"MONEY" by BLACKPINK's LISA is the First Solo Song by a K-pop Act to surpass 1.1 Billion streams on Spotify

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BLACKPINK's LISA continues to dominate music platforms globally, setting records as a solo artist with widespread fan support.

As a Thai artist who trained extensively in K-pop under YG Entertainment, LISA has made a significant impact on South Korea's music history. Her hit single "Money" achieved a landmark by becoming the first K-pop track by a solo artist to reach 1 billion streams on Spotify. This achievement was notable for being attained without collaborations or remixes since its release. Recognizing her accomplishments, "Guinness World Records" acknowledged LISA and BLACKPINK as record-setting K-pop acts in 2023 on their website.

Now, "Money" has hit another milestone on Spotify, surpassing 1.1 billion streams. It stands as the first solo song by a K-pop act to reach this figure and is also the most-streamed song by a K-pop female act on the platform.

[UCC] "MONEY" by #BLACKPINK's #LISA officially certified by Guinness World Records as the First K-pop track by a Solo Artist to reach 1 Billion streams on Spotify https://t.co/UefoFNvpkD
— allkpop (@allkpop) September 27, 2023

Guinness World Records mentions LISA and BLACKPINK as the Kpop Acts who made history this year https://t.co/GshW2Hrtb8
— allkpop (@allkpop) December 16, 2023

"MONEY" by #LISA has now surpassed 1.1 billion streams on Spotify.

This is her 1st song to achieve this milestone, and the 6th song by a Kpop act to do so.
— KOREAN SALES (@koreansales_twt) January 19, 2024

#LISA's “MONEY” become the FIRST song by K-pop Female act to surpassed 1.1 billion streams on Spotify history. pic.twitter.com/wYVzedVwUq
— Spotify BLACKPINK (@BPxSpotify) January 19, 2024

'MONEY' by #LISA has now surpassed 1.1 Billion streams on Spotify.

It extends it's record as the most streamed song by a Kpop Female Act and the most streamed solo song by a Kpop Solo Act on Spotify.#BLACKPINK @BLACKPINK pic.twitter.com/GHolZQQ0zz
— Worldwide BLIИK (@WorldwideBLINK) January 19, 2024

MONEY is the first kpop solo song to hit 1.1 BILLION streams on Spotify pic.twitter.com/fU730Tpw02
— 🌾 | D A S H (@kyusaturn) January 19, 2024

Additionally, Lisa's popularity continues to soar across her entire music catalog. She has recently reached a remarkable 8.57 million monthly listeners on Spotify. This impressive feat is even more noteworthy considering her solo debut was back in 2021. With this surge in listeners, Lisa has just edged past Jimin from BTS, who currently has 8.50 million monthly listeners on his official profile. This achievement places Lisa as the third-highest K-Pop soloist in terms of monthly listeners on Spotify, trailing only behind her fellow BLACKPINK member Jennie and BTS's Jungkook.

#LISA (8.57M) is once again the 3rd K-Pop Soloist with the most monthly listeners on Spotify, surpassing BTS's Jimin (8.50M). 🔥

🔗 https://t.co/Z6Plopn2hD… pic.twitter.com/3f5F9HO0S1
— Mariyah_slays (@mariaslays143) January 24, 2024

#LISA (8.57M) is once again the 3rd K-Pop Soloist with the most monthly listeners on #Spotify, surpassing BTS's Jimin (8.50M).🔥

🔻🔗https://t.co/dbaFpkLP8W…#블랙핑크리사 #리사 #LALISA #BLACKPINK #Kpop pic.twitter.com/b7vzm4TeeX
— 🧚🏻‍♀ 𝕷𝖆𝖑𝖎𝖘𝖆 𝕸𝖆𝖓𝖔𝖇𝖆𝖑 🌼 (@lisamanobal_327) January 24, 2024

📊 #LISA (8.57M) is once again the 3rd K-Pop Soloist with the most monthly listeners on Spotify, surpassing BTS's Jimin (8.50M). 🔥

🔗 https://t.co/GdmskQT8VA pic.twitter.com/fZCbQT1Y63
— LISA's Updates | (@LALISA_twts) January 23, 2024

On the other hand, Lisa's two solo songs have achieved new marks on YouTube Music, "Lalisa" has surpassed 1 Billion plays, while "Money" has surpassed 1.6 Billion plays.

YouTube Music is a music streaming service that replaced Google Play Music, Google's previous music streaming service, in 2018. YouTube Music allows users to listen to official songs, audios, albums, artist radio, live versions of songs, as well as watch music videos and dance practices.