V Makes History, Breaking Adele And BTS's iTunes Record While Setting His Own

Fans don’t call BTS‘s V a “history maker” for nothing. He has now achieved a record that no other artist has!

On July 6, BTS’s “Black Swan” became the song with the most #1’s worldwide on iTunes. Thanks to dedicated fans, the song jumped from 97 to 103 countries, surpassing Adele’s 5-year-old record. Adele set her record (102 countries) in 2015, when she released “Hello”.

Soon after “Black Swan” broke Adele’s record, V’s “Sweet Night” (a solo song for the Itaewon Class OST) joined the “100 club’s” top three. “Sweet Night” charted at #1 worldwide on iTunes in 101 countries, which made V the third highest-charting artist on iTunes. The spot was previously held by Taylor Swift‘s “Look What You Made Me Do” (99 countries).

🌏 List of Songs With 100+ iTunes #1's of All Time

#1 BTS – Black Swan (104)
#2 Adele – Hello (102)
#3 V – Sweet Night (101)

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Kim Taehyung (@BTS_twt's V) joins the list as the 1st male soloist & Asian soloist 🔥#ChartBusterV #SweetNight101개국1위 pic.twitter.com/dG9cMbZ1Rp

— BTSxASEAN ARMY ⁷ | W.I.N.G. [SLOW] (@BTSasean) July 7, 2020

As of July 8, V has now soared to the very top, surpassing both BTS and Adele by charting at #1 in 105 countries! He is officially the first in history to score #1s in 105 countries, making him iTunes’ #1 artist worldwide.

Kim Taehyung now holds the title of the FIRST and ONLY Artist in the world to have the most iTunes #1s for a song with Sweet Night in 105 countries.

He broke the record held by his own group @BTS_twt with his self composed OST.
Congratulations Taehyung 🎉#TopGlobalArtistV pic.twitter.com/ecfxei3W8x

— 풍경 ✧ (@sceneryfortae) July 8, 2020

Now fans are celebrating his achievements with congratulatory messages and trending “Kim Taehyung” on Twitter.

the fact that kim taehyung breaks record just one day, well deserved! pic.twitter.com/xHgFYlBhyM

— ash⁷☆ 105 #1’s (@gguklavv) July 8, 2020

Kim Taehyung, the ONLY ARTIST in the world with most #1's in iTunes WORLDWIDE. Sweet Night has surpassed Black Swan by @BTS_twt , and now becomes the song with most #1's in iTunes of ALL-TIME. 🎉💜 @BTS_twt

— dee⁷ (@mygtrivias) July 8, 2020