SEOUL, Jan. 7 (Yonhap) – Seven-member superband BTS, which has released mega hits like “Dynamite” and “ON” in 2020, has been the most-streamed South Korean artist and global group online in the past year. as reported this Thursday, the global service giant Spotify live streaming music.
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Spotify’s “2020 Wrapped” data, collected between January 1 and November 15 of last year, also showed that the top 10 South Korean artists played online had a combined 10.67 billion views, indicating their growing influence. all over the world.
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The five most streamed South Korean artists on the platform were BTS, BLACKPINK, TWICE, Stray Kids, and Red Velvet. EXO, Seventeen, IU, NCT 127, and (G) I-DLE also ranked among the top 10 musicians, according to Spotify.
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Solo singers and members of popular K-pop groups such as Girls Generation and BTS, who have released solo songs, topped another list of the most-played K-pop female and male singers online.
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Solo singer IU took the top spot on the list of female K-pop artists, followed by Girls Generation’s Taeyeon, Chung Ha, and Mamamoo’s Hwasa. Agust D, better known as BTS’s Suga, topped the list of most played male singers, followed by Block B’s Zico and EXO’s Baekhyun. BTS members RM, J-Hope, and V also ranked in the top 10.
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By genre, “Any song” by Zico, “Candy” by Baekhyun and “Sweet Night” by V for the popular telenovela “Itaewon Class”, were the songs most played on the platform among the genres of hiphop, R&B and original soundtrack. South Korean (BSO), respectively.
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The annual data comes ahead of Spotify’s long-awaited launch in South Korea this year.
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The company announced, in December, its plans to start service in the country during the first half of the year. The Swedish firm currently provides live music streaming services for approximately 320 million listeners in 92 markets.
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Marian Dicus, Vice President and Global Co-Director of Music at Spotify, said that, ahead of the launch of the platform in South Korea, they hope to help accelerate the growth of the entire ecosystem of live music broadcasting in South Korea, benefiting , in the long run, to the artists, listeners and fans.
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