B.I
B.I is a rising global Korean pop-artist who produced various hit songs such as “Love Scenario,” “Whistle,” and his latest pre-single, “BTBT.”Dubbed as the ‘Hitmaker,' the multi-hyphenate singer-songwriter and record producer has been credited to more than 90 songs.His string of successful album releases started from his debut album, “Waterfall” which sold more than 100 000 physical copies followed by his half album, "COSMOS" which sold more than 56 000 physical copies worldwide.B.I is also acknowledged as the youngest recipient of “Best Songwriter” on 2018 Melon Music Awards and “Best Producer” on 2019 Golden Disc Awards. B.I was recently selected by the GRAMMY as the first Asian to perform on GRAMMY Global Spin.B.I has since become one of the most influential Korean music artists with wide range of discography from pop, hip-hop, R&B, ballad, and EDM.
HIGHLIGHTS
Love or Loved Pt. 1 is B.I's first global EP with Soulja Boy featuring DeVita on his pre-single, “BTBT.”
TIME Magazine named B.I's BTBT with Soulja Boy featuring DeVita as one of the Best K-Pop Songs of 2022.
DAZED Magazine ranked B.I's BTBT with Soulja Boy featuring DeVita at no. 5 on Best K-Pop Songs of 2022.
NYLON Magazine also listed B.I's BTBT with Soulja Boy featuring DeVita on their Top 20 Best K-Pop Songs of 2022.
B.I's BTBT with Soulja Boy featuring DeVita also placed at no. 2 on NME's Top 25 Best K-Pop Songs of 2022.
Teen Vogue listed B.I's BTBT with Soulja Boy featuring DeVita on their Top 79 K-Pop Songs and Top 21 Best K-Pop Music Videos of 2022.
The National, a state sponsored media from the United Arab Emirates, also named B.I's BTBT with Soulja Boy featuring DeVita on their list of Best K-Pop Songs of 2022.
MILESTONES
With his soaring career as a solo artist, B.I was selected as the first Asian to perform in GRAMMYs Global Spin.
B.I's performance received positive responses around the globe with two of his Twitter topics trending worldwide in Top 5.Moreover, B.I has also been selected by Spotify as one of the ambassadors for their global campaign with K-Pop groups, Seventeen and ITZY.
Early this year, B.I started his fan meeting tour in South Korea followed by Singapore, Thailand, and The Philippines with estimated 10 000 tickets sold. All his South Korea, Thailand, and Philippine shows are sold out. Moreover, due to high demand, B.I opened a second show for his Filipino fans. B.I was able to attract the attention of the general public as he dominated the domestic trending topics and be featured in the local news.Furthermore, B.I has also performed in various music festivals. Recently, B.I performed at Lalapa K-Concert in Thailand gathering 15 000 attendees. In addition, he also performed at Rap Beat Festival in South Korea and KV Fest in Indonesia attracting concert goers worldwide.
May 2022, B.I released a pre-single with Soulja Boy and DeVita on his two part series, Love or Loved. Despite the minimal promotions, B.I was able to release his newest hit, BTBT.As of writing, the song has now a more than 80 million streams where it charted to almost 70 territories in Spotify Viral 50. BTBT peaked at no. 11 on Spotify Viral 50 - Global while it also charted on Spotify Viral 50 - United States and Spotify Viral 50 - United Kingdom both at no. 10 and Spotify Viral 50 - South Korea at no. 15. His peak was at Spotify Viral 50 - Saudi Arabia where it reached no. 1 followed by Spotify Viral 50 - United Arab Emirates at no. 2. BTBT also peaked at no. 15 on Spotify Top K-Pop Songs - Global and stayed on the chart for more than 25 weeks. BTBT also charted to more than 10 territories on Spotify Daily Top 200 Songs where it peaked in Kazakhstan at no. 51. Moreover, it also charted to more than 5 territories on Spotify Top 50 and peaked in Singapore at no. 13. In addition, B.I also charted to over 5 territories on Spotify Daily Top Artist and Spotify Weekly Top Artist. As of writing, B.I has more than 600 000 followers on Spotify. Following its huge success, B.I peaked to 2.999 million monthly listeners on Spotify with his recent album, Love or Loved Pt. 1. B.I's Keep me up also charted at no. 73 on Spotify's Top K-Pop Songs - Global with more than 8 million streams as of writing.
