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South Korean band BTS singer Jimin has achieved the highest solo debut on Billboard 200 with his new album ‘FACE’.
The BTS singer had made his way to the chart for the first time as a solo artist. His debut solo album Face has entered the chart at No. 2 which makes him the first-ever Korean solo artist to hit No. 2 on the chart.
FACE album has gone on to sell around 164,000 units for the week ending on March 30th, according to Luminate. The total score of the album came to around 124,000 sales which made it the biggest sales week for a solo artist in 2023.
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Before Jimin’s two latest singles chart appearances, the only other BTS band member to enter the U.K. top 40 with a solo number was J-Hope, whose ‘One The Street’ collaboration with J. Cole reached No. 37.
The seven-member K-pop superstar group — comprised of J-Hope, Jin, Suga, RM, Jimin, V, and Jungkook — has four U.K. Top 10 singles to date as a group, with ‘Dynamite’, ‘Butter’ and Coldplay collab ‘My Universe’ all hitting No. 3, and ‘Life Goes On’ peaking at No. 10.
