Jimin’s ‘Like Crazy’ Tops Singles Chart, Becoming His First Solo No. 1 Outside of BTS
variety.comThania Garcia Jimin of BTS has become the first South Korean soloist to lead the singles chart with “Like Crazy” off his debut solo album “Face,” which starts at No.
2 on Billboard’s albums chart. The six-song EP, which incorporates songs in English and Korean, debuts with the equivalent of 164,000 sales in the U.S., including 124,000 copies sold as a complete package and nearly 20 million streams.
The new release scored the second-biggest opening week for an album this year after Morgan Wallen’s “One Thing at a Time” broke through with half a million units. “Face” was preceded by Jimin’s first top 40-charting song as a soloist on the songs list, “Set Me Free, Pt.
2″ (debuted at No. 30). Meanwhile, “Like Crazy” tops this week’s Hot 100 chart, sliding Miley Cyrus’s “Flowers” to a No. 2 slot. “Like Crazy” peaks at the summit powered by the undeniably strong pull of its sales.
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