MUSIC
Lim Young-woong, cumulative music streaming of 6.46245 billion
On the 26th, Kakao Entertainment announced that music platform Melon's 'Melon Hall' would open this afternoon. ‘Melon Hall of Fame’ is a space of honor that celebrates the Melon records of domestic and foreign artists and domestically released albums.
First, 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 12.1 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 the group '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 surpassed the Gold Club by achieving 6.46245 billion streams as of the 27th, and is running at high speed to achieve the Billions Club.
1st place BTS accumulated 12,198.55 million (daily increase 2,389,800), 2nd place EXO accumulated 8,072.69 million (daily increase 241,000), 3rd place IU accumulated 7,680.38 million (daily increase 1,175,400),4 Lim Young-woong's cumulative total of 6,462,450,000 (daily increase of 7,396,500) is expected to surpass BTS within the next 3 years and rise to the top of the all-time rankings when calculated based on the difference in daily increase.
Meanwhile, last year, Lim Young-woong successfully completed a national concert tour and even had encore performances in Seoul and Busan at the end of the year.
The encore performance was released on VOD on TVING on the 14th. Lim Young-woong is planning a concert at the Dolby Theater in LA, USA on February 11th and 12th, and the theatrical version of the performance will also be released at CGV in March.
Ryu Ye-ji, Ten Asia Reporter ryuperstar@tenasia.co.kr
