BTS's Jungkook has shone with his unique popularity by simultaneously sweeping the number one spot on Spotify's Global and U.S. album and song charts. Jungkook's solo album 'GOLDEN', released on November 3, took first place on Spotify's 'Top Album Debuts Global' and 'Top Album Debuts U.S.' charts from November 2 to 5. The album's title track 'Standing Next to You' also climbed to number one on the 'Top Song Debuts Global' and 'Top Song Debuts U.S.' charts, showcasing Jungkook's power to dominate both album and song charts.
'Standing Next to You' outperformed tracks by popular pop stars such as Olivia Rodrigo's 'Can't Catch Me Now' and Taylor Swift's 'Bad Blood' on the respective charts.
In addition, on the 'Top Song Debuts Global' chart, 'GOLDEN' album tracks made an impressive showing with 'Standing Next to You' at number one, 'Hate You' at number two, 'Yes or No' at number three, 'Please Don't Change' at number five, 'Closer to You' at number six, 'Somebody' at number seven, 'Shot Glass of Tears' at number eight, and 'Too Sad to Dance' at number nine, totaling eight songs in the top 10.
'Standing Next to You' entered the 'Daily Top Songs Global' chart at number two and reached number one on the fourth day after release, indicating strong popularity and global support from music fans.
Especially, Jungkook has set a major record as the first K-pop artist to top the Spotify 'Daily Top Songs Global Chart' with three songs, 'Standing Next to You', the solo single 'Seven', and '3D'.
The 'GOLDEN' album achieved a new record for the highest streaming debut album by an Asian solo artist on Spotify with 42,754,939 streams (before filtering) on the first day of its release. 'GOLDEN' also recorded five consecutive days at number one on the global and European iTunes album charts on iTunes, and as of November 7th (Korean time), it has topped the iTunes album charts in a total of 86 countries/regions.
Moreover, 'GOLDEN' ranked first on Japan's Oricon 'Weekly Album Ranking' (for the period of October 30th to November 2nd) with sales of over 207,000 copies, and on Billboard Japan's 'Hot Albums' and 'Download Albums' charts as of November 8th.
Meanwhile, the 'Standing Next to You' performance music video, released on the HYBE LABELS official YouTube channel on November 8th (Korean time), has garnered explosive popularity, surpassing 3.5 million views in less than a day.
