BTS’s Jungkook has once again proven his unmatched global power, with his first solo album GOLDEN reaching another massive milestone.
Released in November 2023, GOLDEN has now stayed on Apple Music’s European Album Chart for a total of 500 days. This comes just four months after it marked 400 days on the same chart back in April, showing its steady and lasting popularity across Europe.
The achievements don’t stop there. In July, GOLDEN became the first and longest-running album by a K-pop solo artist to chart for 600 days on Apple Music’s Worldwide Album Chart, as well as 600 days on Apple Music’s U.S. Pop Album Chart. It also charted for 400 days on the iTunes Worldwide Album Chart and 200 days on the iTunes European Album Chart.
On Spotify, the world’s largest streaming platform, GOLDEN set another historic record by becoming the first and longest-charting album by an Asian solo artist on the Weekly Top Albums Global chart, where it has remained for 95 weeks straight. Recently, it also became the first Asian solo album to surpass 6 billion streams on Spotify.
The album’s impact was clear from its debut. GOLDEN entered the Billboard 200 at No. 2, making Jungkook the first Asian solo artist to have an album chart for 25 weeks there. On the UK’s Official Top 100 Albums chart — one of the world’s two biggest alongside Billboard — the album also stayed for 8 weeks, another historic first for a K-pop soloist.
On iTunes, GOLDEN went No. 1 in 106 countries and regions, proving Jungkook’s global reach.
In terms of sales, the album is just as powerful. With GOLDEN alone, Jungkook has achieved 9.2 million sales (EAS), becoming the best-selling K-pop solo artist in history. According to Hanteo Chart, the album sold more than 2 million copies within just 5 hours of release, making it a “double million seller” right away. On its release day, it set the record for the highest first-day sales ever by a K-pop soloist, and within two weeks, sales reached 2,501,158 copies. This made GOLDEN the first solo album in 13 years to sell over 2.5 million copies since Hanteo updated its system in 2010.
With these achievements, Jungkook continues to prove his unstoppable impact and historic presence as one of the biggest global solo stars.
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