
Jimin's level of success as a solo artist following his official debut is beyond impressive. He has achieved so many records both on domestic and foreign major music charts, cementing his name into history.
For instance, he made history as the first Korean solo artist to reach #1 on the Billboard Hot 100, Billboard Artist 100, and Billboard Japan Artist 100, registering the biggest sales debut for any Korean soloist in the US with both his album on Billboard 200 and his lead single on Billboard Digital Song Sales. He also has the highest sales debut for a Korean solo artist on Japan's Oricon chart. He additionally achieved the highest streaming debut for any Korean solo song on Spotify USA, UK, France and Global charts among many other regions.
These are just but a few of his monumental records, all of which have led him to be rightfully recognized in different key end-year music awards, earning him multiple nominations in some of the major music awards shows in the entertainment industry both in South Korea and internationally.
Just a few days ago, Jimin earned 8 solo nominations at the 2023 MAMA Awards (Mnet Asian Music Awards) as the most nominated solo artist this year, and had a total of 13 nominations, including his group's nominations to emerge as the most nominated artist overall this year. This is a major music awards ceremony held annually, and many Asian artists covet the recognition of such a big event. Jimin managed to bag all these nominations with his first solo project, and it speaks volumes to his influence and the kind of impact he has had with his first album.
[UCC] Fans are beaming with pride as #Jimin is the most nominated artist at the 2023 MAMA Awards https://t.co/3s6V1zJcRU
— allkpop (@allkpop) October 20, 2023
Now the finalists for the Billboard Music Awards (BBMAs) 2023, yet another major international music awards show, have been announced. Jimin swept up 4 nominations on becoming a finalist in 4 different categories this year to become the most nominated Korean solo artist this year. He was named as a finalist in the 'Top Selling Song,' 'Top Global K-pop Song,' 'Top K-pop Album,' and 'Top Global K-pop Artist' categories.
#BBMAs Top Selling Song Finalists:
— Billboard Music Awards (@BBMAs) October 26, 2023
🎙 @Jason_Aldean “Try That in a Small Town”
🎙 Jimin "Like Crazy”
🎙 @MileyCyrus “Flowers”
🎙 @AintGottaDollar “Rich Men North of Richmond”
🎙 @taylorswift13 “Anti-Hero” pic.twitter.com/IhLWRp2Y6C
#BBMAs Top Global K-Pop Song Finalists:
— Billboard Music Awards (@BBMAs) October 26, 2023
🎙 @we_fiftyfifty "Cupid”
🎙 Jimin “Like Crazy”
🎙 Jungkook ft. @Latto "Seven"
🎙 @NewJeans_twt "Ditto”
🎙 @NewJeans_twt "OMG” pic.twitter.com/csfRTuavjT
#BBMAs Top K-Pop Album Finalists:
— Billboard Music Awards (@BBMAs) October 26, 2023
🎙 Jimin “FACE"
🎙 @NewJeans_twt “2nd EP ‘Get Up’”
🎙 @Stray_Kids “5-STAR”
🎙 @TXT_members “The Name Chapter: TEMPTATION”
🎙 @JYPETWICE “READY TO BE: 12th Mini Album” pic.twitter.com/20eXf8fSBi
#BBMAs Top Global K-Pop Artist Finalists:
— Billboard Music Awards (@BBMAs) October 26, 2023
🎙 Jimin
🎙 @NewJeans_twt
🎙 @Stray_Kids
🎙 @TXT_members
🎙 @JYPETWICE pic.twitter.com/MBIRwzbo0K
With these 4 nominations, Jimin is now the second most nominated Korean and Asian solo artist in the history of the awards show, and is the most nominated Asian/K-pop male artist this year.
He also makes history as the first and only Asian solo artist to become a finalist in the 'Top Selling Song' category, which is a major category for the awards show, making this an exceptional achievement for Jimin! The only other Asian act to earn a nomination in this category is his own group BTS, making him only the second Asian act in history to earn this. Additionally, there isn't any other Asian finalist in this non-K-pop category this year either, nor any other Korean song.
Moreover, he is the only solo artist who ended up as a finalist in the remaining 3 categories of 'Top Global K-pop Song', 'Top K-pop Album' and 'Top Global K-pop Artist' this year. All other finalists are group acts.
