BTS’s Jin becomes 3rd million-seller solo artist in K-pop

South Korean singer Jin has achieved a new record of a million-seller solo artist in K-pop music.

The band’s agency announced that Jin’s first solo album The Astronaut sales surpassed more than one million copies.

The Astronaut sold an outstanding total of 1,024,382 copies, according to Gaon Chart) data and become the third solo artist in K-pop history to sell over one million copies of an album. After this latest achievement, Jin ties with Lim Young Woong’s I’m Hero and EXO’s Baekhyun’s Bambi.

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For those unversed, The Astronaut is the first collab album by BTS member Jin which was released on October 28, 2022. The music album has scored great success on many popular music streaming platforms and charts since its release.

Moreover, BTS’s music company HYBE has confirmed that all seven members of the band will serve in the military as is mandatory for all in South Korea. Group member Jin will initiate the process as soon as his schedule for his solo release is concluded at the end of October. He will then follow the enlistment procedure of the Korean government.

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Other members of the group plan to carry out their military service based on their own individual plans. Both the company and the members of BTS are looking forward to reconvening as a group again around 2025 following their service commitment.

Since the creation of BTS over ten years ago, the band has risen to international success, broken records, and catapulted K-Pop into the global stratosphere.