Im Young-woong hits 14.2 billion Melon streams, holds Diamond Club #1
Im Young-woong hit 14.2 billion cumulative streams on Melon by July 18, adding 100 million in 20 days to hold the platform's all-time artist ranking.
Im Young-woong passed 14.2 billion cumulative streams on Melon as of 9 AM on July 18. He remains atop the platform's all-time artist streaming chart, known as the Diamond Club (다이아 클럽).
The 100 million-stream jump took 20 days. He'd hit 14.1 billion on June 28. At that pace—roughly one billion every 200 days—his audience spans middle-aged listeners through people in their 10s and 30s. Not just his core fandom, 영웅시대 (Yeong-woong-sidae).
He's currently on the SBS variety show 산골총각 영웅, the second season of 섬총각 영웅. In September, he'll hold a stadium concert, 2026 IM HERO CONCERT : THE STADIUM 2, at Goyang Sports Complex.
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