Since the official release of 'FACE,' Jimin's first solo album, there has not been a day that goes by without news of a new record being set by him on different music charts worldwide. There have been unprecedented buying and streaming records on numerous music consumption platforms such as iTunes, Spotify, YouTube, Melon, Bilibili, and many others, as previously reported.
This time, the talk has shifted to Jimin's album's performance in Japan, the second largest music market globally.
On the day of the album's release, the Oricon chart, which is the leading music chart in the country, reported that Jimin had recorded 222,120 album sales on the first day. This placed Jimin in the 3rd position among the Korean artists with the biggest first-day sales for Korean albums on the Oricon Daily chart, only behind his own group BTS that occupied the top 2 positions. This also placed him in 5th position among the Korean artists with the highest first-day album sales in general on the chart, again the top 4 positions being held by his own group BTS.
As such, in both cases, Jimin became the Korean solo artist with the highest first-day album sales on the chart, both for a Korean album and for any album in general by a Korean artist. This also translated to the highest first-week album sales for any Korean solo artist on the chart, even though it was only the first day of the album.
As of the third day after release, the album still holds position 1 on the chart for the top-selling albums.
Jimin's "FACE" has now surpassed BTS's "BE" album in Biggest First Day Sales for a Korean album in Oricon! 👏
— JIMIN DATA (@PJM_data) March 26, 2023
1. Proof — 463,718
2. Map of The Soul: 7 — 227,204
3. FACE (Jimin) — 222,120 👑
4. BE — 191,208#Jimin_FACE #Jimin_LikeCrazy #LikeCrazy_Jimin pic.twitter.com/0nS1TS9266
bts & jimin debut on japan's oricon daily album sales chart
— sabina (@jmnIuver) March 25, 2023
#1 bts, the best: 571,589
#2 proof: 463,718
#3 mots: 7 - the journey: 447,869
#4 mots: 7: 227, 204
#5 #face: 222,120
Jimin claims the biggest SOLO album sales in Japan with a Korean album.
— FirstSnow JiminData (@FJimindata) March 25, 2023
'FACE' has become the most sold Kpop SOLO album on Oricon Chart in history.
RECORD MAKER JIMIN
JIMIN HISTORY MAKER pic.twitter.com/Eu0MLcki4r
"FACE" debuts at #1 on the Japanese Oricon Daily Album Chart 🥳
— JIMIN DATA (@PJM_data) March 25, 2023
The estimated number of sales for the album is 222,120 🤯
Congratulations Jimin!! 👏#Jimin_FACE#JIMIN #지민 @BTS_twt pic.twitter.com/9phW1GGiQU
Jimin earns the BIGGEST First Week sales for a Korean album by a Korean Soloist in Oricon History 🔥🥳
— JIMIN DATA (@PJM_data) March 25, 2023
Jimin achieves this with only one day of tracking so far 👏
Congratulations Jimin!!
RECORD MAKER JIMIN
JIMIN HISTORY MAKER#Jimin_LikeCrazy #LikeCrazy#Jimin_FACE pic.twitter.com/DPSwWlosm8
Jimin’s first solo album ‘FACE’ is still #1 on Oricon Charts!!!
— FirstSnow JiminData (@FJimindata) March 27, 2023
Congratulations!!!👏👏👏#Jimin_FACE pic.twitter.com/bAkJ5uUW6Z
In addition, on the Oricon Daily Digital Single Ranking, all 6 tracks from the album took up 6 out of the top 7 positions, showing how much the album had been highly anticipated in the country.
All songs on Jimin's debut album "FACE" have charted in the top 7 on the Oricon Daily Digital Single Ranking!
— JIMIN DATA (@PJM_data) March 25, 2023
#1 — Like Crazy
#3 — Set Me Free Pt.2
#4 — Face-Off
#5 — Like Crazy (English Version)
#6 — Alone
#7 — Interlude: Dive
Congratulations Jimin! 👏#Jimin_FACE #JIMIN pic.twitter.com/e7hKh29LSf
The exceptional performance by 'FACE' is being witnessed on every major music platform, other such platforms being Apple Music and Amazon.
'FACE' made its debut straight to #1 on the Worldwide Apple Music Album Chart, and all songs in the album dominated the top 7 best-selling songs under 4 different categories on Amazon USA, namely Digital Music New Release, Digital Music Best Seller, International New Release and International Best Seller.
Worldwide Apple Music Album Chart:
— Zeze ⁷ FACE (@BTSEMPIRES) March 24, 2023
#1. Face (debut)
Oh wow this is amazing 🤩 pic.twitter.com/To1kftIqMz
ALL tracks from "FACE" have taken over the TOP 7 BESTSELLING songs on Amazon US under 4 categories 🇺🇸 🔥🔥
— JIMIN DATA (@PJM_data) March 26, 2023
#1-7 Digital Music New Release
#1-7 Digital Music Bestseller
#1-7 International New Release
#1-7 International Bestseller
Let's continue diversifying our sales!… pic.twitter.com/pfQVqZSxRL
On Melon, South Korea's largest music streaming and downloading platform, the title track 'Like Crazy' has peaked at #8 on the Melon Top 100 chart and has maintained a Top 10 position on the chart so far in all rankings at different times. In its first 24 hours, the song registered 115,114 unique listeners, which peaked at 118,513 as of 9 AM KST on March 27th.
All songs from the album charted on the Melon Top 100, making Jimin to be one of the top 3 artists with the most songs charting inside the Melon Top 100 chart, (5 songs each).
Jimin immediately shot to #1 on the Melon Daily All Artist chart and the Melon Daily Male Artist Chart and has maintained this position for 2 days straight.
