K-pop juggernaut BTS dominate YouTube, Spotify, iTunes with Dynamite

KATHMANDU: When K-pop juggernaut BTS drop new music, it is expected that new records will be set and old records smashed. It has been nothing different with their latest release — Dynamite, a funky English single released on August 21.

These are records that Dynamite broke in 24 hours of its release!

Quoting Forbes, Kpopstarz states that Dynamite had the biggest live count during its premiere, making it the biggest YouTube premiere of all time. A number between 3 and 4 million had tuned in for the music video's premiere.

The portal goes on to state that ARMYs had set up a goal of reaching 100 million views in a day, in hopes that BTS will secure the record for the most-viewed music video within the first 24 hours on YouTube. Within an hour and 14 minutes of its release, it surpassed 20 million views.