Seoul: Seven-member superband BTS, which released megahits “Dynamite” and “ON” in 2020, was the most streamed Korean artiste and global group last year, streaming giant Spotify said on Thursday.
Spotify’s 2020 Wrapped data, compiled between January 1 and November 15 last year, also showed that the top 10 most streamed Korean artistes logged a combined 10.6 billion streams in a sign of their growing clout around the world.
According to Spotify, following BTS, BLACKPINK, TWICE, Stray Kids and Red Velvet were among the five most streamed Korean musicians. EXO, Seventeen, IU, NCT 127 and (G)I-DLE also ranked in the top 10, reports Yonhap news agency.
K-pop soloists and members of popular groups like Girls Generation and BTS who have released solo material led the streaming race in a separate chart of most streamed K-pop female and male artistes.
Soloist IU topped the female K-pop artistes chart, followed by Taeyeon of Girls Generation, Chung Ha and Hwasa of Mamamoo….