“Who” is the smash that just won’t quit for Jimin. The tune became his longest-running win on the Billboard charts a long time ago, and it’s not giving up. In fact, the song seems to be growing in popularity months after it first launched in a lofty position on a number of tallies in the U.S.
Jimin’s single is so popular, it’s even helping the album it’s featured on climb as well. This week, Muse, the BTS singer’s latest solo project, lifts on the two Billboard tallies it appears on, even finding its way back to the summit on one of them.
Muse jumps to No. 1 on the current World Albums chart. The title lifts from third place to first, earning another turn on the throne on the genre/language-specific tally.
Jimin’s sophomore solo collection has now spent three weeks atop the list of the most-consumed world albums in the U.S. The set passed half a year on the tally last frame, and it’s just as big as it’s ever been this time around.
Muse still has two more weeks at No. 1 in order to catch up to Jimin’s first solo offering, Face. That EP managed five stints ahead of every other title on the World Albums chart, and it’s spent 67 frames on the ranking. In time, Muse may very well catch up, especially if “Who” continues to stand out as a proper smash across America.
The same short collection is also on the rise on the only other Billboard chart it appears on this week. Jimin surges from No. 119 to No. 77 on the Billboard 200, where Muse previously topped out at No. 2, joining a number of other solo offerings from South Korean solo stars as the highest-rising such release in American history.
Consumption of Muse grew by nearly 20% from one week to the next, which aided its ascent. Luminate reports that the project moved 12,500 equivalent units in the past tracking frame. That’s up by about 2,000 units in the span of only a few days.
“Who” also soars on three of the four Billboard tallies it’s still present on to this day. The single returns to the top 40 on the Hot 100 (from No. 41 to No. 25) and the top 20 on both the Streaming Songs (No. 29 to No. 11) and Billboard Global 200 (No. 21 to No. 16). It hits a new all-time high on the streaming-only list, almost giving Jimin his first solo top 10.
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