BTS's Jin’s solo track ‘The Astronaut’ is making waves on global music charts.

Released on October 28, 2022, as a gift to fans before his enlistment, ‘The Astronaut’ reached over 450 million streams on Spotify by July 13. The song quickly hit big milestones: 50 million streams in 22 days, 60 million in 29 days, 70 million in 37 days, and 90 million in 57 days.

It reached 100 million streams in just 72 days, making it the fastest Korean male K-pop solo track to do so.

On December 6, just two days after Jin’s birthday, ‘The Astronaut’ surpassed 300 million streams. The track continued to perform well, hitting 400 million streams on May 17.

The World Music Awards congratulated Jin, saying, “Jin’s ‘The Astronaut’ has surpassed 400 million streams on Spotify, marking a major achievement for him as a solo artist.”

As of July 19, ‘The Astronaut’ has over 454.56 million streams. It also hit 17 million searches on Shazam, the world’s largest music search platform, reaching 17,077,710 searches by 6 AM on July 19.

Jin is the only K-pop solo artist to have two solo songs with over 13 million Shazam searches: ‘The Astronaut’ and his first solo OST ‘Yours.’

‘The Astronaut’ also made history by topping Shazam’s ‘Global TOP 200’ chart for 129 days, breaking the previous record of 102 days held by ‘Yours.’ This makes it the longest time a K-pop song has been number one.

Jin remains the only K-pop solo artist with two solo tracks reaching number one and showing his global impact with a record 60 consecutive days at the top.

On July 14, Jin also took part in the torch relay for the '2024 Paris Summer Olympics' in Paris, France, drawing a lot of international media attention upon his return.

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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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