BTS Jimin Makes History as 1st Soloist in Any Country to Achieve THIS on iTunes Charts
Jimin made a historic feat on the iTunes charts with his newest single "Closer Than This."
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BTS Jimin's 'Closer Than This' Dominates on iTunes, Idol Becomes First Soloist From Any Country to Land 1st Place with 7 Songs in Chart
The idol has added another achievement to his career!
Earlier on December 22, Jimin officially released his fourth solo digital single "Closer Than This," much to the delight of ARMYs. Immediately after its release, the song shot straight up to the iTunes Top Songs charts on December 24, at 8 a.m. KST.
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The song dominated the chart across 106 different regions around the globe, including the United States, Japan, the United Kingdom, France, Canada, Germany, and many more, proving the track's increasing popularity.
"Closer Than This" also managed to go toe-to-toe with two invincible Christmas hits in the United States, namely "All I Want for Christmas is You" by Mariah Carey, and "Last Christmas" by Wham! in the United Kingdom.
Prior to "Closer Than This," Jimin had reigned over iTunes charts with a series of No. 1s with his previous releases. This includes songs such as Jimin's "With You," which ranked No. 1 across 119 countries, followed by "VIBE" (102), "Set Me Free Pt. 2" (113), "Like Crazy" (119) and "Angel Pt. 1" (100).
The feat led Jimin to become the first solo artist from any country to land seven separate tracks at No. 1 on the iTunes charts in at least 100 regions individually. Outside of iTunes, the song also dominated as the No. 1 digital single on Japan's Oricon daily chart.
Congratulations to Jimin for this wonderful achievement!
Watch the MV for "Closer Than This" here:
BTS Jimin Ranks First Place on 2023's Hottest K-pop Idols
In other news, the K-pop community voted for their preferences in KingChoice's Top 100 poll on which K-pop idols are the "hottest" ones this 2023. According to the results, Jimin dominated once again on the poll with over 961,271 votes!
See the Top 50 here:
1. BTS Jimin
2. Red Velvet Irene
3. BTS RM
4. Dreamcatcher Yoohyeon
5. BTS V
6. NCT Lucas
7. TVXQ Yunho
8. TWICE Tzuyu
9. Red Velvet Joy
10. Kang Daniel
11. TVXQ Changmin
12. BTS Jungkook
13. BTS Suga
14. Sunmi
15. BLACKPINK Lisa
16. BTS J-Hope
17. BTS Jin
18. TWICE Jihyo
19. Super Junior Kyuhyun
20. ASTRO Cha Eun Woo
21. BLACKPINK Jennie
22. Super Junior Donghae
23. CNBLUE Jung Yonghwa
24. TWICE Jeongyeon
25. BLACKPINK Rosé
26. LE SSERAFIM Sakura
27. Dreamcatcher Siyeon
28. ASTRO Moonbin
29. GOT7 Jackson
30. Stray Kids Hyunjin
31. SHINee Taemin
32. SS501 Kim Hyunjoong
33. BLACKPINK Jisoo
34. BIGBANG G-Dragon
35. TWICE Nayeon
36. (G)I-DLE Yuqi
37. AOA Seolhyun
38. EXO Suho
39. 2PM Lee Junho
40. Kim Sejeong
41. ENYPEN Ni-Ki
42. BTOB Sungjae
43. Super Junior Heechul
44. NCT Doyoung
45. Red Velvet Yeri
46. Red Velvet Wendy
47. Red Velvet Seulgi
48. IU
49. EXO Xiumin
50. TWICE Sana
Click here to see the full list of 100 K-pop idols!
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