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On December 31, the vinyls of BTS' Jungkook’s solo record GOLDEN emerged as the best-selling vinyl by a K-pop soloist in three big markets. These three big markets include the US, Korea, and Japan. The GOLDEN vinyl was released on November 8, 2024, following Jungkook's album launch on November 3, 2023.
BTS' Jungkook’s fans were delighted with his vinyl’s latest success. As a result, his fans flooded the internet with praises for the idol and his popularity. A commenter on X sarcastically criticized the idol's agency for allegedly mishandling the release of Jungkook's vinyl and failing to promote it properly.
“Jungkook Golden Vinyl being 1 everywhere, even with Hybe incompetency in handling the vinyl release. This is on being the biggest kpop soloist that no matter how the company was incompetent it can't stop him,”
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Many responses for the latest accomplishment of BTS’ Jungkook’s GOLDEN vinyl were seen online. At the same time, some called him “Kingkook,” while others congratulated him for his success.
“Golden vinyl is the best selling vinyl in US, Korea and Japan by k-pop soloist while certain fad barely in top 2-3 but their stans said that golden vinyl tanked,” stated a fan.
“Congratulations Jungkook well deserved OUR GIGANT, GLOBAL, UNIVERSAL, SUPERSTAR JUNGKOOK!,” stated an admirer.
“That's thee Kingkook,” wrote a fan.
While some described Jungkook as an “Organic King,” others claimed he deserved this success.
“matching sales and streams across all platforms and countries no matter the time of year organic king fr,” commented another admirer.
“This is Jungkook of 2024!,” commented another fan.
“CONGRATULATIONS JUNGKOOK. So happy for #Jungkook he so deserved. Despite the blatant sabotage Jungkook has suffered from his vile label, and the ratmys, Jungkook's talent wins and will always win. No one comes close,” another X user commented.
BTS' Jungkook’s GOLDEN vinyl created first-day sales record in Hanteo history
Jungkook's solo album GOLDEN set a Hanteo record for first-day vinyl sales by a K-pop act and soloist on November 8, 2024. The artist beat the BTS Love Yourself: Tear record of 61,000 vinyl sales with over 80,000 GOLDEN LP vinyl sales on its opening day.
On November 21, BTS' Jungkook succeeded further by making the biggest vinyl debut as a K-pop soloist on Japan's ORICON Daily Albums chart due to his independent record, GOLDEN. The idol's GOLDEN vinyl was made public in Japan on November 18, after it arrived in South Korea on November 8.
The GOLDEN album of Jeon Jungkook is a compilation of eleven tracks, including Closer to You (feat. Major Lazer), Seven (feat. Latto) Explicit Version, Yes or No, Hate You, Somebody, Standing Next To You, Please Don't Change (feat. DJ Snake), Too Sad to Dance, Shot Glass of Tears, and Seven(ft. Latto) Clean Version.
As of this writing, BTS' Jungkook is completing his compulsory military duty following his enlistment in December 2023. He is supposed to be released in June 2025.
