RECORDS

• Jungkook is the first and only Asian Solo Artist in history to debut at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, the Billboard Global 200 chart, and the Billboard Global Excl. US. chart simultaneously.
• Jungkook is the first and only Asian Solo Artist in history to debut at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart with a solo debut single.
• Jungkook is the longest charting and only K-Pop Solo Idol in history to chart for 17 consecutive weeks on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart.
• Jungkook is the longest charting K-Pop act on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart in 2022, charting for 18 weeks in total.
• Jungkook is the highest charting K-Pop Solo Idol on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart in history (with only 1 song version), peaking at #22.
• Jungkook is the only Korean Soloist to chart on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart with their debut song. 
• Jungkook holds the record for the biggest streaming year in history by a K-Pop Soloist on Spotify.
• Jungkook is the #1 most streamed K-Pop Soloist of 2022 Globally on Spotify.
• Jungkook is the #1 most streamed K-Pop Soloist of 2023 Globally on Spotify.
• Jungkook holds the record for the top 2 most streamed songs by a Korean Soloist in Spotify’s history, with “Left and Right” and “Euphoria”.
• Jungkook’s holds the record for the most streamed BTS solo song in Spotify’s history, with “Euphoria”.
• Jungkook is the only K-Pop Soloist in history to have 2 songs with over 400 million streams on Spotify.
• Jungkook is the best-selling K-Pop Idol of all time in the USA, selling over 2 million units.
• Jungkook has surpassed 1.8 billion total  streams on Spotify, with only 6 solo songs.
• Jungkook is the fastest K-Pop Soloist in history to achieve 950 million streams on his Spotify profile. Jungkook achieved this record with only 3 songs.
• Jungkook is the highest peaking K-Pop Soloist on the Spotify Global chart in history, at #2 in the world (with only 1 song version).
• Jungkook is the only K-Pop Soloist in history to enter the top 3 of Spotify Global (with only 1 song version). Jungkook debuted all 3 of his solo songs released in 2022 on the chart.
• Jungkook holds the record for the top 3 highest debuts for an Asian Soloist in the history of Spotify Global (with only 1 song version each).
• Jungkook is the only K-Pop Soloist in history to have a song surpass 500 million streams on Spotify Global.
• Jungkook holds the record for the most streamed song in history by a K-Pop Soloist on the Spotify Global chart.
• Jungkook holds the record for the fastest song by a K-Pop soloist in history to surpass 10 million to 500 million streams on Spotify.
• Jungkook holds the record for the fastest solo song by a K-Pop soloist in history to surpass 10 million to 200 million streams on Spotify.
• Jungkook is the fastest selling K-Pop Solo Idol to sell 500K units in the USA.
• Jungkook holds the record as the longest charting K-Pop soloist in history on the Spotify Global Daily chart.
• Jungkook holds the record as the longest charting K-Pop soloist in history on the Spotify Global Weekly chart.
• Jungkook holds the record as the longest charting K-Pop soloist in history on the Spotify USA Daily chart.
• Jungkook holds the record as the longest charting K-Pop soloist in history on the Spotify USA Weekly chart.
• Jungkook has the 3rd longest charting song on Spotify USA overall by a K-Pop act, following BTS.
• Jungkook has the 5th longest charting song on Spotify Global overall by a K-Pop act, following BTS.
• Jungkook is the highest peaking K-Pop soloist on the Spotify USA Daily chart.
• Jungkook is the highest peaking K-Pop soloist on the Spotify USA Weekly chart.
• Jungkook holds the record for the highest monthly listeners peak for a Korean soloist in the history of Spotify, with 23,728,594 monthly listeners.
• Jungkook holds the record for the biggest monthly listener gains on Spotify by a K-Pop Act in 2022.
• Jungkook is the highest ranking Korean soloist in Spotify’s history, peaking at 152nd in the world.
