After RM, it’s BTS member Jimin’s turn to have a solo debut.
Jimin is preparing to release a solo album in February, according to a report by Korean media outlet Sports Donga on Jan. 16.
He is the featured artist in Big Bang member Taeyang’s new song “Vibe,” which was released on Jan. 13.
In response to the news report, Big Hit Music, BTS’ agency, told Korean media, “The schedule will be announced after it is confirmed.”
Jimin’s solo debut will follow the music releases by J-Hope, Jin and RM.
In the January ranking for brand reputation index for individual members of K-pop boy band, Jimin took first place with a score of 5.71 million.
The Korea Corporate Research Institute released the brand reputation index based on the analysis of 114.13 million pieces of big data covering 703 members of K-pop boy bands from Dec. 14 to Jan. 14.
The brand reputation index was based on consumer participation, media exposure, communication and community indices.
The top 30 are:
1. BTS’ Jimin - 5,713,172
2. ASTRO's Cha Eun-woo - 5,643,772
3. BTS’ Jungkook - 4,804,755
4. Wanna One's Kang Daniel - 4,412,078
5. Wanna One's Park Ji-hoon - 4,139,883
6. NU'EST’s Hwang Minhyun - 4,102,282
7. BTS’ RM - 3,869,009
8. BTS’ V - 3,654,898
9. Big Bang G-Dragon - 2,717,577
10. BTS' Suga - 2,237,918
11. Super Junior's Sungmin - 2,090,520
12. BTS' J-Hope - 2,045,694
13. WINNER's Song Mino - 2,045,165
14. EXO's Baekhyun - 1,806,789
15. Super Junior's Siwon - 1,695,533
16. NCT's Mark - 1,603,199
17. SHINee's Key - 1,532,647
18. NCT's Haechan - 1,516,698
19. Super Junior's Kyuhyun - 1,406,586
20. Super Junior's Heechul - 1,404,487
21. NCT's Jaemin - 1,384,079
22. NCT's Jaehyun - 1,376,795
23. SHINee's Minho - 1,301,636
24. NCT's Jisung - 1,260,933
25. The Boyz's Juyeon - 1,178,867
26. Big Bang's Taeyang - 1,175,800
27. Wanna One's Kim Jae-hwan - 1,145,152
28. NCT's Doyoung - 1,144,107
29. NCT's Junqwoo - 1,133,266
30. NCT's Jeno - 1,068,561