Out of these 3 categories, Jimin is also the first and only K-pop soloist in history to earn nominations in the 'Top K-pop Album' and 'Top Global K-pop Artist' categories.
Again, all these facts are a strong testament to Jimin's mind-blowing success with his first solo album, and this kind of recognition is a dream that every artist most definitely wishes for.
Kpop soloist with most nomination in history on BBMAs :
— ZIBA (@ZIBA_7777) October 26, 2023
1-PSY : 7 nominations
2-JIMIN: 4 nominations
3-Suga: 1 nomination
4-Jungkook: 1 nomination pic.twitter.com/IMZsd1bbso
Jimin's nominations at the Billboard Music Awards 2023!
— JIMIN DATA (@PJM_data) October 26, 2023
⭐ Top Selling Song - "Like Crazy"
⭐ Top Global K-Pop Artist - Jimin
⭐ Top Global K-Pop Song - "Like Crazy"
⭐ Top K-Pop Album - "FACE"
With 4 nominations, Jimin is the second most nominated K-soloist in history at the… pic.twitter.com/w3XeN57O3l
Jimin is the most nominated Kpop Male Artist at the #BBMAs 2023.
— FirstSnow JiminData ❄️ (@FJimindata) October 26, 2023
▪ Top Selling Song: Like Crazy
▪ Top K-Pop Album: FACE
▪ Top Global K-Pop Artist: JIMIN
▪ Top Global K-Pop Song: Like Crazy
Congratulations Jimin 👏 pic.twitter.com/YdzrbLXuEC
#BBMAs Top Selling Song
— FirstSnow JiminData ❄️ (@FJimindata) October 26, 2023
Jimin - Like Crazy 👏👏👏
☑️ The ONLY Asian artist nominated
☑️ The ONLY Korean song nominated
CONGRATULATIONS JIMIN
PROUD OF YOU JIMIN#JIMIN #Jimin_FACE pic.twitter.com/Ml9EEkl2qs
Jimin becomes the First Asian Soloist and 2nd Asian Act after his own Band "BTS" to be nominated for "Top Selling Song" at the BBMAs. pic.twitter.com/BuQPawd0Zv
— ⁷ (@Pk_bts_land) October 26, 2023
#JIMIN joins BTS and becomes the second Asian Act to get a nomination in the Top Selling Songs category at the #BBMAs and is the FIRST and ONLY soloist to ever achieve it. pic.twitter.com/vPTPpIaA2p
— Park Jimin Charts (@chartspjm) October 26, 2023
Jimin is now the FIRST and ONLY Kpop soloist to be nominated in the Top K-pop Album & Top Global K-pop Artist categories, and the second Asian act after his group BTS to be nominated in the Top Selling Song category (first and only as soloist) at the #BBMAs 👏🏻 🏆… pic.twitter.com/nIQ0Wsilta
— JIMIN PROMO (@jiminpromotion) October 26, 2023
#JIMIN becomes the FIRST and ONLY K-pop soloist to be nominated in the Top K-pop Album and Top Global K-pop Artists categories at the #BBMAs. pic.twitter.com/z4KVvAouKY
— Park Jimin Charts (@chartspjm) October 26, 2023
The only soloist for these categories in the BBMAs ahhhh Jimin you are so successful pic.twitter.com/QInhMqpWmC
— Star || STREAM LIKE CRAZY (@minieskies) October 26, 2023
Jimin is a finalist for all the three nominations. #BBMAs
— FirstSnow JiminData ❄️ (@FJimindata) October 26, 2023
He's the ONLY solo artist!
☑️ Top Global K-pop Artist: Jimin
☑️ Top K-pop Album: Jimin - "FACE"
☑️ Top Global K-pop Song: Jimin - "Like Crazy"
Congratulations Jimin 🥳#JIMIN pic.twitter.com/OGHuGM11D7
Fans are ecstatic and beyond proud of Jimin's continued success and as they congratulated him, different keywords entered X worldwide trends list rising as high as #3. These are some of their reactions.
