BTS’ youngest member Jungkook set a new record for achieving the highest first-day sales for a solo album in K-pop history.
Jungkook released his first solo album “Golden” on Nov. 3 consisting of 11 songs including the main track “Standing Next to You,” solo single "Seven (feat. Latto)" in both clean and explicit versions, and "3D (feat. Jack Harlow)” as well as brand new tracks “Closer to You (feat. Major Lazer),” “Yes or No,” “Please Don’t Change (feat. DJ Snake),” “Hate You,” “Somebody,” “Too Sad to Dance,” and “Shot Glass of Tears.”
BTS' Jungkook (Big Hit Music / UMG PH)
According to Korea’s Hanteo Chart, Jungkook’s “Golden” sold a total of 2,147,389 copies on the first day of release on Nov. 3 to top the daily physical album chart.
This is the highest first-day sales for a solo album in Hanteo Chart’s history. This is also the first time that a solo album has achieved two million copies in sales on the first day of release.
Before Jungkook, BTS’ V’s “Layover” held the status for the highest first-day sales with 1,672,138 copies.
The music video for “Standing Next to You” has garnered 11.16 million views on YouTube as of this writing.
It was shot in Budapest, Hungary and directed by film director Tanu Muino, who won Video of the Year at the 2021 MTV Video Music Awards for Lil Nas X’s “Montero.”
Following the release of the new album, Jungkook will make an appearance at TODAY Show’s CitiConcert Series on Nov. 6 and “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” on Nov. 8.
Here are the 10 top-selling albums on Nov. 3 on Hanteo Chart. Albums are ranked based on Hanteo’s proprietary physical record index scores, which combine album sales and album price.
1. BTS’ Jungkook - Golden - 2,147,389 (total copies sold) / 2,640,502 (physical record index score)
2. Hwang Young Woong - Autumn, Longing - 22,526 / 27,031
3. Seventeen - Seventeenth Heaven - 17,721 / 23,560
4. SHINee’s Taemin - Guilty - 16,839 / 20,162
5. Jong Up - Some - 13,321 / 15,698
6. Golden Child - Feel me - 14,665 / 14,841
7. NCT 127 - Fact Check - 13,342 / 14,079
8. Weekly - ColoRise - 12,073 / 12,757
9. Viviz - Versus - 4,045 / 4,295
10. Jang Min-ho - Essay ep. 2 - 3,745 / 3,351
Highest first-day sales based on Hanteo Chart data, according blog Korean Sales:
- SEVENTEEN - FML (2023) 3,998,373 copies
- SEVENTEEN - SEVENTEENTH HEAVEN (2023) 3,288,017 copies
- BTS - MAP OF THE SOUL : 7 (2020) 2,653,050 copies
- Stray Kids - 5-STAR (2023) 2,392,664 copies
- BTS - Proof (2022) 2,155,363 copies
- Jungkook - GOLDEN (2023) 2,147,389 [NEW]
- BTS - BE (2020) 1,950,106 copies
- TXT - The Name Chapter: FREEFALL (2023) 1,927,363 copies
- TXT - The Name Chapter: TEMPTATION (2023) 1,868,919 copies
- SEVENTEEN - Face the Sun (2022) 1,758,565 copies
- BTS - Butter (2021) 1,711,870 copies
- V - Layover (2023) 1,672,138 copies
- BTS - MAP OF THE SOUL : PERSONA (2019) 1,479,930 copies
- aespa - MY WORLD (2023) 1,372,929 copies
- Stray Kids - MAXIDENT (2022) 1,308,971 copies
- ZEROBASEONE - YOUTH IN THE SHADE (2023) 1,240,700 copies
- NewJeans - Get Up (2023) 1,194,623 copies
- NCT DREAM - ISTJ (2023) 1,162,081 copies
- ENHYPEN - DARK BLOOD (2023) 1,108,337 copies
- EXO - EXIST (2023) 1,074,914 copies