Record conquered by Jimin, from BTS, was not seen in a k-pop artist for a decade; find it out!
With the release of ‘Like Crazy’, Jimin, by BTS achieved yet another historic feat in his career as a soloist: the idol became the second K-pop solo artist to keep a track on the Billboard Hot 100 for three weeks. The feat had only been conquered by PSY with the release of ‘Gangnam Style’ and ‘Gentleman’ in 2012 and 2013, respectively.
It is worth remembering that this month, Jimin he had already won other major titles with his solo act, becoming the first K-pop soloist to reach the top of the Billboard Hot 100 and Artist 100, as well as the first to enter the top 2 of the Billboard 200. Soompi.
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Still, the list of great achievements does not end there! Still talking about ‘Like Crazy’, title track of debut album ‘FACE’ ranks second on Billboard Digital Song Sales Chart and World Digital Song Sales chart this week, in addition to appearing at #8 at the Global Excl stop. US chart and #10 on the Global 200.
In addition, the idol became the first K-pop solo artist in history to remain in the top 25 of the Billboard 200 for three consecutive weeks, with “FACE” remaining at number 24 in the last one.
The new disc was also for three straight weeks at number one on the Billboard World Albums chart, occupying the fifth position on the current album sales chart and the sixth on the album sales chart.
It is also worth mentioning that Jimin occupies the 14th position on Billboard’s Artist 100, thus totaling four weeks on the chart as a soloist.
Source: Recreio
