Good news for BTS Army! The boyband just surpassed 1.6 billion views on YouTube thanks to one of the biggest hits in their music catalog; what song could this be?
According to Geo News, the K-Pop band sets a new record and got their second 1.6 billion views thanks to the music video for "Dynamite."
This is their second song ever to achieve that milestone as their Halsey-collaboration track titled "Boy With Luv" was the first one to get the record.
In addition to breaking their personal record, they also dethroned BLACKPINK as the girl group's song "DDU-DU DDU-DU" was the first one to amass the number of views within two years and 11 months, making them the fastest K-Pop group to achieve this.
The latest news comes a year after they broke several Guinness World Records for being the most viewed video and music video on YouTube within 24 hours and the most viewed video on the platform by a K-Pop group.
In addition, they also had a historic run on the Billboard100 for spending the most weeks on the US chart by a K-pop song after spending 32 consecutive weeks.
They later broke their own record after releasing "Butter" that amassed a whopping 108.2 million views within 24 hours.
BTS Members Continue to Thrive
BTS is not only successful as a group but its members are also setting records and achieving milestones on their own. In early reports, member Jin reportedly placed five spots on World Digital Song Sales Chart's top 15.
Previously, three of the singer's songs, "Tonight, "Abyss," and "Super Tuna" were only available on Soundcloud and YouTube, but he later dropped them on major streaming platforms like Spotify and Apple Music.
After officially releasing the songs, it immediately debut at the top of the World Digital Songs Sales chart and placed in the first three spots on the chart.
The two other songs that made it to the list are "It's Definitely You," his collaboration with V for the drama "Hwarang," and "Yours," the official song of "Jirisan."
In other updates, he released a song called "The Astronaut" earlier this month and he performed it on Coldplay's "Music Of The Spheres Tour" in Argentina.
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