BTS member V aka Kim Taehyung is the Worldwide IT Boy
In every aspect of his career, V of the global pop group BTS shone the brightest in 2020. V set several first-ever records through his solo music and performances, emerging as the most successful artist on various platforms.
KIM TAEHYUNG’s best achievements in 2020:
- Kim Taehyung is the First Artist to have 117 & 90 #1’s on iTunes with Sweet Night & Inner Child.
- First Korean Artist to have most No.1 hits on Soundcloud Global chart
- First & Only Korean Soloist to reach No.1 on Japan iTunes
- Fastest Artist to reach 2M likes on a tweet. V’s post is the most liked twitter pic by a kpop idol.
- First Male Korean Celebrity to have his teaser pic as the most liked pic on Instagram.
- Kim Taehyung also known as the King of Fancams has the most viewed fancam of 2020 and of all time.
- Most Viewed solo vlive in real time.
- First individual Kpop Artist to have a 3 min AD on the world’s tallest tower Burj Khalifa as his birthday tribute by his fans
- Most visited wiki page by kpop artist.
- Most streamed korean soloist on Soundcloud two years in a row.
KIM TAEHYUNG AKA V’S FIRST SOLO SELF COMPOSED & PRODUCED ENGLISH OST ‘SWEET NIGHT’
Since 2012, PSY had reigned the iTunes chart, as he was the first Korean soloist with the most №1s on the “iTunes Top Song Chart” with his mega hit “Gangnam Style”, ranking №1 in a total of 86 countries. On May 24, 2020, V wrote history by breaking this eight year old record with his own solo track self-composed, produced and sung OST “Sweet Night” which reached №1 on iTunes charts in 87 different countries, and became the first Korean artist to achieve this.
Later that year, V broke the five year record of the megastar Adele whose song “Hello” reigned the charts and had achieved No.1 in 102 countries. V became the first-ever artist in history to top 117 countries on the worldwide iTunes chart. Sweet Night is one of the most listened to songs on the iTunes media player and content store.
“Sweet Night” snapped hard with the records even though it didn't receive any promotion and landed the award of BEST OST in APAN Awards 2020 and closed the year as the most-streamed Korean Soundtrack on Spotify.
Sweet Night is the first OST to :
- debut straight at #1 on Melon
- reach No.1 on US & UK iTunes
- debut in UK’s Top 40 chart
- First song in the world to chart in 117 countries.
Sweet Night is 2020’s ‘Most-streamed song released by a Korean Male Soloist’ and the ‘Most-streamed Korean OST’ on Spotify
BTS V ON SOUNDCLOUD
As per the Korean Media, Hit Maker Kim Taehyung aka V has maintained his position of Record Setter as he has become the most streamed Korean solo artist on the global music platform ‘SoundCloud’ for two years in a row. V has a total of six songs on the global music sharing service platform SoundCloud including four self-composed songs, “Scenery,” “Winter Bear,” “4 o’clock” and “Snow Flower” which was released last Christmas, and 2 cover songs, “HUG ME” sang with J-Hope and Adele’s “SOMEONE LIKE YOU” which was presented to fans for his birthday. BTS’s songs released on SoundCloud has 1.46B total streams, making V as the highest contributor among members accounting for about 32% (three songs recorded over 65 million streaming and the total streaming of 6 songs including self-composed songs is over 460M), proving that V’s songs are loved. V also accounts for more than 50% of the streams for ‘The Top 10 Most Popular BTS Songs’ on the platform.
In particular, “Snow Flower” is expected to play a part in the name of the SoundCloud King as it ranked 1st in the ‘Top 50 All Music Genres in the World’ chart (as of December 31) & simultaneously topping the “All Music in Hot & New” chart for 6 days in a row.
V bagged the title of “WORLDWIDE ACE BTS V” and “HITMAKER KIM TAEHYUNG” as he is the only Korean soloist to rank three solo songs at #1 on the Global chart and two songs in the “fifty most-streamed tracks” on the platform.