• Jungkook has the highest monthly listeners peak for a K-Pop soloist in 2022.
• Jungkook holds the record as the fastest growing Artist in the world on Spotify in 2022, with the fastest growing followers.
• Jungkook became the best-selling Asian soloist worldwide on all platforms, in 2022.
• Jungkook holds the record for the biggest debut day streams for an Asian soloist in Spotify’s history, with 8.7 million unfiltered streams and 6.7 million filtered streams.
• Jungkook holds the record for the top 2 biggest debut day streams for an Asian soloist on the Spotify Global chart in history, with 6.7 million filtered streams and 4.8 million filtered streams (with only 1 song version each).
• Jungkook holds the record for the top 2 biggest debut week streams by an Asian soloist in history, on the Spotify Global Weekly chart, with 30.3 million filtered streams and 25.7 million filtered streams.
• Jungkook holds the record for the top 2 biggest debut week streams on Spotify by an Asian soloist in history, with 36.7 million unfiltered streams and 32 million unfiltered streams.
• Jungkook is the only Asian solo artist in history to have over 6 million filtered debut streams on Spotify (with only 1 song version).
• Jungkook is one of the only 5 solo artists in the world to have over 6 million filtered debut streams on Spotify in 2022.
• Jungkook holds the record for the biggest debut for a solo song by an Asian soloist in history on the Spotify Global Chart (with only 1 song version).
• Jungkook holds the record for the highest charting single by a Korean and K-Pop soloist in Spotify history, with “Dreamers”, surpassing his own records with “Left and Right” and “Stay Alive”.
• Jungkook is the first and only K-Pop soloist to surpass 700 million streams in a single year on Spotify.
• Jungkook is the only K-Pop solo Idol in history to enter the top 10 of the U.S. Pop Radio chart.
• Jungkook is the only K-Pop soloist in history to enter the top 10 of the U.S. Hot AC Radio chart.
• Jungkook holds the record as the K-Pop soloist to have the most entries on the Billboard Pop Airplay chart.
• Jungkook is the first K-Pop soloist to enter the top 10 on both American Top 40 charts: Hot AC and Top 40. “American Top 40” is the most popular radio countdown show in the world.
• Jungkook is the fastest K-Pop soloist to surpass 6.6 million followers in Spotify’s history.
• Jungkook is the K-Pop soloist to chart for the most consecutive days on the Spotify U.S. chart.
• In 2022, Jungkook became the only Asian Soloist in history to have all 3 of his songs debut in the top 3 the largest streaming debut days for an Asian soloist on Spotify Global.
• In 2022, Jungkook became the only Asian Soloist in history to have all 3 of his songs debut in the top 3 largest streaming debut weeks for an Asian soloist on Spotify Global.
• Jungkook is the only K-Pop Soloist to be in the top 10 most streamed K-Pop Acts of 2022 on Spotify, with only 3 songs.
• Jungkook is the first K-Pop Soloist in history to be the #1 most streamed K-Pop Soloist of the year on Spotify, with only 2 songs counted for tracking.
• Jungkook is the first and only Korean soloist in history to chart for 130 consecutive days on both Spotify Global and Spotify U.S. simultaneously.
• Jungkook holds the record for the longest charting collaboration on the Billboard Hot 100 for a K-Pop soloist.
• Jungkook holds the record as the only Asian Act to have the most top 3 songs on the Spotify Global Chart in 2022.
• Jungkook holds the record for the top 2 most streamed songs by a Korean soloist on the Spotify Global Chart in history.
• Jungkook holds the record of the top 2 most popular songs on the BTS Spotify profile in 2022 and 2023, surpassing his own group’s songs.
• Jungkook holds the record for the longest charting song by a K-Pop soloist on Global Spotify.
• Jungkook holds the record for the longest charting song by a K-Pop soloist on Spotify USA.
• Jungkook holds the record for the top 2 most streamed songs by a K-Pop soloist, released in 2022.
• Jungkook is the first and only K-Pop Solo Idol in history to receive a RIAA Gold certification.
