vie-tae

a comprehensive list of taehyung's achievements ・ part of "la vie" taefolio vday project

2021・2020・achievements & impact・awards & nominations ・ records・others

Kim Taehyung in 2021

Music & Artistry

  1. Music critic Kim Young-dae praised Taehyung for his voice and emotional sensibility in music. x

  2. The Vice-Principal of Vietnam’s University of Languages and International Studies revealed she's a fan of Taehyung and wished him a happy birthday. She even styled her hair similarly to Taehyung's. x

  3. According to Genius Korea, the Top Korean OST is "Sweet Night", the Top Korean Ballad(s) are "Winter Bear" at #1 and "Blue & Grey" at #3, and Taehyung (V) as the Top Soloist.

  4. "Inner Child" extends its no. 1's to 93 with Anguila. x

  5. To date, Taehyung is the first and only Asian solo artist to have 2 songs (Sweet Night and Inner Child) to have reached *93 #1's on iTunes.

  6. Sunwoo of ENHYPEN reveals Taehyung to be his role model in a radio show. x

  7. In a retrospective list of "24 Best Asian Albums of 2020", music magazine NME mentioned BTS' "Map of the Soul: 7" and ranked it #3. The article highlighted Taehyung's "Inner Child", saying, "The record is best encapsulated by V’s solo track, a soaring, stadium-ready anthem about change: one that’s bound to become a Kpop classic in years to come.".

  8. Main rapper and vocalist Lee Won-Jun of E'last mentioned in his VLive that he likes V's "Scenery".

  9. Ballet dancer Maria Khoreva, who also happens to be the first soloist from one of the world's leading ballet companies Mariiinsky Ballet, shared V's "Sweet Night" on Instagram and described it to be beautiful. Her bias is Taehyung. x

  10. Professional opera singer and vocal coach Charles Calotta along with a fellow opera singer praised Taehyung's vocals in a reaction video of Taehyung performing "Stigma". They mentioned that his voice in the song is reminiscent of Michael Jackson, Prince and Michael Bolton, and George Michael. x

  11. Peru's national TV "24 Horas" dubbed Taehyung as "The Best K-Pop Star of 2020" in one of their broadcasts. x

Others

  1. Taehyung is dubbed as the "Communication King", according to Naver News.

  2. Korean child star Bentley Hammington idolizes Taehyung. x

  3. As of 2021, Taehyung is the #1 most followed BTS member, #7 most followed soloist, #5 most followed Male soloist in MELON.

  4. As of 2021, Taehyung is the #1 most followed BTS member. #15 most followed soloist, #12 most followed male soloist in GENIE.

  5. As of 2021, Taehyung is the #1 most followed BTS member in BTS FANCAFE x

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vie-tae

a comprehensive list of taehyung's achievements ・ part of "la vie" taefolio vday project

2021・2020・achievements & impact・awards & nominations ・ records・others

Records

iTunes

  1. Taehyung has the most #1 in iTunes Singles Charts (117 countries) "Sweet Night".

  2. Taehyung's "Inner Child" has reached #1 in 90 countries for iTunes. x

  3. Taehyung is the one and only Korean solo artist with more than one song in the All The Time. Worldwide iTunes Song Chart. x

  4. Taehyung is the first male solo artist to surpass #1 iTunes Singles in 100 countries. He is the 3rd artist after Adele and BTS. x

  5. According to Forbes, Taehyung achieved the following records with "Sweet Night": Second-Highest-Charting Song From A Korean Solo Musician; Second-Highest-Charting Song From Any Korean Musician; One Of 10 Top Five Hits From A Korean Musician; Fourth Korean Soloist To Hit The Top 10; and Third Korean Musician To Reach The Top 10 As A Soloist And As Part Of A Group.

  6. "Sweet Night" is the 2nd song after “Your Eyes Tell” to achieve an "iTunes All-Kill" in 8 of the biggest music markets worldwide (note: China and SK don’t have iTunes). x

  7. Taehyung is the 4th Korean artist and 3rd Korean soloist to enter the US iTunes Top 10 with "Intro: Singularity" (peaked #4). x.

  8. "Stigma" (#176) is among the first 4 BTS solo songs to debut in Worldwide iTunes Chart 2016. x.

