Suga of BTS Sets Billboard Record for Solo Korean Singer

Published on 2020/06/03 | Source

Suga of boy band BTS has set a new Billboard 200 record as the highest-ranking Korean solo artist.

Suga's new mixtape "D-2", released under the name Agust D, debuted at 11th on the Billboard 200 Albums Chart following its release on May 22.

He also ranked seventh on the U.K'.s Official Albums Chart on May 29 and was the first ever solo Korean artist to land in the top 10.

Two other Korean solo artists to recently make it onto the Billboard charts are also members of BTS.

j-hope charted at 38th with "Hope World" in 2018, while RM climbed up to 26th with "Mono" in the same year.

The two records were also free mixtape albums.