Jimin made historical past on Monday (April 3) when his new single “Like Loopy” scored the BTS singer his very first solo No. 1 on the Scorching 100, marking the primary solo South Korean artist to succeed in the summit.
The famous person took to Instagram following the information to thank his followers, sharing a screenshot of the newest Scorching 100 high 10. “Love u all,” he captioned the submit with purple coronary heart emojis.
The Scorching 100 begin for “Like Loopy” was largely pushed by gross sales, with 5 variations obtainable in the course of the chart’s monitoring week. The music was launched March 24 on Jimin’s debut solo set FACE, which enters at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 albums chart. The six-track venture was preceded by the pre-release single “Set Me Free, Pt. 2.” With manufacturing by Pdogg, Ghstloop, Supreme Boi, BLVSH and Evan, the venture additionally options songwriting credit on three tracks from bandmate RM.
Jimin and the remainder of BTS beforehand turned the primary all-South Korean group to guide the Scorching 100, with “Dynamite” in 2020.
In an interview with Consequence previewing FACE, Jimin admitted every of his bandmates have been anxious over going solo as they targeted on particular person initiatives, however “their outcomes have been completely nice.” (Current solo efforts have included J-Hope’s old-school hip-hop-leaning Jack within the Field, RM’s eclectic, collab-packed Indigo and Jin’s single “The Astronaut,” which was co-written by Coldplay and launched earlier than he began his obligatory enlistment within the Korean navy.)
