Singer Lim Young-woong reached the Gold Club by exceeding 7 billion cumulative streams of music released on Melon.
Previously, Kakao Entertainment opened the ‘Melon Hall’ of the music platform Melon. ‘Melon Hall of Fame’ is a space of honor that celebrates the Melon records of domestic and foreign artists and domestically released albums.
A total of 91 teams entered the 'Artist Category (Billions Club)', which celebrates artists who have achieved more than 1 billion cumulative streams of music released on Melon.
BTS recorded a cumulative 12.3 billion streams and was the only group to enter the 'Diamond Club', which only artists with more than 10 billion views can enter.
IU, Lim Young-woong, and EXO are in the 'Gold Club' with more than 5 billion views. 19 teams, including Seventeen, Blackpink, Red Velvet, Heo Gak, Sung Si-kyung, and Park Hyo-shin, entered the 'Silver Club' between 2 and 5 billion won.
In particular, Lim Young-woong has already surpassed the Gold Club by exceeding 7 billion streams as of April 10th, and is running at lightning speed to achieve the Billions Club.
Kang Min-kyung, Ten Asia reporter kkk39@tenasia.co.kr