WATERFALL
Waterfall is the debut studio album of South Korean singer-songwriter and record producer, B.I.
HIGHLIGHTS
B.I's Waterfall was released on June 2021 as his first full length album under his own label.With his various achievements, this has solidified his career as a solo artist.
B.I's Waterfall was named by Time Magazine as one of the Best K-Pop Albums of 2021!
Meanwhile, illa illa was also named as one of the Best K-Pop Songs during the first half of the same year.
In addition, MTV News has also included illa illa on the hand-picked selection of songs from their weekly collection — Bop Shop.
They have also included Waterfall on the 21 Best K-Pop B-Sides of 2021 after various artists.
Waterfall has also received a four star rating from NME.
In addition, Bandwagon Asia has also listed B.I's illa illa on the top songs of 2021 including Waterfall on the list of their top albums. They have also listed B.I's first online concert as one of the best virtual concerts during the year.
Following this news, '131 Live Presents: B.I's First Online Concert,' sold out the VIP tickets in roughly two minutes during the opening day.
B.I has also topped the Twitter trends worldwide claiming the first three spots with over hundred thousand tweets — wrapping up the concert successfully.
MILESTONES
With his highly anticipated debut as a solo artist, B.I was able to set some records.B.I was the Most Viewed Male K-pop Debut Soloist gathering a total of 12.7 million views with 300 000 likes and 60 000 comments in just 24 hours of its release.He is also the Most Viewed K-Pop Act on YouTube on the said day as well as the Most Viewed MV by an artist and as K-Pop Soloist in five consecutive days.B.I's debut music video 'illa illa' has also trended in Germany, Japan, and Canada while it has also trended for music in various locations such as Malaysia, Singapore, Philippines, South Korea, Thailand, Hong Kong and Indonesia.In addition to these milestones, he also performed well on Spotify peaking to 1.116 million monthly listeners and 1.6 million accumulated streams for Waterfall album in the first 24 hours of its release.illa illa has also made it to Spotify Viral 50 in various countries such as Singapore, Thailand, Philippines, Taiwan, South Korea, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Vietnam while it also made the cut to Spotify Top 200 Daily in three other locations.
B.I has also topped no. 1 in 17 locations for his song illa illa while also topping the album charts for Waterfall in 24 locations. This includes getting no. 1 on iTunes Japan — one of the biggest music markets in the world and no. 2 on the iTunes US.With these milestones, B.I was able to place at no. 8 on Global Digital Artist Ranking. He also went at no. 2 for Worldwide Digital Albums Chart and no. 13 on Worldwide Digital Songs Chart while charting at no. 3 on European Album Chart.B.I's Waterfall album has also made it to no. 8 in the Top 10 Best Selling Digital Album in Billboard Downloads Chart - Japan while at no. 16 on Oricon's Best Selling Albums. Furthermore, B.I's illa illa has also topped no. 1 in five locations while the whole Waterfall album also charted at no. 23 on Apple Music.
Meanwhile, B.I had his first nomination with his album Waterfall in China's Year End 2021 as a finalist for Best Selling K-Pop Solo Album.As of writing, he has sold over 43 000 digital copies with Triple Gold Certification on QQ Music with his debut album Waterfall.Furthermore, B.I has also charted no. 1 on QQ Music Best Selling Album - Daily and no. 5 for Best Selling Album - Weekly. Aside from that, he has also ranked at no. 2 for both Best Selling Digital Album - All Categories and Best Selling Digital Album - Album Category.B.I's illa illa also peaked at no. 28 on QQ Music Song Chart Ranking - Korea while Waterfall at no. 23 on the same chart. illa illa has also made it to no. 10 of QQ Music MV Chart - Weekly. With these achievements, B.I has solidified his footing in the music industry.
Contrary, B.I did not just do well internationally but also domestically.B.I has sold more than 100 000 copies for his first full length album 'Waterfall' with 60 000 pre-orders (Ktown4u). Meanwhile, he has sold an over of 33 000 copies on Hanteo during its first day and 66 000 copies sold during the first week.Despite the minimal promotions, B.I was able to top no. 1 in the search engines on two of the biggest music platforms in South Korea — Melon and Genie. On the other hand, he has also made it to the Top 10 of Bugs and Flo Real Time Search Charts and at the same time topping the Twitter trends in South Korea including Worldwide. These are just one of the many achievements he have attained on the said year.Moreover, B.I has also topped the Best Selling Album - Daily charts on different Korean platforms such as Ktown4u, Aladin, Hottracks, Interpark, Synnara, and Soundwave with anticipation from the fans around the world.Additionally, B.I has also charted at no. 5 on Gaon Weekly Album Chart — Week 43 and no. 9 on Gaon Monthly Album Chart — June. On top of that, Waterfall has also placed at no. 6 on Gaon Weekly Retail Album Chart and Gaon Monthly Retail Album Chart at around the same time. He has also charted at no. 11 on Hanteo's Best Selling Albums for the month of June with over 81 000 copies sold.Speaking of, B.I's Remember Me has also charted in multiple Korean music platforms. As of writing, #역겹겠지만 has now a total of 37.1 million views on TikTok with 13.8 million streams, 790 000 unique listeners, and 52 936 likes on Melon.At the same time, B.I's Remember Me also peaked at no. 51 on Melon, no. 47 in Genie, no. 48 on Flo, and no. 80 on Bugs. Notably, B.I's Remember Me has also peaked at no. 36 on Melon Real-time accumulating 92 164 listeners., no. 76 on Melon Daily Top 100, and lastly, no. 84 on Melon Weekly Top 100 charts.In addition, B.I's Remember Me also peaked at no. 21 on Apple Music - Top 100: South Korea and peaked at no. 52 on YouTube Music Top Trending Song in South Korea.
YEAR-END
B.I placed at no. 7 on 2021 Best Selling Korean Male Soloists with 166 540 physical albums sold. He has also ranked at no. 3 for K-Pop Male Soloists with the highest unique listeners in 2021 gathering a total of 91 352 daily users for his b-side track Remember Me. Later on, it was also added by Apple Music on The 100 Best Songs of 2021 in South Korea.As of December 2021, he has also ranked at no. 37 for Idols With Highest Daily Melon Unique Listeners and no. 11 on Male Idols With Highest Gaon Digital Index gathering 25 million points.Out of all the releases in 2021, B.I had the most organic growth with 8.6 ratio from his first day listeners versus his peak listeners. With Remember Me's popularity, it ranked no. 46 on Top 100 Popular Songs on Melon Music Profile.B.I together with his new label has achieved many things. From sold out concert online tickets, magazines, and collaborations, it's safe to say that B.I is one of the successful Korean artists of this generation.