ANN/THE KOREA HERALD – BTS’s Jimin adds three Guinness World Records titles to his name as announced by the British reference book on Wednesday in the United Kingdom. Notably, his 2018 single Promise contributed to securing two of these records on the SoundCloud streaming platform.
The track became the most streamed song on the platform with 330 million plays as of June. It is the first self-written song from the artist and still remains the most streamed track in its first 24 hours of release at 8.5 million, dethroning Drake’s Duppy Freestyle that logged 4.9 million streams.
The artist also earned another world record for reaching one billion streams on Spotify with his solo tracks in 393 days – a record time for a K-pop solo musician – as of May. This replaces the record set by his bandmate Jungkook, added the authority, gaining momentum from the release of his first solo EP Face. – Hwang You-mee
