[Edaily Starin KIM HYUNSIK Reporter] On the 22nd, NewJeans’ agency ADOR announced that the combined cumulative number of Spotify streams for the songs released by the girl group NewJeans has surpassed 8 billion. (Photo courtesy of ADOR)According to ADOR, the total number of streams for all songs released by NewJeans stood at 8.020095363 billion as of the 18th. This milestone was achieved approximately 4 years and 1 month after their debut. In March 2023, about eight months after their debut, they reached 1 billion cumulative streams on Spotify. This achievement was recognized by Guinness World Records as the fastest time (219 days) for a K-pop artist to reach that milestone. In September 2024, they reached the 5 billion mark in total cumulative streams on Spotify. Since then, despite not releasing any new songs, they added another 3 billion streams in about two years, driven by the steady popularity of their existing hits. Every track on the albums NewJeans has released to date has surpassed 100 million streams on Spotify. Since their debut, they have released two mini-albums, one single, and two double singles. Among their released tracks, “Ditto” and “OMG” have surpassed 900 million streams, “Super Shy” has surpassed 800 million, “Hype Boy” has surpassed 700 million, “NewJeans” and “Attention” have surpassed 500 million, “ETA” has surpassed 400 million, and “Cookie”(Cookie), “How Sweet,” “Hurt” have been streamed over 300 million times each, “Cool With You” and “Supernatural” over 200 million times each, and “ASAP,” “Get Up,” “Bubble Gum,” and “Right Now” over 100 million times each. As of last month, NewJeans had approximately 13.28 million monthly listeners on Spotify. By country and region, the United States had the highest number of users listening to NewJeans’ songs, followed by Indonesia, Japan, Brazil, the Philippines, Mexico, South Korea, India, and the United Kingdom.
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