In addition, BTBT also accumulated a combined 73 million views on YouTube. As of writing, BTBT Official Music Video has accumulated a total of 15 840 000 million views, 790 000 likes, and 33 000 comments, BTBT Dance Performance Film with more than 45 300 000 million views, 890 000 likes, and 16 000 comments and BTBT Dance Practice with 12 070 000 million views, 355 000 likes, and 5 000 comments. Meanwhile, BTBT Official Music Video also trended in Canada at no. 98 while BTBT Dance Performance Film trended at no. 20 in Malaysia.At the second half of 2022, 131, B.I's own label, earned their first million subscribers. With BTBT's success, the channel gained 84 000 subscribers from their 916 000 subscribers before the release. As of writing, the label's official channel has now a total of 1.15 million subscribers.B.I released his new song Keep me up on the last quarter of 2022. As of today, Keep me up Official Music Video has accumulated a total of 6 500 000 million views, 279 000 likes, and 14 500 comments while Keep me up Dance Practice accumulated one million views, 50 000 likes, and 1 500 comments. During its release, Keep me up charted at no. 17 on YouTube worldwide including territories like Canada, United Kingdom, France, Germany, and United States.
Furthermore, BTBT charted no. 1 in 19 territories on iTunes. As such, BTBT peaked at no. 2 on iTunes - US: K-Pop and entered iTunes - Global Digital Single Charts at no. 11. BTBT also charted in the Top 50 of iTunes for more than 35 territories. Moreover, his title song, Keep me up, charted no. 1 in almost 10 territories while his album, Love or Loved Pt. 1 charted no. 1 in 18 territories. In addition, BTBT charted no. 1 in 49 territories while Keep Me Up charted no. 1 in 29 territories on iTunes: K-pop Genre. This includes getting no. 1 in 27 territories on iTunes: K-Pop Genre for Love or Loved Pt. 1. BTBT also placed at no. 11 on Global Digital Singles Chart while Keep me up placed at no. 22. Meanwhile, Love or Loved Pt. 1 placed at no. 8 on Global Digital Albums Chart. For Apple Music, BTBT charted in 18 territories while Keep me up charted in 2 territories on Daily Top 100: All Genres.
B.I's BTBT also topped the Shazam K-Pop: Global Chart at no. 2 and stayed charting for 192 days. The single also charted on 9 territories peaking at no. 9 in Singapore. As of writing, BTBT accumulated 332 000 Shazams. Meanwhile, B.I's Keep me up also charted at no. 36 on the same chart with now 19 000 Shazams.
B.I dominated not only major music platforms but also Billboard. In fact, B.I's BTBT peaked at no. 11 on Billboard Hot 100 - Vietnam and no. 14 on Billboard Hot 100 - Singapore where it stayed charting for 6 weeks. B.I also charted at Billboard Hot Trending Songs with his side track, 'Tangerine' charting at no. 1 followed by Middle with you at no. 2, Endless Summer at no. 3, and lastly Keep me up at no. 7. Moreover, B.I's Love or Loved also charted in Billboard Japan - Download Albums chart at no. 54. Furthermore, B.I also trended at no. 16 on Twitter worldwide for Love or Loved Pt. 1 release.
B.I has also made a huge impact in China with his songs charting real time on QQ Music — the biggest music platform in China with Keep me up placing at no. 84, Tangerine at no. 85, Middle with you at no. 88, and Endless Summer at no. 99.Moreover, BTBT has also charted at no. 12 on QQ Music K-Pop Weekly Chart followed by Keep me up at no. 9 gathering a total of 100 000 unique listeners in 24 hours. Meanwhile, his other songs such as Middle with you also charted at no. 21, Tangerine at no. 22, and Endless summer at no. 25. Furthermore, Keep me up also charted at no. 4, Tangerine at no. 8, and Middle with you at no. 9 on QQ Music Daily Chart.Additionally, Tangerine trended on Weibo Hot Search at no. 8 and no. 5 on Weibo Hot Search: Entertainment Category. At the same time, Keep me up MV also trended at no. 9 on Weibo's Trending Videos: Music Category. This shows that despite the lack of promotions, B.I was still able to do well on the charts.
B.I's achievements doesn't just end here. In fact, #BTBT has now 370 million views on TikTok while the hashtag #BTBTChallenge garnered a total of 137 million views accumulating a total of 507 million views combined. The sound has also been used for 40 000 times with 54 million likes, 290 000 comments and 536 000 shares with an engagement rate of 14.7%.In addition, #KeepMeUp has now gathered a total of 25 million views and #KeepMeUpChallenge with 12.1 million views having 37.1 million views combined. As of writing, Keep me up accumulated a total of one million likes, 11 000 shares, and 12 000 comments with an engagement rate of 6%.As per top audience, United States and South Korea topped B.I's list with a total reach of 220 million. Out of his 31 tracks, BTBT has the most reach in South Korea with 126 million reach on TikTok.
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