Who are five most-streamed K-pop artists on Spotify in these countries?
On an online forum, K-netizens reflected on the top five artists with the highest total number of streams on Spotify in different countries. The places they looked at were South Korea, USA, Japan, Canada, Mexico, Australia, India, Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand, and Malaysia.
The results were the following.
South Korea
1. Lim Young Woong – 88,129,435 (streams)
2. Jimin – 82,368,772
3. BTS – 72,250,310
4. NewJeans – 72,031,755
5. Jungkook – 54,538,535
USA
1. BTS – 544,017,187
2. Jungkook – 193,475,367
3. NewJeans – 188,792,293
4. BLACKPINK – 177,385,019
5. FIFTY FIFTY – 118,522,820
Japan
1. BTS – 770,204,285
2. TWICE – 306,767,082
3. NewJeans – 216,924,686
4. IVE – 144,509,683
5. LE SSERAFIM – 114,724,302
Canada
1. BTS – 83,682,036
2. NewJeans – 36,657,134
3. BLACKPINK – 35,437,008
4. Jungkook – 33,924,963
5. FIFTY FIFTY – 21,885,615
Mexico
1. BTS – 222,625,961
2. Jungkook – 96,750,962
3. BLACKPINK – 89,371,657
4. Jimin – 41,858,076
5. J-hope – 19,530,597
Australia
1. BTS – 70,054,234
2. BLACKPINK – 28,756,637
3. Jungkook – 27,034,111
4. NewJeans – 24,809,550
5. FIFTY FIFTY – 18,317,913
India
1. BTS – 389,003,359
2. Jungkook – 119,641,339
3. BLACKPINK – 112,628,033
4. Lisa – 64,775,425
5. FIFTY FIFTY – 32,923,174
Indonesia
1. BTS – 486,561,657
2. BLACKPINK – 426,767,039
3. NewJeans – 264,970,381
4. Jungkook – 187,242,301
5. FIFTY FIFTY – 115,431,836
Philippines
1. BTS – 491,159,785
2. BLACKPINK – 458,932,449
3. NewJeans – 215,260,013
4. Jungkook – 204,572,381
5. TWICE – 172,340,095
Thailand
1. Jungkook – 228,396,583
2. BLACKPINK – 197,800,556
3. BTS – 154,651,119
4. Lisa – 134,896,831
5. NewJeans – 106,101,380
Malaysia
1. BTS – 165,514,873
2. BLACKPINK – 158,073,795
3. NewJeans – 82,317,487
4. Jungkook – 49,695,931
5. TWICE – 35,367,873
Reactions poured in:
“Whoa….BTS”
“How did Jungkook’s ‘Seven‘ do so well in Thailand??”
“‘Seven’ really did well in Thailand…it was unmatched”
“I still can’t believe NewJeans is barely a rookie”
“Wow, Lim Young Woong”
“The number for BTS in Mexico, oh my god”
“Didn’t know Lim Young Woong was this strong”
“BTS, BLACKPINK, TWICE, and Lim Young Woong….wow, congrats”
“I can’t believe BTS Jungkook did so well after debuting as a solo only recently”
“I bet NewJeans gathered up those numbers even in the year they debuted…”
“The entire world is BTS”
“Still surprised that Jungkook made all those records in mere months”
What are your thoughts?
