Jung Kook, a member of the group BTS, dominated the U.S. Billboard chart and set a milestone.
According to the latest chart (November 18th) released by U.S. music media Billboard on the 14th (Korea time), a total of four songs were on the main song chart “Hot 100,” including the title track “Standing Next to You,” the solo single “Seven (feat. Latto),” “3D (feat. Jack Harlow),” The Kid LAROI, and the collaboration song “TOO MUCH” with Central Cee.
“Standing Next to You” entered the “Hot 100” fifth place, becoming the sixth “Hot 100” song of solo artist Jung Kook.In this chart, “Seven” re-entered 49th, “3D” was ranked 58th, a 42-step rebound from the previous week, and “TOOMUCH” was ranked 94th.
In addition, GOLDEN’s tracks “Yes or No” (4th), “Hate You” (7th), and “Shot Glass of Tears” (10th) were on the “Bubbling Under Hot 100.””Bubbling Under Hot 100” is a chart that ranks songs that have unfortunately failed to enter Billboard’s main song chart “Hot 100″.”Standing Next to You” swept the top of “Global 200” and “Global (excluding the U.S.)”, which aggregates streaming and sales volumes of more than 200 countries/regions around the world and ranks them.In particular, Jungkook put three songs on top of the two “Global” charts this year, including “Seven” and “3D” and “Standing Next to You,” and Jungkook is the first solo artist in the world to post more than three songs on top of the two “Global” charts in a year.As a group, BTS is still the only artist in the world who holds the milestone as a group member and solo at the same time, with the record set by BTS with “Butter,” “Permission to Dance” and “My Universe” with Coldplay in 2021.
Jungkook properly hit the U.S. music market with his first solo album, with all the tracks of “GOLDEN” dropping the charts this week on “Global 200” and “Global (excluding the U.S.).
In “Digital Song Sales,” “Standing Next to You” topped the list, while “Seven” and “3D” re-entered the third and sixth places, while “Yes or No” (4th), “Hate You” (5th), “Please Don’t Change (feat. DJ Snake)” (8th), “Closer to You” (10th), “Somebody” (12th), “Shot Glass Of Tears” (13th), and “Too Sad To Dance” (15th).
Jungkook entered second place on the main album chart “Billboards 200” with “GOLDEN,” setting a record for the highest ranking K-pop solo artist.”GOLDEN” ranked first in “Top Sales Album” and “Top Current Album”, respectively.
Jimin and V are on a popular long run on the Billboard charts.In “Global 200,” Jimin’s solo album “FACE” title song “Like Crazy” ranked 96th, and V’s solo album “Layover” title song “Slow Dancing” ranked 134th.In “Global (excluding the U.S.), “Like Crazy” ranked 58th, “Slow Dancing” ranked 75th, and “Love Me Again” from V’s solo album ranked 163rd.”Layover” ranked 23rd and 18th on “Top Sales Album” and “Top Current Album”, respectively.
