BTS Jimin's 'Serendipity' Becomes His Second Solo Track to Achieve THIS
BTS Jimin scores a new milestone with his 2018 track "Serendipity."
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BTS Jimin's 'Serendipity' Becomes Eligible for Gold Certification in the United States
Recently on March 3, the full-length version of BTS Jimin's solo track "Serendipity," which was released back in August 2018 as part of the group's third Korean compilation album, "Love Yourself: Answer," has surpassed 500,000 units sold in the United States.
According to the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA)'s certification standards, "Serendipity" is now eligible to receive a gold certification for hitting 500,000 unit sales.
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This also means that "Serendipity" marks Jimin's second solo track to be able to do so, following his 2016 hit track "Lie," which was released as part of BTS' "Wings" album, surpassing 500,000 sales in the United States just last month, on February 11.
With "Lie" and "Serendipity" hitting a 500,000 sales figure, Jimin has become the first and only Korean solo artist with two of his solo tracks to do so in the world's largest music market, the United States.
Based on the current standings, there is only one other BTS member who has achieved more than 500,000 units sold with their solo track, and that's Jungkook and his song "Euphoria."
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This means that two out of the three solo songs under BTS' discography have sold such a number in the United States thus far.
This also marks the 13th BTS song to do so, following "Home," "Magic Shop," "Best of Me," "Anpanman," "Airplane Pt. 2," "Go Go," "The Truth Untold," "Euphoria," "Mikrokosmos," "Lie," "Dionysus," and "Silver Spoon (Baepsae)."
BTS Jimin Trends on Social Media Following 'Serendipity' Milestone
Following the news that "Serendipity" sold more than 500,000 copies in the United States and becoming eligible for a gold certification, Jimin trended on social media, specifically Twitter, with fans trending several keywords such as "JIMIN HIT MAKER," "Congratulations Jimin," "JIMIN RECORD MAKER," "Park Jimin," and "#Serendipity500kUnits," with many taking this opportunity to congratulate the idol for his achievement.
In addition, the full-length version of "Serendipity" has surpassed 184 million streams on the world's largest music streaming platform, Spotify.
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Aside from that, "Serendipity" also landed at No. 1 in a total of 53 different countries around the world as of February 20.
The song also ranked at several global music charts, peaking at No. 77 on Gaon Digital Chart, at No. 64 on the Official Downloads Chart in the United Kingdom, and at No. 29 on Billboard's Digital Song Sales Chart.
Meanwhile, "Serendipity" was first introduced as an introductory song in BTS' fifth mini-album, "Love Yourself: Her," back in September 2017. A year later, the song's full version was released in the group's compilation album.
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Written by Robyn Joan