• Jungkook is the only BTS member to have RIAA and RIAJ certifications.
• Jungkook holds the record for the biggest streaming day in history by a K-Pop soloist on Spotify.
• Jungkook holds the record for the top 2 biggest streaming days by a Korean soloist in history on Spotify Global.
• Jungkook holds the record for the biggest debut day streams in history for a solo song by an Asian soloist on the Spotify Global chart.
• Jungkook holds the record for 6 out of the top 7 biggest streaming days for a Korean Soloist on the Spotify Global chart.
• Jungkook has the longest charting song by a K-Pop act in the top 10 of Global Spotify in 2022.
• Jungkook holds the record as the K-Pop soloist with the most cumulative days in the top 10 on Spotify Global in history.
• Jungkook holds the record as the K-Pop Soloist to spend the most cumulative days on the Spotify Global chart in history.
• Jungkook holds the record as the K-Pop Soloist to spend the most cumulative days on the Spotify USA chart in history.
• Jungkook has the longest charting song by a Korean solo act in the top 50 of Global Spotify.
• Jungkook holds the record for the most streamed song in history by a K-Pop soloist on the Spotify USA chart.
• Jungkook is the first Korean soloist in history to have 3 songs spend at least 30 days on the Spotify Global chart.
• Jungkook holds the record for the biggest collaboration debut by a K-Pop act on Spotify Global history, for “Left and Right” with Charlie Puth.
• Jungkook holds the record for the top 2 most streamed songs in history for a K-Pop soloist on the Spotify Global chart.
• Jungkook is the only K-Pop Soloist to have 2 songs surpass over 100 million streams on Spotify in 2023. 
• Jungkook holds the record for the fastest song by a K-Pop soloist to earn over 100 million on-demand streams in the U.S.
• Jungkook holds the record for the fastest song by a K-Pop soloist to sell 100K units in the U.S.
• Jungkook holds the record for the fastest song by a K-Pop soloist to sell over 720K units in the U.S.
• Jungkook holds the record for having the number 1 best selling song by a K-Pop act on Amazon U.S. in 2022. 
• Jungkook has the top 2 best selling songs by a K-Pop soloist on Amazon U.S. in 2022.
• Jungkook holds the record as the K-Pop soloist to have the most days charting at #1 on the Worldwide iTunes chart.
• Jungkook holds the record for the biggest points debut for a song by a K-Pop and Korean act on worldwide iTunes in history, surpassing BTS.
• “Dreamers” by Jungkook debuted at number 1 on both the Worldwide and European iTunes charts.
• Jungkook holds the record for the longest charting song by a K-Pop Idol in the top 100 of iTunes USA in history.
• Jungkook holds the record for the Asian soloist with the most number 1 songs (in over 100 countries) on iTunes.
• Jungkook is the first and only Asian soloist in history to reach #1 on the 8 biggest music markets in the world on iTunes for 3 songs. Jungkook achieved this record for all 3 of his solo songs released in 2022. 
• Jungkook is the only K-Pop soloist in history to reach #1 on iTunes in over 100 countries, with more than 1 song. Jungkook has 4 songs that have reached #1 on iTunes in over 100 countries, “My Time”, “Stay Alive”, “Left and Right”, and “Dreamers”.
• Jungkook holds the record for the most number 1 songs on U.K. iTunes, for a K-Pop and Korean soloist.
• Jungkook is the first and only K-Pop and Korean soloist to reach number 1 on U.K. iTunes, 3 times in one year.
• Jungkook is the longest charting K-Pop Soloist in history on the Billboard Global 200 chart.
• Jungkook is the longest charting K-Pop Soloist in history on the Billboard Excluding U.S. chart.
• Jungkook is the only Korean soloist in history to have 3 entries in the top 10 of the Billboard 200 chart.
• Jungkook is the only Korean soloist in history to have 3 entries in the top 10 of the Billboard Excluding U.S. chart.
• Jungkook is the longest charting Korean soloist in the top 20 of the Billboard Global 200 chart.
• Jungkook is the longest charting Korean soloist in the top 20 of the Billboard Excluding U.S. chart.