‘Like Crazy’ - 10AM KST
— ⁷ slow (@Pk_bts_land) March 25, 2023
#5. (+6) Melon Realtime
#9. (+1) Melon Top 100 *New peak*
#26. Bugs
#29. Genie
'Like Crazy' is #8 on Melon Top 100 now!!!
— FirstSnow JiminData (@FJimindata) March 25, 2023
A new peak!!!
Keep streaming!!!👏👏👏 pic.twitter.com/xJtduAprcv
🇰🇷 #JIMIN Like Crazy - 00:00 KST
— BTS Charts Daily⁷ (@btschartsdailys) March 26, 2023
#9 (+1) Melon Top 100
#29 (+8) Genie
#39 (+2) Bugs
#78 (+23) VIBE
"Like Crazy" by #JIMIN of @BTS_twt has 115,114 unique listeners on MelOn in first 24 hours.
— Kpop on Charts (@SerieTV46) March 25, 2023
"Like Crazy" by Jimin has reached a NEW PEAK of ULs on Melon Top 100 as of 9am KST 🥳
— JIMIN DATA (@PJM_data) March 27, 2023
Let's push for more new peaks across platforms 💪#Jimin_LikeCrazy #Jimin_FACE pic.twitter.com/eAEPGBjPfd
Jimin , BTS and Newjeans are currently the acts with the most Songs charting on MelOn Top 100 (5 each) pic.twitter.com/6wc7SZzH7t
— ⁷ slow (@Pk_bts_land) March 25, 2023
Jimin ranks ＃1 on Melon’s Daily All Artist chart and Melon’s Male Solo Artist chart for 2 consecutive days！
— JIMIN DATA (@PJM_data) March 26, 2023
Congratulations Jimin！ #Jimin_FACE #Jimin_LikeCrazy #LikeCrazy_Jimin pic.twitter.com/DV3Tys9fL9
At the end of the first 24hrs of the album's release, the album had garnered 2,961,300 streams on Melon, which was the biggest debut by a soloist on the platform in 2023. Consequently, Jimin will be receiving a Melon Hall of Fame "Million Album" Plaque.
"FACE" by JIMIN of @BTS_twt had 2,961,300 streams on it's first 24 hours of release on MelOn. It's the biggest debut by a soloist on the platform in 2023. pic.twitter.com/a9SnfQf17f
— Kpop Charts (@kchartsmaster) March 25, 2023
"FACE" by Jimin earned 2,961,300 streams across all songs during its first 24 hours on Melon 🥳 👏
— JIMIN DATA (@PJM_data) March 25, 2023
Jimin will be the recipient of a Melon Hall of Fame "Millions Album" plaque!
Congratulations Jimin 👏 #Jimin_LikeCrazy #Jimin_FACE pic.twitter.com/etKwLAheq9
On other platforms like Japan's LINE Music, which is Japan's biggest music streaming platform, Jimin rose to 17th place with 'Like Crazy,' whereas in China, 'FACE' is reported to have sold over 200k copies.
Jimin also earned his 3rd #1 on the K-pop chart in Genius Korea, as well as his first solo #1 on the Korean R&B and Ballad chart.
"Like Crazy" reached a NEW PEAK on Japan's LINE Music Daily Chart ranking at #17! 🔥
— JIMIN DATA (@PJM_data) March 26, 2023
Its the biggest music streaming platform in Japan.
Congratulations Jimin! #Jimin_FACE #Jimin_LikeCrazy #LikeCrazy_Jimin pic.twitter.com/EwoSSUK9v2
Jimin's first solo album "FACE" has sold 200,105 copies in China!!!
— FirstSnow JiminData (@FJimindata) March 26, 2023
He always deserves the best.💗
*Still counting...#Jimin_FACE#LikeCrazy pic.twitter.com/z1sVz3GRQ9
#GeniusCharts | Jimin of BTS earns his 3rd #1 on the K-Pop chart in Genius Korea with “Like Crazy (English Ver.)”! Jimin also earns his first solo #1 on the K-R&B & K-Ballad chart with “Alone” and “편지 (Letter)”!#Jimin_FACE #LikeCrazy @BTS_twt pic.twitter.com/g69URt6jKM
— Genius Korea (@Genius_kor) March 25, 2023
In other news, 'Like Crazy' has remained at the top of the Worldwide iTunes song chart for a 3rd consecutive day, while 'FACE' album remains #1 on the Worldwide iTunes Album chart and European iTunes Album chart for a third consecutive day as well.
"Like Crazy" charts #1 on the Worldwide iTunes Song chart for a third consecutive day 🔥🌎
— JIMIN DATA (@PJM_data) March 26, 2023
Congratulations Jimin!! 👏 #Jimin_LikeCrazy #Jimin_FACE pic.twitter.com/jNvoTsJp4g
"FACE" remains at #1 on the Worldwide and European iTunes Album charts for a third consecutive day 🔥🌎🇪🇺
— JIMIN DATA (@PJM_data) March 26, 2023
Congratulations Jimin!! 👏 #Jimin_LikeCrazy #Jimin_FACE pic.twitter.com/mQLKKIqy4j
Worldwide iTunes Song Chart
— Isaac WB (@FaceOfJimin) March 24, 2023
#1 [NEW] Jimin - Like Crazy
#3 [NEW] Jimin - Face-off
#4-2Jimin - Set Me Free, Pt. 2
#5 [NEW] Jimin - Alone
#6 [NEW] Jimin - Interlude : Dive
#22 [NEW] Jimin - Promise
Worldwide iTunes Album Chart
#1 [NEW] FACE
European iTunes Song Chart
#1 [NEW]… pic.twitter.com/I5CyXVSSSS
It is impressive to see what Jimin has achieved with his very first solo album, and the future can only be brighter from here on for him as a solo artist.
Congratulations Jimin!
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