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'The Astronaut' by #Jin became the fastest Korean solo song to reach 100M streams on Spotify

Posted by now-topic31,979 pts Monday, January 9, 2023

'The Astronaut' by Jin became the fastest solo song in the Korean language to reach 100M streams on Spotify, doing it in 72 days. Jin also holds the record of the biggest debut on Spotify for a Korean solo song (5,6M streams). The song was released as a gift for fans before Jin enlisted. The artist said that his solo album will be released once he is finished with his military service. The song was co-written by Jin and Coldplay members. Such famous producers, as Max Martin and Kygo worked on 'The Astronaut'. As for the lyrics, Jin wrote all of it in just one night and was praised by Chris Martin, who appreciated the finished text very much.

1. Jin 'The Astronaut' - 72 days
2. Jimin ft. Ha Sungwoon 'With You' - 86 days
3. Jungkook ft. Suga 'Stay Alive' - 89 days
4. Nayeon 'Pop!' - 97 days
5. Jennie 'Solo' - 124 days

However, Jin's debut single has become a huge success already. Right now, the artist has multiple nominations at such shows as the Seoul Music Awards, The Fact Music Awards, Hanteo Awards, Circle (Gaon) Chart Music Awards. Jin became the first solo artist to get a 1,000,000 sales certificate for a single album on Circle (Gaon). The 7th Korean artist in history to get the RIA certification in Japan (100k sales). Jin holds the record for the highest first appearance on the Billboard Hot100 for any K-pop artist (soloists and groups). "The Astronaut' was the highest K-pop solo song to debut on Hot100 in this decade (#51). It also debuted with the largest sales any K-pop soloist ever had in Billboard's history - 62k. In the USA, Jin surpassed even his own group - BTS, with 'Yet To Come"! According to the latest update, 'The Astronaut' has over 150k units sold in the USA. Jin was charting on Billboard Global 200 Excl. US for 5 weeks. The artist also spent 4 weeks on the Billboard Global 200 chart. His solo single charted on the Digital Song Sales chart for 3 weeks, making Jin the first soloist to do so. Jin also is the first Korean male solo act to debut in the Top 10 of both charts as a lead artist. 'The Astronaut' also became the first music video in history to chart #1 in the Music Category on Youtube for more than 17 days!

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Congrats Jin! 😊

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