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SEOUL, April. 5 (Yonhap) -- Foreign media reported the news heavily when BTS Jimin's solo album title track "Like Crazy" topped the U.S. Billboard main single chart "Hot 100."
CNN reported on Tuesday (local time) that "BTS Jimin is writing Billboard history," adding, "Jimin is the first Korean solo artist to reach the top of the 'Hot 100' chart."
They also introduced the members one by one, saying, "BTS, which was nominated for the Grammy Award, is one of the most successful boy bands in music history."
CNN said Jimin is the most successful soloist among them, and mentioned Jimin's recent appearance on the popular NBC talk show "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon."
AFP also reported on Jimin topping the chart, citing Billboard statistics, stressing that it was the 66th song ever to reach the top of "Hot 100" in the first week of its release.
They also added that Jimin's album "FACE," which contains the song, ranked second on the Billboard main album chart, setting the highest record among Korean solo artists.
U.S. economic media Forbes said on the same day, "Jimin's 'Like Crazy' dominated the U.S. music industry this week."
Forbes reported that the song recorded the largest weekly sales in the U.S. music market this year, citing entertainment market analyst Luminate's data.
According to the data shared by Luminate, "Like Crazy" has been purchased 241,000 times a week, which is an impressive figure that is hard to see in the recent record market, Forbes stressed. Previously, Beyonce's "Cuff It," which recorded 78,000 purchases, had the highest sales this year.
(This article is translated from Korean to English by Yunhee Cho.)
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