BTS Jin, ‘Echo’ Takes Over the UK…Dominating the Charts
BTS Jin proved his global solo power by simultaneously entering the UK Official Chart Album and Single charts with his second mini album ‘Echo’ and reaching the top of Spotify’s global rankings.Photo courtesy of Big Hit Music
BTS ‘Jin has simultaneously topped the UK’s Official Albums Top 100 and Singles Top 100 charts with his solo work.He has also announced his explosive popularity by renewing his personal best ranking on Spotify’s Global Songs Chart.
According to the UK Official Charts on the 23rd(local time), Jin’s 2nd mini album ‘Echo’ entered the latest ‘Official Album Top 100’ (dated May 23-29)at 63rd place.This is the first time his solo album has entered this chart.’Echo’ also proved its global popularity by ranking in ‘Album Downloads’ (3rd place), ‘Album Sales’ (8th place), and ‘Physical Albums’ (15th place).
The music charts also showed strength.The title song of ‘Echo’, ‘Don t Say You Love Me’, ranked 58th on the ‘Official Single Top 100’.It also ranked 1st on the sub-charts ‘Single Downloads’, ‘Single Sales’, and ‘Physical Singles’.This is a remarkable achievement on the UK Official Charts, which is considered one of the world’s two major music charts along with the US Billboard.
While Jin has been making his presence felt by dominating global charts, BTS members are also solidifying their global popularity in their own respective positions.Photo courtesy of Big Hit Music
Jin’s presence is even more prominent on Spotify, the world’s largest music streaming platform.’Don t Say You Love Me’ ranked 7th on Spotify’s ‘Weekly Top Song Global’, which was released on the same day.On ‘Daily Top Song Global’, it soared to 2nd place as of the 22nd.Their 2nd mini album ‘Echo’ also ranked 11th on ‘Weekly Top Album Global’, hinting that even the songs included in it are receiving love.
Other members of BTS are also enjoying ‘long-run popularity’ on Spotify.On the ‘Weekly Top Song Global’, Jimin’s solo second album ‘MUSE’ title song ‘Who’ ranked 18th, Jungkook’s solo single ‘Seven’ ranked 95th, and V’s ‘Winter Ahead’ ranked 143rd.On the ‘Weekly Top Album Global’, Jimin’s ‘MUSE’ ranked 52nd, BTS ‘anthology album’ Proof ‘ranked 59th, and Jungkook’s first solo album ‘GOLDEN’ ranked 75th.
Meanwhile, Jin will be holding his first solo fan concert tour ‘#RUNSEOKJIN_EP.TOUR’ at the Goyang Sports Complex Auxiliary Stadium in Ilsanseo-gu, Goyang on June 28th and 29th.After that, he will hold 18 concerts in a total of 9 cities including Chiba and Osaka in Japan, Anaheim, Dallas, Tampa, and Newark in the United States, London in the United Kingdom, and Amsterdam in the Netherlands.
Reporter Yang Ju- juyeon@donga.com
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