[News] BTS Jimin, Circle Chart's "World's Most Loved K-pop Artist of 2024"

BTS Jimin showcased his powerful force in music on the Global K-pop Chart.

On the 10th, Jimin was named as the "World's Most Loved K-pop Artist" on Circle Chart's 2024 Yearend Review. At the center of it is "Who," the title track of Jimin's second solo album MUSE. The song topped the Global K-pop Chart 84 times last year, making it the most popular song on the chart.

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— CIRCLE CHART (@CIRCLE_CHART) January 10, 2025

On this chart which is based on K-pop streaming around the world, Jimin demonstrated his global music prowess by taking first place a total of 91 times in 2024 with "Who" and his pre-released single "Smeraldo Garden Marching Band." The latter topped the daily chart seven times. 

In addition, "Who" had topped the Circle Global K-pop Weekly Chart 12 times, becoming the song with the most weeks at No. 1 in 2024. In the same year, Jimin became the artist with the most weeks at No. 1 for a total of 13 weeks, once with "Smeraldo Garden Marching Band" and 12 times with "Who."

Jimin has a total of six songs on Circle Chart's Global K-pop 2024 Yearly Chart. "Who," which was released on July 19th last year, ranked No. 4 and became the highest-ranking solo song in 2024 despite the short tracking period.

Meanwhile, the title track from Jimin's debut album, "Like Crazy," which ranked No. 10 in the 2023 yearly chart, showed consistent popularity and ranked No. 23 this 2024. "Closer Than This" ranked No. 55, "Smeraldo Garden Marching Band" ranked No. 80, "Set Me Free Pt.2" ranked No. 144, and "Be Mine" ranked No. 149.

Jimin entered the Circle Global K-pop Yearly Chart for 2024 with six songs.

#4 Who
#23 Like Crazy
#55 Closer Than This
#80 Smeraldo Garden Marching Band (feat. Loco)
#144 Set Me Free Pt.2
#149 Be Mine

Congratulations, Jimin!! 👏#JIMIN #지민 pic.twitter.com/lZLD0vw2xn

— Jimin Global | MUSE (@JiminGlobal) January 10, 2025

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