Jimin‘s hit single for his official solo debut ‘Like Crazy‘, continues to reinforce his status as the Korean soloist with one of the most successful solo debuts in history, after it has recently set TWO new impressive streaming records on the world’s largest music streaming platform, Spotify, adding onto the already overwhelmingly long list of achievements and records in sales and streams attained on different music consumption platforms both locally and globally, as extensively reported previously.
As of the Spotify streams update for the charts dated Sep 17, ‘Like Crazy’ had amassed over 532 Million streams on the platform, just approximately 6 months after its release. Consequently, ‘Like Crazy’ now set a new record as it became the most streamed Korean song by a Korean/K-pop soloist in Spotify history, a record previously held by Jennie’s ‘Solo.’ Overall, the song is now the 11th most streamed Korean song by a K-pop/Korean Act in Spotify history.
Just 2 days later, as per the Spotify streams update for the charts dated Sep 19, ‘Like Crazy’ set yet another streaming record after surpassing 536 Million streams on the platform, becoming the most streamed solo song by a K-pop soloist in a single year, a record previously held by ‘Money’ by Lisa.
These streaming records are particularly impressive because ‘Like Crazy’ has been able to reach these milestones without the help of any big playlists to boost its visibility to the global audience, a strong affirmation of Jimin’s captivating skills and talent.
In other news, Jimin has extended his record as the longest charting solo artist in the world at #1 on Spotify South Korean Daily Top Artists chart, after spending 130 days atop the chart as of the update on Sept 19. He is the first and only solo artist in the world to rank #1 on this chart for 130 days.
Additionally, Jimin’s solo debut album ‘FACE‘ extended its record as the longest charting album by a Korean/K-pop soloist on the Billboard World Albums Chart, with 25 weeks and still counting.
Similarly, with 25 weeks as well and still counting, ‘Like Crazy’ extends its record as the longest-charting solo song by a Korean soloist on both the Billboard Global Excl. US chart and the Billboard Global 200 chart, and the 3rd longest charting song by a Korean soloist on both charts as well.
Congratulations Jimin!
