BTS member Jungkook has proven his global popularity with over 300 million streams on Spotify for 7 of his songs.

His solo track "Stay Alive," released in 2022 as part of the webtoon OST 'Seven Fates: Chakho,' recently crossed the 300 million streams mark on Spotify, the world's largest music streaming platform.

Jungkook now holds the record for achieving this milestone with 7 songs, including "Stay Alive," as well as solo singles like "Seven," "3D," the title track of his solo album "Standing Next to You," his collaboration with Charlie Puth "Left and Right," the FIFA Qatar World Cup 2022 official soundtrack "Dreamers," and his solo track "Euphoria" from BTS albums.

He has also become the first and only K-pop solo artist to achieve such a feat on Spotify.

"Stay Alive" made headlines by debuting at #3 on Spotify's 'Daily Top Songs Global' chart with 4,273,000 streams (pre-filtering), the highest ever for a Korean solo artist and the highest debut ranking in history.

Additionally, "Stay Alive" became the first Korean OST to enter the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart (#95) and the UK Official Singles Chart Top 100 (#89). It also topped the World Digital Song Sales chart for two consecutive weeks, a first for any Korean solo song.

Since its release, "Stay Alive" has set records by topping the iTunes Top Songs chart in 110 countries within just 23 hours, the fastest ever for any solo song. Jungkook also became the first K-pop soloist to maintain #1 on the Worldwide iTunes Song Chart for 5 consecutive days.

Jungkook continues to break records with 5 songs exceeding 500 million streams on Spotify ("3D," "Seven," "Standing Next to You," "Left and Right," "Euphoria"), and setting a new record among K-pop solo artists with 3 songs surpassing 600 million streams ("Seven," "Standing Next to You," "Left and Right").

In November last year, Jungkook's solo album 'GOLDEN' achieved another milestone on Spotify as the fastest K-pop solo artist album to surpass 3.7 billion streams (pre-filtering).

On his personal Spotify profile, Jungkook has made history as the first K-pop solo artist and the fastest K-pop artist to surpass 6.2 billion streams (pre-filtering).

Despite his upcoming military enlistment and absence from activities this year, Jungkook became the first K-pop solo artist in 2024 to exceed 2 billion streams on Spotify.

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Actor Lee Min Ho recently shared an unforgettable and embarrassing moment from his early career, revealing how he became a “falling star” at his first Baeksang Arts Awards.

On the December 25th episode of You Quiz on the Block (Episode 274), Lee Min Ho made a guest appearance and reflected on his rise to fame.

The actor, known for his iconic role as Goo Jun Pyo in Boys Over Flowers, won the Best New Actor award at the Baeksang Arts Awards, but it wasn’t just his victory that grabbed attention.

Lee Min Ho recalled, "I was attending the Baeksang for the first time, and I was so excited. Since I wasn’t going as Goo Jun Pyo, but as Lee Min Ho, I styled my hair in a perm and was ready to go." However, things took an unexpected turn when he tripped and fell on the red carpet.

He sighed, recalling, "That day, I fell. I fell and created so many memes. Even now, I look back and think, 'How did I walk that quickly on the red carpet?'"

Laughing at his own clumsiness, he admitted, "I was moving at the speed of light, no composure, no focus. Honestly, more than the joy of winning the award, that day was chaotic and so embarrassing for me."

Though his win was a highlight, Lee Min Ho humorously shared that the incident of tripping overshadowed the excitement of his achievement.

It’s safe to say that while the fall became a funny meme, it also became a lesson in humility for the actor, and a moment that fans still remember to this day.

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