Fastest K-pop Song To Reach 1 Billion Streams On Spotify In 2024 (Record By Jimin)

The Official Award Of A Certificate

BTS’s Jimin ignited a global streaming frenzy when his solo single “Who” became the fastest K-pop song to reach 1 billion streams on Spotify in 2024, a milestone certified by the K-Pop Records Library on March 27, 2025. Released on July 19, 2024, as the lead track from his album MUSE under Big Hit Music, “Who” hit the billion-stream mark in just 118 days, per musicmundial.com, outpacing BLACKPINK’s Rosé and Bruno Mars’ “APT.” (130 days) and solidifying Jimin’s solo stardom, fueled by ARMY’s relentless support.

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The synth-pop anthem, blending emotional depth with infectious beats, dominated Spotify’s Global Top Songs chart, earning 600 million streams by September alone, per PINKVILLA. It outstripped other 2024 K-pop releases, including Lisa’s “ROCKSTAR” (451 million by year-end) and Jung Kook’s “Standing Next to You” (1 billion in 367 days from 2023), per allkpop. X posts (@kchartsmaster
) in November 2024 hailed “Who” as the year’s top K-pop song, also noting its No. 14 peak on the Billboard Hot 100. By March 2025, it had amassed 1.2 billion streams, per allkpop.
The K-Pop Records Library awarded Jimin a certificate, celebrating “Who”’s 118-day sprint to 1 billion streams as a dazzling showcase of K-pop’s streaming dominance in 2024.