  9. Song Peaks in the Worldwide iTunes Song Chart: It’s "Definitely You" #85, "Stigma" #27, "Intro: Singularity" #6, "Singularity" #27, "Inner Child" #7, "Sweet Night" #1.

  10. Taehyung joins Psy to be the only Korean soloists to achieve a #1 in the UK iTunes Chart with "Sweet Night". x

  11. Psy and Taehyung are the only Korean soloists to chart a song at #1 in both UK and US iTunes. x

  12. Taehyung debuted in the World Digital Song Sales with "Intro: Singularity".

  13. "Intro: Singularity" reached #1 in 41 countries so far.

  14. "Blue & Grey" achieved an Arab All-Kill.

  15. "Blue & Grey" debuted #2 in UK iTunes.

  16. "Blue & Grey" currently reached iTunes #1 in 50 countries.

  17. "Blue & Grey" is the 1st B-side track in "BE" Album to get #1 in the US.

  18. "Blue & Grey" charted #2 in the European iTunes debut.

  19. "Blue & Grey" charted #2 in UK iTunes.

Billboard

  1. Taehyung's produced song for BTS "Blue & Grey" entered #13 in Billboard Hot 100 on the first week, making it the highest chart debut for a B-side track from "BE" Album and BTS' entire discography.

  2. Taehyung debuted in the US Digital Song Sales with "Inner Child" at #9. x

  3. Taehyung debuted in the Billboard Emerging Artists Chart at #9 for "Sweet Night".

  4. Taehyung debuted in the Bubbling Hot 100 Chart with "Inner Child" at #23.

  5. Taehyung is the 2nd Asian soloist and 3rd Asian act to debut in the Billboard’s Digital Song Sales Charts in UK and Australia.

  6. Taehyung is the 3rd Asian soloist and 4th Asian act to debut in Digital Song Sales Charts in France.

  7. "Blue & Grey" debuted #13 Billboard Hot 100.

  8. "Blue & Grey" debuted #9 Billboard Global 200.

  9. "Blue & Grey" debuted #2 Billboard Worldwide Digital Song Sales -- it is the #1 Best Selling Download Globally in the week with 87,000 downloads. x

  10. "Blue & Grey" debuted #15 Billboard Global Excl. US.

  11. "Blue & Grey debuted #7 in the US Billboard Digital Song Sales Chart

  12. Taehyung is the first Asian Soloist to debut two songs in the Top 10 US Digital Song Sales with "Inner Child" at #9 and "Sweet Night" at #2. x

  13. "Intro: Singularity" is the second BTS solo song to chart in Billboard Japan Hot 100 at #34.

  14. Taehyung charted 2 songs simultaneously in the Top 10 of the World Digital Song Sales (#9 "Stigma", #10 "Singularity").

  15. "Intro: Singularity" debuted with 10,000 pure sales in the US. [Source]

  16. "Intro: Singularity" has sold over 100,000 units estimate in the US. [Source]

  17. “Inner Child” debuted with 11,000 sales alone in the USA. [Source] [Source]

  18. "Sweet Night" debuted with 11,000 sales alone in the USA. [Source]

  19. "Inner Child" has sold over 100,000 units estimate in the US. [Source]

  20. "Blue & Grey" sold over 1000,000 units in the US. It is the first B-side and 3rd track from "BE" Album after "Life Goes On" and "Dynamite" to sell 100,000 units. x

  21. "Blue & Grey" debuted #98 in Billboard Hot 100 Japan. x

  22. "Blue & Grey" newly peaked at #52 in Billboard Hot 100 Japan. x

  23. 69 on Billboard Japan Top Downloads. x

  24. Blue & Grey debuted #82 on Billboard Japan Top Streaming Songs. x It newly peaked at #41. x

  25. “Intro: Singularity” is the second BTS solo song to chart at #34 (after Daydream) in Billboard Japan Hot 100.