BTS V aka ’Hit Maker Kim Taehyung’, the most streamed solo artist on the global streaming platform SoundCloud for 2 consecutive years.
BTS V Fancam
BTS V also nicknamed as “Fancam King” Is The First and Only Male KPOP Idol with 5 Fancams Over 10 Million Views. V’s fancam has emerged as the most-watched solo performance by a K-pop artist for the second year in a row. He is also the only idol to rank three fancams on the top ten list of 2020.
BTS V’s “Boy With Luv” M2 fancam is the most popular fancam in the entire kpop and its rising popularity is proven as it surpassed 130M views and 1M likes on YouTube, maintaining its record as the most watched and most liked fancam of all time while topping the ranks of Naver’s ‘Remind 2019, Hello 2020’ most popular videos, earning him the title, “King of Fancams”.
In 2020, V’s video also garnered more than 20 million views on MPD direct camera “On,” and in “100 Fancams I’ve seen the most in history,” as many as 12 are V’s fancams. V’s 2018 Lotte Family Concert “Mic Drop” fan cam, which has 15 million views, and the “Pied Piper” fan cam of “2019 Global Fan Meeting Magic Shop”, which surpassed 10 million on May 30, boasts the record of first and second most views on K-pop male idols’ unofficial direct camera. V’s fan cam is still receiving much love as the most popular cam, producing various records such as the top spot on YouTube’s official channel Top 50 in 2019, the top spot on the “M2 YEAR END AWARDS” and the top spot on the popular video of “REMIND 2019 HELLO 2020”.
V is also known as “Idol Textbook” as his close-up camera videos are immensely popular both officially and unofficially among fans and idols of other kpop groups. V’s fancams are nicknamed as ‘luxury fancam’ as you cannot take your eyes off for four minutes with V’s unique loveliness, excitement, gorgeous visuals and overwhelming performance. His larger than life stage presence is hugely appreciated by critiques and media.
V is called a stage master for his outstanding visuals and charismatic performances, and is proving to be a “fancam emperor” with enthusiastic support from not only fans but also junior idols. Because of his famous fancams V is labelled “Idol of Idols” by Korean Media as fans often see junior idols of other kpop groups watching V’s stage fancam and admiring V’s performance.
BTS V KING OF SNS
Furthermore, fans have also nicknamed V as the “King of SNS” as he wrapped up 2020 as the most-loved artist on multiple social media platforms.
With 3.2 million likes, V’s mirror selfies captioned as “Hi ARMY” is listed as the most-liked tweet, and his promotional teaser for “Dynamite” set a new record on Instagram, marking V as the first-male idol in history to garner six million likes on the platform. On Facebook, his combined hashtags surpassed over 14.2 million in 2020, while on TikTok, he amassed 36 billion combined views. Meanwhile, V also became the most-watched artist in real-time on Vlive as 12 million viewers tuned in to celebrate his birthday.
History Maker V created history on his birthday with his birthday hashtag, #HappyVDay, becoming the most used birthday hashtag for a Korean artist! Six of V’s birthday hashtags crossed 1 million tweets in one day, with #HappyVDay surpassing 5M tweets in 24 hrs while having a potential reach of 5.9 Billion! Meanwhile, another hashtag, #HappyTaehyungDay, trended with 3.8M tweets on twitter. Taehyung, which is V’s real name, was mentioned in 7.2M tweets on his birthday.
Aside from his first-ever records, V also became the most-searched male idol in South Korea, Japan, and China, proving his title as the “Prince of the Continent.” His 200+ birthday projects, most notably, his advertisement on the Burj Khalifa and in outer space and the construction of a school in his name, were hot topics worldwide. Throughout the year, V was also honored by various media outlets and critics with several accolades, such as the “Artist of the Year” award by Bousnid. He received multiple titles for his stunning visuals as well.
There is no doubt that in 2020, V dominated the industry with his multi-talents and unrivaled impact. Fans have noted that if you type “worldwide” on the search bar of Twitter, the top result is “WORLDWIDE IT BOY V”; truly a fitting title for the star.
