"Winter Ahead," a collaboration between V and Park Hyo Shin, has reached 210 million streams on Spotify, the world's largest music platform, on the 26th.
"Winter Ahead" has been running at the top of the Global Spotify Chart and the European Apple Music Daily Song Chart for 91 days since its release.
"Winter Ahead," released on November 29 last year, achieved dazzling results on various year-end charts in 2024.
They debuted at 99th on the Hot 100 chart, 1st on the year-end special Holiday Digital Song Sales chart, and 62nd on the Holiday Top 100 chart.
It debuted at number 86 on the UK Official Singles Chart and ranked first and second on the Official Singles Download and Singles Sales charts respectively.
In the music video, V plays a sculptor and expresses a confused state of mind with delicate facial expressions, creating an immersive experience.
Despite its running time of 6 minutes and 22 seconds, the "Music Video" has a global popularity.
It was ranked 1st in the "Top Videos in the World" trending list on the global streaming platform "Tidal".
It is the longest-running No. 1 chart for a K-pop artist, and has also topped Tidal's top video charts in the US, UK, Brazil, Spain, Australia, Singapore, and other countries.
"Winter Ahead" was chosen as one of Billboard's "27 Best Winter Songs for the Season."
Billboard said of "Winter Ahead," "It's reminiscent of the first day of cold weather. The duo's harmony is like fresh snowflakes.
"It feels like the song is a song that will be popular for a long time," he said, "The song's validity period will go beyond December 25th," teasing that the song will be loved for a long time.
Following his 2021 release "Christmas Tree," V also ranked first on the "Favorite Songs of All Time" list, proving his popularity among the public.
Carols "White Christmas" and "Winter
"Ahead" charted on the "Holiday Hot 100," and V ranked three songs on the chart.
They are also the only K-pop artist to have all three songs on Billboard's Holiday Digital Song Sales chart.
It broke the record by taking first place.
By chunchun 2025/03/02 13:00 KST