  26. Taehyung's songs that charted in K-pop Hot 100: "Intro: Singularity" (#10), Inner Child (#19), "Sweet Night" (#19).

  27. "Blue & Grey" debuted #64 Canada BB Hot 100. x

  28. "Blue & Grey" debuted #5 Canada Digital Song Sales Chart for Blue & Grey. x

  29. Taehyung debuted at the Hot Canadian Digital Song Sales Chart with "Inner Child" at #30

  30. Taehyung’s other entries so far: "Inner Child" (#30), "Sweet Night" (#18).

  31. "Sweet Night" charted #10 in UK Digital Song Sales (Billboard).

  32. "Sweet Night" charted #7 in Euro Digital Song Sales (Billboard).

  33. "Sweet Night" charted #9 in France Digital Song Sales (Billboard).

  34. "Inner Child" charted #4 in Australia Digital Song Sales (Billboard).

Other Charts

  1. "Stigma" charted #8 in Hungary Single Top 40.

  2. "Intro: Singularity" charted #100 in French Downloaded Singles.

  3. "Intro: Singularity" charted #16 in Singapore Regional (RIAS).

  4. "Intro: Singularity" charted #14 in Hungary Single Top 40.

  5. "Inner Child" charted #5 in Hungary Single Top 40.

  6. "Inner Child" charted #79 in Lithuanian Singles (AGATA).

  7. "Inner Child" charted #72 in Scotland.

  8. "Inner Child" charted #22 in Singapore Regional (RIAS).

  9. "Inner Child" charted #51 in UK Top 100 Downloads.

  10. "Inner Child" charted #37 in UK Independent Singles.

  11. "Sweet Night" charted #1 in Hungary Single Top 40.

  12. "Sweet Night" charted #34 in New Zealand Hot/Heatseeker Singles.

  13. "Sweet Night" charted #11 Malaysia (RIM) Singles.

  14. "Sweet Night" charted #23 Soctland.

  15. "Sweet Night" charted charted #28 in Singapore International (RIAS).

  16. "Sweet Night" charted #7 in Singapore Regional (RIAS).

  17. "Sweet Night" charted #37 in UK Radio Big Top 40.

  18. "Sweet Night" charted #10 in UK Top 100 Downloads.

  19. "Sweet Night" charted #46 in German Top Download Single.

  20. "Blue & Grey" debuted #62 Top 100 Line Music Japan.

  21. "Blue & Grey" debuted #66 on UK Singles Top 100 Chart.

  22. "Blue & Grey" debuted #9 UK Official Singles Sales Chart Top 100.

  23. "Blue & Grey" debuted #39 UK Midweek Official Singles Chart (the only B-side to achieve).

  24. "Blue & Grey" debuted #76 Irish Official Singles Top 100 Chart.

  25. "Blue & Grey" charted Top 30 Digital Tracks in: #2 in Cambodia, Vietnam, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia; #3 Philippines; #12 Hong Kong; #13 Thailand.

  26. "Blue & Grey" debuted #7 New Zealand Hot 40 Singles Top 40 Charts.

  27. "Blue & Grey" debuted #71 IFPI Digital Singles Charting Greece.

  28. "Blue & Grey" debuted #12 Rolling Stones Top 100.

  29. "Blue & Grey" charted #11 Line Music Weekly.

  30. "Blue & Grey" charted #26 Worldwide Deezer.

  31. "Blue & Grey" charted #3 Most Played BTS Song on Deezer.

  32. Blue & Grey peaked at #63 in the Shazam Top 200 Global.

  33. "Intro: Singularity" peaked at #104 in the Worldwide Apple Music Song Chart

  34. "Inner Child" peaked at #45 in the Worldwide Apple Music Song Chart.

  35. "Blue & Grey" peaked at #36 in the Top 100 Apple Music Top 100: Global.

Korean Charts

  1. "Inner Child" has surpassed 100M Gaon Digital's index points.

  2. "Blue & Grey" debuted at #3 in Genie Charts.

  3. "Blue & Grey" debuted at #15 FLO on Realtime Charts.

  4. "Blue & Grey" debuted at #3 in Bugs.

  5. "Blue & Grey" debuted at #3 in VIBE Charts.

  6. "Blue & Grey" is the 8th song with most hours in #1 Melon for 2020.

  7. "Sweet Night" debuted at #2 on Genie, Soribada, and FLO.

  8. "Sweet Night" debuted at #1 on K-Chart.

  9. "Sweet Night" debuted #1 at Hanteo Digital Sales.

