In the first hour of release, all the songs in Jungkook’s solo album “Golden” swept Korea’s top music charts.

Jungkook from BTS releases a solo album. Photo: HYBE

At noon on November 3, BTS’s Jungkook officially released his first solo album “Golden” on global digital music platforms, and also posted the MV for the title song “Standing Next To You” on YouTube.

This year, Jungkook’s opening single “Seven” (featuring female rapper Latto) set a series of Kpop records, and became the fastest song to reach 1 billion streams on Spotify in history. Jungkook is also the second most famous member of the BTS group, so the launch event of his first solo album became the highlight of Kpop.

Not disappointing the public, after just 1 hour of release, the album “Golden”‘s achievements in Korea were overwhelming.

As of 2:00 p.m. on November 3 (Korean time), all 10 songs in this album have reached the Top 50 on Melon Top 100 – Korea’s largest music chart.

With “Seven” Top 3, “Standing Next To You” Top 7, “Closer to You” Top 21, “Yes or No” Top 23, “Hate You” Top 26, “Please Don’t Change” Top 29, respectively. , “Too Sad to Dance” Top 37, “Somebody” Top 38, “3D” Top 41, “Shot Glass of Tears” Top 43.

Jungkook in the MV “Standing Next To You”. Photo: YG

In addition to No. 7 on Melon Top 100, the title song “Standing Next To You” achieved impressive debut rankings on other charts in the first hour, namely Top 9 Bugs and Top 31 Genie.

Sales of the album “Golden” in the first 2 hours recorded 473,606 copies on the Hantao distribution system.

Meanwhile, the MV “Standing Next To You” surpassed 2 million views on YouTube after 2 hours of posting.

“Standing Next To You” has classic retro funk colors, conveying the message of deep love, overcoming all adversities. Andrew Watt and Cirkut, the producer of the summer hit “Seven”, continue to team up in “Standing Next To You”. Jungkook’s choreography reminded many viewers of pop king Michael Jackson.