• Jungkook is the longest charting K-Pop Solo Idol in history on the Billboard Digital Song Sales chart.
• Jungkook holds the record for the biggest debut on Worldwide Apple Music for a solo song by a K-Pop male soloist in 2022.
• Jungkook holds the record for the most Shazams for a song by a K-Pop Act in the first 24 hours in 2022.
• Jungkook holds the record for the most Shazams in history for a song by a K-Pop Soloist in the first 24 hours.
• Jungkook holds the record for the biggest debut by a FIFA World Cup theme song on Spotify in history, for both filtered and unfiltered data.
• Jungkook is the first Asian in history to have a solo song at the FIFA World Cup.
• Jungkook is the first Asian in history to ever perform at the FIFA World Cup opening ceremony.
• Jungkook is the only artist in history to have a FIFA World Cup Theme song reach number 1 on iTunes in over 100 countries. Jungkook achieved this record in less than 13 hours.
• Jungkook holds the record for the fastest FIFA World Cup theme song to reach number 1 on U.S. iTunes.
• Jungkook is the only artist this century to have a solo song be the main theme and official soundtrack of the FIFA World Cup.
• Jungkook holds the record for the most popular and most viewed video of all time on the FIFA YouTube channel. Jungkook achieved this record in only one month.
• Jungkook has the most viewed and most popular performance video of all time on the FIFA YouTube channel.
• Jungkook has been named “One of the Greatest Singers of All Time” by Rolling Stone Magazine in January 2023.
• Jungkook has been named “The Greatest Korean Male Singer of All Time” by Rolling Stone Magazine in January 2023.
• Jungkook is the first and only K-Pop Soloist in history to ever win at the People’s Choice Awards.
• Jungkook is the first and only K-Pop Idol in history to be nominated in a major category at the MTV Video Music Awards.
• Jungkook is the first and only K-Pop Soloist in history to be nominated at the iHeart Radio Music Awards.
• Jungkook is the first and only BTS member to win a Japan Gold Disc Award as a Soloist.
• Jungkook holds the record for the most streamed Korean B-Side track in Spotify’s history.
• Jungkook holds the record for the most weeks spent on World Digital Song Sales for a Korean soloist.
• Jungkook holds the record for the highest entry for a BTS solo song on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart, with “My Time”.
• Jungkook holds the record for the first BTS solo song to reach #1 on Billboard World Digital Song Sales, with “My Time”.
• Jungkook holds the record for the most liked BTS song on SoundCloud, with “Still With You”.
• Jungkook holds the record for the most followed K-Pop act and the most followed Asian act for the first 24 hours on Spotify.
• Jungkook is the fastest K-Pop artist to reach 1 million monthly listeners in just one day, in Spotify’s history.
• Jungkook’s song with Charlie Puth, “Left and Right”, has been certified Gold in the USA after selling over 500,000 units in the country.
• Jungkook holds the record for the highest debut song by a K-Pop soloist on the UK Official Singles chart.
• Jungkook is the first and only K-Pop soloist to chart for 2 debut weeks at #1 on Billboard World Digital Song Sales.
• Jungkook is the longest running K-Pop soloist to chart at #1 on the Billboard Philippines Songs chart.
• Jungkook is the first and only K-Pop soloist to debut at #1 on the Billboard Philippines Songs chart.
• Jungkook holds the record for the top 2 biggest debuts for a Male Soloist on Spotify’s South Korea Daily chart.
• Jungkook holds the record as the Male Soloist with the most songs that reached number 1 on Spotify’s South Korea Daily Chart, with 3 songs.
• Jungkook is the K-Pop soloist with the most songs to reach number 1 in 2022 on the Spotify South Korea Daily Chart, with 3 songs.
• Jungkook holds the record for the biggest debut by a Korean male soloist on MelOn 24 hits.
• Jungkook is the Korean soloist with the most top 5 entries on the Billboard Vietnam Hot 10 chart.
• Jungkook is the only K-Pop solo act in history to debut a song at #1 on the IMI International Top 20 Singles chart.

