Jimin‘s impressive performance with his solo debut album has maintained its consistency almost two months after its release now, positioning him as a record breaker for Korean/K-pop soloists. He continues to be a record maker on different globally popular music consumption platforms and different music markets, including 4 of the Top 5 music markets in the world in terms of revenue.
One such market where Jimin has particularly dominated music streaming and sales as a Korean soloist, is the UK, which ranks as the third largest music market in the world. After already setting numerous records, such as being the First and Only Korean soloist to debut inside the Top 10 of the UK Official Singles Chart, and registering the highest streams debut for a Korean soloist on Spotify UK, he is now making yet another statement on the country’s iTunes charts.
In sales, on May 20, ‘Angel Pt.1′ reached #1 on UK iTunes all genres chart, bringing Jimin’s total #1 hits on the chart to six! He thereby extended his record as the Korean solo artist with the most #1 hits on UK iTunes!
Another such music market where Jimin continues to assert his dominance as the most successful Korean solo artist in the country is France, the sixth largest music market in the world as per data compiled by IFPI at the end of 2022, but the fifth largest music market if only considering the countries that have iTunes service.
After ‘Angel Pt.1‘ rose to a new peak of #1 on France’s iTunes all genres chart, Jimin brought his total number of #1s on the chart to nine, and extended his record as the Korean/K-pop solo artist with the most #1 hits on France iTunes chart.
Then comes the biggest music market in the world, the USA. Jimin has now attained #1 on USA iTunes with 6 songs in total, coming into a tie as one of the two Korean solo artists with the most #1s on the country’s iTunes all-genre chart.
Looking at the year 2023 alone, Jimin now has five songs reaching #1 on USA iTunes, again coming into a tie as one of the only two artists in the world with the most #1 hits on USA iTunes this year!
In streaming, Jimin is also proving his unrivaled impact in 2 countries, one that is ranked in the top 10 of the biggest music markets globally.
He is now the first male solo artist to reach #1 on Spotify South Korea (the seventh largest music market globally) with four songs.
Overall, he ties as one of the only two solo artists in history to reach #1 on Spotify South Korea with four songs.
Jimin is also the first and only Korean act in history to have three songs hit #1 on Spotify Pakistan Daily Top Songs chart, and he owns 3 of the top 4 biggest streaming days for any Korean act on Spotify Pakistan!
Jimin is posting such significant achievements with his first solo album, and this is the kind of success that many artists can only wish for even while well into their careers. This is why fans get even more excited thinking of what the future holds for him; he sure is destined to achieve big things.
Congratulations Jimin!
