BTS Jimin's solo album is highly loved in Greece and is gaining popularity as the best foreign language album of 2023.
Greek news media 'LiFO' announced the best foreign albums released so far in 2023, and Jimin's solo album 'FACE' was selected as the only K-pop album, both group and solo.
The media introduced 'Face' through a special article as a great mini-album written by Jimin, one of the most talented members of BTS, during the pandemic, and said, "We're talking about 'high-end pop', not K-pop." he emphasized.
In particular, the media was surprised when mentioning the success in Greece, where K-pop may be unfamiliar to non-young generations, the title song 'Like Crazy' topped the US Billboard's 'Hot 100', the most in the history of the US music chart. He said that he became a successful Korean solo singer.
Jimin's high popularity in Greece has already been proven through local music charts. In 2020, 'Filter', which was included in the 4th regular album of BTS, ranked 82nd on the Greek IFPI 'Digital Single' chart, making it the only solo song from the album to succeed in entering the chart, revealing the potential of the sound source without any publicity and raising expectations for the solo album. Expectations were raised.
Jimin, who started to stand alone in March this year, debuted at No. 3 on the Greek IFPI 'Top Album' chart with the album 'Face', the highest ranking for an Asian solo artist. He vomited up his spirit and achieved the best performance by an Asian solo singer in history.
Written by Mun Wan SikTranslated by Lee So Yun