BTS’ Jungkook Scripts History, Becomes First K-pop Soloist With 9 Billion Spotify Streams. Army Is Proud!

Another feather to the cap has been added. Jungkook has left behind popular K-Pop groups like BLACKPINK, and more.

By Pragya Dubey Updated June 17, 2025 7:20 PM

Very happy news for all Jungkook fans because the BTS singer has achieved another big feat in his career. The singer has surpassed K-Pop groups like BLACKPINK and TWICE, among others. He has become the highest-streaming K-Pop artist on Spotify, despite serving in the army from 2023 to 2025. Jungkook has reached 9 million streams on the platform. Read here to know more about it.

Jungkook Scripts History

BTS’s star Jungkook has scripted history by becoming a solo Korean artist who has reached 9 billion streams on Spotify. The singer has left behind K-pop groups like BLACKPINK and TWICE. His solo album Golden was released in November 2023, and that has been played for more than 9 million times on Spotify. The official Twitter handle ofthe World Music Awards shared a post on this to inform that Jungkook reached this feat in just 1218 days, leaving behind his own K-pop group, BTS, and the above-mentioned groups.

Fans were thrilled to learn about this big achievement, and they congratulated the artist and also showered sweet wishes. Fans from across the globe have been celebrating this and have been wishing for more such achievements for their favourite artist.

#JUNGKOOK becomes the 1st K-Pop Soloist to surpass 9 BILLION streams on Spotify and the FASTEST K-Pop Act to reach this milestone, surpassing his own band #BTS! 💪🥇🇰🇷👨‍🎤💥9⃣🅱️🎧➕💨🌏🐐👑🖤💜

1⃣ JUNGKOOK – 1 218 days
2⃣ BTS – 2 040 days
3⃣ BlackPink – 2 346 days
4⃣ Twice – 2… pic.twitter.com/blt1wPoKNL

— World Music Awards (@WORLDMUSICAWARD) June 16, 2025

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For the unversed, Jungkook also served in the Korean military and was recently discharged from the services, along with other band members V, Jimin and RM.

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An official post was shared on social media to announce the singer’s return home. The fans were glad to see them back home and expressed their pride in them, too!

First Published: June 17, 2025 7:20 PM

Pragya Dubey

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