Bts billboard6/11/2023 ![]() At the 2022 FIFA World Cup opening ceremony, he sang “Dreamers,” part of the tournament’s official soundtrack, and since then has been highly visible on billboards worldwide as a global brand ambassador for Calvin Klein Jeans and Calvin Klein Underwear. (It peaked at No. 95 on the Hot 100.) In summer 2022, he featured on Charlie Puth’s “Left and Right,” which reached No. 22 on the Hot 100. His “Stay Alive,” produced by SUGA, was released as the theme for Korean webtoon series 7Fates: Chakho. He hasn’t released a solo album yet, but Jung Kook has been busy. SUGA is the first BTS member to embark on a solo tour his nine-city trek across the United States and Asia begins April 26 in New York. His full-length debut, D-DAY, just came out with an accompanying documentary, SUGA: Road to D-DAY. His mixtape, D-2, was a runaway hit with fans, though it was only released digitally. The prolific producer-songwriter has penned tracks for popular Korean artists like IU and PSY. ![]() The only member to go solo under an alternate name, Agust D - a portmanteau of “D-Town” (his hometown of Daegu) and “Agus” (SUGA backward, and an abbreviation of “shooting guard,” his favored basketball position). Recently, he joined famed Korean actors Park Seo-joon, Choi Woo-shik, Lee Seo-jin and Jung Yu-mi to film tvN reality show Jinny’s Kitchen, in which they open a pop-up Korean restaurant in a small Mexico town. V has yet to announce an album and released one single, “Christmas Tree,” for K-drama Our Beloved Summer’s original soundtrack it peaked at No. 79 on the Hot 100 and No. 1 on Digital Song Sales in January 2022. Next, she’ll make a foray into acting on HBO’s The Idol. Her follow-up, “You & Me,” was first heard in October 2022, when she performed it during BLACKPINK’s Born Pink World Tour it has yet to be officially released. “Solo” topped Billboard’s World Digital Song Sales chart for one week, and less than a year later, Jennie became the first Korean solo artist to perform at Coachella. Jennie’s solo journey broke the traditional K-pop model: Her debut single, “Solo,” was released in November 2018 - before BLACKPINK’s own debut studio set, The Album, arrived. Released in March, ME is a two-track set featuring “(FLOWER),” blending pop and trap with traditional Korean melodies, and the upbeat “All Eyes on Me.” “(FLOWER)” debuted at No. 2 on Billboard’s Global 200 and Global Excl. U.S. JisooĪlthough she was BLACKPINK’s first member to try acting (with a role on JTBC series Snowdrop in 2021), Jisoo was the last to make her official solo debut, following Jennie (2018), Rosé and Lisa (both in 2021). After making history in 2019 as the first K-pop group to perform at Coachella, BLACKPINK just became the first such act to headline the festival. single, peaking at No. 13 on the Hot 100. Album track “Ice Cream” (with Selena Gomez) became the group’s highest-charting U.S. It cemented its stake in the K-pop zeitgeist with viral hits like “DDU-DU DDU-DU” and “BOOMBAYAH,” but BLACKPINK didn’t release its first studio album until 2020, four years after debuting. K-Pop Music in 2023: Artists, Industry Leaders & More Here, a look at both bands and their recent solo endeavors. But as these artists explore their individual identities, single releases are far from the only metric defining them. And when BTS’ Jimin recently debuted at No. 1 on the chart with “Like Crazy,” it was a first for a solo member of the group. No member of BLACKPINK has cracked the Billboard Hot 100 above No. 70. The path to solo stardom hasn’t necessarily replicated the levels of success the bands have achieved. And in 2018, BLACKPINK’s Jennie upended the norm for when a band’s first solo act might break out when she released her debut single, “Solo” - two years before BLACKPINK dropped its first studio album. For BTS, solo ventures have given the members room to experiment sonically, visually and lyrically (including expletives largely avoided in group releases). But for BTS and BLACKPINK, solo projects are additive, supplementing the groups’ journeys while highlighting new artistic dimensions. Ten years ago, solo debuts from within such groups might have signaled trouble: perhaps an imminent disbanding, or one member being considered more successful than the others. Now as both bands open new chapters with their members’ solo careers, they’re establishing more precedents. This story is part of Billboard ‘s K-Pop Issue.įor the multitude of K-pop acts amplifying South Korean culture on the global stage, it’s fair to say BTS and BLACKPINK have set the bar, with BTS in particular achieving many records.
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