BTS Jungkook Vs. BLACKPINK Lisa: Here’s How the Bangtan Boy Surpassed the Female Idol
BTS Jungkook just beat BLACKPINK Lisa due to the success of one of his songs.
Read below to know how he broke another record.
BTS Jungkook | BLACKPINK Lisa
BTS Jungkook's 'Stay Alive' Debuts at No. 10 on Spotify Charts
This week, BTS Jungkook's hit song, "Stay Alive" from the webtoon "7 Fates: CHAKHO" debuted at number 10 at the Spotify charts, which made it the highest-ranking track by a Korean soloist.
Since its debut last month, "Stay Alive" has also garnered 18,807,862 filtered streams, making it the first Korean song to surpass the 18 million mark following BLACKPINK Rosé's "On the Ground" and Lisa's "LALISA."
Prior to the success of "Stay Alive," BLACKPINK Lisa's hit song had the most filtered streams at 18,455,241.
BLACKPINK Lisa's 'LALISA' Makes History on Hanteo After Reaching THIS Whopping Total Sales Figure
'Stay Alive' Continues to Make it Big on the Charts
It seems "Stay Alive" will earn more recognition in the coming days after scoring new Spotify achievement since its February debut.
Less than 24 hours after its release, "Stay Alive" already broke multiple milestones. The track ranked no. 1 on iTunes Top Song Charts in 51 countries within the first three hours of its release.
After it reached its six-hour mark, "Stay Alive" was named as the fastest song to rank number one in 80 regions.
After 14 hours, "Stay Alive" became the number one song on the iTunes Top Songs charts in 93 regions around the world.
BTS Jungkook’s ‘Stay Alive’ Breaks Record of Biggest Debut Streams in First Week on Spotify
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But this is not all. BTS Jungkook was named as the first K-pop soloist to spend five days on top of the iTunes charts. He was also named as the second K-pop artist to receive the recognition since PSY in 2012.
BTS Jungkook also beat some international artists on the Worldwide iTunes Song Chart on Feb. 15.
Ten days following the release of "Stay Alive," BTS Jungkook became the first and only Korean soloist to make it to the Top 3 of India's IM International Top 20 Singles Chart.
On March 1, it was confirmed that BTS Jungkook's "Stay Alive" was still at the top of the Billboard World Digital Song Sales Chart.
BTS Suga Interviews Jungkook
BTS Jungkook's success on "Stay Alive" is quite impressive, but he would not have been able to do it without BTS Suga's help. After all, BTS Suga is the genius producer behind the webtoon track.
BTS Jungkook’s ‘Stay Alive’ Breaks Record of Biggest Debut Streams in First Week on Spotify
In June 2020, Jungkook shared his thought process when making music during his guesting on co-member Suga's V Live stream. At the time, he just released his self-produced track, "Still With You."
BTS Jungkook that he was just in his room with the lights turned off and the aircon turned on when he thought of the melody of the song. He then added lyrics to it before realizing that he had already written four lines.
He went to the studio and recorded the song and the rest was history. He later released "Still With You" and it became a massive hit, especially for ARMYs.
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Camille Heimbrod reported this.
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