BTS becomes first Asian and K-pop act to have 38 songs surpassing 300 million streams on Spotify

Modified Jan 17, 2025 05:27 GMT

BTS' achievements and accolades explored. (Image via website/BIGHIT MUSIC)

On January 16, 2025, BTS became the first Asian and K-pop act to have 38 songs cross 300 million streams on Spotify. This milestone was reached when their track, Not Today, surpassed the 300 million mark, as reported by BTS Spotify Centre⁷ on X.

The list includes solo songs like WHO, Dreamers, and Left and Right from Jimin and Jungkook's solo discographies. The 38 tracks are as follows:

Dynamite
My Universe
Butter
Boy With Luv (Feat. Halsey)
Left and Right (Feat. Jung Kook of BTS)
FAKE LOVE
Life Goes On
Permission to Dance
DNA
Euphoria
Blood Sweat & Tears
Spring Day
Run BTS
Black Swan
IDOL
ON
Filter
Dreamers [Music from the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 Official Soundtrack]
I NEED U
The Truth Untold
Go Go
Pied Piper
Dimple
Magic Shop
Burning Up (FIRE)
Yet To Come
Dope
Airplane pt.2
Mikrokosmos
Save Me
Anpanman
MIC Drop (Steve Aoki Remix) (Full Length Edition)
WHO
HOME
Make It Right
Singularity
RUN
Not Today

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More about BTS' accolades and achievements

Since 2017, BTS has bagged the Top Social Artist award consecutively at the Billboard Music Awards (BBMAs). In 2019, they became the only K-pop group to win Top Duo/Group. As of 2022, they are the most-awarded group in BBMA history, with 12 wins overall.

They are also the only K-pop group to have won Favorite Duo or Group - Pop/Rock and Favorite Social Artist at the American Music Awards (AMAs). In 2021, they made history as the first Asian act to earn Artist of the Year award.

Additionally, they are the first Korean pop act to receive a Grammy nomination for Dynamite in 2021 and the only group to have multiple nods for Butter and My Universe (with Coldplay).

BTS emerged as the first Korean artist to be nominated for a Brit Award in 2021. Furthermore, with 30 awards, including a record four consecutive wins for Artist of the Year (Asia), the K-pop sensation is the most-awarded foreign artist in the history of these awards in the Japan Gold Disc Awards.

They have secured a total of 52 wins at the MAMA Awards till January 2025 with a nomination tally of 76, making them the only K-pop act to earn the highest wins in MAMA's history. The group has won the Artist of the Year (Daesang) category at the MAMA Awards for seven consecutive years from 2016 to 2022.

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In 2021, they bagged four Daesangs (Grand Prizes) at MAMA for Song of the Year for Butter, Album of the Year, Worldwide Icon of the Year, and Artist of the Year. Additionally, they emerged victorious in additional five categories at the 2021 MAMA Awards, including Best Group (Male), Best Music Video, Best Dance Performance (Male Group), Worldwide Fans’ Choice Top 10, and TikTok Favorite Moment.

In 2022, the group won Album of the Year (Daesang), Artist of the Year (Daesang), Worldwide Icon of the Year (Daesang), and the Worldwide Fans' Choice - Top 10. For clinching awards in all major four categories, they became the first K-pop act to also win the MAMA Platinum—which was introduced in 2022.

It was also the year when the band released their last group album, Proof, before taking a break for their military enlistment and solo activities.

In 2023, BTS earned the Worldwide Icon of the Year (Daesang), Best OST, and Worldwide Fans' Choice Top 10. However, the Artist of the Year category was won by the K-pop band, SEVENTEEN.

In 2022, BTS announced a break from group music to pursue solo careers and fulfill mandatory military service. Notably, they plan to reunite in 2025, having renewed their contracts with Hybe's BigHit Music. Jin and j-hope returned from military in June and October 2024, respectively, while the rest five members will be discharged in June 2025.

Edited by DEEPALI