BTS Jin Enters Billboard Japan’s “Artist 100” at 70th… “Big Record”

BTS Jin once again showed his dazzling popularity and powerful influence as a solo artist, shining with his presence.

On May 2, the official account of Korean Sales (@koreansales_twt) announced that Jin had entered the Billboard Japan Artist 100 chart for 70 weeks. This is a great record, with only three Korean solo artists in history, including Jin, having achieved it.

"Don't Say You Love Me" (Don Say You Love Me), the title track of Jin's second solo mini album "Echo" (Echo), which is loved worldwide, ranked No. 1 on Spotify's global chart (as of May 25, 2025), the world's largest music streaming platform, making it the first song by an Asian artist in 2025 to reach No. 1 on the Spotify Global chart.

In the history of Japan's Spotify chart, the longest cumulative No. 1 charting K-pop song record belongs to BTS's "Butter," which ranked No. 1 for 100 days, followed by BTS's "Dynamite" at No. 1 for 84 days, and Jin's "Don't Say You Love Me" at No. 1 for 80 days in third place. As a solo artist, he wrote a new chapter in history by standing shoulder to shoulder with BTS. Of course, this is also the best record among K-pop solo artists.

Jin also made history as the only K-pop solo artist whose two songs reached No. 1 in the history of Spotify Japan's Daily Top Songs chart. Jin and BTS are the only Korean artists to have multiple songs reach No. 1 on Spotify Japan's Daily Top Songs chart throughout history. The title track "Running Wild" (Running Wild) from Jin's first mini album "HAPPY" (Happy) broke BTS's "Butter" record and achieved the highest one-day streaming total ever for a K-pop artist on Spotify Japan's Daily Top Songs chart.

On Oricon's 2025 annual chart, Jin's solo album "Echo" (Echo) ranked 39th, setting the No. 1 record among K-pop solo artists. As the only chart entry among K-pop solo acts, it proved Jin's unrivaled popularity in Japan as well.

Jin's "Echo" also ranked 24th in Billboard JAPAN's 2025 annual chart (tracking period: November 25, 2024 to November 23, 2025) in the "Download Album Chart," the highest ranking among all K-pop artists, including both groups and solo acts, showing overwhelming popularity.

In Billboard JAPAN's 2025 annual "Top Album Sales Chart," Jin's "Echo" ranked 41st, the highest record among K-pop solo artists. In particular, Jin became the first K-pop solo artist to place all of his solo releases to date — one solo single and two albums (2022, 2024, and 2025) — on Billboard JAPAN's annual "Top Album Sales Chart," with each single and album recording the highest ranking among K-pop solo albums in their respective years, writing a new chapter in history.

In the "Oricon Weekly Video Chart" released on February 5, Jin proved his explosive popularity and influence as the Blu-ray "#RUNSEOKJIN_EP.TOUR in JAPAN," which captures his solo concert, took first place. "#RUNSEOKJIN_EP.TOUR in JAPAN" features Jin's solo concert at Osaka Kyocera Dome, where he opened not only the uppermost 8th floor seats but also restricted-view seats, selling out every seat and setting a rare record in Japan.

According to Billboard Top Boxscores, Jin's two performances of "Run Seokjin Tour" (#RUNSEOKJIN_EP.TOUR), held on July 12-13 last year at Kyocera Dome Osaka in Japan, generated a total of 9.6 million dollars in revenue, making history as the highest-grossing and largest boxscore record ever for a K-pop solo artist's concert run at a single venue. This is the No. 1 boxscore record among all K-pop solo artists in history, and the second record among all K-pop artists including groups.

Recently, during BTS's two-day performance at Tokyo Dome in Japan on April 17 and 18 as part of the BTS WORLD TOUR 'ARIRANG' IN JAPAN, Jin's merchandise (picket) sold out first among the seven BTS members on both days, making Japan feel like 'Jinland.'

Reporter Mun Wansik [email protected]