BTS breaks YouTube’s most viewed albums with music video for their first entirely English single Dynamite … earning more than 100m views in 24 hours
BTS debuted the music video for their first English single Dynamite on Friday.
And the popular South Korean boys’ group set the new record for the biggest debut in 24 hours, collecting a whopping 101 million views in the first day on the platform.
‘BTS (방탄 소년단)’ Dynamite ‘Official MV set a new 24-hour all-time record, and will review 100M views with 101.1m views in the first 24 hours,’ a YouTube spokesman confirmed to Forbes .
Making History: Popular South Korean boy band BTS sets new record for biggest 24-hour debut on YouTube, garnering 101 million views on its Dynamite music video its first day
‘Dynamite’s new album means it’s the first, and currently the only, YouTube video in history to get more than 100 million views within its first 24 hours. ‘
Dynamite also set the record for ‘biggest music video premiere’ on YouTube, garnering more than 3 million viewers at a time during its premiere on Friday.
The near-fide-minute music video takes viewers on a colorful, multi-set journey as the seven band members perform their choreography effortlessly while sporting ultra-stylish menswear.
Confirmed: ‘BTS (방탄 소년단)’ Dynamite ‘Official MV set a new 24-hour all-time record, and will review 100M views with 101.1m views in the first 24 hours,’ confirmed a YouTube spokesperson to Forbes
Not content with simply dominating the YouTube empire, Dynamite also saw BTS break the record for the biggest Spotify debut of 2020, when it received 7.779 million streams in its first 24 hours.
The track also sets multiple iTunes records, becoming the fastest song to ever reach number one in 100 countries, with a time of only eight hours, making BTS the only artist to ever have five songs that reach 100 songs has reached.
BTS, which consists of group members RM, Jin, SUGA, J-Hope, Jimin, V, and Jungkook, have recently opened up about their first single single English and how they hope it would bring ‘happiness and confidence’ to their Fanbase dedicated in the middle of COVID-19.
Big Premiere: Dynamite also set the record for ‘biggest music video premiere’ on YouTube, garnering more than 3 million viewers at a time during its premiere on Friday
‘Dynamite sends a message of happiness and confidence. It says, even though we are going through difficult times, let’s do what we can in our places, let’s find freedom and happiness through dance and music, ‘SUGA explained about the meaning of the song.
He added: ‘I would say it’s a song dedicated to all the people who felt they had fallen while running a marathon.’
BTS is currently preparing their new album, which is currently unnamed, and is set to debut in the coming months.
Full message: ‘Dynamite sends a message of happiness and confidence. It says, even though we go through tough times, let’s do what we can in our places, let’s find freedom and happiness through dance and music, ‘SUGA explained of the meaning of the song
‘We’re still working on our album, it’s still a go. Our goal is to release it in the second half of this year. This new album has the highest participation rate of any other album we have released, and we are working really hard, ‘Jimin explained in a recent interview.
The record will be set almost entirely by the members themselves, including the album work and the entire production.
He went on to say: ‘We can not yet determine an exact release date, but so much [our fans] wait for us, we really want to see you too so we can work harder. ‘
Incoming album: BTS is currently preparing their new album, which is currently unnamed, and is set to debut in the coming months; BTS pictured in January
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