  10. "Sweet Night" debuted at #3 Download Chart.

  11. "Sweet Night" debuted #7 and peaked #1 on Shazam (South Korea).

  12. According to Genius Korea, the Top Korean OST is "Sweet Night", the Top Korean Ballad(s) are "Winter Bear" at #1 and "Blue & Grey" at #3, and Taehyung (V) as the Top Soloist.

Melon

  1. "Sweet Night" is the first OST to debut straight to #1 on Melon. x

  2. “Sweet Night" is the fastest OST to surpass 10,000 likes, 30,000 likes and 50,000 likes on Melon history.

  3. "Sweet Night" is the first solo track from BTS to debut #1 on Melon. x

  4. Taehyung and Jin's "It's Definitely You", an OST for Hwarang, was nominated for The Best OST in Melon Music Awards 2017. x

  5. "Blue & Grey" debuted #1 in Melon Hot Ballad Chart.

  6. "Blue & Grey" debuted #7 debut in Melon DailyBallad Chart.

  7. "Blue & Grey" debuted #3 debut in Melon 5-minute Chart.

  8. "Blue & Grey" debuted #17 debut in Melon Daily Hits.

  9. "Blue & Grey" debuted #38 debut in Melon Weekly.

YouTube

  1. "Intro: Singularity" is currently the most viewed BTS comeback trailer. x

  2. "Intro: Singularity" is currently at #3 for a comeback trailer in the most views in the first 24 hours among BTS solo works on YouTube. x

  3. "Intro: Singularity" is at #79 in the Most commented music videos. x

  4. "Intro: Singularity" is the 2nd BTS solo MV to reach 100M views after Serendipity. x

  5. "Intro: Singularity" is at #290 in the Most Liked Music Videos (Top 400). x

  6. "Winter Bear" debuted at #99 in Tophit Russia (YouTube Hits) Chart. x

  7. Taehyung is the 4th Korean Soloist (after Psy, J-Hope and Yoongi) to have more than 1 MV with over 3M likes and 4M likes on YouTube. (V: 2)

  8. Taehyung is the Korean Soloist with the 3rd most MVs (2 MVs) with >4M likes on YT. x

  9. Taehyung’s peaks in YouTube Weekly Global Chart: "Intro: Singularity" (#19), "Winter Bear" (#25), "Sweet Night".

  10. Sweet Night ranked #1 on YouTube Trends Worldwide for 13 hours.

  11. Sweet Night ranked #2 YouTube Top Music Videos Chart.

  12. Sweet Night ranked #7 YouTube Top Songs Chart.

  13. "Blue & Grey" is the first and most streamed and liked audio track from BE album on YouTube. x

  14. Blue & Grey is the highest trending and only B-side track to trend at #4 on YouTube Music Category in 56 countries.

  15. "Blue & Grey" is the most streamed B-side track from BE album in the following countries (charted in YouTube Top Songs Chart): #37 in Japan; #77 in Australia; #69 in Canada; #63 in El Salvador; #98 iin Ecuador; #47 in Peru; #77 in Mexico; #84 in Russia; #80 in Norway; #98 in Sweden. x

  16. "Snow Flower" is #9 among the Top 100 Korean Songs Chart on YouTube from Dec. 25 to Dec. 31. x

Spotify

  1. Taehyung ranks #9 in Spotify's "Top Male K-pop Artists Globally in 2020".

  2. Taehyung's "Sweet Night" is the most-streamed Korean OST for 2020, according to Spotify's "Top Streamed Korean OSTs Globally".

  3. "It's Definitely You" by V & Jin was at #5 for Top Streamed Korean OSTs Globally. x

  4. According to Rolling Stone India, Taehyung ranked #8 in Spotify's Top K-pop Artists in India.

  5. "Sweet Night" is the most-streamed Korean OST on Spotify

  6. Taehyung has 2M followers on Spotify with only 2 songs (both OSTs).

  7. "Blue & Grey" debuted #5 Top 10 Global Spotify.

  8. "Blue & Grey" debuted #18 Spotify Weekly Charts.

  9. "Blue & Grey" debuted #17 US Spotify Chart.

  10. "Blue & Grey" debuted #28 US Spotify Viral Chart.

