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BTS' Park Jimin made history as his single, Filter, from the band's album, MAP OF THE SOUL: 7, reached #1 across 119 countries on the iTunes Worldwide Song Chart. As of July 14, 2024, the South Korean musician achieved "ALL-KILL" on the chart, making BTS the first group to achieve this feat. The milestone was achieved after the United Kingdom joined the charting list.
BTS' MAP OF THE SOUL: 7 was released on February 21, 2020, and is the group's fourth Korean-language studio album. The set is an extension of their 2019 release, MAP OF THE SOUL: PERSONA.
Additionally, the Promise singer-songwriter now has four songs—Close Than This, Smeraldo Garden Marching Band, Like Crazy, and Filter—that have topped the iTunes Worldwide Song Chart. BTS joined Jimin and Taehyung as the only K-pop acts to have achieved this feat.
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BTS and Jimin carving historic feats with their group and solo albums
MAP OF THE SOUL: 7 entered the Billboard 200 chart with 347,000 pure album sales in 2020. It became the septet's fourth album to top the music chart in the United States, setting unprecedented records in K-pop's history.
BTS became the first and only Korean act in 2020 to claim the most positions in the Billboard Hot 100 chart's Top 10. Three of the album's tracks, such as ON, Fake Love, and Boy With Luv (feat. Halsey), secured positions in the Top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100.
Meanwhile, as a solo artist, Jimin released his debut solo album FACE on March 24, 2024, along with its title track, Like Crazy. The song debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, making him the first K-pop and Korean solo artist to top the list in the chart's entire history.
Currently, the Like Crazy singer-songwriter is set to release his second solo album, MUSE, on July 19, 2024. The pre-release track, Smeraldo Garden Marching Band (feat. Loco), was dropped on June 28 at 1 PM KST. The forthcoming album also contains a second track, Closer Than This, which was pre-released on December 22, 2023.
Smeraldo Garden Marching Band (feat. Loco) earned the biggest Spotify debut by a K-pop soloist in 2024. The song debuted at No. 4 on the Top 50 Global Spotify Chart and amassed over six million unfiltered streams. As of July 14, 2024, the song has surpassed 75.4 million Spotify streams.
In other news, BTS' Park Jimin enlisted in the South Korean military on December 12, 2023. He will serve a mandatory service period of 18 months as per the nation's law and will be discharged from his duties in June 2025.
