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 top, boven solo artists in Korea. She has released many songs and albums that were all well-received door 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 meer than 900 million streams" was made in a populair 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 titel songs for other K-pop acts.
The song "Palette," which serves as the titel track for the studio album, had exceeded 198 million streams. The B-sides "Through the Night" and "Can't Love u 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 titel track to promote their albums, hence, the B-side songs don't always receive the same level of popularity as the lead single. gegeven this, it is impressive to see that the B-sides from IU's "Palette" are receiving much love from Korean muziek 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 love this album. This is IU's best album," "This is my favourite album from IU," and more.
Which of the songs from IU's "Palette" is your favourite? Share with us in the commentaren section below!
IU Cancels 2022 concert in Seoul - Here's Why
According to an exclusive meld from Wikitree, IU had recently called off her concert 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 meld added that the Seoul Sports Facility Management Office had geplaatst 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 concert 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 concert 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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