  11. "Sweet Night" debuted #9 Global Top 50 Spotify Chart.

  12. "Sweet Night" ranked #8 Global Spotify Chart.

  13. "Inner Child" is #16 in the Most Streamed 2020 Songs by a Korean Boy Group. x

  14. "Blue & Grey" is #23 in the Most Streamed 2020 Songs by a Korean Boy Group.

  15. "Sweet Night" is #2 in Most Streamed 2020 Korean Soloists Songs on Spotify. x

SoundCloud

  1. Taehyung is the only Korean artist to rank two songs on the list of “SoundCloud’s All-time Most Streamed 50 Songs.” x

  2. Taehyung is the most streamed Korean soloist in Soundcloud in 2019 and 2020.

  3. "4 O'Clock" by V and RM was listed in SoundCloud's "Buzziest Drops" in the "2017 SoundCloud Playback".

  4. Taehyung is the first Korean Act to have 3 songs with over 65M streams on SoundCloud. x.

  5. Taehyung is the first Korean Act to have 2 songs with over 100M streams on SoundCloud ("Scenery" and "Winter Bear"). Taehyung achieved this after Juice WRLD, XXXtentacion, A Boogie wit da Hoodie, and Kodak Black.

  6. “Scenery” is the 3rd biggest 24 hours debut song on SoundCloud with 5.95M streams.

  7. "Scenery" is currently the 2nd most liked song on SoundCloud in the first 24 hours record with 372K likes after “Still ‘with You” broke the record. x.

  8. "Scenery" is the fastest BTS solo track to reach 20-50M plays. [Source]

  9. “Scenery” accumulated the most streams in a 24-hour period (not the first 24 hours, Promise has that record) after listing a total of eleven million streams within one day. x

  10. "Scenery" broke the record for fastest song to hit 100 million streams on SoundCloud, in just over 14 days. x

  11. "Scenery" is the #10 most played song of all time in SoundCloud. It is the 2nd most played song for a non-Western artist after Promise. x.

  12. "Snow Flower" ranked #1 on SoundCloud's "All Music Genres" Chart upon the song's release. x

  13. Taehyung is the only Korean artist to surpass over 65 million streams on three original songs: 4 o’clock (73M), Scenery (189M), and Winter Bear (129M). He is also the only Korean artist to surpass 100 million streams on two solo songs, ranking them on the list of “Top 50 most-streamed tracks” on the platform. x

  14. "Snow Flower" ranks #1 on SoundCloud's New & Hot Charts in all genres and all countries. x

Radio

  1. V’s song “Intro: Singularity” was played for the very first time in UK BBC radio. It’s the first time for any idol’s solo song to be played.

  2. "Intro: Singularity" was played by 103.7 KISS FM for his birthday.

  3. V’s song "Scenery" was played by NRJ Radios Digitales, France.

  4. US radio station KissChattanooga played 4 songs of V for 15 min as a special, making a good debut of ‘Scenery” in US radio. x

  5. "Scenery" was aired in a Korean radio program, the first among songs released on SoundCloud. x

  6. "Sweet Night" was played in multiple countries: Atlantic Radio UK, Capital FM UK, Radio Radical Portugal, Virgin Radio Jakarta, 987 FM Singapore, San Franciso Community Radio.

  7. Radio Romantica (Chile) played "Sweet NIght" in their program. x

  8. "Sweet Night was played on TBS Radio by NCT Dream's Renjun who was the DJ. x

  9. Whole Earth Station FM Cocolo 765, a Japan radio channel, played "Sweet Night" in the program "Afternoon Delight". x

  10. "Sweet Night" was played in legendary announcer Lee Geum-Hee's radio show. x

  11. "Inner Child" was aired in Q105.1 FM Philippines, Danish P4K radio, 987 FM Singapore, Atlantic Radio UK, Radio Integracion Paraguay

  12. "Scenery" by V played on Malaysian radio TRAXXfm

  13. "Blue & Grey" was played in Metropolis 93.3 FM (Panama). x

  14. "Blue & Grey" is the first non-title track to play on Jamaican Radio (Fame 95 FM Jamaica) in 2020. x

  15. "Blue & Grey" was played in Go Kpop Show Radio. x

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