BTS’s Jungkook hit another major streaming milestone this week, with his solo debut single “Seven” surpassing 1.3 billion plays on YouTube Music, setting a new all-time record for an Asian male artist on the platform. The song, released as his solo debut in 2023, has continued to rack up streaming numbers well past its initial release window, a rare feat for a track that’s now a couple years old.
The milestone adds to what’s already been a stacked year of individual achievements for Jungkook, following his earlier record for topping X’s 2026 mentions ranking above artists like Justin Bieber and Michael Jackson. It also comes as BTS continues their ARIRANG world tour and navigates their ongoing Grammy boycott, meaning individual member accomplishments like this one are landing during an especially high-visibility stretch for the group as a whole.
