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Reporter Lee Jae-hoon = Jungkook of the global super group ‘BTS’ set a new K-pop record on the UK Official Charts with his first solo single ‘Seven’ (feat. Latto).
According to the official chart on the 21st (local time), Jungkook’s song ‘Super Shy’, which was released on the 14th, debuted at number 3 on the latest chart (21st to 27th) of the official singles chart ‘Top 100’.
In particular, it debuted at the highest rank on the chart among Korean solo singers. Jungkook is the first Korean solo artist to debut in the top 5 of the Official Chart Singles Top 100 immediately after release. BTS’ “Dynamite,” “Butter,” and “My Universe,” to which he belongs, debuted at number three on the chart.
Prior to Jungkook, the song by a Korean solo singer who debuted at the highest rank on the chart was his teammate BTS member Jimin’s first solo album ‘FACE’ title song ‘Like Crazy’ (No. 8 on April 6 this year).
The song by a Korean solo singer who has recorded the highest ranking on the chart so far is Psy’s ‘Gangnam Style’, which topped the chart in 2012. However, this song took this ranking through a steady reverse run outside the rankings.
Along with this, ‘Seven’ debuted at No. 1 on both the Official Chart single sales chart and single download chart this week. It ranked 5th on the streaming chart.
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This is the third time that Jungkook entered the chart as a solo artist. ‘Stay Alive’ (89th place), produced by Suga, another member of BTS, as an OST for Hive’s original story ‘7FATES: CHAKHO’, and ‘Left and Right’ (41st place), collaborated with American singer-songwriter and producer Charlie Puth.
Jungkook’s ‘Seven’ is expected to debut at No. 2 on the US Billboard’s main single chart ‘Hot 100’, which will be released next week.
Separately, ‘Cupid’ (Twin Ver.) of ‘FIFTY FIFTY’, a new K-pop girl group that cracked the British and American single charts, but was embroiled in internal conflict and faced a crisis, is breaking its own record as a K-pop girl group on the UK’s official chart. Fifty Fifty’s ‘Cupid’ ranked 56th on the Official Singles Chart Top 100 this week, the same as last week, and entered the chart for 17 consecutive weeks.
Syndrome girl group ‘NewJeans’ 2nd mini album ‘Get Up’ pre-released single ‘Super Shy’ ranked 61st, down 2 notches from last week, and entered the chart for 2 weeks in a row.