BTS’s Jungkook is making history again with his solo album GOLDEN, and the numbers are unreal.

On May 7 KST, it was revealed that Jungkook’s GOLDEN has now surpassed a massive 5.5 billion streams on Spotify (unfiltered), just 540 days after its release in November 2023. This achievement makes GOLDEN the fastest full-length album by an Asian artist to reach this number—and the first and only Asian solo artist's album to ever do so.

Fans around the world can’t stop playing his music—and it shows.

Each track on the album has racked up impressive numbers:

• "Seven" has over 2.33 billion streams
• "Standing Next to You" has 1.18 billion
• "3D" sits at 873 million
• "Yes or No" reached 266 million

Other tracks like “Please Don’t Change,” “Hate You,” “Closer to You,” “Somebody,” “Too Sad to Dance,” and “Shot Glass of Tears” are also being streamed steadily, proving the album’s all-kill status.

GOLDEN isn’t just a streaming monster—it’s also smashing chart records.
It’s been on Spotify’s "Weekly Top Albums Global" for 77 straight weeks, the longest ever for an Asian solo artist. It’s also been charting on Apple Music Worldwide for over 500 days, and 400 days on the European Album Chart. On iTunes, it topped the album charts in 106 countries.

The album made waves in Western charts, too.
GOLDEN debuted at #2 on the Billboard 200, making Jungkook the first Asian solo artist to stay on the chart for 25 weeks. In the UK, he made history as the first K-pop solo artist to chart for 8 weeks on the Official Albums Chart.

Jungkook’s solo Spotify profile is just as impressive, with over 8.7 billion total streams across his credited tracks. He’s the first K-pop soloist and the fastest Asian act to hit that milestone.

Critics are giving him love, too. GOLDEN was listed in:

• Rolling Stone’s Best Music of 2023
• MTV’s Record-Breaking Albums of 2023
• The New York Times’ and UPROXX’s Best Albums of 2023

From record-breaking streaming numbers to global chart domination, Jungkook's GOLDEN continues to prove why he's a once-in-a-generation artist. And it doesn’t look like he’s slowing down anytime soon.

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Actress Jo Bo Ah recently opened up about an unexpected struggle she faced after getting hair removal.

On May 7, a new video was uploaded to the YouTube channel Narae's Style, where Jo Bo Ah appeared as a guest alongside Park Na Rae.

During the video, the two stars were eating spicy food, and while Park Na Rae’s face was visibly sweating, Jo Bo Ah remained fresh and dry.

Park Na Rae couldn’t help but ask, “Do actors take special medicine to stop sweating? When we filmed From the New World, the island was so hot.”

She added, "We were outside talking about our wishes, and I said, ‘I just want to take a shower and take off all my clothes.’ I thought, ‘Forget it’, and just took a shower,” she shared.

She continued, “But Bo Ah didn’t sweat at all and stayed so fresh. I thought, ‘Do actors take something to stop sweating?’”

Jo Bo Ah then confessed, “After I got hair removal, I sweat in places I shouldn’t.”

Curious, Park Na Rae asked, “Where exactly do you sweat that you shouldn’t?” Jo Bo Ah explained, “I don’t do hair removal on my back, so I sweat there. But other places start to sweat instead. I sweat around my stomach, and sometimes sweat even appears above my belly button.”

Park Na Rae was clearly shocked and responded, “I didn’t know that’s a thing.” Jo Bo Ah laughed and reassured her, “It’s not really a big problem, but this area (around the belly button) gets wet.”

It looks like hair removal has its unexpected side effects, and Jo Bo Ah isn’t the only one dealing with them!

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