On September 21, 2024, the South Korean media outlet OSEN reported that BTS' Jimin's title track, WHO, of his second solo album Muse, continued to dominate the UK Official Singles chart for nine consecutive weeks and secured place 50, rising from two places since its release. The male artist has broken his own record, and WHO emerged as twhe longest-charting solo track on the mentioned chart.
For those unversed, Muse was released on July 19, 2024, through BigHit Music. It was distributed by YG Plus and HYBE. The record has been available in four formats, including CD, QR, download, and streaming, and the physical album is available in three versions, including Blooming, Serenade, and Weverse Album (QR).
The record featured seven tracks, including Rebirth (Intro), Interlude: Showtime, Smeraldo Garden Marching Band (feat. Loco), Slow Dance, Be Mine, Who, and Closer Than This.
BTS' Jimin's WHO continued to secure its place on Single Downloads and Single Sales music charts
BTS' Jimin's title track, WHO, continued to dominate the UK Official Singles Downloads and UK Official Singles Sales music charts, occupying the No.24 and No. 25 ranks, respectively. Additionally, the track also charted at the audio streaming and streaming chart at the No. 48 and No.53 positions, respectively. WHO rose to 15 and 17 places on the audio streaming and streaming chart positions from the last week.
Subsequently, WHO occupied the fourth position on Spotify's Weekly Top Song Global between the period September 13 and 19, as of September 20, 2024. The track ranked at the fourth position on Daily Top Song Global on September 19, 2024, for the consecutive 63 days under the top 10.
The track emerged as the first and only song by a Korean or K-pop act to spend 60 days on the Top 10 Spotify Daily Top Songs USA chart on September 19, 2024. It also occupied the first position on the Circle Global K-pop chart weekly for the consecutive eight weeks on September 19, 2024.
Meanwhile, at the time of release, Jimin's Muse secured the No.1 position on the iTunes Top Albums Chart in 87 regions, and the title track WHO secured the No.1 position on the iTunes Top Songs chart in 112 countries. The album continued to debut at the No.1 position on the Oricon's daily album chart, while the title track debuted at the No.2 position on the daily digital singles chart.
In the debut week, Muse entered the No.2 position on the Billboard 200 chart, while the title track, WHO, made its official debut on the Hot 100 charts at the No.14 position and subsequently spent seven consecutive weeks.
In recent news, Jimin was featured in the travel variety program Are You Sure?!, alongside fellow group member Jungkook. The show concluded on September 19, 2024, and featured eight episodes.