloist.
For example:
On iTunes, it broke the record for the fastest song to achieve #1 in 100 countries in the history of iTunes and went on to become the first and only song in iTunes history to reach #1 in every country that has iTunes.
The song was the most Shazamed K-drama OST in the first 24 hours of release.
On Melon, it had the highest Top 100 debut with the most first-hour likes and unique listeners among BTS member songs.
It had the highest debut for a Korean OST on the Worldwide Apple Music chart.
On the country-based Billboard charts, it had the highest debut for a K-drama OST in Japan, Indonesia, Vietnam, Malaysia, Philippines, and Singapore. On global reputable music charts, it had the highest debut for a K-drama OST on the Netherlands Global Top 40 chart, the highest Asian artist debut of 2022 on the German download singles chart, and thehighest debut for a K-drama OST on the RIAS top streaming chart Singapore.
On the Gaon weekly chart categories, it had the highest debut for a Korean OST by a BTS member in the Digital, Bell, and BGM categories.
On the Billboard Hot Trending Songs chart, Jimin became the first artist to reach #1 on the chart both as a soloist and with a group and extended the record to become the first and only Korean artist to top the chart both as a soloist and with a group for 6 weeks.
On Spotify, the biggest music streaming platform in the world, it had the biggest debut for a K-drama OST both on the daily and weekly charts.
The records keep piling up as time goes by, proving the song's popularity. On October 22, 'With You' reached a new milestone on Spotify and set yet another major record even though it has had no promotion since its release. After surpassing 157,453,208 million streams on the platform, it has now become the most streamed Korean OST released in 2022, and it is also the fastest Korean OST to reach this feat, achieving this in just about 6 months!
Presently, the song now stands in 4th position among the most streamed OSTs by Korean acts in the history of Spotify and is in 5th position among the most streamed songs by Korean acts released in 2022 on the platform.
Fans celebrated the new record and praised Jimin's artistry which has seen him excel on music charts and platforms exceptionally well despite all the charting disadvantages that the song faced on its release.
With the impressive performance of 'With You' and all the records it keeps breaking, fans are even more excited about his solo album debut and all the success it will record, especially since it will be promoted this time round.
Congratulations Jimin
With You SOTY and BEST OST 🔥🔥