Recently, the World Music Awards (WMA), known as the European Billboard, awarded JUNG
KOOK's first solo album "GOLDEN" recorded the highest sales (8.4 million) of any debut album by a male artist in the past decade.
This is the largest album sales of "MONTERO" released by famous American rapper Lil Nas X in 2021 (7.6 million).
According to the Korean album sales tally site Hanteo Chart, "GOLDEN" surpassed 2 million copies in sales within 5 hours of its release, setting a new record of "Double Million."
The album went straight to the charts on Amazon and made history by ranking first in the initial sales (volume of album sales in the first week after release) for a K-pop solo artist based on sales on the day of release alone.
Additionally, the album set a new record by selling a total of 2,501,158 copies in the first two weeks of release.
"GOLDEN" is the highest-selling album by an Asian solo artist in the US, the world's largest music market.
They also set a new record by achieving sales of over 1 million units in the shortest time possible. In addition, all tracks on "GOLDEN" have sold over 100,000 units in the US.
Meanwhile, JUNG KOOK will release his first exclusive documentary film, "JUNG KOOK: I AM" on September 18th.
"STILL" will be released at CGV in Korea and in theaters in approximately 120 countries and regions.
By chunchun 2024/09/07 23:38 KST
