According to KBS World earlier this year, Jimin became the first and only K-pop solo artist to reach 200 days on the “Daily Top Artists” chart of the world’s largest music streaming platform Spotify in the US.

The song that led to Jimin’s success in the US market was “Who”, released in July 2024. The song even broke its own record by entering the “K-pop Top 10” chart for 17 consecutive weeks.

In addition, until January of this year, “Who” has maintained 169 consecutive days on the “Daily Top Songs” chart since its release, of which 111 days were in the Top 10, the longest record for a song by an Asian artist. Jimin also became the first and only K-pop solo artist to reach over 400 million streams in the history of the Spotify chart in the US, not counting repeat streams.

Notably, Jimin is the fastest K-Pop solo artist in history to reach the milestone of 1 billion streams on Spotify in just one calendar year! Up to now, “Who” has reached 1.6 billion streams on the platform.

However, some heated online debates surrounding “Who”’s mαѕѕive streaming numbers have recently arisen after some reports revealed that Jimin’s solo song ℓσѕт 175 million streams from November 2024 to May 2025, a number that many called the first time in the platform’s history.

The sudden drop, especially the 52 million drop in just one day from January 31 to February 1, has sparked accusations of Jimin manipulating his stream count and artificially inflating it.

Many questioned whether his agency, Big Hit Music, was involved in boosting viewership numbers through automated systems or “bot streaming”. They even mentioned that Big Hit Music and BTS have a history of being suspected of digital music fraud.

While some netizens jumped in to criticize, fans came to Jimin’s defense with various arguments. ARMYs αѕѕerted that it was unfair to drag an artist’s name into the controversy without any evidence or explanation from the platform itself.

Many emphasized that Jimin’s song achieved success naturally thanks to the support of fans around the world. ARMYs - always known as the strongest and most powerful backer when it comes to streaming.

Others asked Spotify to be transparent about its stream counting мєтнod. They argued that stream drops are not unusual on platforms like Spotify. They also blamed the record label and the platform for the confusion:

- Dragging an artist over unconfirmed Spotify data is pathetic. Stream fluctuations happen due to system updates or data cleanups — not because of your made-up scandals. Stop spreading hate and get a grip. Jimin doesn’t deserve your bitterness

- Why you guys forgot the fact that even with all the deletion the song has more than 1,5 billion stream under 1 year? Spotify aims to delete stream from songs that has high support by the artist’s fandom and not paying them enough for playlisting and autoplay

- It's almost a year and h*es still obsessed with "Who". Congratulation Jimin for staying relevant while in hiatus with a song that even losers tuning in

- It disgusts me the people who try to belittle the achievements of others, it hurts whoever it hurts, what Jimin has, he achieved through his own merits, but there are people so envious that they want to see him fall and it will not happen

- I see so many insecure people over here

- Payola agencies are always obsessed with numbers, this is really the agency's fault, not the singer or idol's

- I have no hate towards artists, but you really have to explain what happened apart from making corrections, or else ppl won't take your data serously