BTS’ Jin turns into quickest soloist to promote 1,000,000 copies with ‘The Astronaut’

BTS’ Jin’s solo single, ‘The Astronaut’, has offered over 1,000,000 copies inside 16 days of its launch.

In accordance with data from South Korean music sales tracker Circle Chart (previously often called Gaon Music Chart), ‘The Astronaut’ had offered over 1,024,382 copies as of November 12, with 224,390 copies sold for the week of November 6 to 12. A report by The Korea Economic Daily provides that ‘The Astronaut’ is now the quickest album by a soloist to surpass 1,000,000 gross sales within the Circle Chart’s historical past.

This feat additionally makes Jin the third solo artist to promote over 1,000,000 copies of an album, following EXO’s Baekhyun (with mini-albums ‘Delight’ and ‘Bambi’) and trot singer Lim Younger-woong (with studio album ‘Im Hero’).

‘The Astronaut’, co-written by Jin and Coldplay, marks the latter’s second collaboration with the Okay-pop titans or a member of the group. The monitor, which was launched in October, noticed a reside efficiency debut at Coldplay’s present on the Estadio River Plate stadium in Buenos Aires hours after its official launch.

In different information, BTS have obtained nominations for 3 separate awards on the sixty fifth annual Grammy Awards. The septet are within the operating for Finest Pop Duo/Group Efficiency for the third 12 months in a row with ‘My Universe’, their joint single with Coldplay.

BTS have additionally obtained an Album Of The Yr nomination as a featured artist on Coldplay’s ‘Music of the Spheres’ document, on which members J-hope, Suga and RM are credited as songwriters. The septet can be up for Finest Music Video with ‘But To Come’, from their anthology album ‘Proof’.

The sixty fifth Grammy Awards will air reside from the Crypto.com Enviornment in Los Angeles on February 5, 2023. The ceremony will probably be out there to observe on streaming service Paramount+ and the CBS Tv Community.