The #BBMAs hold a distinctive significance in the United States because they are primarily determined by sales data and the impact of a song, artist, or album in the music industry. Unlike the Grammys, which rely on a voting committee, or the AMAs, which heavily depend on mass… pic.twitter.com/QsIQYvALpm
— isaac 🐣 (@Minsaac13) October 26, 2023
JIMIN IS MAKING HISTORY RIGHT NOW, IM SO PROUD OF HIM😭😭 being the first ever Asian Soloist to nominated for Top Selling Song and the second Asian Act ever to get nominate after BTS
— titi¹³ ʟɪᴋᴇ ᴄʀᴀᴢʏ (@dior_miimi) October 26, 2023
Jimin's first and only history with Billboard:
— Star || STREAM LIKE CRAZY (@minieskies) October 26, 2023
- first Korean soloist to hit #1 on bb h100
- only Korean solo song to hit #1 on bb h100
- first and only Korean soloist to get nominated for BBMAs top selling song award
Like crazy nomination for top selling song😭😭😭😭omggggggg
— ZIBA (@ZIBA_7777) October 26, 2023
Only Asian act nomination in this categories
Jimin is the ONLY Asian soloist to be nominated in a non Kpop/ main category at the BBMAs this year 😭 and will remain the first k soloist to achieve this 🥹
— Star || STREAM LIKE CRAZY (@minieskies) October 26, 2023
That best selling song category??? Jimin sitting among all other white artist. They couldn't even encapsulate him into K-pop category, do you all understand Jimin's power??? 🥹🥹😭🔥🔥🔥
— JIMIN STREAMING (@pjm_streaming) October 26, 2023
Jimin becomes the first Kpop soloist and only the second Korean act in history after BTS to be nominated for a BBMAs top selling song award. This is a main category and not Kpop specific. Jimin's first year as a soloist 😭😭😭😭
— Star || STREAM LIKE CRAZY (@minieskies) October 26, 2023
Congratulations Jimin for getting these nominations on #BBMAs 👏👏
— VOTE FOR JIMIN ¹³ ~REST~ (@voteforpjm) October 26, 2023
1️⃣ Top Global K-Pop Song
3️⃣ Top Global K-Pop Artist
4️⃣ Top K-Pop Album
4️⃣ Top Selling Song
Now we can tell, it's hard to eliminate an ORGANIC records. Jimin is so well deserved for these nominations🔥😍 pic.twitter.com/YuJElt5Lgw
Imagine getting 4 BBMA noms and 8 MAMA noms with your debut album which you never intended for charts and were considering uploading it on soundcloud. PARK JIMIN I'M WHEEZING SKSKSKSKS
— We swim forever⁷ ♡ JIMTOBER 🇵🇸 (@nerdalicious00) October 26, 2023
Jimin is doing this with his first solo work, FACE, an album made 100% for him, his feelings, experiences, emotions. A personal album, without collaborations. It's not surprising that Jimin is achieving so much success to this day, because PARK JIMIN equals success and quality. pic.twitter.com/9gWALzP2lJ
— ¹³✧* Jimoon ☽ (@pjmpoems13) October 26, 2023
I’m so proud of you Jimin 😭 your talent and hard work have truly shone through and your achievements are a testament to your dedication. You nice, keep going. 🤍
— SJM (@stussyjimin) October 26, 2023
CONGRATULATIONS JIMIN
JIMIN FOR BBMA pic.twitter.com/BtnFXb46j9
Jimin's X Trends | WORLDWIDE 🌎
— JIMIN DATA (@PJM_data) October 26, 2023
"Congratulations Jimin" and "like crazy" is trending #4 and #5 Worldwide as fans celebrating Jimin's multiple nominations at the #BBMAs !
Also trending Worldwide:
#15 Jimin "FACE"
#21 OMG JIMIN
Other Keywords trending
PROUD OF YOU JIMIN… pic.twitter.com/kCuBnFTjwl
Jimin is trending worldwide following the announcement of the 2023 Billboard Music Awards (#BBMAs) finalists! ✨️
— Jimin Global (@JiminGlobal) October 26, 2023
#3 CONGRATULATIONS JIMIN
#4 Like Crazy
#13 Jimin "FACE"
#17 OMG JIMIN
Also trending in regions and topics:
PARK JIMIN
PROUD OF YOU JIMIN
JIMIN FOR BBMA#Jimin_FACE pic.twitter.com/IQLHx7euUr
Congratulations Jimin!
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