ENHYPEN is now the fastest K-pop group to rack up a total of one billion streams on Spotify across all credits. They are also the fastest K-pop artist overall to achieve the feat. Keep reading to learn how many days the boy group took to hit the mark.
ENHYPEN Now the Fastest K-pop Group to Reach 1 Billion Streams on Spotify
On June 25 at approximately 3 a.m. KST, the number of streams of ENHYPEN on Spotify surpassed one billion. The total was at 998 million streams as of the 24th, meaning two million streams were accumulated in just one day.
ENHYPEN made their debut back on November 30, 2020, and since then, they have been garnering millions of streams on Spotify with their songs. To date, the fourth-generation boy group has four albums, two Japanese singles, and three collaboration songs released on the global music streaming platform. They have a total of 32 tracks in Korean and Japanese.
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Given that they debuted on November 30, 2020, it took ENHYPEN only 571 days to reach one billion streams on Spotify. With that, they broke the records for the fastest K-pop group and fastest K-pop artist overall to obtain the milestone.
TWICE previously held both records, attaining the one-billion mark in 579 days.
Additionally, ENHYPEN joins TWICE as the only K-pop act to accumulate one billion streams on Spotify in less than 600 days. The third and fourth fastest K-pop artists, who are TXT and BLACKPINK, respectively, attained the feat after more than 900 days.
This is a huge achievement for a K-pop group that is just less than two years in the K-pop industry. Hence, ENGENEs (ENHYPEN's fan club) are celebrating on Twitter by trending "#ENHYPEN_Fastest_Kpop_Act_to1B." The hashtag was used in more than 24,000 tweets as of writing.
Congratulations to ENHYPEN on their historic achievement on Spotify!
ENHYPEN to Return With Third EP "MANIFESTO: DAY 1"
In other news, ENHYPEN is currently releasing teasers for their third EP titled "MANIFESTO: DAY 1," which is due out next month. The mini-album will come after their Japanese digital single "Always," which was released this past Feb. 22.
Notably, "Always" is the group's first Japanese album to sell more than 300,000 copies on the Oricon Chart, making them the fifth K-pop artist in history to record this sales figure within one week of release.
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Moreover, "MANIFESTO: DAY 1" will mark ENHYPEN's first Korean comeback in six months since releasing "DIMENSION: ANSWER" in January. Like their previous albums, "DIMENSION: ANSWER" was also a commercial success, debuting high on Billboard charts, as well as on Gaon and Oricon charts.
In particular, ENHYPEN's "DIMENSION: ANSWER" achieved the group's third top 20 entry on Billboard 200 and third consecutive No. 1 on Billboard World Albums Chart.
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Other than that, "DIMENSION: ANSWER" is the K-pop album released in 2022 with the second-highest number of streams on Spotify, bested only by BTS's "Proof." It has more than 336 million streams as of June 23.
Meanwhile, ENHYPEN's latest teasers for "MANIFESTO: DAY 1" were released on June 24. They dropped another set of teaser photos for the "M version" of the mini-album. Prior to the M version, they have previously revealed teasers for the D version and J version.
"MANIFESTO: DAY 1" is set for release on July 4 at 6 p.m. KST.
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Written by Maria Scott
