BTS Dynamite Creates History Again

South Korea most popular boy band BTS also known as Bangtan Boys, a band of 7 boys namely; Jimin, Jungkook, Suga, RM, Jhope, V and Jin, released a song name Dynamite on August 21, 2020; through “Big Hit Entertainment” and “Sony Music Entertainment”. It is the band’s first song fully recorded in English. The song is fun, pop, upbeat disco with and an aim to soothe or provide relief to the world amid the Covid-19 epidemic as the song talks about pleasure and gratitude for the little things that make life valuable. Upon release, “Dynamite” received positive reviews from the music industry as well as the worldwide audience, with praise for its catchiness and broadly appealing retro sound. The song dynamite is one of the most famous and popular South Korean track worldwide with 1 billion views on Youtube and uncountable downloads worldwide and due to its catchy and appealing tune, it is getting more and more popular day by day smashing a large number of records that come its way.

Records on Youtube

Firstly BTS has surpassed YouTube’s record for the most people watching a video premiere. YouTube announced on Friday that the K-Pop group’s first English album; Dynamite, had 3 million concurrent live viewers which was double the viewership of the second-highest premiere ever; Secondly BTS’s latest track “Dynamite” set a new YouTube record for views in the first 24 hours of release, and it officially surpassed 100 million views in that time span.

Records on Guinness book of Work Record

Dynamite, a Grammy-nominated track, has set multiple Guinness World Records by remaining at No. 1 on the Digital Song Sales chart for the most weeks; along with becoming the first K-pop track to spend the most time on the US Hot 100. “Dynamite” has spent 18 weeks at the top of Billboard’s Digital Song Sales Chart, smashing the previous record moreover the song became the most-watched YouTube video in 24 hours, the most-viewed YouTube music video in 24 hours, and the most-viewed YouTube music video from a K-pop artist.

Two. More. BTS. Records.

Dynamite continues to make history, nearly eight months after it’s initial release! 👀

✅ Most weeks on the US Hot 100 by a K-pop track
✅ Most weeks at No.1 on Billboard’s Digital Song Sales Chart

Congratulations, @bts_twt! 👏

— Guinness World Records (@GWR) April 16, 2021

Records Smashed on Billboard

Lastly, it was found that BTS remained at the top of Billboard’s Digital Song Sales table; which shows which individual songs sold the most copies in the previous tracking period. Moreover, Dynamite has stayed over 18 weeks on the US hot top 100; being the only K-pop track to have spent maximum time on the US Hot 100

.@BTS_twt earns their first #Hot100 No. 1 with “Dynamite,” making them the first all-South Korean act to top the chart. 🏆 https://t.co/K2QMIGS8vr

— billboard (@billboard) August 31, 2020