BTS’ Jimin. Image from Vogue Korea vias The Korea Herald / ANN
Jimin of BTS sold more than 1.02 million copies of his first solo album, “Face,” on the day of its release.
It is an unprecedented record for a solo musician in K-pop history. The album also topped Oricon’s daily album ranking and the iTunes top albums chart in 63 regions while main track “Like Crazy” landed atop the iTunes top songs chart in 111 regions.
“Like Crazy” debuted on Spotify’s daily top songs global chart at No. 2, and the pre-release from the six-track album, “Set Me Free Pt. 2,” ranked at No. 8, after hitting it at No. 6 upon its release. The latter was No. 1 on the iTunes Top Songs chart in 110 regions and made it to UK’s Official Singles Chart Top 100 at No. 30.
The artist performed “Like Crazy” on stage for the first time on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” on March 25.