WASHINGTON/SEOUL, April 3 (Korea Bizwire) – Jimin, a member of the K-pop superstar BTS, has made history with his single “Like Crazy” reaching the summit of the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart, becoming the first South Korean solo artist to top the list. “Jimin’s ‘Like Crazy’ blasts in at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 songs [...]
SEOUL, April 3 (Korea Bizwire) — BTS member Jimin’s first solo album, “Face,” ranked second on this week’s Billboard 200 chart, industry data showed Monday. “Face” started with 164,000 equivalent album units earned, making it the second-largest debut week after Wallen’s “One Thing at a Time.” The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums [...]
SEOUL, April 3 (Korea Bizwire) — BTS member Suga will debut his official solo album “D-Day” on April 21 under a stage name for his previous individual projects, Agust D, his agency BigHit Music said Monday. “D-Day” will mark the final installment of the “Agust D” trilogy, which began with his mix tapes “Agust D” [...]
SEOUL, April 1 (Korea Bizwire) — J-Hope, a member of K-pop juggernaut BTS, will join the Army as an active duty soldier, the band’s agency said Saturday. “J-Hope will be enlisting in the Army as an active-duty soldier to fulfill his mandatory military service,” BigHit Music said on Weverse, a K-pop fan community platform. It, [...]
SEOUL, April 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Jimin has become the highest charting member of K-pop superstar BTS on the British Official Singles Chart, with his solo song “Like Crazy” debuting at No. 8. According to the latest chart released Friday (British time), the track off his first solo album, “Face,” reached No. 8 on the [...]
SEOUL, March 31 (Korea Bizwire) — Jimin, a member of the globally popular boy group BTS, has broken the record for the highest first-week album sales by a K-pop soloist with his debut solo album titled “Face,” the band’s agency said Friday. The album has sold over 1.45 million copies in the week following its [...]
SEOUL, March 28 (Korea Bizwire) – “Set Me Free Pt. 2″ by Jimin, a member of the K-pop superband BTS, has entered the U.S. Billboard’s main songs chart for this week. Billboard said Monday (U.S. time) the song arrived at No. 30 on the Hot 100 chart, adding Jimin became the first BTS member to [...]
SEOUL, March 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Jimin of K-pop superstar BTS dropped his first official album as a solo artist Friday. “Face” consists of six tracks — both Korean and English-language versions of the main single “Like Crazy,” “Face-off,” “Interlude: Dive,” “Alone” and “Set Me Free Pt. 2,” according to the band’s agency, BigHit Music. [...]
SEOUL, March 18 (Korea Bizwire) — BTS member Jimin’s single “Set Me Free Pt. 2″ topped iTunes charts in 110 countries Saturday, the group’s agency BigHit Music said. The hip-hop track, released at 1 p.m. Friday, is part of his debut solo album, “Face,” which will roll out next Friday. The song had claimed the [...]
SEOUL, March 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Jimin of K-pop superstar BTS will release a song to be included on his first solo album and its music video Friday, the group’s agency BigHit Music said. “Set Me Free Pt. 2″ is part of the vocalist’s first individual album, “Face,” set to roll out a week later. The [...]