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Jung Kook Just Broke a Massive Spotify Record

His Latto collaboration "Seven" had a history-making streaming day on Monday (Oct. 30).

Jung Kook visits SiriusXM at SiriusXM Studios on July 17, 2023 in New York City.

Jung Kook visits SiriusXM at SiriusXM Studios on July 17, 2023 in New York City.

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Jung Kook’s solo career is breaking records. The BTS superstar’s “Seven” featuring Latto became the fastest song to reach 1 billion streams in Spotify history, the streaming platform announced on Monday (Oct. 30).

It’s been 108 days since the song was first released, and as a new member of the Spotify Billions club, the song was added to the official playlist.


This is hardly the first record Jung Kook’s Latto collaboration has broken, as it landed upon its release at No. 3 on the Official U.K. Singles Chart, published July 21, for the highest-charting debut by a solo Korean act. Additionally, “Seven,” launched at No. 1 on both the Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl. U.S. charts (dated July 29). The song marked the first leader on the lists for a member of BTS as a soloist, as well as Latto’s first No. 1.

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See Spotify’s announcement of Jung Kook’s accomplishment below.

This article was originally published by Billboard U.S.
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