BTS's J-Hope sets new Spotify record as first Korean solo artist to reach 9 million followers

BTS's J-Hope is continuing to prove his popularity on global streaming platform Spotify!

On February 14 KST, Spotify confirmed that J-Hope had reached 9,011,07114 followers, becoming the first Korean solo artist to surpass the 9 million follower milestone. Currently, he is the fourth most-followed of all 1,154 Korean acts on the platform, following BTS (as a group), BLACKPINK, and TWICE.

Meanwhile, J-Hope became the most-followed Korean solo artist on April 8, 2019 and has sustained the top position for roughly two years and ten months. His solo artist page contains eight songs in total, including the tracks off his 2018 mixtape 'Hope World' and his 2019 single "Chicken Noodle Soup" featuring Becky G.