“APT.” by BLACKPINK's ROSÉ becomes the First Song in History to surpass 2 Billion Views/Streams on both YouTube and Spotify in under a year

BLACKPINK's ROSÉ just broke multiple consecutive records with her mega-hit "APT," a collaboration with Bruno Mars. The song continues to sweep the internet, revolutionizing musical standards with its latest hits on the two most important music platforms: YouTube and Spotify.

BREAKING RECORDS ON YOUTUBE:

“APT.” music video has officially surpassed 2 Billion views on YouTube in just 334 days, breaking PSY’s 11-year record with “Gangnam Style” (684 days) as the "Fastest Song by any Asian Act to surpass this figure on the platform".

"APT" became the "Fastest Music Video released this decade to surpass 2 Billion Views on YouTube", after breaking the records previously set by Future & Drake's "Life Is Good" (761 days) and The Weeknd's "Save Your Tears" (1,649 days).

"APT" is the "Only Song by an Asian Act in the TOP 5 Fastest Music Videos to Reach 2 Billion Views in YouTube History", placing 4th after surpassing Shakira & Maluma's "Chantaje" (379 Days) and placing only behind the legendary songs "Girls Like You" by Maroon 5 & Cardi B (293 Days), Ed Sheeran's "Shape of You" (187 Days) and Luis Fonsi's "Despacito" (154 Days).

Rosé is now the "First Female Artist to have a music video released this decade reaching 2 Billion Views on Youtube."

ROSÉ's "APT" joins Cardi B's "Girls Like You" as the "The Only Music Videos by Female Artists to reach 2 Billion Views on YouTube in less than a year since their release."

Rosé has now become the "First K-pop Artist to hold 2 Billion-View music videos both as a Group member and as a Soloist", since with BLACKPINK, she already reached the milestone through "DDU-DU DDU-DU" and "Kill This Love."

BREAKING RECORDS ON SPOTIFY WITHOUT RELYING ON REMIXES OR ALTERNATE ALBUM COVERS:

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“APT” has now surpassed 2 Billion streams on Spotify, becoming the "Fastest Song by a K-pop Artist to exceed this figure on the platform", achieving this in just 335 days since its launch and after surpassing BTS Jimin's "Who" (427 days) and BTS Jungkook's "Seven" featuring Latto (467 days) in record time.

"APT" is the "Fourth Fastest Song in Spotify history to surpass 2 Billion streams", tying Harry Styles’ “As It Was” for reaching this milestone at 335 days and trailing only Sabrina Carpenter’s “Espresso” (325 Days), Billie Eilish’s “Birds Of A Feather” (265 Days) and “Die With a Smile” by Lady Gaga with Bruno Mars (200 Days).

BREAKING BARRIERS AND MAKING HISTORY IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY:

Rosé's "APT" has broken cultural barriers and demonstrated unprecedented organic growth as, as mentioned above, this massive hit crossed the 2 Billion views/streams mark almost simultaneously across the two largest music platforms, attributing to more impressive records.

“APT.” becomes the "Fastest Song by an Asian Act to reach 2 Billion Views/Streams on both Youtube and Spotify", surpassing BTS’ “Dynamite” (1839 days). At the same time it is the "Only Song by an Asian Act to achieve this in less than 1 calendar year".

However, the biggest and most important achievement of "APT" is having surpassed Ed Sheeran's “Shape of You” (703 days) as the "Fastest Song in the entire history of the music industry to simultaneously surpass the 2 Billion mark on both Spotify and YouTube".

These achievements cement "APT" as an innovative milestone in the history of world music and with the possibility of acquiring a lasting Guinness record, since reaching the figure of 2 Billion on both YouTube and Spotify in less than a year seems impossible to surpass.

Congratulations to BLACKPINK's ROSÉ on her historic new records!