• Jungkook is the #1 most viewed Solo Artist in TikTok history. Jungkook is the first solo artist in the world to surpass 216 billion views on his individual TikTok hashtag, on the world’s most popular app and social media platform.
• Jungkook holds the record for the first and only person in the world to surpass 158 billion views on his individual hashtag in TikTok history. 
• Jungkook is currently the #2 most viewed person in the world on TikTok, after Messi (Argentine football player). (Jungkook held the record as the #1 most viewed person in the world on TikTok for his individual hashtag for 27 months).
• Jungkook gained over 1 billion views on his TikTok hashtag in just 1 day, following his performance at the FIFA World Cup.
• Jungkook has the most used TikTok audio for a K-Pop solo artist in the history of TikTok.
• Jungkook has the most viewed and most liked fancam videos by a BTS member on the world’s most popular app and social media platform, TikTok.
• Jungkook holds the record for the most viewed, most liked, and most commented livestream in the history of VLive, with over 22 million real time views.
• Jungkook holds the record for the most viewed livestream in the history of Weverse, with over 9 million real time views, and with the app crashing multiple times.
• Jungkook is the most searched K-Pop Idol on Google overall, for 5 consecutive years, worldwide and in the U.S. (reported by Naver and GQ Korea in April 2022, and Top Star News in May 2022).
• Jungkook is the most searched Idol on YouTube for 5 consecutive years, worldwide and in the U.S. (reported in 2022 by Naver, GQ Korea, and Top Star News).
• Jungkook is the most searched K-Pop Idol overall, across all social media platforms, including Pinterest and Tumblr (reported in 2022, by Naver, GQ Korea, and Top Star News).
• Jungkook holds the record for the most viewed Instagram Reel in 24 hours by a Male Artist in history, with over 34.8 million views.
• Jungkook won the MTV Millennial Award for “Global Instagrammer” in 2019, before having a public, individual Instagram account.
• Jungkook is the K-Pop soloist and BTS member who has trended the most at #1 on Twitter, worldwide and in the U.S.
• Jungkook holds the record for the most cumulative mentions on Twitter for a Korean Idol’s birthday, with over 50.21 million mentions.
• Jungkook is the only person in the world to have 5 tweets with over 3 million likes, in the history of Twitter.
• Jungkook is the only person in the world to have 7 tweets with over 1 million retweets, in the history of Twitter.
• Jungkook holds the record for the most liked BTS tweet, the most retweeted BTS tweet, the most commented BTS tweet, and the most viewed BTS video tweet on Twitter.
• Jungkook is the BTS member whose official merchandise has sold out the fastest, the most amount of times since debut, at both concerts and official online shops.
• Jungkook holds the record for the most expensive K-Pop photocards ever sold in history.
• Jungkook was named the “Most Handsome Man in the World” by TC Candler in 2019.
• Jungkook was named the “Sexiest International Man” by People Magazine in 2020.
• Jungkook was named the “#1 K-Pop Handsome Man with a strong, well-defined, muscular body” by Elle Girl Japan in 2022.
• Jungkook was named the “Most Handsome Man in the World” of 2022 by King Choice.
• Jungkook was named the “Most Popular Soloist of 2022” by the Shining Awards.
• Jungkook was named the “Best Singer in 2022” by Kpopmap.
• Jungkook was chosen as the “#1 Most Handsome K-Pop Idol” by the media in 2022.
• Jungkook was named the “World’s Top Soloist”, the “Best Main Vocalist”, the “Greatest Artist of Our Generation”, and the “#1 Top Personality of K-Pop” by the media.
• In 2022, Jungkook was chosen by the media as “One of the Most Famous Performers” across the world. Jungkook is the only Korean artist to be included in the list, alongside artists such as Michael Jackson, Elvis Presley, Beyoncé, Ariana Grande, Justin Bieber, and Ed Sheeran.
• Jungkook was named “Milliondol” by the media, which is an idol who is born once in a million years.
• In 2022, Jungkook was named “the #1 Greatest and Most Famous Korean Singer of All Time” and “the band’s most famous member” by the media and Dan Farrant (Musician, Music Teacher, and graduate from the Royal Academy of Music).
• In 2022, the media named Jungkook: the “Most Popular Pop Star” in the world, the “Most Popular K-Pop Idol”, and the “#1 Top Male Vocalist” from the 3rd generation of K-Pop.
• Jungkook is recognized as “the most famous K-Pop Idol in the USA”, according to the Netizen Report Magazine, in 2022.
• Jungkook is the “highest ranking and most popular BTS member worldwide”, according to the 2022 Global Hallyu Trends Survey.
• In September 2022, the News International reported that “Jungkook remains the most beloved member and the face of the very popular K-Pop boy band, BTS.”
• In 2023, the Global Hallyu Survey reported that Jungkook ranked 1st in popularity among BTS members and is the “most mentioned” BTS member worldwide.
• In the 2023 KOFICE Korean Wave Report, Jungkook ranked as the #1 most popular K-Pop Idol in the world.

