Jimin’s ‘Like Crazy’ Tops Singles Chart, Becoming His First No. 1 Outside of BTS
variety.comThania Garcia Jimin of BTS has become the first South Korean soloist to lead the singles chart with “Like Crazy” off his debut solo album “Face,” which starts at No.
2 on Billboard’s albums chart. The six-song EP, which incorporates songs in English and Korean, scored the second-biggest opening week for an album this year with the equivalent of 164,000 sales in the U.S., according to data by Luminate.
It follows Morgan Wallen’s “One Thing at a Time,” which broke through with half a million units in mid-March and remains at the top of the Billboard 200 for a fourth week on the chart dated April 8. “Face” debuts with 124,000 copies sold as a complete package and nearly 20 million streams.
It was preceded by Jimin’s first top 40-charting song as a soloist on the songs list, “Set Me Free, Pt. 2″ (debuted at No. 30).
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