BTS have broken the record for the biggest song debut in Spotify history with their new single ‘Butter’.The track received over 11 million global Spotify plays on Friday (May 21), breaking the streaming service’s opening day record formerly held by Ed Sheeran and Justin Bieber’s ‘I Don’t Care’ (10.977 million on May 10, 2019).Despite the record-breaking success, ‘Butter’ landed at Number 11 on the UK Spotify chart (and Number 10 in the US), with several songs from Olivia Rodrigo‘s debut album ‘Sour’ placing ahead of the BTS track.
The group’s previous record was ‘Dynamite’, which racked up over 7 million global streams on its debut.The music video for ‘Butter’ also saw BTS claim the biggest premiere in YouTube history, with more than 3.9.
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