Jungkook of BTS secured a 155th frame on Spotify’s global weekly albums chart with his first solo set, extending his own record of longest run on the chart for an Asian solo artist, according to label Big Hit Music on Thursday.
With the LP, “Golden,” he sat at No. 199 on the chart after hitting as high as No. 2 nearly three years earlier.
The 11-track album also became the first-ever set from an Asian artist to bank 1 billion annual streams on Spotify across four years, surpassing the three-year record BTS set with “Map of the Soul: 7.”
“Golden” debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 and charted 25 weeks on the main albums chart, achieving the longest stay for an Asian soloist. On the UK Official Albums Chart Top 100, it entered at No. 3 and logged eight weeks, a record for a K-pop solo artist.
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