by K-pop superstars BTS are lighting up YouTube like dynamite.
On Monday morning, the music video for the South Korean supergroups hit single Dynamite surpassed 1 billion views – a rare feat achieved by only a handful of musicians and content creators on the platform. The milestone comes several months after the pop stars first track recorded entirely in English debuted in August atop the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
As of this writing, the colorful, carefree video had exceeded a billion views by about 3 million, joining an elite club that also includes One Directions What Makes You Beautiful (1.2 billion), Ed Sheerans Shape of You (5.2 billion), Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankees Despacito (7.2 billion), and Pinkfongs Baby Shark Dance (8.3 billion).
According to YouTube, Dynamites explosive summer release marked the most successful music-video debut in the platforms history, racking up a whopping 101.1 million views within 24 hours. A record-shattering 3 million viewers also tuned in live for the videos YouTube premiere.
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Last year, the pop sensations ranked among YouTubes top 10 most-viewed artists, as well as the top 10 artists with the most subscribers on the platform at 47 million. They also lay claim to four out of 10 of the platforms biggest music-video openings of all time.
Also boasting more than a billion streams are two other BTS bops: 2019s Boys With Luv, featuring Halsey (1.1 billion) and 2017s DNA (1.2 billion).
