BTS V's 'Winter Ahead' surpasses 700 million streams on Spotify

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BTS (BTS) V's 'Winter Ahead (with Park Hyoshin)', a collaboration with Park Hyoshin, has surpassed 700 million streams on Spotify, the world's largest music streaming platform.

With this achievement, V now has two songs, 'Love Me Again' and 'Winter Ahead', each recording over 700 million streams. V became the first K-pop artist to have three songs—'Christmas Tree', 'White Christmas', and 'Winter Ahead'—on the 'Holiday Top 100' chart, and all three songs topped the 'Holiday Digital Song Sales' chart.

Released on November 29, 2024, 'Winter Ahead' entered the Billboard Main Single Chart 'Hot 100' without any separate promotional activities due to V's military service. The song debuted at number one on the 'Holiday Digital Song Sales' chart and at number 62 on the 'Holiday Top 100' chart. In the UK Official Singles Chart, it reached number one in 'Single Downloads' and number two in 'Single Sales'.

Billboard selected 'Winter Ahead' for its 2025 end-of-year list, 'The 27 Best Winter Songs for the Season'. The song also previously ranked number one on Billboard's 'Fans' Favorite Songs of 2024'.

YouTube Music included 'Winter Ahead' in its list of global holiday classics alongside Mariah Carey's 'All I Want for Christmas Is You' and Justin Bieber's 'Mistletoe' at the end of last year.

The music video for 'Winter Ahead' was filmed at a grand mansion on the outskirts of Paris, France, and in the Versailles area. To commemorate this, V's fans installed a bench engraved with V's name in the Trianon Garden of the Palace of Versailles.

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