BTS's Jungkook has shone with global popularity as he won the 'International Song of the Year' award at the 2023 Tiktok Thailand Awards with his solo single 'Seven.'
Tiktok Thailand's official account announced on October 29th that Jungkook's first solo single 'Seven' had won the 'International Song of the Year' category at the '2023 Tiktok Thailand Awards.'
Jungkook expressed his gratitude through a video message, saying, "Thank you for making my song 'Seven' the Best International Song of the Year at the '2023 Tiktok Thailand Awards.' I'm really thankful for your support. Thank you." Released on July 14th, Jungkook's 'Seven' was used in 1.6 million Tiktok videos and gained popularity with the hashtag 'jungkookseven,' which garnered over 6.5 billion views.
'Seven' made its debut at the top of the main single chart 'Hot 100' by the U.S. music industry publication 'Billboard' after its release. It held the No. 1 position on the 'Global (excluding the U.S.)' chart for nine consecutive weeks and maintained the top position on the 'Global 200' chart for seven consecutive weeks. It also charted for 13 consecutive weeks on 'Hot 100' and 15 consecutive weeks on the 'Global 200' and 'Global (excluding the U.S.)' charts.
On October 30th (Korean time), 'Seven' achieved 1 billion streams (unfiltered) on Spotify, making it the fastest song in Spotify history to reach this milestone in just 108 days.
Jungkook is set to release his first official solo album, 'GOLDEN,' inspired by his 'Golden Moments,' on November 3rd at 1 PM KST.
Written by Mun Wan SikTranslated by Lee So Yun