[News] 'K-Pop First time' Jimin's Lie and Serendipity acquired RIAA Gold Certification

Jimin became the first K-pop idol to have sold more than 500,000 units in two solo songs in the United States, earing the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) Gold Certification.

Jimin's solo song , 'Serendipity - full length edition' was officially reported to have sold over 500,000 units in the US on March 5 (Korean time). 

This is a splendid achievement 20 days after 'Lie' sold more than 500,000 units in the US on February 11, and both songs are non-title tracks, drawing more attention as they achieved brilliant music performance in the US with proper promotion. 

With this, Jimin is the first K-pop idol to write another new record, and the First Korean Idol's two solo songs that are eligible in receiving gold certification from the RIAA. 

'RIAA certification' is a certification system that is divided into gold (more than 500,000 units sold), platinum (more than 1 million units sold), multi-platinum (more than 2 million units sold) and diamonds (more than 10 million units sold) based on digital single (download, audio, and video streaming) and album sales in the US. 

In addition, Jimin's most recently released solo song 'Filter' also sold 300,000 units in March last year in the US, recording the second best-selling song after the song titles, 'ON' and 'Black Swan' of BTS' 4th regular album, showing Jimin's high status in the US. 

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