Kim Taehyung hit 70 million streams across all of Layover his solo album, on Spotify. The joy of the fans was shared on social media. In just three weeks, the Slow Dancing singer became the quickest male K-pop artist to reach this milestone.
The entire Layover album has amassed over 70 million listens on Spotify in the two months following its official release. This includes the eponymous song Slow Dancing, the hit pre-releases Love Me Again and Rainy Day, as well as the bonus tracks For Us, Blue, and Slow Dancing (Piano Ver.).
Internet users gushed about the K-pop star’s new album Layover, saying:
#Layover by #V becomes the 1ST and FASTEST Album by a K-Pop Soloist in Spotify history to have all songs surpass 70 MILLION streams (128 days)! 💪🥇🇰🇷👨🎤💿💥7⃣0⃣Ⓜ️🔥🐐👑💜
It ties as the fastest album by a K-Act to reach this Milestone!❤️🔥#Blue70MOnSpotify pic.twitter.com/WNMhegpknT
— World Music Awards (@WORLDMUSICAWARD) January 14, 2024
Fans are Congratulating BTS’ V for Layover Success
This is a wonderful turning point in the singer’s solo career, and millions of admirers around the world are celebrating with V, whose real name is Kim Taehyung. When it was released on major streaming platforms on September 8, BTS’s Layover by V got a ton of attention.
Witnessing it become the fastest album by a K-pop artist to reach this milestone has fans absolutely giddy. With over 150 million streams and counting for the title track and pre-releases, Blue, the album’s B-side, was the last single to surpass 70 million listens, demonstrating exactly the genre V had in mind for his fans.
Fastest albums by kpop acts to have all tracks surpassing 70m streams on Spotify history:
1. #LAYOVER– 128 Days
1. Get Up – 128 Days
2. BE – 147 Days
3. Born Pink – 228 Days
Congratulations Taehyung 🎊 pic.twitter.com/5MZDaNeZDF
— ᵉᵇꪜ🍘␈⋆ʷᵘʳ ᴰ⁻⁵¹² (@taestheticlv) January 14, 2024
All tracks from #V‘s “Layover” have now surpassed 70M streams on Spotify
— the first and only album by K-soloist to do so.
• Love Me Again — 346M
• Slow Dancing — 271M
• Rainy Day — 192M
• For Us — 74M
• Slow Dancing (piano ver) — 71M
• Blue — 70M pic.twitter.com/756vMKifh6
— ChartData (@chartdata__thv) January 14, 2024
The Love Me Again singer became the fastest male K-pop performer to reach 70 million listens on Spotify, surpassing BTS in the process. Prior to its official 2020 release, the septet’s smash album BE held this title.
A fellow BTS member and friend of Taehyung’s, Jimin, handed the torch to V as this accomplishment transpired. With his solo album FACE, the Like Crazy singer became the quickest K-pop solo idol to do this.
All tracks from V’s “Layover” has surpassed 70 million streams on Spotify, the 1st album by any Korean soloist to do so.
It ties as the fastest one by a K-act to do so (128 days). pic.twitter.com/JfZg8kRbQv
— V STREAM 💜 ʟᴀʏᴏ(ꪜ)ᴇʀ (@tetestream) January 14, 2024
All songs from Layover by V have surpassed 70 Million streams on Spotify, 1st Album by a Korean Soloist & the Fastest Album by a Kpop Act (tie) to achieve this milestone in just 128 days!#Blue70MOnSpotify
CONGRATULATIONS TAEHYUNG pic.twitter.com/8ZBUbnRPOT
— V Charts⚡️#whereverur (@BTSVChartData) January 14, 2024
What V has been up to Lately in BTS?
A return performance by the Rainy Days singer BTS V on Running Man, a renowned Korean variety show, is imminent. An organization in South Korea verified the appearance of BTS member V on November 20. Accompanying the singer will be Yoo Seung-ho, the actor from Memorist.
The lead singer of Winter Bear has just fully recovered from a bout of the illness. Many of his admirers have taken to sending him messages of encouragement and health care requests in response to this.
Kim Taehyung had previously made an appearance on the SBS program to promote Layover, his solo album. While Yoo Seung-ho was also a guest on the show, this time the two stars will finally get to experience some thrilling moments together. For more updates, you can join us on our Twitter account.
