BTS Jimin has reached yet another milestone with his second solo album, Muse, which surpassed 900 million streams on Spotify in 2024. Muse becomes the first album of 2024 by a Korean/K-pop act to achieve this feat.
Muse, released on July 19, 2024, debuted on Spotify with 22.74 million streams on its first day, making it the biggest album of 2024 by a Korean artist and the twelfth biggest album debut in 2024. As of August 27, the album is the fifth most streamed on Spotify.
BTS Jimin break multiple records with his second solo album, Muse
Muse also became the first K-pop act of 2024 to reach No. 1 on the UK iTunes Album Chart. With this album, Like Crazy singer became the first K-pop soloist to debut multiple albums at No.1 on the US iTunes Chart.
Within 24 hours of its release, the album claimed the number-one spot on iTunes Charts in 112 countries, including the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Germany and Italy. Muse also topped the iTunes Top Albums charts in over 87 regions, including the US, the UK, and France, solidifying the singer's global appeal.
The Who singer has also become the first K-pop soloist to spend 20 days atop the Global Spotify chart and is now the 4th longest Charting song at #1 on Global Spotify.
The song alone has surpassed 400 million streams on Spotify, the fastest for a track to reach this milestone in 2024. As of August 30, 2024, four of the five most popular songs on the BTS member's official Spotify page are from Muse.
- Who - 402,611,927 streams
- Be Mine - 67,633,953 streams
- Smeraldo Garden Marching Band (ft. Loco) - 14, 645,072 streams
- Closer Than This - 215, 011,170 streams
The title track of the album, Who had record-breaking streams right after it dropped. It debuted at #3 on the global Spotify chart with 7.9 million plays. Currently, the track has 402 million streams.
Other than the title track, Slow Dance, Rebirth (Intro) and Interlude: Showtime landed in the Top 10 of the iTunes charts. With a total listening minutes of 19 minutes and 55 seconds, the second studio album of BTS' Park Jimin includes seven songs:
- Rebirth (Intro)
- Interlude: Showtime
- Smeraldo Garden Marching Band (ft. Loco)
- Slow Dance (ft. Sofia Carson)
- Be Mine
- Who
- Closer Than This
The album includes the work of multiple famous names, including One Republic's Ryan Tedder, who is credited as a songwriter for Be Mine. All Time Low singer Jon Bellion is mentioned as one of the writers for Who.
The idol contributed to writing six of the seven songs. He is also the producer of two songs: Rebirth (Intro) and Interlude: Showtime.