BTS's Jin is continuing to prove his incredible music influence with his solo track "Running Wild," which has just surpassed a huge milestone of 200 million streams on Spotify!

Released on November 15 last year, "Running Wild" from Jin’s first solo album Happy reached 200 million streams on Spotify as of January 18, 2025, marking another major achievement in Jin’s solo career. World Music Award celebrated this accomplishment by congratulating Jin on their official social media account, saying, "Jin's 'Running Wild' is his third song to surpass 200 million streams on Spotify."

The pop rock anthem, with a British rock base and new wave elements, delivers an inspiring message to run toward hope, no matter the obstacles. The song was an instant hit upon its release. In fact, "Running Wild" recorded over 4.93 million streams on the first day alone, entering the Daily Top Songs Global chart at 8th place—Jin’s highest solo ranking!

In just one week, the track had already climbed to the top of several charts, including ranking #1 on Top Songs Japan and #2 on Top Songs South Korea on Spotify. It also hit 6th place on the Top Songs Global chart, solidifying its global success.

Jin also dominated Spotify UAE, topping the Weekly Top Songs UAE and Daily Top Songs UAE charts, as well as the Weekly Top Artists UAE and Daily Top Artists UAE charts for an impressive five consecutive weeks. He is the first and only K-pop artist to achieve this incredible feat.

Running Wild has also made waves on music search platform Shazam, with over 200,000 searches as of January 19.

The music video for "Running Wild" was another massive success, making waves on YouTube. It stayed in the Global Trending Music Videos category for three straight days, even claiming the #1 spot in Global Music Video Trending. As of 7 AM on January 21, the video had amassed over 17.56 million views, continuing to rise in popularity!

Jin’s "Running Wild" is a true testament to his powerful influence in the music world!

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BTS's Jungkook continues to shine on the global stage, and now he’s reached another amazing milestone! His solo track "Standing Next to You" has earned a prestigious Gold certification in Japan, marking his 6th personal Gold certification.

According to the Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ), Jungkook’s title track from his solo album GOLDEN surpassed an impressive 50 million streams, earning the track Gold certification in the streaming category.

Jungkook has now received six Gold certifications, including hits like the explicit and clean versions of his solo single "Seven," "3D," the BTS solo track "Euphoria," his collaboration "Left and Right," and now "Standing Next to You."

But that’s not all! Jungkook has also earned Platinum certifications for "Seven" (both versions) and "Euphoria" in Japan, after surpassing 100 million streams with these tracks. This gives him a total of three Platinum certifications from RIAJ.

Jungkook’s solo album GOLDEN has been a major hit too, surpassing 250,000 units in shipments as of November 2024, earning him a Platinum disc certification from the Japan Record Association.

Meanwhile, "Standing Next to You" has earned Platinum certification from the Canadian Recording Industry Association (Music Canada), Silver certification from the British Phonographic Industry (BPI), and Gold certification from the Recording Industry Association of New Zealand (RIANZ), further showing the song’s incredible global reach.

Even while serving in the military, Jungkook has continued to make history. He ranked 39th on the Billboard Japan Year-End Chart for 2024 with "Seven," making him the only overseas solo artist to land on the Hot 100 chart. Additionally, he ranked 28th on the Streaming Songs chart, marking his highest position for two years in a row.

His album GOLDEN also secured 18th place on the Download Albums chart, holding the highest ranking for overseas artists for two consecutive years, and Jungkook ranked 35th on the Billboard Japan Artist 100 chart.

Earlier, Jungkook received the 38th Japan Gold Disc Awards for "Song of the Year by Download" in the Asian category with "Seven," winning the award two years in a row!

His documentary JUNG KOOK: I AM STILL was released in Japan in October, making a massive impact at the box office. On its opening day, the film earned 100.5 million yen (approximately 9.52 billion Korean won) and debuted at number one, showing his huge popularity in Japan.

Jungkook has also set a record for having the most Oricon Daily Single Chart No. 1 songs by a K-pop solo artist, with seven songs achieving this remarkable feat.

Jungkook continues to break records and dominate the charts, solidifying his place as a global superstar.

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