4 years with Dynamite! ARMY celebrate BTS' chart-topping English song that broke several records
Today, on August 21, 2024, four years after the release of the "QUEEN"—as ARMY calls it—things have only gotten better for the group and their fandom.
Updated : August 21, 2024 01:32 PM ISTToday, on August 21, 2024, four years after the release of the "QUEEN"—as ARMY calls it—things have only gotten better for the group and their fandom.
BTS' Dynamite
A song that broke records, shattered charts, and saw the fandom ARMY expand as the West began to take artists from across the globe seriously was DYNAMITE! Released on August 21, 2020, by BTS—the biggest band in the world—it was their first song fully recorded in English.
This upbeat disco-pop track, with elements of funk, soul, and bubblegum pop, was meant to soothe the pain of people during the COVID-19 pandemic. Its lyrics and choreography paid homage to musical legends like the Rolling Stones, Michael Jackson, and Elvis Presley.
The song was such a blast - literally - that it earned BTS their first Grammy nomination for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance at the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards, making them the first Korean pop act to be nominated.
[기사] #BTS Beam In 'Dynamite' From South Korea at 2021 Grammy Awardshttps://t.co/TGsryOoi8b
— BIGHIT MUSIC (@BIGHIT_MUSIC) March 15, 2021
Today, on August 21, 2024, four years after the release of the "QUEEN"—as ARMY calls it—things have only gotten better for the group and their fandom. The ARMY has grown bigger and stronger, proudly celebrating their favorite achievements.
Many took to X (formerly known as Twitter) to celebrate '4 years with Dynamite', sharing pictures and events and everything they were upto when the song dropped.
how is dynamite 4 years old already?? i remember being on twitter watching it with everyone and streaming when we reached 100 million views in just 24 hours, it will always be THAT song pic.twitter.com/kI1Rd69Gb0
— 𓅪 (@alfiyastic) August 20, 2024
Happy 4th year anniversary Queen! 💅
— Bangtan⁷⁼¹ ⟭⟬ᴹᵘˢᵉ⟬⟭ (@purplegirl_divi) August 21, 2024
BTS PAVED THE WAY
4 YEARS WITH DYNAMITE#Dynamite4YearsAnniversary#4YearsWithDynamite
DYNAMITE 4 YEARS ANNIVERSARY
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In celebration of 4 years with Dynamite by @BTS_twt, the song re-charted to number on Papua New Guinea itunes chart
— bearvillian ₘᵤₛₑ ʷᶦᵗʰ ᵇᵗˢ ⁷❄️🐻 (@bearvillian) August 21, 2024
Congratulations BTS for this amazing bop song 🎵 💜 👏 pic.twitter.com/sp2988KRjn
It's been 4 years since we were blessed with record breaker masterpiece Dynamite that not only became a solace for millions but also is a song that took the industry by storm & still making haters cry 😌🔥
— BANGTAN DELIGHT ¹⁰ (@Lovly_mochitwin) August 20, 2024
#4YearsWithDynamite#Dynamite4YearsAnniversarypic.twitter.com/f3TyqHV0ya pic.twitter.com/t0TQcDZeH5
Some achievements about the Queen — "Dynamite"
The song debuted at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and experienced enormous commercial success worldwide. With this achievement, BTS became the first all-South Korean act to reach the top of the Hot 100, achieved their first number-1 song in the US, and was number one for three weeks. With 7.778 million plays on Spotify, 'Dynamite' broke the record for the largest debut day of any song in 2020. Additionally, it topped the Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl. U.S. charts, holding the top spot on the latter for three weeks in a row.
'Dynamite' was first made available as a stand-alone single but was later added to BTS's fifth Korean-language album, Be (2020), released on November 20.
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On YouTube, in under 20 minutes, it became the fastest video to gain 10 million views. With 101.1 million views and three new Guinness World Records, it also became the most-viewed video in the first 24 hours. It became the fastest music video to reach 200 million views in just four days and twelve hours.
On September 26, 2020 — 35 days after its premiere — it became the fastest music video by a music group to reach 400 million views. It also became the fastest music video—59 days after its release—by a group or an Asian act to earn 500 million views, and the fastest by a Korean artist to surpass 600 million views, having done so on November 16 in less than 27 days.
On August 14, 2024, Oricon, the main music statistics website in Japan, just revealed that 'Dynamite' had amassed over 800 million streams in Japan alone. BTS, after Japanese musicians YOASOBI and Yuuri, is the first non-native artist to exceed 800 million views on Oricon, and only the third overall.