New K-pop boy band
TOMORROW X TOGETHER
have made history with one of the best 24-hour debuts of Korean music videos on
YouTube
ever.
The latest act from Big Hit Entertainment, home to
BTS
, the quintet, also known as
TXT
, premiered “
Crown
” on Monday (March 4), and within 24 hours it racked up 15.1 million
views
. YouTube tells
Billboard
that the animation-enhanced video is the 10th best-ever 24-hour premiere from a Korean artist that the site has ever seen.
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“Crown” is also the best first day showing ever from a debut track of any Korean male artist on YouTube.
ITZY
’s “Dalla Dalla,” released in February, currently holds the overall record with 17.1 million day-of debut views.
BTS currently holds the top ranking for release day views among Korean artists, with last year’s “IDOL” recording 45.9 million views in its first 24-hour period. According to a ranking provided by YouTube of the fastest-achieving day-of-release music videos from Korean artists, all but
Psy’
s “Gentleman,” which was released in 2013, came out no earlier than 2017.
According to YouTube, these are the 10 fastest K-pop music video debuts of all-time, as of March 7, 2019:
1. BTS, “Idol” (2018) – 45.9 M
2.
BLACKPINK
‘s – “(DDU-DU DDU-DU)” (2018) – 36.2M
3. Psy, “Gentelman” (2013) – 36M
4. BTS, “Fake Love” (2018) – 35.9M
5.
Twice
, “Yes or Yes” M/V (2018) – 31.4M
6. BTS, “DNA” (2017) – 22.3M
7. Twice, “Dance The Night Away” (2018) – 19.6M
8. ITZY, “Dalla Dalla” (2019) – 17.1M
9. Jennie, “Solo” M/V (2018) – 16.1M
10. TOMORROW X TOGETHER, “Crown” (2019) – 15.1M