The most followed female Korean soloist on Spotify is ROSÉ of BLACKPINK, with over 12 million followers.
#JENNIE is the most-streamed K-Pop Soloist and K-Pop Female Act in the World on Spotify in 2025! 💪🏆1⃣🔝🎧🇰🇷🧑🎤➕🏆1⃣🔝🎧🇰🇷👩🎤🌎ᯤ 2⃣0⃣2⃣5⃣👑🖤🤍 #SpotifyWrapped2025.
Most Streamed K-Pop Artist on Spotify of all time : 1. #BTS - 39.4B 2. blackpink- 13.1B 3. Twice-8.4B 4.
Taylor Swift is crowned Spotify's #1 most streamed female artist globally in 2025.
🔥 ❑ Top Female K-Pop Soloists by YouTube Subscribers: 1. ROSÉ – 18.4 million 2. JENNIE – 15.5 million 3. LISA – 11.7 million 4.
1. Madonna. The remarkable, hyper-ambitious Material Girl who never stops re-inventing herself, Madonna has sold over three hundred million records and CDs to adoring fans worldwide. Her film career, however, is another story.
IU has released a total of five studio albums and twelve EPs, five of which have reached number one on the Gaon Album Chart, and thirty-one number-one singles, making her the artist with the most number-one songs in South Korea.
Indian playback singer Arijit Singh is the most-followed artist on Spotify.
Ariana Grande becomes the female artist with the most songs with 1 billion streams each in Spotify history (22). She breaks a tie with Taylor Swift.
Taylor Swift are the most-streamed artists ever on Spotify with 117,231,078,332 streams as of January 8, 2026. Streaming dominates the music industry, accounting for a whopping 69% of global recorded music sales, with Spotify claiming the lion's share.
Jimin was the 1st Korean Solo Artist to top the Billboard Artist 100 chart! He was the 1st K-Soloist to gain 1 Billion Streams on Spotify in a single year and in 2023, he won a Guiness World Record for the Fastest Male Solo K-Pop Artist to reach 1 BILLION streams on the platform!
Most followed celebrity Instagram accounts South Korea 2025. As of November 2025, Jennie of Blackpink was the most followed South Korean celebrity on Instagram with approximately 88.4 million followers. The most followed individual male celebrity was V of boy group BTS.
Holland is known as "the first openly gay K-pop idol". He is an only child. His parents found out about his sexuality after he discussed it in an interview.
📊 Most streamed K-Pop female soloists on Spotify in 2023: 1 #LISA: 845.8M (4 songs) 2 JENNIE: 603.3M (14 songs) 3 IU: 582.9M (186 songs) 4 JISOO: 451M (2 songs) 5 ROSÉ: 240.6M (4 songs) *credited songs: lead, solo, features, remixes & pre- debut.
Taylor Swift (97.87M) is once again the female artist with the most monthly listeners on Spotify surpassing Billie Eilish (97.82M). She remains as most streamed artist globally on Spotify for 586 days!
Taylor Swift had 26.6 billion streams on Spotify in 2024, making her the platform's top global artist for the second year in a row, driven by her Eras Tour and album releases like The Tortured Poets Department.
V is the most-followed K-pop soloist on Spotify (20,247,581 followers). In addition, Layover became the first Korean album to have all of its tracks surpass 140M streams.
The Weeknd's 'Blinding Lights' Becomes First Song to Hit 5 Billion Streams on Spotify.
🔥 ❑ Top Female K-Pop Soloists by YouTube Subscribers: 1. ROSÉ – 18.4 million 2.
While K-pop is generally a difficult industry for overt LGBTQ+ expression, pioneers like Holland (openly gay solo artist) and recent examples like Bain (of JUST B, who came out in 2025) are notable, alongside figures like Jiae (former WASUP, bisexual) and Harisu (pioneering transgender entertainer), showcasing increasing visibility despite societal challenges in South Korea. Many other idols show LGBTQ+ support or hint at fluidity, but these individuals are known for their public declarations.
Jungkook was named the “Greatest Korean Male Singer of All Time” and “One of the Greatest Singers of All Time” by Rolling Stone.