3 proud facts from BTS – Dynamite
Posted by Safira Maharani on 14th Jan 2021
South Korean boy group, BTS, made another proud achievement with the song "Dynamite". The single in English was the only song to sell more than 1 million copies in the US throughout 2020.
ccording to a year-end report from Nielsen Music, in all versions "Dynamite" sold 1.3 million copies. In addition, the song also sold twice as much as the second best-selling song in the US of 2020, "Blinding Lights" by The Weeknd. The song "Blinding Lights" sold 580,000 copies throughout 2020. Even though the song was released at the end of 2019.
Apart from the song which sold millions of copies, there are 3 other proud facts about this South Korean boy band
Translucent 50 million views in 8 hours
It's not wrong if BTS is called a global Kpop boy group. Dynamite "was watched 50 million times in just 8 hours 16 minutes. Previous record was achieved by BLACKPINK with" How You Like That "in 11 hours 25 minutes. For this achievement, BTS made a new history of YouTube as a music video with 50 million views. in the fastest time.
It has topped Billboard's Hot 100
"Dynamite" has also achieved another incredible feat of having topped Billboard's Hot 100 for two weeks. This chart features the most popular songs in the United States of all genres based on streaming, radio playback, and sales data.
3 Guinness World Records
As seen from the Guinness World Records twitter account on Tuesday (1/9/2020), the music video for 'Dynamite' got three records from the phenomenal record book. First, 'Dynamite' became the most watched Youtube video for 24 hours. . Second, the music videos of the most viewed Kpop groups for 24 hours. As well as the latter is the most viewed music video within 24 hours.