Solo works by BTS members continue to hit the global music charts in the new year.
J-Hope's mixtape "Outro" released in March 2018 drew attention as it was listed on the latest chart (January 11) released by the U.S. music media Billboard on the 7th. Songs that have been released seven years ago have ranked third and 13th in the `World Digital Song Sales' and 'Digital Song Sales', respectively. This is interpreted as reflecting expectations for J-Hope's activities in 2025.
The title track of Jimin's second solo album 'Muse'Huh' boasted a great deal of background when it re-entered the main song chart 'Hot 100' at No. 24. 'Muse' was ranked 106th on the main album chart 'Billboards 200'. Jimin's success continued in the detailed charts. 'Who' was ranked in the top 10' in 'Global (excluding the United States)'(9th) and 'Global 200'(10th). In particular, each chart ranking rose 35 and 36 steps from the previous week, proving its popularity. 'Muse' is on a long-term box office run, staying in the second place of 'World Album'.
V's winter songs have been steadily gaining popularity at the beginning of the year. The duet song "With PARK HYOSHIN" with Park Hyo-shin ranked 'Global (excluding the United States)'46th and 'Global 200'82nd. This is an increase of 17 and 23 spots on each chart from last week.
Jin's solo album 'Happy' is gaining ground on the album charts. The album landed at No. 13 of 'World Albums' and No. 42 of 'Top Current Album Sales'. The album's title song 'Learning Wild' was ranked 85th on 'Global (excluding the United States), up 45 places from the previous week, and re-entered 'Global 200' at 172. Jungkook's first solo single 'Seven (feat. Latto)' is a built-in box office hit. Last week's song, which was ranked 125th in the `Global (excluding the United States)" chart, was ranked 61st on the latest chart and re-entered the `Global 200' at #97.
The popularity of BTS members is also felt on the UK's official chart. Jimin's 'Who' re-entered the latest UK official singles chart released on the 3rd at No. 64, staying in the rankings for a total of 18 weeks. This is the longest-running chart among K-pop solo songs released since the chart reorganization in 2014. 'Who' was also placed in the audio streaming' (30th place) and 'streaming' (34th place).
J-Hope's 'Blues Side (Outro)' also appeared on the official chart. The song first entered the song at number 16 in 'Single Downloads' and number 20 in 'Single Sales'. V and Bing Crosby's Carroll 'White Christmas (with V of BTS)' settled at #13 on 'Single Sales' and re-entered #11 on 'SingleDownload'.
Meanwhile, BTS's third mini-album released in April 2015 'Hwangyang Yeonhwa pt.The music video for the song "1Dope" surpassed 800 million views on YouTube around 10:36 a.m. on the 1st of this month. This is the number of views of the music video 'DOPE' posted on WonderK's YouTube account, and the total number of views of the video uploaded to the official YouTube account of Hive Labels is close to 1 billion views. This is BTS's ninth music video, which has exceeded 800 million views.
BTS expects a full comeback in the second half of this year when the members' military service ends.
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