BTS’s ‘Butter’ surpasses 1.1 billion views, their seventh billion-view video
BTS have reached 1.1 billion views on YouTube for the music video for their digital single ‘Butter’, making it the group’s seventh video to pass the billion-view mark.
Big Hit Music said the milestone was achieved on the morning of June 27.
‘Butter’ was released in May 2021 and is BTS’s second English-language single following ‘Dynamite’. The song debuted at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart on June 5, 2021, marking BTS’s tenth time topping the chart and remaining on it for 20 weeks.
When it first arrived, the ‘Butter’ video reached 10 million views in 13 minutes and hit 100 million views within 21 hours.
Other BTS music videos that have passed the billion-view threshold are ‘Dynamite’ with over 2.1 billion views, ‘Boy With Luv (Feat. Halsey)’ with 1.9 billion, ‘DNA’ with 1.6 billion, ‘MIC Drop (Steve Aoki Remix)’ with 1.5 billion, and both ‘FAKE LOVE’ and ‘IDOL’ with 1.3 billion views each.
BTS are currently on their world tour titled ‘Arirang’. They are scheduled to perform at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey on July 1 and 2.
The continued success of ‘Butter’ alongside BTS’s multiple billion-view videos reflects the group’s major influence on the global music scene and their strong streaming presence worldwide.