BTS’ Jungkook’s ‘Golden’ solo album debuts at No. 2 on Billboard 200


The solo album of Jungkook, BTS’ youngest member, debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 chart. 

According to Billboard, Jungkook’s “Golden” solo album entered at No. 2 for the first time on the Nov. 18-dated Billboard 200 chart. 

“Golden” earned 210,200 equivalent album units to rank second on the Billboard 200 chart, the highest for any K-pop solo artist.. 
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BTS' Jungkook (Big Hit Music)

“Of that sum, album sales comprise 164,800 (it’s the top-selling album of the week), SEA units comprise 29,800 (equaling 41.59 million on-demand official streams of the set’s 10 songs) and TEA units comprise 15,600. Golden’s sales were largely driven by CD purchases, with 128,500 sold, while digital download album contributed 36,300. It was not available to purchase on any other format,” Billboard reported on Nov. 12. 

Before this, Jungkook’s single “Seven (feat. Latto)" topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart followed by “3D” with Jack Harlow, which peaked at No. 5. 

“Golden is Jung Kook’s first charting album on the Billboard 200, and he becomes the sixth member of BTS (of the seven total members) to have achieved a top 10-charting effort. BTS itself has logged seven top 10s, including six No. 1s,” according to Billboard. 

The Billboard 200 chart is “the most popular albums of the week in the U.S. based on multi-metric consumption as measured in equivalent album units, compiled by Luminate. Units comprise album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA).”

“Each unit equals one album sale, or 10 individual tracks sold from an album, or 3,750 ad-supported or 1,250 paid/subscription on-demand official audio and video streams generated by songs from an album,” Billboard added.