According to Hanteo, Jungkook sold a whopping 2,146,589 albums for ‘GOLDEN‘ in the first day of sales, which is also the highest first-week sales recorded by a K-pop soloist. He beat his fellow group member V, who held the previous record with 2,101,974 albums sold in the first week with ‘Layover.‘

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Jung Kook (@BTS_twt) 1st Full Album <GOLDEN> 2,146,589 copies sold (2,146,589 total) [1st Day] *still counting*#JungKook #정국

— KOREAN SALES (@koreansales_twt) November 3, 2023

Highest 1st Week Sales by Male Soloists

1. #JungKook GOLDEN — 2,146,589 copies *still counting 1st day*
2. #V Layover — 2,101,974 copies
3. #Jimin FACE — 1,454,223 copies
4. #AgustD D-DAY — 1,277,218 copies
5. #LimYoungWoong IM HERO — 1,102,012 copies
6. #Baekhyun Bambi —…

— KOREAN SALES (@koreansales_twt) November 3, 2023

Korean netizens have once again become impressed with the star power of Jungkook, breaking a weekly sales record in just one day.

Netizens commented, “Wow, the 1, 2, 3, and 4 rankings are all BTS members,” “This is so crazy,” “He beat the first week sales in just 1 day. That’s crazy,” “Jungkook, wow,” “This is so crazy,” “I actually liked all his songs so I bought an album too,” “All the b-side tracks are good too,” “I am seriously thinking about buying the album because all the songs are good,” “Congrats!” “I’m so proud of him,” “His star power is really crazy,” “This is so impressive,” and “Jungkook is so awesome.”