The group BTS has shown off its undying popularity on the US Billboard charts.

According to the latest chart (dated November 9) released by the US music media outlet Billboard on the 6th (Korean time), Jin‘s pre-released song ‘I’ll Be There’ from his solo album ‘Happy’ took the top spot on ‘World Digital Song Sales’ (1st) and ‘Digital Song Sales’ (3rd).

The song also ranked 10th and 25th on ‘Global (excluding US)’ and ‘Global 200’, respectively, giving a green light to Jin‘s solo activities.

Jimin has entered Billboard’s main album chart ‘Billboard 200’ and song chart ‘Hot 100’ for 15 consecutive weeks. His second solo album ‘Muse’ ranked 139th on the ‘Billboard 200’, and the album‘s title song ‘Who’ ranked 55th on the ‘Hot 100’.

Jimin’s popularity continues on the detailed charts, with ‘MUSE’ ranking 4th on the ‘World Albums’, and ‘Who’ performing well on the ‘Global (excluding US)’ (12th), ‘Global 200’ (16th), and ‘Streaming Songs’ (46th).

Jungkook is showing off his dominance on the ‘Global (excluding US)’ and ‘Global 200’ with his first solo single ‘Seven (feat. Latto)’ and the title song ‘Standing Next to You’ from his solo album ‘GOLDEN’.

‘Seven’ has been on the charts for a total of 68 weeks. ‘Standing Next To You’ has maintained its position on the ‘Global (Excluding US)’ and the ‘Global 200’ for 52 and 46 weeks, respectively.

BTS‘s anthology album ‘Proof’ is continuing its dominance on the ‘World Albums’, having charted for 125 weeks. It ranked 9th on this week’s chart, maintaining its ‘Top 10’ for the second week in a row.

Meanwhile, Jin will be releasing his first solo album ‘Happy’ on the 15th at 2 p.m. Jin put his desire to spread happiness to more people into his music.

The title track ‘Running Wild’ delivers a bright and warm message of running breathlessly toward hope. Gary Barlow of the British pop band Take That participated in the production. The last track, ‘Longing’, is a song written by Jin himself, in which he sincerely conveys what he wants to say to his fans.


Reporter Yoo Ji-hye yjh0304@donga.com