BTS‘s Jungkook earned another remarkable achievement when his album GOLDEN debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200. GOLDEN came in second to Taylor Swift‘s 1989 (Taylor’s Version), which retained the top spot for the second consecutive week.
The Billboard 200 ranks the most popular albums in the United States, combining traditional record sales, streaming equivalent albums (SEA), and track equivalent albums (TEA). GOLDEN amassed a total of 164,800 traditional album sales and 29,800 SEA units, which translates to 41.59 million on-demand audio streams. The album also racked up 15,600 TEA units in its first week.
With a total of 210,200 equivalent album units during the week ending on November 9, GOLDEN had the biggest week ever achieved by any Korean solo artist. Its physical sales were listed as the best-selling during the chart aggregation period. Jungkook has now tied the record for the highest ranking ever achieved on the Billboard 200 by a Korean soloist, a record he shares with his bandmates Jimin, SUGA, and V.
GOLDEN also debuted atop Billboard’s Top Album Sales chart, making it the best-selling album of the week in the United States. This is Jungkook‘s first charting album on the Billboard 200, and he has become the sixth member of the septet to have an effort chart in the Top 10. BTS itself has logged seven Top 10 hits, including six No. 1s.
BTS’s Jungkook debuts at No. 2 on Billboard 200 chart with “GOLDEN”
Jungkook made history on multiple charts
Jungkook made history on more than one Billboard chart this week. His single “Standing Next to You”—GOLDEN’s title track—debuted at No. 1 on both Billboard’s Global 200 and Global Excl. U.S. chart, making him the first Korean soloist ever to top either chart with three different songs. He hit No. 1 on both charts with “Seven (feat. Latto)” and “3D (feat. Jack Harlow).” Notably, “Standing Next to You” is also Jungkook’s first No. 1 entry without a featured artist.
Meanwhile, “Standing Next to You” debuted at No. 5 on Billboard’s Hot 100, marking Jungkook’s sixth solo Hot 100 entry and his third solo song to enter the Top 10. With this new entry, Jungkook broke two of PSY’s records on the chart. He has now overtaken PSY to become not only the Korean solo artist with the most Hot 100 entries but also the Korean soloist with the most Top 10 hits.
In Jungkook’s homeland of South Korea, GOLDEN sold more than 2 million copies in less than a day, eventually becoming the most-sold album by a K-pop soloist in the first week of its release.
Congratulations to Jungkook on his historic achievements! – K-Pop News Writer
Featured Image: ‘GOLDEN’ missed out on the top spot because of Taylor Swift. Source: Weverse.
