NewJeans Becomes The Fastest K-pop Artist To Achieve THIS on Spotify
NewJeans has become the fastest artist to achieve THIS on Spotify, marking another milestone on their career.
Find out more about their accomplishment!
NewJeans Surpasses 1 Billion Spotify Streams, Becomes Fastest K-pop Artist To Do So
On March 8, data gathering platform "chart data" announced that NewJeans has now exceeded one billion streams on Spotify.
#NewJeans has now surpassed 1 billion streams on Spotify. Fastest Korean act to reach this milestone (@NewJeans_twt). pic.twitter.com/3HPHkvAONK
— chart data (@chartdata) March 8, 2023
Aside from pulling off a great feat, they are now also the fastest Korean act to achieve the milestone, despite having debuted (July 22, 2022) in less than a year.
NewJeans has also achieved this accomplishment with just six songs in their discography, proving their widescale popularity both domestically and internationally. On their setlist, NewJeans currently holds six tracks, namely, "Attention," "Hype Boy," "Cookie," "Hurt," "Ditto," and "OMG."
This record was previously held by BLACKPINK's youngest member Lisa, who reached the one billion mark on Spotify in just 411 days. This was trailed by ENHYPEN (571 days), TWICE (579 days), and TXT (914 days).
On August 1, NewJeans released their much-anticipated EP "New Jeans." In Spotify, the album garnered 2.06 million streams, 226,000 cumulative monthly listeners, and 88,000 followers. Among all K-pop girl groups that debuted in 2022, NewJeans claimed the top spot.
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The album "New Jeans" also entered the Korean Spotify Daily Top Song chart in 2022, and became the first album from a female artist to have all songs debut on the list.
On September 4, 2022 it was reported that NewJeans' debut track "Attention" made its entry on Spotify U.S. Chart on September 3, 2022.
Due to the song gaining 240,505 streams, "Attention" was included on the list. With this feat, NewJeans became the first K-pop girl group ever to join in Spotify U.S chart with a debut track.
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NewJeans has also attained 8.61 million listeners on Spotify, which was announced on September 10, 2022. Furthermore, their song "OMG" has also reached 100 million Spotify streams on February 9, solidifying their status as a fourth-gen K-pop representative.
Bunnies Congratulate NewJeans for Their Achievement
On chart data's Twitter post, NewJeans' fandom, Bunnies, congratulated the group. Fans applauded the girls for pulling off such great success.
They were amazed with how NewJeans - who debuted in less than one year with only six songs - was able to reach the one billionth mark on Spotify. Some even suggested NewJeans to promote in Western regions and dished out their potential to be huge.
See their comments below:
"With only 1 year of career and less than 10 songs! This GG can have a successful global career with good management in the western."
"Good music is good music. Congrats to them and their creative team!"
"My babies am proud of you, just always remember no matter how small our fandom is, we bunnies will keep supporting you girls forever."
Congratulations to NewJeans!
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