🎙️ Jimin & Jungkook: A Match Made in Records
Together they’re BTS‑legend tier. Solo, they’re rewriting the rulebook. Here’s how they shine individually and in tandem:
1. Jimin: The Unstoppable Solo Trailblazer
Longest‑charting song by any Korean soloist: Jimin’s “Who” sat on the Billboard Hot 100 for 32 weeks, surpassing BTS’s “Dynamite” .
Tied for longest run by a K‑act in UK charts this decade: “Who” now matches "Dynamite" on the UK Official Singles Chart .
Jimin’s project “Muse” spent 33 weeks on the Billboard 200, tying Jungkook’s record for a solo Korean release with “Golden” .
Dominant on Billboard’s Artist 100: Jimin currently tops the chart as a Korean soloist for 39 weeks .
---
2. Jungkook: Streaming King & Billboard Demolisher
First Korean soloist with 100 weeks on Spotify Weekly Top Artists Global Chart — a first among all K‑pop soloists .
**“Golden” breaks Billboard 200 record**: Jungkook’s debut album spent 9 straight weeks on the chart — the longest ever for a K‑pop soloist at that time .
Spotify legend:
*“Seven”* set Guinness records for most streams in a week by a male artist (89.7M) and fastest to 100M streams (8 days) .
It later became the fastest to hit 1 billion streams (~109 days) on Spotify — male & all‑artist category .
*“Golden”* album surpassed 5 billion Spotify streams — a first for any solo Korean act .
Jungkook became the first Korean soloist with multiple songs exceeding 1 billion streams: “Seven,” “Standing Next to You,” and “Left and Right” .
Billboard history:
Debuted at No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100, Global 200, and Global Excl. US simultaneously — a BTS first .
*“3D”* (feat. Jack Harlow) debuted at No. 1 on both Global charts and No. 5 on Hot 100 and UK charts — making Jungkook the first South Korean solo artist with two consecutive top‑5 UK entries .
---
Why These Duo Feats Matter
Duo Highlight Why It Matters;
Both record‑breakers in same metrics (Billboard runs, streaming milestones) They’ve pushed each other to new heights — even as soloists they're neck‑and‑neck .
Spotify dominance Jungkook claimed fastest to billion streams, Jimin first to one‑bill for a Korean soloist and multiple weeks on Artist 100.
Billboard power duo Jimin’s "Who" and Jungkook’s "Seven" both hit Hot 100 No.1 — yet their long‑charting runs differ in style.
Cultural resonance together: despite military hiatus, their projects in 2023–25 stayed chart‑fronters through raw storytelling and fierce fan loyalty .
---
🧩 Bonus Highlights
**“Seven”** earned Global Song of Summer, Song of Summer at VMAs, and awards at Billboard Music Awards and MTV EMAs .
Jungkook’s Golden album was the only male Asian album featured in Apple Music’s “Met‑Gala‑Worthy Albums” list .
Jimin’s Like Crazy was the first Korean song to debut at #1 in t
he MENA region and topped multiple Billboard charts .
