BTS Jimin, King Choice No. 1 for 8 Consecutive Years... 'King of K-Pop'

BTS Jimin was selected as the number one in the ’The King of Kpop 2026’ category in the 2026 King Choice voting, maintaining this title for eight consecutive years since 2019. King Choice is a platform that provides real-time popularity voting and music-related news for celebrities and K-pop artists worldwide. Jimin became the first Korean solo singer to top the Billboard Hot 100 chart with ″Like Crazy,″ released in March 2023. Following that, the song ″Who,″ released in July 2024, remained on the Billboard Hot 100 chart for 33 weeks. In 2016, TIME, an American current affairs weekly magazine, ranked him first in the individual category of ’Most Mentioned Singer on Twitter’ worldwide. In 2018, The Guardian, a British daily newspaper, included him as the only member from his team and one of two Asian artists in the list of ’Top 30 Best Boyband Members.’ Additionally, he ranked first for two consecutive years in the ’Most Preferred Idol’ survey conducted by Gallup Korea in 2018 and 2019. He held the number one position in the boy group individual brand reputation for 63 consecutive months and in the integrated male and female idol individual brand reputation for 34 consecutive months. Currently, Jimin is continuing the BTS Arirang World Tour and is scheduled to participate in the Asia tour starting in Kaohsiung on the 19th.