2023

MTV Video Music Awards:

• Song of Summer. Won.

MMA Melon Music Awards:  

• Giant Pop Star Award. Nominated.

UK Big Top 40 Awards:

• Official Number 1 Award. Won.

UK Chart Specialist Awards:

• Number 1 Single Sales. Won.
• Number 1 Download. Won.

BMI Pop Awards:

• Most Performed Songs of the Year. Won.

iHeartRadio Music Awards:

• Best Music Video. Nominated.

Japan Gold Disc Awards:

• Song of the Year. Won.

Audacy Radio Awards:

• Artist of the Summer. Won.

Y100 Michiana Radio Awards:

• Song of the Summer. Won.

BreakTudo Awards:

• International Rising Artist. Nominated.
• International Music Video. Nominated.

Pop Golden Awards:

• Pop Song of the Year. Nominated.
• K-Pop Song of the Year. Nominated.
• Korean Artist of the Year. Nominated.

MelOn Hall of Fame Awards:

• Million Album Award. Won.

MelOn Weekly Popularity Awards:

• MelOn Weekly Top Artist. Won. 
• MelOn Weekly Top Artist. Won. 
• MelOn Weekly Top Artist. Won. 
• MelOn Weekly Top Artist. Won.
• MelOn Weekly Top Artist. Won.

MCountdown Music Show Awards:

• First Place. Won.
• First Place. Won.
• First Place. Won.

Show Champion Music Show Awards:

• First Place. Won.
• First Place. Won.

Inkigayo Music Show Awards:

• First Place. Won.
• First Place. Won.
• First Place. Won.

Music Core Music Show Awards:

• First Place. Won.
• First Place. Won.
• First Place. Won.
• First Place. Won.

Bulletin Awards:

• Song of the Summer. Won.

SEC Awards:

• International Male Artist of the Year. Won.
• International Song of the Year. Won.

Fact Music Awards:

• Best Music. Nominated.
• Idol Plus Popularity. Nominated.

Seoul Music Awards:

• Fan Choice of the Year. Nominated.

Top 50 Music Awards:

• Best Collaboration. Won.
• Best Song. Nominated.

Top Music Universe Awards:

• Best Collaboration. Won.
• Best K-Pop Video. Won.
• Best Viral Song. Won.

Idol Royalty Awards:

• Best Pop Artist. Won.

Dabeme Music Awards:

• Male Artist of the Year. Won.
• Video of the Year. Won.
• K-Pop Video of the Year. Won.
• Song of the Year. Won.
• Collaboration of the Year. Nominated.
• K-Pop Idol of the Year. Nominated.

2022

MMA Melon Music Awards:  

• Eternal Artist Award. Won.

People’s Choice Awards:

• The Collaboration Song of 2022. Won.
• The Music Video of 2022. Nominated.

MTV Video Music Awards:

• Song of Summer. Nominated.

BreakTudo Awards:

• International Collaboration. Won.

Audacy Radio Awards:

• Artist of the Summer. Won.
• Bop of the Year. Nominated.

Y100 Michiana Radio Awards:

• Bop of the Summer. Won.

Channel R Radio Awards:

• Best New Artist. Won.
• Best Collaboration. Won.

Power Radio UK Awards:

• Best Collaboration. Won.

Idol Royalty Awards:

• Artist of the Year. Won.

Philippine KPOP Awards:

• Male Artist of the Year. Won.

2019

MTV Millennial Awards:

• Global Instagrammer. Won.

• Golden Maknae
• Ace of Pop
• Ace of K-Pop
• King of SNS
• Face of K-Pop
• TikTok King
• YouTube King
• Weverse King
• Sold Out King
• Worldwide It Boy
• Milliondol
• King of K-Pop
• King of Korea
• Fancam King
• Stage Genius
• Musical Prodigy
• Global Vocal King
• Golden Voice of K-Pop
• Majesty of Global Vocals 
• King of Live Vocals
• Main Pop Boy
• Pop Hitmaker
• Pop Icon of the Century
• Superstar of the Century
• Giant Pop Star
• Stage God
• Global Superstar
• Global Icon
• King of Live Broadcasts
• King of Social Media
• Hero of Idols
• All-Rounder Idol
• Korea’s National Treasure