BTS' JIMIN has captivated America, the world's largest music market, with his first solo album, "FACE," opening a new chapter in K-POP.
Jimin's first solo album "FACE" recorded sales of over 500,000 units in the US on June 5th (local time). This is the first non-English (Korean) album by an Asian solo artist to reach 500,000 units in sales.
Thus, JIMIN's first solo album "FACE" was honored with being certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).
The title track "Like Crazy" from JIMIN's album "FACE" is set to sell over 1 million units in the US in August 2023 and be certified platinum by the RIAA as a single.
However, due to a delay in the management office's application, the certification was only obtained in December. Immediately after its release, "FACE" became the first K-pop album to enter the Billboard 200, Billboard's main album chart.
He ranked second, the highest ranking for a solo artist, and the title song "Like Crazy" reached number one on the Billboard's main singles chart, the Hot 100, and number one on the Artist 100.
He is the first K-pop solo artist to top the chart. In addition, JIMIN's three solo songs "Filter," "Serendipity," and "Lie" have sold over 500,000 units.
The album has sold over 100 million copies and has been certified gold by the RIAA.
Pt.1" is on the verge of selling 500,000 units. In addition, 12 songs including 6 other songs by JIMIN are being sold in the US.
It has proven its special popularity by surpassing 100,000 units sold. As of June 5th, JIMIN's "Like"
"Crazy" is Amelia's No. 227 on Spotify's daily top songs chart.
"FACE," whose total number of records has exceeded 100 million streams on Spotify, has reached a total of 2.18 billion as of the 5th.
It has recorded 3 million streams.

By chunchun 2024/06/09 15:00 KST