BTS's Jungkook has illuminated the global music scene with his album "GOLDEN", achieving remarkable success on Spotify, the world's largest music streaming platform. According to Spotify's chart for the week of February 2nd to 8th, Jungkook's debut solo album "GOLDEN" secured the 12th spot on the Weekly Top Albums Global chart.
Although "GOLDEN" dropped two places from the previous week, it continues to demonstrate strong global popularity and influence by maintaining a long-term presence in the upper echelons of the chart.
Jungkook has set a new record by charting on the Weekly Top Albums Global for an unprecedented 14 consecutive weeks, the longest for any K-pop solo artist album to date. Since its release, "GOLDEN" debuted at 2nd place on the chart and consistently ranked within the top 5 for the first five weeks, marking a notable achievement. It continued to perform impressively, staying in the top 10 for a record-breaking 13 weeks, the longest duration for an Asian solo artist album.
Recently, "GOLDEN" surpassed 2.6 billion streams on Spotify in the shortest time for both a K-pop solo artist album and a regular studio album by an Asian artist. Additionally, "GOLDEN" has been a mainstay on Billboard's main album chart, "Billboard 200", for 14 consecutive weeks, the longest for a K-pop solo artist, and remained on the UK Official Albums Top 100 chart for 8 weeks, the longest for a K-pop solo artist album.
In the U.S., "GOLDEN" sold 290,000 pure albums in 2023, ranking it 8th in sales among K-pop artists and 1st among K-pop solo artists.
Furthermore, "GOLDEN" has been recognized by prominent music publications, including Rolling Stone's "Best Music of 2023: Staff Picks", MTV's "RECORD-BREAKING ALBUMS OF 2023", The New York Times' "Best Albums of 2023", and Uproxx's "The Best Albums Of 2023".
Jungkook's Spotify profile, with all credits combined, has surpassed over 4.8 billion streams, showcasing his overwhelming solo power and status as a global pop star on the platform.
Additionally, Jungkook has been promoted to a full member of the Korea Music Copyright Association (KOMCA) for the year 2024.
