IU's 'Palette' Becomes Most-Streamed Album in Korea + Gains Attention for Remarkable Streams of Each Song
In the past years, iu has been considered one of the parte superior, arriba solo artists in Korea. She has released many songs and albums that were all well-received por the public.
Recently, one particular album achieved an incredible milestone that no other K-pop albums have reached yet. This work is none other than her fourth full-length album "Palette," which came out back in 2017.
On Feb. 22, a post titled "The album that has más than 900 million streams" was made in a popular online community. The post shows the total number of streams the album has garnered to date.
According to the post, IU's "Palette" album has surpassed 980 million streams, a total of 986,648,273 streams to be exact. The streams came from the 10 songs included in the album.
No other K-pop album has crossed 980 million streams in Korea, meaning "Palette" is the first one to do. This makes "Palette" the most-streamed album in the country.
Aside from its total streams, IU's "Palette" also caught people's attention for the individual streams of each track in the album. Many netizens were impressed to see that the B-side tracks had as many streams as the título songs for other K-pop acts.
The song "Palette," which serves as the título track for the studio album, had exceeded 198 million streams. The B-sides "Through the Night" and "Can't amor tu Anymore" have over 356 million streams and 131 million streams, respectively. The other B-side tracks have all surpassed 10 million streams to date.
K-pop artists mostly use only the título track to promote their albums, hence, the B-side songs don't always receive the same level of popularity as the lead single. dado this, it is impressive to see that the B-sides from IU's "Palette" are receiving much amor from Korean música fans.
Because of this, netizens regarded "Palette" as the female singer's best album with memorable songs and the album without any weak songs. Netizens commented, "All the songs in the album are good," "I amor this album. This is IU's best album," "This is my favourite album from IU," and more.
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iu Cancels 2022 concierto in Seoul - Here's Why
According to an exclusive reportar from Wikitree, iu had recently called off her concierto in Seoul scheduled this year. The news outlet saw the announcement on the Seoul Information Communication Plaza, an information disclosure system in the city.
The reportar added that the Seoul Sports Facility Management Office had publicado an official notice that says "Cancellation of approval for the use of Jamsil Olympic Stadium and refund of usage fees (2022 iu Concert).
As per an official from the management office, IU's 2022 concierto was supposed to be held at the Jamsil Olympic Stadium, however, it was cancelled due to the current severity of the COVID-19 outbreak in Korea.
IU's concierto plans were not publicly announced, therefore, fans were unaware of this. As of writing, Edam Entertainment has not released an official statement regarding the matter.
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