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BTS’ ‘Dynamite’ Becomes First K-Pop Boyband Video to Hit 2 Billion YouTube Views

The 2020 English-language hit paved BTS’s path on U.S. charts, setting up momentum for a planned 2026 album and tour.

Overview

  • BigHit Music confirmed the milestone at about 9:16 a.m. KST on September 4 on its official social channels.
  • The video reached the mark a little over five years after its August 21, 2020 release.
  • Dynamite” was BTS’s first full-English single and their first Billboard Hot 100 No. 1, where it stayed for three weeks.
  • The track earned a Grammy nomination and logged a 265,000-download debut week, one of the decade’s largest U.S. sales weeks.
  • With all members now reunited after military service, BTS says a new group album is slated for spring 2026 with a world tour to follow.