Jimin‘s Muse has topped this week’s new music ballot that options artists in varied genres of music.
Music followers voted in a ballot printed Friday (July 19) on Billboard, selecting the BTS star’s second solo album as their favourite new music launch of the previous week.
Muse introduced in 68% of the vote on the ballot, securing a notable edge forward of latest releases from Stray Youngsters (Ate), Joe Jonas (“Work It Out”), JADE (“Angel of My Desires”), Infantile Gambino (Bando Stone & The New World), and others.
Jimin first introduced Muse in June, with BigHit Music writing in a press release that the album would showcase his “expanded musical spectrum.” “Following his first solo album, ‘Face,’ the place he sought to discover his true id, ‘Muse’ paperwork his journey in the hunt for the supply of his inspiration,” the discharge continued.
The venture options collaborations with Loco and Sofia Carson, with the Okay-pop icon experimenting with daring new sounds and kinds all through. The set follows 2023’s Face, which reached No. 2 on the Billboard 200.
Jimin first made his solo debut in 2018, when he dropped the one “Promise.” 5 years later, he turned the primary South Korean soloist to succeed in No. 1 on the Billboard Scorching 100 chart with “Like Loopy.”
Muse is only one of some tasks that Jimin has been engaged on amid his time within the South Korean navy, by which all of his BTS bandmates — apart from Jin, who completed his enlistment in June — are at present serving.
Jimin can be gearing as much as launch a docu-series titled Are You Certain?! with Jung Kook chronicling the 2 mates’ travels by way of components of their dwelling nation, the U.S. and Japan.
Trailing behind Muse on this week’s ballot is Stray Youngsters’ mini-album Ate, with 27% of the vote. The eight-member Okay-pop group dropped the venture two months after the arrival of their Charlie Puth-assisted single “Lose My Breath,” marking the group’s third single of 2024.
See the ultimate outcomes of this week’s ballot beneath. Take a look at Billboard‘s Friday Music Information to meet up with extra must-hear releases from this week.