JUNG KOOK records 9.2 million sales with one solo album... ”GOLDEN” becomes No. 1 K-POP solo artist of all time

JUNG KOOK (BTS) has set the record for the No.1 album sales among K-pop solo artists with 'GOLDEN'.

　The World Music Awards (WMA), known as the “Billboard of Europe,” reported that “JUNG KOOK holds the record for the best-selling album among K-pop solo artists of all time,” and highlighted the new record for the most sales set by JUNG KOOK's first solo album, "GOLDEN. The report also highlighted the new record for the most sales set by JUNG KOOK's first solo album, "GOLDEN.

　According to the World Music Awards, JUNG KOOK's only solo album 'GOLDEN' alone achieved 9.2 million album sales (EAS), ranking first in K-pop solo artist sales in history.

　Last year, GOLDEN also set a new record for the highest number of albums sold (8.4 million) among debut albums by male artists worldwide released in the past 10 years.

　GOLDEN also set a new record by selling more than 1 million units in the U.S., the world's largest music market, in the shortest period of time of any Asian solo artist's album. Every track on GOLDEN sold more than 100,000 units in the United States.

　GOLDEN made new history by surpassing 2 million units sold within 5 hours of its release on the HANTEO chart, a Korean album sales aggregation website, and becoming a ”double million seller," becoming the first K-pop solo singer to achieve No.1 album sales (album sales in the first week after release) on the day of release alone. GOLDEN set a new record with a total of 2,501,158 copies sold in its first two weeks of release.

　GOLDEN debuted at No.2 on the Billboard 200, the main album chart of the U.S. music media outlet Billboard, and became the first album by a solo Asian singer to chart for 25 consecutive weeks. On the 'UK Official' main album chart (Top 100), which has the same authority as Billboard, GOLDEN spent eight weeks on the chart, the longest period of time for a K-pop solo singer.

　On the global music platform iTunes, GOLDEN has ranked No.1 on the iTunes album chart in 106 countries and regions since its release.

　On Spotify, the world's largest music streaming platform, “GOLDEN” became the first album by an Asian solo singer to reach 5.5 billion streams (before filtering), and the first Asian album to reach 5.5 billion streams on Spotify's main chart, the “Weekly Top Albums Global” chart. JUNG KOOK became the first Asian solo singer's album to chart on Spotify's main weekly top album chart for a total of 78 weeks, the longest period of time for a solo album in Asia.

　GOLDEN was also the only album by an Asian male artist to be selected for the 'Met Gala-Worthy Looks' list by Apple Music, the world's leading music platform.

　In addition, the album was named “Best Music of 2023: Staff Picks” by Rolling Stone, America's leading popular music magazine, and “Record-Breaking Album of 2023” by MTV, America's leading music media outlet ( RECORD-BREAKING ALBUMS OF 2023“ by MTV, ”Best Albums of 2023“ by The New York Times (NYT), and ”The Best Albums Of 2023" by UPROXX. Albums Of 2023" by the American media outlet UPROXX.