Posted by Lily_Chims37,517 pts Tuesday, November 8, 2022
"With You" continues setting new records on global streaming platforms including a feature on the 2022 Genie Year-end OST wrap-up
"With You" was one of the most anticipated OSTs, announced to be sung by Jimin and Ha Sungwoon early this year for the Korean drama Our Blues. It showcased his prowess as a soloist, and in October, got nominated for the Best original soundtrack of 2022 and the Song of the Year Awards on the Mnet Asia Music Awards this year, as his first song outside BTS to be nominated for an award.
Ever since it was released, the song has been a record-breaker globally and domestically on music platforms. To name just a few, it was the fastest song to achieve #1 in 100 countries on iTunes and the first and only song in history to reach #1 in every iTunes available country. Jimin became the First and only Korean artist to top the Billboard Hot Trending Sings chart both as a soloist and with a group for 6 weeks. "With You" had the biggest debut for a K-drama OST both on the daily and weekly charts of Spotify as well as having the highest debut on Melon Top 100 and the most first-hour likes and unique listeners, as well as the highest debut for a Korean OST by a BTS member in the Digital, Bell, and BGM categories.
As of November 7th, "With You" is maintaining its position as the fastest Korean OST to surpass 164 Million streams on Spotify, achieving the feat in just 196 days and 10 hours. The song has achieved more than 46 Million streams on YouTube in all of its versions, including the music video, which is edging closer to 30 Million views; together with over 394K Shazams, the song is sure to hit new milestones soon.
"With You" is also doing very well on South Korean major streaming platforms; for example, on Melón, it needs only 100K streams for it to surpass 43 Million streams. The song also rose to #23 on Melón OST Genre Daily Chart, and on the 1st of November, "With You" became the highest charting OST in the first half of 2022 on the Circle's download chart at the 11th position.
It is for these and many other reasons that "With You" went on to be included on the thumbnail of Genie Korea's 2022 end-of-year wrap-up for the OST genre, under "A good drama, a good OST," showcasing its great popularity. The description for it says, "From the freshness of youth to heart-warming healing, the drama OST that we loved."
The song is indeed well-loved as many features of it have emerged. On the 7th, "With You" was released as a cover by Mari, the main vocalist and main rapper of the South Korean rookie group Witches. It was shared on the Instagram stories of her personal account. Indeed "With You" has been popular on several variety shows, including being played at weddings and even school dance parties as well.
Congratulations on all the success 'With You' is having Jimin!