BTS Jin’s “My One Pick” 126th week and 31 consecutive months at No. 1… ‘Unparalleled global popularity’

BTS Jin continued to shine in popularity by rising to No. 1 for 126 consecutive weeks in the weekly K-POP individual ranking on My1Pick (MY1PICK).

Jin took the top spot in the 4th week of July K-POP individual weekly ranking, held from July 19 to 26, by earning 75,692,439 hearts. He also took No. 1 in the July monthly ranking with 30,902,767 votes, extending his record of 31 consecutive months at No. 1.

His ranking success continued on other charts as well. Jin ranked No. 1 in the May One Pick Chart K-POP (Solo) category, marking 26 consecutive No. 1 finishes, and also won first place in the K-POP (Solo) category of the '2026 1st Season Chart,' receiving the championship trophy.

In music activities, records related to his second solo mini album 'Echo' and the title track 'Don't Say You Love Me' were highlighted. On the 13th of last month, Jin won the 'Best of Listeners' Choice: Overseas Song' category with 'Don't Say You Love Me' at the Japanese music awards ceremony 'Music Awards Japan' (MUSIC AWARDS JAPAN, MAJ).

Recently, he also graced the cover of the August issue of fashion magazine ELLE, and that issue quickly rose to the top ranks of bestsellers at major online bookstores as soon as preorders began. BTS, which includes Jin, will hold the 'BTS WORLD TOUR 'ARIRANG'' concert on August 1 and 2 local time at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, USA.

Reporter Moon Wan-sik