BTS V has reached an impressive milestone with his solo track ‘FRI(END)S,’ which has now surpassed 320 million streams on Spotify, proving its massive global appeal.
Released on March 15 while V was serving in the military, ‘FRI(END)S’ hit 320 million streams on Spotify by August 29 (Korean time), marking a significant achievement for the song.
The track set records as the most-streamed K-pop solo song on Spotify for the first half of 2024 and ranked among the top 10 K-pop solo songs with the longest chart run on global Spotify charts.
This shows V‘s strong global popularity. Overall, V‘s total streams on Spotify have exceeded 3.4 billion, highlighting his global presence even during his military service.
Upon its release, ‘FRI(END)S’ debuted at number 65 on the US Billboard Hot 100, number 5 on the Global 200, and number 3 on the Billboard Global (excluding the US) chart. It also entered the UK Official Singles Chart at number 13, staying there for two weeks, and reached number 3 on the Official Big Top 40 in the UK, where it remained for five weeks, making it the longest-charting K-pop song.
‘FRI(END)S’ was the first song of 2024 to top the iTunes charts in 100 countries and is currently number one in 102 countries on iTunes.
The song’s music video also made waves, topping the YouTube World Trend Music section right after its release and staying there for 14 days. On the TIDAL music video chart, it became the first K-pop artist video to hit number one on the US TIDAL Top Video chart and topped the charts in 23 countries.
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