Posted by pjms_gina54,685 pts Wednesday, April 27, 2022
Jimin sets a new record and becomes the first artist to have two songs with 110 #1s on iTunes
'With You,' Jimin's long-awaited OST for 'OUR BLUES' drama, a duet with Ha Sungwoon, was finally released on the 24th of April at 11 PM KST. Being his first-ever official project outside of the group and having recorded consistent, exceptional performance on various music charts with his solo releases under BTS, Jimin had fans' expectations set high for this new project. Fans were anxious and excited to see him experiment with a unique sound in his individual work, as he has mentioned several times that he would like to try different things. This overwhelming excitement that was only fueled even more by the top-notch quality of the song was reflected on how it was received on the first day of its release.
The song set and broke several records on different major music streaming and buying platforms, including on iTunes, Amazon, and Genius charts, despite the disadvantage that it faced due to the time set for its release.
On iTunes, as of 27th April, 'With You' achieved its 110th #1 on iTunes, becoming the fastest song to top iTunes charts in 110 countries in the history of iTunes.
In addition, the song also became the only song out of all 2022 releases to have achieved this feat, and Jimin became the only artist in history to have two songs with 110 #1s on iTunes.
Previously, 'With You' had set a new record for the fastest song to achieve 100 number 1's on iTunes (4 hours), breaking the record formerly held by BTS' 'Dynamite' (8 hours). It was also the fastest song to get over 70 #1's on iTunes, doing so in just over 3 hours.
'With You' also debuted at #1 on both the Worldwide and European Song charts, having quickly conquered most of the markets in Europe and around the world, which make up most of the countries considered to have the eight biggest music markets in the world.
For example, it reached #1 on UK iTunes in 3 hours, setting a record for the fastest Korean OST, and Jimin became the fastest Korean Soloist to attain a #1 on UK iTunes. Prior to that, it had also reached #1 on Japan iTunes in just 47 minutes, making it the fastest Korean OST and making Jimin the fastest Korean soloist to reach #1 on Japan iTunes.
It then went on to conquer more of the big music markets and became the fastest OST by an Asian soloist to reach #1 on iTunes on all 8 of the biggest music markets, achieving this incredible feat in just five and half hours.
By so doing, Jimin joined Jungkook as the only Asian soloists to achieve an all-kill on all 8 of these top 8 music markets within 24 hours of the release of their songs.
On Amazon, "With You" rose to the #1 rank in three different categories, namely Best Seller - Songs, New Releases - Songs, and Movers and Shakers - Songs, both on the US and UK markets.
On Genius Korea, "With You" debuted at #1 on the Korean OST chart and peaked at #4 on the All-Genre chart, hence making setting yet another record as the highest-peaking song for a Korean soloist on this chart.
The song also sharply rose on the All-Genre chart in the first hour of its release to land at position 26, having accumulated over 600 concurrent page views!
Jimin's song with Sungwoon has done fantastic on the first day of its release, and these are just but a few of the platforms where he has set impressive records. Stay tuned for more updates on the records achieved on other platforms as well!
and now 111 #1's Congratulations Jimin