Spotify is a global platform for music lovers. With time the importance of streaming has increased internationally.

In February, Spotify launched in the sixth-largest music market, South Korea. Even before the release of Spotify in South Korea, Korean soloists and groups are famous on the platform among international fans. 

Here are the Top 5 Solo Artists with over 3M followers:

1. J-Hope

   BTS's rapper J-Hope is the most followed Korean Solo Artist on the platform. He has 5.9M followers and 2M monthly listeners on his solo Spotify profile. His last single, Chicken Noodle Soup, was released in 2019, a collab with Becky G, which has 91M streams to date.

2. RM

  BTS's member RM is the 2nd most followed Korean Solo Artist on Spotify. He has 5.3M followers and 2.3M monthly listeners. He recently collaborated with another Korean solo artist, eAeon. "Don't" by eAeon ft. RM has surpassed 2.9M streams on the platform to date.

3. Agust D

   BTS's member SUGA, who is also known as Agust D, has 4.6M and 2.6M monthly listeners on the global platform Spotify. His title track Daechwita from his 2nd Solo Mixtape surpassed 100M streams recently. 

4. IU

   The singer-songwriter-actress IU is the only female Korean Soloist in the top 5 most followed Korean Solo Artist list. The Korean chart Digimon has 3.9M followers and 5.9M monthly listeners on Spotify. She recently released her new fifth full album, LILAC, on March 25, 2021.

5. V

   BTS's member Kim Taehyung aka V is the 5th most-followed Korean Solo Artist on Spotify; amazingly, he secured his position with only two OSTs. He hasn't released any solo single or mixtape and hasn't debuted as a solo artist yet. V has 3M followers and 1.9M monthly listeners on his solo profile. His OST Sweet Night has 125M streams to date.