BTS’s JIMIN boasted of his unmatched popularity in Russia, making him a global hit.
Russian media outlet “RBC” cited JIMIN’s “Who” in an article on December 23, stating that “the ranking of the top local popular songs is represented by K-pop music and is mainly a song by BTS singer Jimin.“
The title track of JIMIN’s second solo album “MUSE”, “Who” was named the most loved K-pop song in Russia in 2024, making it the fourth most loved song in the Russian Apple Music Top 100 in 2024. The title track of the first album “Like crazy” was ranked 97th, and JIMIN ranked two songs on the chart.
JIMIN’s “Who” ranked No. 2, the highest ever among Korean singers on the Russian Apple Music “Top 100” chart, and showed his powerful solo musical strength as the first and only Korean singer to rank in the top 5 of the chart.
On the Apple Music City chart, “Who” topped the Moscow chart for 158 days, and the St. Petersburg chart for 163 days. On the Apple Music Top Video Russia chart, the music video for “Who” topped the chart for 135 days, the longest run on the chart in 2024.
“Who” has remained on the charts for a total of 19 weeks, including topping TNT Music’s Top Chart for five weeks across the Russian music and entertainment channel, and it topped MUZ TV’s Like FM chart this week for a total of six times. He also topped Love Radio’s Big Love 20 for five weeks and, due to his popularity, won the Best Foreign Male Vocalist of the Year category at the 2024 Love Radio Awards.
JIMIN’s song “Who,” released while he was serving in the military, charted on the US Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for 22 consecutive weeks and continued to make a splash around the world, surpassing over 1.27794 billion streams on Spotify, the world’s largest music platform.
Journalist: Shawn
Translator: Shawn
Source: Russian Media
